Natural gas has a large current and potential high-growth market for gas transportation applications, ranging from domestic and fleet vehicles to rail, off-road, heavy duty, rail and marine applications. This session will explore the broad suite of offerings and applications for natural gas in transportation applications. The session is expected to be comprised of case studies of vehicle technology and applications, fueling and related infrastructure, economics and environmental drivers.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Natural gas: the essential fuel for industry in a sustainable future
Objectives
Natural gas is a preferred fuel choice for steam generation, process heating, power generation and other industrial applications. This session will explore an array of industrial applications and topics that showcase gas in current and emerging markets, including:
- Demand growth and marketing strategies to drive international gas for industrial markets
- Natural gas for efficient & sustainable power production.
- Natural gas applications in energy and environmental efficiency in industrial facilities
- Energy transition in industrial market
- New potential growth of natural gas uses and markets
- Natural gas and thermal energy storage
Examples of subject matters include
- Industrial gas markets
- High efficiency power generation
- High-efficiency natural gas processes
- Heat recovery in industrial applications
- High efficiency combustion systems
- Technologies for future low carbon foot print factories
- New natural gas processes and uses
- Natural gas and “Future Factories 4.0”
The role of natural gas in buildings in 2030 in response to regional energy policies
Objectives
Natural gas has a strong and growing role in domestic, commercial and institutional applications ranging from appliances, space heating and cooling, power generation, and other building applications. This session will explore the latest applications and case studies showcasing natural gas in an array of building applications. The areas that are expected to be covered include:
- Bridging the technology gap – moving from condensing systems to new consumer products (gas heat pumps, micro-CHP, fuel cells and other leading technologies)
- Decreasing CO2 emissions with domestic gas appliances
- Increasing energy efficiency with gas appliances and applications
- Improving local air quality with gas appliances
- Hybridization – gas as an integral component of combined energy systems
Examples of subject matters include
- Energy technology and systems for buildings
- Advanced gas equipment and applications
- Domestic and commercial markets and applications
- CHP systems
- Hybrid gas and renewables
- Energy systems
Natural gas for transport: driving clean mobility forward
Objectives
Examples of subject matters include
- Demand growth and marketing strategies to drive transport markets
- Role of renewables as driver for development of natural gas mobility
- Development of regional policies targeted at growing gas for transport markets
- The potential of LNG for bunkering – international case studies
- Overview on typical LNG and CNG refueling infrastructure options
- Overview on international and regional standards related to gas for transport
- Macro-economic effects on natural gas-related Total Cost of Ownership scenarios for NGVs
- Well-to-Wheel emission benefits from using gas as a transportation fuel
The impact of gas quality on current and future use
Objectives
The session will address the challenge of the gas quality variations worldwide and their impact of gas utilization applications. The session will both cover technical and non-technical aspects, such as standardization of gas quality, and include technical developments to mitigate the impact of gas quality on appliances. In the introduction of the session, the results from the conducted IGU survey on the impact of gas quality upon utilizations of gas in the transport and industrial sectors will be presented.
Examples of subject matters include
- Gas quality for CNG road vehicles (including oil carryover and methane number)
- Gas quality and LNG road and marine use (including gas quality parameters such as Wobbe index, methane number, heating value, sulfur content)
- Gas quality adjustment
- Gas quality impact
- Harmonization of gas quality, combustion control, hydrogen mix in natural gas (H2NG)
- Process technical solutions to counterbalance gas quality, real experience with gas quality variations, renewable gases
TECHNICAL & INNVOVATION CENTRE
Innovations in industrial utilization
Objectives
This TIC session will cover the latest technologies and applications related to the industrial market – including steam generation, process heating, power generation, CHP, and hybrid systems and other applications.
Examples of subject matters include
This TIC session will be composed from innovations and applied case studies on:
- New technologies and products
- Hybrid systems
- Emerging technologies and applications
- New services
Innovations in residential and commercial gas technologies
Objectives
This TIC session will cover the latest technologies and applications related to the domestic (residential), commercial, institutional, and other building markets. The session will look at the latest technology, products and applications related to appliances, HVAC systems, CHP and micro-CHP, and hybrid technologies and system approaches.
Examples of subject matters include
This TIC session will be composed from innovations and applied case studies on:
- New technologies and products
- Hybrid systems
- Emerging technologies and applications
- New services
Innovations in natural gas vehicles and fueling infrastructure
Objectives
This TIC session will showcase the latest technologies and applications related to the transportation market – including NGVs, vehicles, fueling systems, rail marine, heavy duty, off-road and other applications.
Examples of subject matters include
This TIC session will be composed from innovations and applied case studies on:
- New technologies and products
- Hybrid systems
- Emerging technologies and applications
- New services