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BIO: Dr. Santosh K. Gangwal, Manager, Business Development, Energy Technology, Southern Research Institute has over 33 years of experience in coal and biomass gasification/pyrolysis, synthetic gas conditioning/conversion, fuel desulfurization, and carbon capture. He has developed and managed several multimillion dollar programs in the energy technology area including syngas cleanup, high temperature membranes, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, tar cracking, and others. He holds a PhD degree in chemical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He holds 11 patents in the energy technology area and has authored over 150 journal articles and conference proceedings.
Revision Date: 11/4/2010
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Southern Research Institute, Liquefaction System
Dr. Santosh K. Gangwal, Manager of Business Development Energy Technology at Southern Research Institute, observed that the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid transportation fuels (carbon-to-liquids) can significantly improve the nation’s energy security. Biomass is a renewable resource and the United States has the world’s largest known coal reserves. Southern Research Institute’s ongoing advanced carbon-to-liquid projects were described. One display that drew the attention of everyone was the comparison of gasoline costs with various biomass and coal-to-liquids options vs. crude at two different prices. Comparison of $/bbl Gasoline Equivalent Cost (See link above to slides.) With carbon sequestration the costs increase only slightly, but this is highly site specific. Dr. Lee had actually displayed analyses for the ALE North Dakota DCL project, when using lignite the breakeven cost was only $47/bbl of crude. This is because there would be a sales value for the CO2, due to the proximity to depleted oil fields and the use in enhanced oil recovery.
Revision Date: 11/4/2010
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Southern Research Institute, Liquefaction System, Cost