Invited Plenary Speeches

1.   Prof. Nathan, Gus  (The University of Adelaide)

The potential to integrate concentrating solar thermal energy with solid fuel processes

2.    Prof. Hayashi, Jun-ichiro (Kyushu University)

Grand design of coal/biomass conversion into power and chemicals with carbon-neutral/negative nature

3.    Prof. Scherer, Viktor (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Status of discrete element method modelling for industrial furnaces

4.    Prof. Wu, Hongwei  (Curtin University)

Ash tracer method for determining char yield during solid fuels thermochemical processing: History, fundamentals, validity and alternatives

5.    Prof. Axelbaum, Richard L. (Washington University in St. Louis)

R&D of pressurized oxy combustion (SPOC) technology

6.    Prof. Xu, Minghou (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) 

Coal combustion-generated particulates and mercury: Formation and control

7.    Dr. Minchener, Andrew (IEA Clean Coal Centre)

Flexible operation of high efficiency coal power plants to ensure grid stability when intermittent renewables are included

8.   Prof. Fletcher, Thomas H. (Brigham Young University)

Advances in modeling coal pyrolysis, char combustion, and soot formation from coal tar

9.    Prof. Lyu, Junfu (Tsinghua University)

Researches on clean coal combustion technology in China

10.  Dr. Lu, Pisi (China Energy Investment Group Co. Ltd)

China’s Clean and Efficient Coal Strategy and Practices

11.  Prof. Hasse, Christian (TU Darmstadt)

Towards predictive CFD simulations of coal combustion – using Machine Learning for efficient representation of solid fuel kinetics