Schedule
12–14 November 2024 • Drury Plaza Hotel Orlando Lake Buena Vista • Orlando, FL, USA
Monday, 11 November 2024 | |
| 4–6 p.m. | Registration |
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 | |
| 7 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | AIST Environmental Technology Committee Introductions, Welcome and Background |
| 8:15 a.m. | Steel Industry Keynote Traci Forrester, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. |
| 9 a.m. | Emissions Monitoring Systems for the Steel Industry Sean Myrick, M&C TechGroup North America |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10 a.m. | Air Pollution Control Technologies Leah Blinn, Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc. (CEC) Key air pollution control technologies used in the steel industry will be reviewed, including aspects to keep in mind when considering controls for air quality permitting and important compliance parameters. |
| 10:45 a.m. | Technology and Innovations in Dedusting/Baghouse Systems Raymond Tedford, Schust Technology innovations in dedusting systems have impacted fume capture efficiency outlet emission levels and energy demands. What key factors can be considered that would help you optimize your system? This presentation will review the impact of emission capture and ventilation system design have on dedusting systems. |
| 11:30 a.m. Lunch | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Optimization of Gas Pretreatment for Carbon Capture Monaca McNall, W. L. Gore & Associates Global organizations and industries are committing to achieving net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050. Producers have started planning and constructing pilot systems to evaluate point source carbon capture technologies. Each technology has different requirements for inlet gas components such as NOx, SOx and particulate, making one thing clear: Gas precleaning will be needed for efficient carbon capture from flue gas. |
| 1:15 p.m. | Energy Optimization of Fans Over the Lifespan of a Gas Cleaning System Vern Martin, Flowcare Engineering Inc. There are many technical issues that govern the power and energy requirements of fans used for steel plant environmental systems. Most of these start when a project is conceived and before the fans are even selected and installed. Then during the ongoing operation and maintenance of the equipment, choices need to be made regularly that impact directly on how well the equipment works; suffice it to say that there are endless ways that things can go wrong. This presentation will walk through how fan optimization can be successfully implemented over the lifespan of fans from capacity, reliability and efficiency perspectives. |
| 2 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Stack Testing |
| 3 p.m | Rolling Mill Mist and Fume Collection Adam Pace, Monroe Environmental Rolling mill fume and mist collection may look quite different from plant to plant. Over the years, many technologies and approaches have been utilized, and recent focus on condensable particulate matter/PM2.5 has further complicated treatment options. This presentation will review different types of particulate matter generated from the rolling process (oil mist, particulate, condensable PM), the various EPA tests used to identify them, how each one affects opacity and stack test results, and the various treatment options available to control them. It will also discuss potential retrofit or contingency options if you find yourself on the wrong end of rolling mill stack test. |
| 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 4 p.m. | Innovative Technologies to Drive Sustainability and Carbon Neutrality Ernie Levinski, Elessent Clean Technologies The iron and steel industry accounts for ~29% of worldwide industrial emissions. This represents approximately 7% of the global carbon footprint. Innovative carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies can support hard-to-abate industry sectors to drive for carbon neutrality. An overview of the most common and some leading technology CCUS options will be presented along with policy incentives to drive adoption within the steel industry. |
| 4:45 p.m. Day 2 Summary and Wrap-Up | |
| 5–6 p.m. Reception | |
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 | |
| 7 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| 8:15 a.m. | Current Trends in Clean Air Act Enforcement and Permit Challenges Steven Wesloh, Frost Brown Todd This presentation will cover current trends in Clean Air Act enforcement and permit challenges relevant to iron and steel manufacturing facilities. This includes an analysis of recently issued EPA Notices of Violation, U.S. Department of Justice Consent Decree and citizen suits, along with Title V permit appeals and petitions to object. Topics will include National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, New Source Performance Standards, New Source Review and State Implementation Plan enforcement. The presentation will provide takeaways to guide facilities on potential opportunities to minimize exposure. |
| 9 a.m. | How to Meet the EPA Ruling on PM2.5 by Using High-Efficiency Cartridge-Style Dust Collection Systems Josh Longmire, The Systems Group The presentation will cover the EPA ruling on PM2.5: What it is; what is expected in regard to health, safety and environmental standards; what engineered solutions are available and how they work; and what the best solution is and how it is working to meet the ruling. |
| 9:45 a.m. Break | |
| 10a.m. | Dry Sorbent Injection – A Reliable, Cost-Effective Emissions Control Strategy…if Done Right Gerald Hunt, Lhoist North America This presentation will provide a high-level overview of key dry sorbent injection (DSI) system design principles, discuss critical sorbent properties, share lessons learned from real-world operating scenarios and offer insight into why many new DSI system designs fail to evolve with operating experience. The objective of this presentation is to share real-world perspective with new and future DSI system users, including often-overlooked engineering principles and operating experiences in an effort to achieve a cost-effective and reliable air pollution control system. |
| 10:45 a.m. | Integration of Air Pollution/Emission Control and Carbon Capture Systems Mark Puett, Elessent Clean Technologies Within the steel industry, with its large number of significant sources of carbon dioxide emissions, the implementation of direct carbon capture can enable steel producers to diminish their environmental footprint. However, carbon capture technologies necessitate a more stringent purified and cooled flue gas stream than those needed to meet regulatory limits for atmospheric emissions for optimal carbon capture performance. |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch |
| 12:30 p.m. | Emissions to Hydrogen – A Technology Demonstration Eric Flynn, Utility Global This presentation reports the results from the first field demonstration of an early-stage zero-electricity electrolytic reactor to produce hydrogen from waste gas. The plant is running on an operating steel mill facility to validate the capability of the reactor to convert actual blast furnace gas to hydrogen. The reactor's on-site production enables industrial processes with existing equipment, such as integrated blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace, to establish localized hydrogen supply chains, reducing transportation and distribution challenges and costs. |
| 1:15 p.m. | Capturing CO2 Emissions at Steel Mills Using Steel Slag to Produce Value-Added Products Sravanth Gadikota, Carbon To Stone Inc. Carbon To Stone’s novel single-step and low-temperature (25–75°C) solution uses steel slag to capture and convert flue gas CO2 emissions from steel mills into valuable carbonates via a reactive crystallization process. CO2 is permanently stored as carbonates that are durable for >100,000 years at ambient conditions. This solution addresses the dual challenges of abating Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions and effectively utilizing steel slag. |
| 2 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | Data-Driven Decarbonization: A Case for Digital Twins and Digital Threads Kyong Song, Barr Engineering Co. Industrial facilities are often full of untapped data that could be employed to run operations more efficiently, decrease downtime, lower risk and improve decarbonization efforts — all while boosting profit and production. The data are just waiting to be revealed via interfaces and instrumentation. Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical assets, processes, or systems that can be used to monitor, simulate, and optimize real-world performance. By creating a digital twin of an industrial facility, operators can gain real-time insights into the performance of individual assets, identify inefficiencies and predict potential issues before they occur. |
| 3:45 p.m. Break | |
| 4 p.m. | Decarbonization Panel Discussion |
| 5 p.m. | Day 2 Summary and Wrap-Up |
Thursday, 14 November 2024 | |
| 7 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Plant Tour of Nucor Steel Florida Inc. |
| Noon | Return From Plant Tour and Conference Adjourn |