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Resume of T.

Stephen Wittrig

University of Illinois, Urbana - BS, ChE, 1977


Lisle Abbott Rose Award (Outstanding Graduating Engineer, 1977)
AIChE Award (Outstanding Graduating Chemical Engineer, 1977)

Cal Tech - Ph.D., ChE 1981


Fannie and John Hertz Fellow, CalTech / PhD Thesis Ultrahigh vacuum surface science,
catalysis

General Motors, Electrochemistry Dept. (Summer, 1977)


Independent Project, Methods for use of electrochemical membranes for pollution control,
GM’s first use of Nafion membranes

Amoco Oil (1981-1985)


Responsible for running coal liquefaction process development/pilot plant
Refinery research and modeling for catalytic cracking catalyst control strategy and
pollution control
Initiated and completed 4 projects on improving organizational effectiveness with
computer technology

Amoco Chemical Exploratory Research (1985-1987)


Developed and demonstrated novel nonsteady-state partial oxidation reactor for methane
conversion to syngas

Amoco Chemical Polymers Marketing (1987-1990)


Initiated and carried out Customer Contact Program for scientists to work with customers
Technical Coordinator, Amoco Procyon Project (prototype sailing yacht using new materials
& applications)

Amoco Chemical – Product and Process Analysis Group (1990 - 1993)


Leader of Product and Process Analysis Group for Chemical Business Development

Amoco Chemical - Special Assignments, Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporate Renewal


(1993-1995)
Commodity Broadening and Global Olefins Strategy Team for Amoco Chemical Company
Member of a team for determining future options for growth of the Chemical business
Technology Council Change Team, Chemical Sector Representative (1995 - 1997)
Corporate Science & Technology Management team for cross business cooperation &
development
Awarded the1996 Chairman’s Award in Amoco

Project Focus - SAP R/3 Rollout Leader for Chemicals (1996-1997)


Plan and implement conversion and restart of Chemical Sector Businesses on SAP R/3
business software
Financial and cost reporting, Order Fulfillment, Purchasing, Asset Management, Projects
First major rollout in Corporate SAP implementation - 17 major sites (approx. $4B revenue)

Amoco Corporate Gas to Liquids Strategy (1997 – 1998)


Corporate Lead on DME/Methanol strategy for Gas to Liquids, 1998
Developed strategy for market development for methanol as fuel and chemical feedstock
and for DME as power fuel and bottled gas. Strategy approved by Amoco top management
prior to BP/Amoco merger.
Initial execution of the strategy led to the construction of the world’s first megamethanol
plant (the Atlas 5000 ton per day methanol plant commissioned in 2004 in Trinidad). As a
much lower cost route to methanol, the megamethanol technology is the basis for a large
fraction of the emerging coal conversion industry in China.

BP/Amoco Merger Integration (1999 - 2000)


Chemical Technology Strategy and Implementation, Senior Technologist (1999 – 2001)
Assistance to London in initiating the first US University programs (the Princeton Carbon
Mitigation Initiative and the Caltech/Berkeley Methane Conversion Cooperative)

Director, Advanced Technologies, BP (2004 – 2011)

Great University Program, BP (2001 – 2011)

In partnership with BP’s Chief Scientists (Bernie Bulkin and Steve Koonin), developed and
implemented BP program for funding science and capability development at Great
Universities in the countries in which we operate.

China Great University Program


General overview of capabilities from science to regional hubs – As implemented in China
with Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua
Clean Energy: Facing the Future Program with Chinese Academy of Sciences (Partnerships
for Turning Great Chinese Science into Global Technologies), partnership for creating new
capabilities for engineering and economic guidance for new science, for intellectual
property strategy and for commercialization and market development
Establishing BP CHINA JOINT PROGRAM LORD BROWNE & CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO
BP DALIAN ENERGY INNOVATION LABORATORY 2013 BROCHURE

Tsinghua BP Clean Energy Research and Education Centre, support and partnership for
creating a world class center for analysis of systems and policy issues on energy and
environment, a global nexus for interdisciplinary projects in clean coal alternative fuels as
well as renewables and low carbon options
TSINGHUA BP CLEAN ENERGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTRE AND DITAN LAB
OVERVIEW

Appointed Special Advisor to the Tsinghua Ditan Lab in 2008


OVERVIEW OF BP TSINGHUA LOW CARBON LABORATORY FOR DOE SECRETARY CHU

Support for the formation of the Clean Energy Commercialization Centre in China. A
partnership between BP and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to accelerate the
commercialization of Chinese science for clean coal technology.
CECC BROCHURE SHANGHAI BI KE OUTGROWTH OF CEFTF TSW WORK

Sun Yat Sen BP LNG Research and Education Centre, development of policies and
capabilities for new markets and expansion of the use of LNG in China

Negotiated and led the establishment of the Low Carbon Energy University Alliance
between Tsinghua University, MIT and Cambridge University

Russia Great University Program

Gubkin State University of Oil and Gas, Joint work with BP on development and application
of new technologies for enhanced oil recovery in Russia

Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, New approaches and capabilities for


environmental technology for new oilfield development

President’s Award, Clare Hall, Cambridge (2007) Awarded for service to Cambridge to
develop stronger academic/industrial linkages in science and technology in energy and for
creating new links with China and Russia for Cambridge and Clare Hall.
Served on Three National Research Council Committees during this period
 Biobased Products and Bioenergy Roadmap - Framework for a Vital New U.S. Industry
2001
 Review of DOE’s Vision 21 Research and Development Program (a comprehensive
review of the US Government programs on future clean coal technology) 2002
 Strategic Advice on the US Climate Change Science Program (2003)
 Standing Committee on Implementing Climate And Global Change Research (Final
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan) 2004
Also
 Biobased Products and Bioenergy Roadmap - Framework for a Vital New U.S. Industry
2001

Senior Advisor, Advanced Energy Systems, Clean Air Task Force (2011 – 2016)
 US/China cooperation on clean technologies
 Energy Options Network – developing viable, scalable options to remove CO2 from
world energy
 Ammonia as zero carbon fuel
Kinetic Emergy, LLC (2015 – Present)
Owner and Founder
The general philosophy of Kinetic Emergy is that the necessary revolution that must take
place in the world’s energy, manufacturing, agricultural and urban infrastructure can only
happen within new ecosystems of the best of the new technologies with the best of our
engineering and systems integration.

The analogy to these systems is the development over the past 80 years of today’s modern
refinery. Major unit operations (e.g., cat cracking, hydrotreating, reforming) in tightly
coupled systems that flex with regions, supplies and markets. And produce high octane
gasoline at a cost comparable to bottled water.

The approach is to initially model industrial scale technologies that are at least at early
stages of commercialization, as well as the possible performance of existing technologies
at larger scale and learning curve. There should be no science or devices yet to prove.
There should be no resources (e.g., minerals, land, carrying capacity) that will double in
cost at 1% penetration of the addressed global market. Cost projections based on detailed
technoeconomic modelling of verifiable performance parameters should be at parity with
at least 10% of global addressable market.
Several basic technologies that meet these criteria are:
* Refinery Scale Ammonia Production as Portable Storable Competitive Zero-
Carbon Fuel
AMMONIA FUEL — IT WORKS, NOW WHAT- STEVE WITTRIG KEYNOTE ADDRESS NH3FA
MEETING 2013
UHDE_NH3 AMMONIA BROCHURE THYSSENKRUPP DUAL PRESSURE PROCESS - 50%
LARGER CAPACITY, 4% BETTER EFFICIENCY, SAME COMPRESSOR ALL PROVEN
EQUIPMENT
* Liquid Air Energy Storage Feeding Air Separation Unit On Demand; Low Cost
Energy Storage Up to 1.2 GWh
HIGHVIEW'S LIQUID AIR ENERGY STORAGE (LAES) VIDEO ANIMATION INCLUDING
GIGAPLANT DESIGN AND ANIMATION 1.2 GWH 200 MW
CLEAN-COLD-AND-THE-GLOBAL-GOALS BIRMINGHAM COLD ECONOMY 2017 GREAT
OVERVIEW
HIGHVIEW 2017 BROCHURE LAES INCLUDING GREATER THAN 100 PCT EFFICIENCY WITH
WASTE HEAT
* Digital Camless Engines; Adaptive Online Fuel Flexible; 60% Efficient
STURMAN INDUSTRIES CAMLESS ENGINE SYSTEMS - DIESEL POWER MAGAZINE
DESCRIPTION AND BENEFITS
AMMONIA FUELED MOBILE AND STATIONARY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
US8887690 EDDIE STURMAN AMMONIA ENGINE PATENT
* Ammonia Powered Neighborhood Energy Stations
STEVE WITTRIG AMMONIA NEIGHBORHOOD ENERGY STATIONS - ULTRACLEAN MICROGRID
HYBRID MICROGRIDS - THE TIME IS NOW CATERPILLAR WHITE PAPER DIESEL WITH
RENEWABLES
HYDROFUEL - UOIT PRESENTATION FOR ARPA-E AUG. 17-18, 2017 OVERVIEW SLIDES
AMMONIA ECONOMY VEZINA DINCER
DIESEL GENSET MARKET DESCRIPTION (OVER 60 GW SOLD PER YEAR)
* Plasma Arc Gasification; Waste to Energy; Metals Recovery; Hazardous
Waste
PLASMA ARC GASIFICATION PRIMER YOUTUBE
TETRONICS CORPORATE BROCHURE OVERVIEW APPLICATIONS
ALTER NRG 2016 UPDATE AND CHINA PLANS (SEVERAL PLANTS UNDERWAY) -
WWW.GASIFICATION-SYNGAS.ORG
INENTEC PLASMA ENHANCED MELTER AT COLUMBIA RIDGE YOUTUBE
* CO2Power – sCO2 power cycle
SHORT VIDEO INTRO TO NETPOWER SCCO2 TECHNOLOGY
DESK SIZED SCCO2 TURBINE COULD POWER A TOWN DOUG HOFER GE MIT REVIEW
THE ALLAM CYCLE AND ITS POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO NORTH DAKOTA YOUTUBE 2016
NETPOWER FOR COAL, RESID AND PETCOKE
NETPOWER/8RIVERS WEBSITE, OVERVIEW, STATUS
* CO2Power Coupled Into Supercriticalco2 Injection Into Engineered
Underground Reservoirs for Geothermal, CO2 Sequestration, Enhanced Gas
Recovery, Utility Scale Energy Storage
BUSCHECK EARTH BATTERY PAPER MULTIFLUID GEO-ENERGY SYSTEMS: USING GEOLOGIC
CO2 STORAGE FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY PRODUCTION AND GRID-SCALE ENERGY
STORAGE (BES) IN SEDIMENTARY BASINS HIGH SYNERGY POTENTIAL WITH NH3,LAES,
NETPOWER REGIONAL SUPERSITE
INTEGRATED, GEOTHERMAL-CO2 STORAGE RESERVOIRS: ADAPTABLE, MULTI-STAGE,
SUSTAINABLE, ENERGY-RECOVERY STRATEGIES BUSCHECK 2012 MIX GEOTHERMAL,
BRINE/CO2, BRINE/PRESSURE MGT, CPG, BB TONNES CO2 STORAGE - A 100 YEAR
BUFFET
OVERVIEW OF BRINE EXTRACTION STORAGE TEST(BEST) PROJECTS PHASE II NETL SLIDES
NOV 2016
UT-AUSTIN-PATENT-STORING-CARBON-DIOXIDE-AND-PRODUCING-METHANE-AND-
GEOTHERMAL-ENERGY-FROM-DEEP-SALINE-AQUIFERS
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) PLUME GEOTHERMAL – CPG - POWER LT $40/MWH; VERY LOW
WATER USE, SCO2 ON SURFACE, LONG TERM CCS MAPS

All of these technologies will benefit greatly from very large scale corresponding to serving
energy markets. As will become apparent, there are synergies among these technologies
from capacity utilization, byproduct flows, heat/exergy optimization and system flexibility
tailored to markets and regional resource availability. They will all benefit greatly from
common infrastructure, logistics, workforce.

The mission for Kinetic Emergy is to create robust models of these and other major
technologies (e.g., DRI for steel, aeroponics/vertical greenhouses, urban scale combined
heat and power) that can be integrated together into systems models that can ignite the
vision and hone the reality of the regional scale infrastructure we have within reach.

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