AMMONIA

THE KEY TO U.S. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

AGENDA Monday, Sept. 29, 2008
8 am Kickoff and Keynote Speaker Introduction Mike Reese, University of Minnesota - Morris 8:15 am Keynote Speaker TBD 8:45 am Opening Comments/Progress Update Norm Olson, Iowa Energy Center 9:15 am Challenges for Ammonia as a Transportation Fuel David Nugent, ACTA 9:45 am Morning Break 10 am Review of Field Data on Ammonia Irrigation Pump Engine and New Ammonia Engine Development Ted Hollinger, Hydrogen Engine Center

5th Annual Ammonia Fuel Conference McNamara Alumni Center Mpls., MN Sept. 29 - 30, 2008

O.C. Kwon, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea 4:15 pm The Equilibrium Dichotomy in Ammonia Cracking Ron Hodkinson, Diverse Energy

TUESday, Sept 30, 2008

8 am Welcome and Announcements John Holbrook, AmmPower LLC 8:15 am Comparative Hazards Assessment of Conventional and Alternative Fuels William Ahlgren, California Polytechnic State University 8:45 am Ensuring Safety in Ammonia Fueled Vehicles and Stationary Power Generation Tony Garcia and Ron Hill, Hill Brothers Chemicals, Gary Smith, Ammonia Safety and Training Institute 9:15 am Super-Safe NH3 storage Gordon Nyquist and Steve Boergert, Mackinaw Associates 9:45 am Morning Break 10 am Solid Ammonia as Energy Carrier: Possibilities and Technology Development Henrik Nybo Petersen, Tue Johannessen, and Debasish Chakraborty, Amminex A/S, and Ammonia Cracker for Hydrogen Generation for PEM Application Jakob Engbaek, Danish Technical Institute

10:30 am Emissions Characterization of an Ammonia Gasoline SI Engine Shawn Grannell, Don Gillespie, Dennis Assanis, Stani Bohac, University of Michigan 11 am Combustion Efficiency and Exhaust Emissions of Ammonia Combustion in Diesel Engines Song-Charng Kong, Iowa State University

11:30 am NH3 is Carbon-Free Bill Kumm, Artic Energies Ltd and C.B. Panchal, Argonne National Lab 12:00 pm Lunch 1 pm Energy Storage with Anhydrous Ammonia Bill Leighty, The Leighty Foundation

1: 30 pm Ammonia from Wind, an Update -- Mike Reese, University of Minnesota - Morris, and Cecil Massie, Sebesta Blomberg and Associates 2 pm Economic Analysis of Ammonia for Use as a Replacement Fuel in Rural Alaska David Lockard, Alaska Energy Authority, Gwen Holdmann and Dennis Witmer, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Nick Szymoniak, University of Alaska - Anchorage

10:30 am Reusable Nickel-Based Materials for Small Scale Ammonia Storage -- Patrick Desrochers, University of Central Arkansas 11 am An Economic and Energy Analysis of Ammonia Production from Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources Jeff Bartels, Iowa State University

11:30 am NH3 from Coal with Carbon Sequestration Bob Fagerstrom, Dakota Gasification 12 pm 1 pm Lunch Wind to NH3 - Green Fertilizer and Fuel for the Future Steve Gruhn and Barry Sackett, Freedom Fertilizer LLC

2:30 pm Niagara Falls Hydro to Ammonia Neal Rauhauser, Dave Bradley, and Larry Bruce, Third Mode Energy 3 pm Afternoon Break 3:15 pm Planar Intermediate Temperature Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell Jason Ganley, NHThree LLC 3:45 pm Properties of Laminar Premixed Hydrogen-added Ammonia/Air Flames J.H. Lee, J.H. Park and

1:30 pm Ammonia Synthesis in a Modified IT-SOFC System Nigel Sammes and G. Restuccia, Colorado School of Mines, Jason Ganley, NHThree LLC 2 pm Ammonia Synthesis Using Nonthermal Plasma with Ruthenium Catalysts Zhiping Le, Shaobo Deng, Paul Chen, and Roger Ruan, University of Minnesota

meeting organizers
John Holbrook, AmmPower, (509) 396 -2082, john.holbrook@charter.net Norm Olson, Iowa Energy Center, (515) 382-1774, nolson@iastate.edu Mike Reese, University of Minnesota, West Central Research and Outreach Center, (320) 589-1711, reesem@morris.umn.edu

2:30 pm Progress in Hydrogen Hubs Jack Robertson, Northwest Hydrogen Alliance 3 pm Afternoon Break 3:15 pm Small-scale Production of Renewable Ammonia Mark Huberty, University of Minnesota 3:45 pm Ammonia Production and Baseload Solar Power Rebecca Dunn and Keith Lovegrove -- Australian