Emerging Technology Program

Mission Statement: To advance electrical engineering technology, applications, technical papers and industry standards for emerging technologies within the petrochemical industry. The Emerging Technologies Technical Subcommittee provides an international forum to publish technical papers related to these topics at the annual PCIC conference.
Topics Include:

1. Electrochemical
2. Synthetic crude and fuels
3. Biomass
4. Oils sands
5. Oil shale
6. Methanol, ethanol and hydrogen
7. LNG (Liquified Natural Gas)
8. Other emerging technologies such as renewable energy

The Emerging Technology Technical Subcommittee officers are:​

• Richard Anderson - Chair
• Masoud Hajiaghajani - Vice Chair
• Pratik Shah - Secretary

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL SESSION I

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 - 8:15am to 11:15am - Salon G
Presiding: Richard Anderson, Chair

PCIC-2026-22    BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AS A RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO DIESEL GENERATORS FOR STANDBY POWER APPLICATION
Mohit Kumar                                       Bechtel Energy Inc.
Shankar Nambi                                   Bechtel Energy Inc.
Terry Tadlock                                       Bechtel Energy Inc.
Manish Verma                                     TMEIC Corp Americas
 
PCIC-2026-23    EMPOWERING MODERN PROTECTION: HOW RELAYS WITH LOW-ENERGY INPUTS UNLOCK THE FULL POTENTIAL OF ROGOWSKI COIL SENSING
Anushka Dissanayake                       Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Marcos Donolo                                    Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Jamison Ehlers                                    Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Anurag Upadhyay                               Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Vinod Yedidi                                         Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
 
PCIC-2026-24    RESILIENT BLACK-START SYSTEM DESIGN AND INTEGRATION WITH A POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN ISLANDED LNG FACILITY
Mohammad Asif                                 Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Soham Datta                                       KBR
Jeff Duran                                             KBR
Maaz Kazmi                                          Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Talha Zamir                                           Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL SESSION II

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 - 8:15am to 11:15am - Salon G
Presiding: Masoud Hajiaghajani, Vice Chair

PCIC-2026-37    INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURES OF DC-FED VARIABLE SPEED SYSTEM WITH ACTIVE-STATOR PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR FOR MARINE AND MINING APPLICATIONS
Lionel Duranty                                     GEV Power Conversion
Duro Basic                                            GEV Power Conversion
Arun Prasad                                         GEV Power Conversion
Nicholas Smith                                    GEV Power Conversion
 
PCIC-2026-38    NEW BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR DC BATTERY SYSTEMS IN ELECTRICAL BUILDINGS - RAISING AWARENESS
Luca Magenes                                     Powell Electrical Systems, Inc.
Matt Armand                                       Bechtel Energy
Gautami Bhatt                                    Bechtel Energy
Binoy Kurien                                        Powell Electrical Systems, Inc.
 
PCIC-2026-39    MODERNIZING SLURRY PUMP DRIVE SYSTEM USING PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS, A CAPEX AND OPEX ANALYSIS
Jose Simpson                                      ABB, Inc.
Guillermo Castillo                               SOLTEX