Conference Program
Sunday April 22, 2012
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Registration Open
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Meet n’ Greet
Monday April 23, 2012
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Registration Open
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Opening Remarks and Keynote Presentations
Opening Remarks
Ted Michaels, President, Energy Recovery Council
Keynote Presentations
Mark Weidman, President, Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.
Kevin Roche, General Manager, ecomaine
Mike Wigmore, Partner, Bingham McCutchen
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
ASME Materials and Energy Recovery Division 2012 Awards 
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 1: The Changing Municipal Solid Waste Stream
Session Chair: Bob Hauser, Pinellas County Utilities
Increasing Resource Recovery from Non-recycled Plastics
Greg Wilkinson, President, Third Oak Associates
The Effect of Food Waste Diversion on Waste Heating Value and WTE Facility Capacity
Tony LoRe, Principal Engineer, CDM Smith
The Changing Waste Stream and Its Implications for WTE
John Carlton, Vice President, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc.
Waste-to-Energy Biogenic Carbon Dioxide Reductions and USEP's Greenhouse Gas
Reporting Mandate: What Does the Future Hold?
Mark Maritato, Environmental Specialist, ecomaine
The Latest and Greatest on WTE and Conversion Technologies Including Status of
Projects Under Development
Harvey Gershman, President, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc.
Session 2: Improving Combustion Technologies
Session Chair: Mark White, Covanta Energy
Waste Combustion Technology Development
Dr. Jens Sohnemann, Sales Director, Fisia Babcock Environment
Practical Experience in Optimization of Combustion with Expert Systems from 24
Combustion Lines on 12WTE Plants in Europe and China
Asger Danielsen, Director, Dublix Engineering A/S
Carbon Monoxide Emission Improvements from Combustion System Upgrades at the Wheelabrator Portsmouth Refuse Derived Fuel Plant
Samit Pethe, Process Engineer, Jansen Combustion and Boiler Technologies, Inc.
Do Odors at a Waste Management Facility Indicate a Risk to Health?
Stephen Zemba, Senior Engineer, Cambridge Environmental, Inc.
A Truly Integrated Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS)
optimized for the Waste-to-Energy(WTE) applications
Ron Baker, Vice President Eastern Region, EcoChem Analytics
Resource Recovery - The Contribution of Energy-from-Waste Plants
Ralf Koralewska, Project engineer , MARTIN GmbH
5:00pm – 7:30pm
Opening of NAWTEC 20 Tradeshow and Welcome Reception
Tuesday April 24, 2012
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Registration Open
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 3: Driving the Industry with Practical WTE Policies
Session Chair: Ted Michaels, President, ERC
Waste-to-Energy, Renewability and State Renewable Portfolio Standards
Rick Brandes, Consultant, RB Consulting
An Introduction to the Cascading Water Management System for
Sustainable Water Conservation at WTEFacilities
Rebecca McLarty, Project Engineer, CDM Smith
Generating and Marketing Carbon Offset Credits
Michael Van Brunt, Director, Sustainability, Covanta Energy
Restructuring Plant Operations and Contracts to Make a First Generation
RDF Plant Competitive in a CostDriven Market
Stephen Vrchota, Engineer, Great River Energy
The Economic Development Benefits of Waste-to-Energy Facilities
Jeremy O'Brien, Director, SWANA Applied Research Foundation
Session 4: Gasification 
Session Chair: WTERT
Comparison of Environmental Performance Expectations: Gasification
versus Mass-Burn WtE Facilities Currently Under Construction in North America
Elizabeth Rice, Consultant, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc.
Two Stage Thermal Plasma Process for Resource Recovery and
Energy Production from Unsorted Waste
Pierre Carabin, Chief Engineer, PyroGenesis
Modeling and Design of a High Temperature Chamber Fed by a
Plasma Torch for Removal of Tars
Romain Demarthon, Ph.D. Student, LeTEP
Catalytic Performance of Char or Ash in Tar Reduction
Naomi Klinghoffer, Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University
Waste-to-Energy Conversion by Stepwise Liquefaction, Gasification and
Clean Combustion of Waste Plastics
Saber Talebi Anaraki, Research Associate, Northeastern University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 5: Expanding WTE Operations in North America
Session Chair: Tony LoRe, CDM Smith
Breaking Ground for a New 3,000 Ton Per Day WTE Facility
Raymond Schauer, Director of Engineering and Public Works, Solid Waste
Authority of Palm Beach County
Air Permitting of New WTE Projects
Thomas Henderson, Principal Consultant, Arcadis-US
Region of Durham Initiative to Construct the EfW Facility and Explore Synergies
Between Incineration and Integrated Waste Management Systems to Achieve
70% Diversion Goal
Mirka Januszkiewicz, Director of Waste Management Services, Regional Municipality of Durham
Session 6: Research and Development
Session Chair: WTERT
CFD Analysis of NOx Formation in WTE Systems Using Detailed Chemical Kinetic Modeling
Alex Frank, Student, Columbia University
The Effect of CH3Cl on a Rh/Al2O3 Catalyst for Reforming Landfill Gas to Syngas
McKenzie Kohn, Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University
IC Engine Performance and Emissions Operating on Landfill Gas and Synthesis Gas
Marcella Lusardi, Researcher, Columbia University
The Effect of SO2/HCl Ratio on Superheater High Temperature Corrosion
Timothy Sharobem, Graduate Student, Columbia University
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Legislative Update
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
SWANA Waste-to-Energy Technical Division Meeting
Wednesday April 25, 2012
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Session 7: Waste Conversion Technologies
Session Chair: Joe Murdoch, HDR Inc.
Cleaning Up Gasification Producer Gas for Use in an IC Engine
Bradley Ginger, Engineering Product Manager, EISENMANN Corporation
MRF Residues Conversion Study
Timothy Raibley, Vice President, HDR Inc.
Advanced WTE Technologies: Waste Conversion Technologies
Bettina Kamuk, Head of Department, Ramboll
Technology Selected for City of Los Angeles Waste Conversion Facility Sets
New Standard for Sustainable Waste Management Using WTE
Dominic Meo III, Principal Associate, Meo & Associates
Session 8: Improving Plant Operations
Session Chair: John Austin
ASME Performance Test Code 34, Waste Combustors with Energy Recovery,
What is PTC 34 and How Can it Help You?
Stephen Deduck, Manager, Technical Operations, Covanta Energy
Aero-Shields - New Product To Improve Boiler Performance and Maintenance
Greg Epelbaum, Manager, Boiler Engineering, Covanta Energy
Pittsfield, Massachusetts Resource Recovery Facility: Part III
Kevin Rousseau, Facility Manager, Covanta Pittsfield, LLC
Catalytic DeDioxin System Demonstration at Covanta Energy's Wallingford Plant
Shang-Hsiu Lee, Senior Engineer of R&D, Covanta Energy
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Facility Tour
(Separate registration fee, includes lunch)