Reciprocating Engines Peer Review

April 23-24, 2002
Chicago, Illinois

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Meeting Agenda

Day 1 — Tuesday, April 23, 2002

• Opening Plenary Session
  • Overview of the Office of Distributed Energy Resources and the Importance of Peer Review
    Pat Hoffman, Director, Office of Distributed Energy Resources, U.S. Department of Energy (PDF 307 KB)
  
  
• The Market and Environment for Reciprocating Engines
  • The Role of Reciprocating Engines in Distributed Energy
    Ted Bronson, Gas Technology Institute (PDF 1.0 MB)
  • Reciprocating Engine Market Study
    Joel Bluestein, Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc. (PDF 330 KB)
  
  
• Reciprocating Engines — World, Regional, and State Viewpoints
  • Worldwide Perspectives on Natural Gas Engines
    Graham Weller, Ricardo Consulting Engineers (PDF 202 KB)
  • CHP Applications in the Midwest
    John Cuttica, University of Illinois-Chicago (PDF 744 KB)
  • California's Advanced Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine Systems Program
    Avtar Bining, California Energy Commission (PDF 332 KB)
  • National and State Environmental Issues — Implications for Reciprocating Engine RD&D
    Tim French, Engine Manufacturers Association (PDF 775 KB)
  • Distributed Generation: The Business Case
    Darrell Thornley, CUMMINS NPower, LLC
  
  
• Program Overview — Reciprocating Engines
  Debbie Haught, U.S. Department of Energy (PDF 491 KB)
  
  
• Reciprocating Engine Technology — Can We Get There from Here?
  Tim Callahan, Southwest Research Institute (PDF 1.8 MB)
  
  
• Industry Presentations
  • Gordon Gerber, Caterpillar (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • Dave Bolis, Cummins Inc. (PDF 620 KB)
  • Jim Drees, Waukesha Engine (PDF 5.4 MB)
  
  
• University Program Overview
  Tom George, National Energy Technology Laboratory (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Colorado State University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Michigan Technological University
• Purdue University
• University of Southern California
• University of Texas at Austin

Day 2 — Wednesday, April 24, 2002

• Laboratory Projects
  Overview: Joe Mavec, U.S. Department of Energy (PDF 192 KB)
  • Mike McMillian, National Energy Technology Laboratory (PDF 822 KB)
  • Shuh-Haw Sheen, Argonne National Laboratory (PDF 369 KB)
  • Peter Van Blarigan, Sandia National Laboratory (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • Robert Wagner, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PDF 6.3 MB)
  • Fernando Garzon, Los Alamos National Laboratory (PDF 134 KB)
  
  
• Wrap-Up
  Ron Fiskum, U.S. Department of Energy

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