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

Monday, September 22, 2025 – 2:00pm to 5:00pm – Dallas Ballroom D1-2
Presiding: Richard Anderson, Chair

PCIC-2025-10     Advance Power Quality Awareness with High-Resolution Continuous Waveform Streaming and Recording​

Richard Kirby 
Ganga Ramesh
Phil Stoaks 
Drew Cannon

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
​Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

PCIC-2025-11     Mechanisms and Return of Experiences of Electric Discharges in Ball and Sleeve Bearings of PWM-FED Electric Machines with Focus on Wind Turbine Double Fed Generator​

Lionel Durantay
Christophe Grosselin
Gaetan Miclo
​​Bill Lockley

GE Vernova Power Conversion
GE Vernova Power Conversion
​​GE Vernova Power Conversion
​Lockley Consulting Ltd

PCIC-2025-12     Bus Protection Schemes in Digital Switchgear​

Chinmay Modak
Harshavardhan Karandikar 
Vincent Duong
Joemoan Xavier

ABB Inc
ABB Inc
ABB Inc
ABB Inc

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL SESSION II

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 – 2:00pm to 5:00pm – Dallas Ballroom B
Presiding: Masoud Hajiaghajani, Vice Chair

PCIC-2025-52     Framework for Evaluation and Adoption of Emerging Battery Energy Storage Technologies in Oil and Gas Industry​

Abdulaziz Altalhi
Faisal Al-Dubaikel
Hashem Jaber
Hossam Aldossary

Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco​

PCIC-2025-53     Hydrogen Build Up In Subsea Cables Causing Hazardous Locations Inside Enclosures - A Case Study​

Ryan Wilson
Jaime Garza
Irina Vaseva

TEC Group
Bartec
Chevron

PCIC-2025-54     Application of Transformer Differential Protection at Industrial Facilities – Fundamentals and Advancements​

Mike Ramlachan
Craig Wester
Casey Washington

GE Vernova
GE Vernova
GE Vernova​