Engineering Fuels for the Future: Climate Neutral Fuels for 1.5°C

Name: Engineering Fuels for the Future: Climate Neutral Fuels for 1.5°C
Start: 2021-07-07T10:00:00
Location: Seminar

Seminar, Live Online

07 July 2021

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Overview

In light of the IPCC’s special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, it is critical for engineers across the transport sector to find propulsion solutions to keep the change at under 1.5 °C. Due to the varying duty cycles, pure electric is not always the only or even a feasible solution and therefore alternative fuels need to be considered to make up part of the future propulsion options.

The Engineering Fuels for the Future seminar will provide in-depth technical presentations covering progress across alternative fuels including synthetic fuels, biomethane, hydrogen and ammonia. Gain insight into developments across a variety of applications to make the best fuel choices for your application.

The event also cover the overall concept of net-zero as well as the impact of COVID-19 on the transport sector to show how climate-neutral fuels fit into this context. Be part of the discussion through our live Q&A sessions so that we can take lessons learned from the pandemic forward to shape future fuels.

Join this seminar to:

Hear from pioneering organisations in the field of climate-neutral fuels including FuelsEurope, Rolls-Royce, Porsche, BEIS, Climate Change Committee and Shell
Learn about developments in carbon-based and carbon-free alternative fuels including biomethane, synthetic fuels, hydrogen and ammonia to take back to your organisation
Discover how alternative fuel use is shaping propulsion design across a variety of applications including aerospace, marine, heavy-duty, off-highway as well as passenger vehicles
Gain insight into the lessons learned from the pandemic regarding air pollution and how these are being taken forward to influence transport propulsion design and application
Grasp the overall scale-up challenge for sustainable fuels and how this is being managed

Seminar programme highlights:

BEIS address the genuine choices that need to be made in order for transport to decarbonise
Porsche AG discuss progress with eFuels and how it is reducing emissions in its current fleet
University of Brighton highlight the opportunities presented to the commercial vehicle sector by hydrogen fuelled internal combustion engines
FuelsEurope share their plans to support sustainable fuel production and how they will manage the challenge of scaling up creation

Our expert speaker panel includes the following presenters:

Dave Smith, Director of Technology, Rolls-Royce
John Cooper, Director General, FuelsEurope
Paul Monks, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
André Casal Kulzer, Advanced Engineering Powertrain Manager, Porsche AG

Attendees from the previous seminar included representatives from:

ABS Europe Ltd
Afton Chemical
AGCO SA
Angel Trains Limited
Associated British Ports
Bennamann Ltd
Bentley Motors Limited
Brunel University London
CNG Services Ltd
Delta Motorsport
Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
Dolphin N2
Dover Fueling Solutions UK Ltd
E4tech
European Petroleum Refiners Association
Exeter University
Formula One
Gilkes
Hartridge Ltd
Hexadex Limited

Imperial College London
Intelligent Energy
Jefcare Services
John Lewis Partnership
Johnson Matthey plc
Leyland Trucks
Lubrizol Limited
Morgan Stanley
Project Design Engineers
Ricardo Plc
Rolls-Royce
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Shell
Supacat Ltd
Tata Motors European Technical Centre
UK Petroleum Industry Association
University of Bath
University of Brighton
University of Leeds
University of the West of England
Vehicle Certification Agency

Delegate feedback from the previous seminar:

"A great opportunity to stand back from the day-to-day and look strategically at requirements and opportunities for future fuels."
Custom Diesel Projects Manager, Hartridge Ltd

"An excellent conference really getting to the key issues in transport carbon reduction."
Powertrain Engineering Manager, Leyland Trucks Ltd

"An excellent, very timely and informative event with good technical content and an excellent mix of currently relevant engineering topics, exactly what I would expect from the IMechE."
Marketing and Public Affairs, Bennamann Ltd

"Overall a very thorough and technical look at the future of fuels to tackle carbon reduction in the UK."
Vehicle Systems Engineer, SC Group

"The event provides technical insight into low carbon fuels and its application to real world situations."
PhD Student, Brunel University London

"The event was really interesting and well organised. The speakers provided very useful insights into the industry as well as current trends and challenges that we need to face in the transition to zero emissions. Very good day!"
MBA Student, Warwick Business School

"Thought provoking and wide ranging take on pressing energy issue."
Fuels Scientist, Shell Global Solutions

"Valuable event providing excellent insight into the challenges faced by the automotive and heavy duty vehicle industry in terms of electrification and renewable fuels."
Associate Fellow - Fuels and Lubricants, Rolls-Royce

"Well run conference with informative speakers who opened my eyes to the importance of decarbonisation in the coming decades...it will change all our industries."
Technology Manager - Fuel Additives, Lubrizol Ltd

Organising Committee:

Powertrain Systems and Fuels Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Member Credits:
Roger Cracknell, Technology Expert - Combustion Chemistry, Shell Global Solutions (UK)
Steve Whelan, Global Development and Application Centre Leader, HORIBA MIRA
Penny Atkins, Deputy Director, Advanced Engineering Centre, University of Brighton
Steve Sapsford, Managing Director, SCE Ltd
John Williams, Consultant, All About Carbon Ltd
Ken Hart, Visiting Fellow - Aerospace Engineering, University of Hertfordshire

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Day 1

10:00 - Seminar Programme

	Wednesday, 7 July 2021
10:00	Chair's opening remarks Roger Cracknell, Technology Expert - Combustion Chemistry, Shell Global Solutions (UK)
	Net-zero - what does it really mean?
10:10	Reducing emissions: the transport sector in the Balanced Pathway to Net-Zero Keith Bell, Holder of the Scottish Power Chair in Smart Grids, University of Strathclyde, and a member of the Climate Change Committee What the greenhouse gas emissions associated with fuel use in surface transport, aviation and shipping have been What kinds of emissions reductions in the transport sector as part of a Balanced Pathway to Net Zero are required What the main energy system and policy challenges that must be met to enable such changes are
10:35	Shell Energy Transformation Scenarios 2021 Martin Haigh, Senior Energy & Climate Change Adviser, Scenarios Team, Shell Expectation that energy demand will grow in all scenarios for several decades The importance of developing negative emissions, both technological and nature-based, for 1.5°C The pace of energy transition in transport
11:00	Break
	Carbon based fuels and their progress
11:30	Biomethane in heavy goods transport is now Tom Lamy, Projects Development Lead, Gasrec Biomethane is the only practical option for deep HGV decarbonisation available How is biomethane supplied? Gasrec case study
11:55	Which fuels will decarbonise aviation? Dave Smith, Director of Technology, Rolls-Royce Physics makes aviation hard to decarbonise, why? We need a cross industry international massive investment to meet the challenge, who? Will it be sustainable hydrocarbons, hydrogen, batteries or something else, how?
12:20	eFuels: A further step towards sustainable mobility André Casal Kulzer, Manager Advanced Engineering Powertrain, Porsche AG eFuels being a necessary complement to E-Mobility and their production being based on green hydrogen Optimized blending leading to better eFuel quality and further emission reduction for the existing stock fleet when within an adapted EN228 framework The large variety of opportunities for further performance and emission potentials within a prospective fuel standard offered by Next Gen eFuels
12:45	Lunch Break
	Afternoon Chair Steve Whelan, Global Development and Application Centre Leader, HORIBA MIRA
13:45 Afternoon keynote	A European cross sectoral strategy to develop ReFuels at scale for 2050 transport climate neutrality John Cooper, Director General, FuelsEurope Diversified feedstock sources and production technologies A strategic role for road transport to grow the sector and address high capital costs Framework of policies to give support for investors and incentives for customers for low-carbon liquid “ReFuels”
	Carbon-free alternative fuel progress
14:15	Propulsion solutions for achieving net zero in the commercial vehicle market Robert Morgan, Professor of Thermal Propulsion, University of Brighton A comparison of sustainable thermal propulsion technologies for commercial vehicles The opportunity advanced hydrogen fuelled ICE is delivering net zero to the commercial vehicle sector Reducing the risks in delivering a sustainable freight transport network
14:40	Ammonia for power Agustin Valera-Medina, Associate Professor, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University Ammonia as a method to easily transport and store hydrogen Ammonia conversion into power, heating and propulsion Impact of the use of nitrogen-bound molecules towards the production of unwanted emissions (i.e. NOx)
15:05	Break
	Learning from the pandemic: The impact of COVID-19 on all transportation
15:35	Net-zero and transport Paul Monks, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy The pervasiveness of net-zero The key being the need for decarbonisation of hard to decarbonise sectors early The genuine choices for transport
16:00	How the Covid-19 lockdown affected air pollution in Europe: A multi-city analysis with a glance to AQLVs Thanasis Megaritis, Air Quality Science Associate, Concawe Overview of city-level analysis to quantify the ways in which the Covid-19 lockdown measures have had an impact on air quality in Europe. Analysis of findings including that NO2 concentrations had a significant drop during the first period of the national lockdown measures in early 2020 O3 concentration across cities showing a differing response
16:25	Chair’s closing remarks
16:30	End of seminar

Dave Smith: Director of Technology, Rolls-Royce

Dave Smith joined Rolls Royce on 2nd October 2017 and is Director of Technology. Prior to RR, Dave was Managing Director of the Ricardo Automotive Engineering Consulting businesses based throughout Europe, with sales teams in Japan, India and Korea. Before that, Dave was Global Head of a Cambridge Consultancy - PA Consulting’s technology consulting, product development and innovation company. Previously Dave was Managing Director of a communications and software R&D company, Roke Manor. Roke received the Queens Award for Innovation and multiple other awards for engineering and also received recognition as Best Employer. He is Chair of the IET Policy Panel on Innovation and Emerging Technologies.

John Cooper: Director General, FuelsEurope

John Cooper was appointed Director General, FuelsEurope and Concawe in April 2015. He started his career in the motor industry working on future powertrains, and after 3 years moved to BP Downstream where he has 27 years of experience. His previous role was as Director, Renewables Strategy Downstream, leading BP’s commercial compliance strategy for renewables regulation. He has also had business leadership roles in aviation fuels and lubricants, transport energy policy, and fuels technology, in the UK and USA, and has represented the UK fuels industry at the UK Automotive Council Technology Group. He holds a BA in Engineering from Cambridge University.

Paul Monks: Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Paul Monks is Chief Scientific Adviser of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Prior to joining the department, he was Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Science and Engineering at the University of Leicester, where he remains a Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science. His research experience covers the broad areas of air quality, atmospheric composition and climate change that has provided a platform for translation into diverse areas including forensic science, CBRN, microbiology and food safety, natural resource management and breathomics (breath analysis as a medical diagnostic). Paul was the Chair for 10 years of the Defra Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) and Deputy-Chair of the Defra Science Advisory Council, alongside roles in the UKRI-NERC advice structures. He has worked internationally as, for example, the European representative on the Environmental Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry Scientific Steering Committee (EPAC SSC) of the World Meteorological Organisation and ICACGP (International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution). As founding director of G-STEP (a university innovation initiative), he developed a business facing organisation with the aim of innovating using space based (EO) data to enhance the competitiveness of industry, particularly focused on SMEs.

Keith Bell: Holder of the Scottish Power Chair in Smart Grids, University of Strathclyde, and a member of the Climate Change Committee

Keith Bell has been at the University of Strathclyde since 2005 having previously worked as an electrical engineering researcher in Bath, Manchester and Naples, and as a system development engineer in the electricity supply industry in Britain. He is a member of the UK’s Climate Change Committee, a co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre and is involved in CIGRE, the International Council of Large Electric Systems. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and has advised the Scottish, UK and Irish governments and the UK’s office of gas and electricity markets, Ofgem, on electrical energy and power systems issues.

Martin Haigh: Senior Energy & Climate Change Adviser, Scenarios Team, Shell

Martin Haigh is Senior Energy Adviser and leads Shell’s World Energy Model team, which explores how energy demand is evolving in different countries and sectors. Martin joined Shell in 2003 and has been a member of the Shell Scenarios team since 2004. He has led the development of Shell’s World Energy Model, which has underpinned the last three Shell scenario rounds and built on Shell’s 50-year history in scenario planning. He works with many institutions, including MIT’s Climate Science team, the International Energy Agency and has participated in the IPCC Sixth Assessment focusing on energy systems modelling. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. His background is in mathematics and has experience in mathematical and economic modelling in the transport, telecom and energy industries.

Robert Morgan: Professor of Thermal Propulsion, University of Brighton

Robert Morgan is a professor of Thermal Propulsion in the Advanced Engineering Centre at the University of Brighton. He joined Brighton in 2011 after eighteen years in industry, first with Ricardo then Ceres Power and finally as Chief Technical Officer at Highview Power Storage. His career has focused on novel propulsion technologies for transportation, fuel cells, thermal management, energy storage and cryogenic engineering. He has published 60 articles and is named on 14 patents. Professor Morgan was worked with the Advanced Propulsion Centre in developing the 2019 Heavy Duty, Fuel Cells and Thermal Propulsion roadmaps.

Agustin Valera-Medina: Associate Professor, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University

Agustin Valera-Medina is a Reader/Associate Professor at Cardiff School of Engineering, UK. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from UNAM, Mexico, and an MSc and a PhD in the field of Energy from Cardiff University, UK. He has participated as PI/Co-I in 27 industrial projects with multinationals including PEMEX, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Ricardo, Airbus, and BP, attracting approximately £8.5M in research. He has published 160 papers (h-index 22), 30 of these specifically concerning ammonia power. He has supervised 25 PhD students, 7 on ammonia-related topics. Dr. Valera-Medina led Cardiff’s contribution to the Innovate-UK “Decoupled Green Energy” Project (2015–2018) led by Siemens and in partnership with STFC and the University of Oxford, which aimed to demonstrate the use of green ammonia produced from wind energy. He is currently PI of the project SAFE-AGT (EP/T009314/1, £1.9M) to demonstrate the use of ammonia as an efficient gas turbine fuel. He leads the combustion work package of the H2020 project FLEXnCONFU (884157), a €12.7M project conceived to demonstrate ammonia power in large turbine engines. He is also PI and co-I of projects related to ammonia for transportation, propulsion, and heat/cooling. He has been part of various scientific boards, chairing sessions in international conferences and moderating large industrial panels on the topic of “Ammonia for Direct Use.” He supported the preparation of the Royal Society Policy Briefings “Green Ammonia” on the use of ammonia as energy vector. He is main author of the book 'Techno-economic challenges of ammonia as energy vector' (Elsevier).

André Casal Kulzer: Advanced Engineering Powertrain Manager, Porsche AG

2012 – 2021 Manager Advanced Development Powertrain incl. Synthetic Fuels and Electrified Powertrain Concepts
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Weissach, Germany

2008 – 2012 Manager Engine Thermodynamics and New Combustion Concepts
Robert Bosch GmbH, Schwieberdinden, Germany

2004 – 2008 Project Leader Engine Thermodynamics and New Combustion Concepts
Robert Bosch GmbH, Schwieberdinden, Germany

2000 – 2004 PhD - Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.), University Stuttgart, Germany
GDI Direct Start – Start Optimization of a GDI Engine using a Thermodynamic Engine Simulation Model
TR100 Award 2004 – MIT’s Technology Review - „one of the world’s top young innovators under 35“

1994 – 1999 Master in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon

Tom Lamy: Projects Development Lead, Gasrec

Tom Lamy graduated with a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Sydney and has worked in the LNG fuels space for the last 10 years in Australia and the UK across a variety of engineering, commercial and project management roles. At Gasrec he is responsible for developing new LNG stations for trucks while managing Gasrec’s biomethane procurement.

Thanasis Megaritis: Air Quality Research Associate, Concawe

Thanasis Megaritis is a Chemical Engineer, holding a PhD and a Master’s degree from University of Patras, in Greece, with a research focus on air quality modelling. He joined Concawe as an Air Quality Science Associate in 2017 and he is responsible for coordinating and supporting the project activities of the Air Quality Management Group and its Special Task Forces. Specific focus areas include refinery emissions determination and reporting, air quality impacts of vehicle emissions, cost-benefit assessment related to air quality policy, development and implementation of air quality legislation, and integrated assessment modelling.

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