Day 3 – Thursday 10 June
TRACK 1 – STRATEGIES FOR THE EUROPEAN POWER INDUSTRY
Room: PGE1
Session 6: Developing Technologies
09:00 – 10:30
A look into emerging technologies and their impact in the future of power generation
Chair: Anne Marie Hey, Managing Director, Dutch Gas Turbine Association VGT, The
Co-Chair: Peter Ramm, Technical Director, Advanced Power AG,
The economics of compressed air energy storage under various framework conditions
Peter Radgen, Project Manager, E.ON Energie AG, Germany
Co-Authors:
Bernd Calaminus, Project Manager, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG,
Andrei Nekrassov, Project Manager, EDF - EDF R&D, France
Roland Marquardt, Project Manager, RWE Power AG,
PV and CSP solar power plants – performance, impact on the territory, interaction with the grid
Martino Bosatra, Electrical Manager Power Division, Foster Wheeler
Co-Authors:
Pierfranco Lionetto, Manager of Electrical Engineering for Power Plant, Foster Wheeler
Luca Travagnin, Process manager, Foster Wheeler Italiana,
Luca Maculan, Senior Electrical Engineer, Foster Wheeler
The extended use of electricity and combined solar power and water production as an underestimated chance to reduce the carbon footprint
Gerhard Brandt, Head of Marketing and Communication, ABB AG, Power Generation,
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
Session 7: Generation Need in Wider
11:00 – 12:30
The session presents generation needs of big countries in Eastern and South Europe, which are not the members of European Union (
Chair: Andrzej Kowalski, President of the Board, Energoprojekt Katowice SA,
Co-Chair: Jeanette Sapper, Marketing Communication Manager, ABB AG,
Forecasting
Merih Aydinalp Köksal, Assistant Professor,
Co-Author:
Levent Türker, Physics Engineer, Ministry of
Serbian energy sector challenges
David Zarkovic, Head of Trading Division, Electric Power
Co-Author:
Dragan Jovanovic, General Manager, PE TE OPM Kostolac plc.
Krzysztof Musial, Project Manager, Energoprojekt –
12:30 – 14:00: Delegate Lunch
15:00 – 16:00: Closing Reception & Best Paper Awards
TRACK 2 – REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF FOSSIL POWER GENERATION
Room: PGE2
Session 6: Efficiency Improvement I
09:00 – 10:30
Future concepts to reduce CO2 through efficiency improvements.
Chair: Ian Unsworth, Regional Manager, Consulting,
Co-Chair: Christoph Blessing, Senior Engineer, EnBW Kraftwerke AG,
Increasing efficiency and reducing carbon footprint through the use of organic rankine cycle technology
David Paul, Business Development Manager, Pratt & Whitney Power Systems,
Power Generation with CCS – opportunities for efficiency improvements
Suzanne Ferguson, Senior Process Engineer, Foster Wheeler,
Co-Authors:
Tim Bullen, Manager, Carbon Capture & Storage & Gasification, Foster Wheeler,
Geoffrey Skinner, Process Engineering Consultant, Foster Wheeler,
10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break
Session 7: Efficiency Improvement II
11:00 – 12:30
Experience of efficiency gains to reduce CO2
Chair: Ian Unsworth, Regional Manager, Consulting,
Co-Chair: Christoph Blessing, Senior Engineer, EnBW Kraftwerke AG,
Enhancing energy efficiency in
Cristian Carraretto, Project Manager, MWH,
Co-Author:
Alessandro Tarantini, Project Engineer, MWH,
Repower Simmering to deliver efficient and environmentally friendly power and heat to
Michael Heinrici, Bereichsleiter, Wienstrom GmbH, Austria
Co-Authors:
Ludwig Gockner Prokurist, Wienstrom
Martin Wilkening, Director Sales, GT Power Plant Solutions, Central Eastern Europe, Siemens AG,
Modernizing Europe’s power stations to meet 20-20-20:
Mike Davies, Senior Product Specialist,
Co-Authors:
Alexander Tremmel, Area Sales Manager,
Klaus-Peter Schmidt, General Manager Tendering & Capture,
Heinz Lorey, Director Sales & Tendering,
12:30 – 14:00: Delegate Lunch
15:00 – 16:00: Closing Reception
TRACK 3 – GAS FIRED POWER TECHNOLOGY
Room: PGE3
Session 6: Component & System Optimization I
09:00 – 10:30
Improving operational efficiency through monitoring and design
Chair: Michael Ladwig, Director Marketing, Product Management & R&D Programs, Gas Power Plants,
Co-Chair: Dick J. van der Vecht, Manager Competence Centre Equipment, Electrabel Nederland, The Netherlands
Monitoring and measuring availability & reliability performance of one OEM’s “F” and “G” class fleets: computation method, continuous data collection
Salvatore Della Villa, CEO Strategic Power Systems, Inc., USA
Co-Author:
Carlos Koeneke, Technical Support Manager, Mitsubishi Power Systems,
DrumPlus HRSG design: the robust alternative to Once-Through technology
Peter Rop, Manager Research &Development, NEM, The
Field experience with advanced membrane-based HEPA filtration
Marc Schroeter, Filtration Specialist, W.L. Gore & Associates
Co-Author:
Peter Hall, Plant Performance Engineer,
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
Session 7: Component & System Optimization II
11:00 – 12:30
New designs for more efficient CCGT operation
Chair: Michael Ladwig, Director Marketing, Product Management & R&D Programs, Gas Power Plants,
Co-Chair: Dick J. van der Vecht, Manager Competence Centre Equipment, Electrabel Nederland, The Netherlands
Next generation aeroderivative inlet conditioning
Co-Author:
Edward Wacek, Senior Product Manager, GE
Mike Skov, Business Development Manager, The Industrial Company,
HRSGs for next generation power plants
Darryl Taylor, Manager of Central Engineering, Vogt Power International,
Co-Author:
Akber Pasha, Technical Director, Vogt Power International,
Air filtration technology enhancements for gas turbines – Overview and field reports using high efficiency particulate air filters
Mike Garnett, European Market Manager, Freudenberg, UK
Co-Authors:
Heiko Manstein, Product Manager, Freudenberg Filtration Technologies KG,
Andreas Rothmann, Head of the Market Segment TurboMachinery Germany/Scandinavia, Freudenberg-Filter Technologies KG,
12:30 – 14:00: Delegate Lunch
15:00 – 16:00: Closing Reception & Best Paper Awards
TRACK 4 – COAL FIRING, BIOMASS COMBUSTION AND WASTE TO ENERGY
Room: PGE4
Session 6: FGD Plants at its Optimum Performance
09:00 – 10:30
Optimized FGD technologies and operation experience
Chair: Adolfo Eric Labi, President, Megalia Environmental
Co-Chair: Piotr Karas, Manager Product Promotion, Rafako S.A.,
98 per cent desulphurization efficiency - High SO2 removal performance using limestone FGD at Tusimice power plant
Jan Stancl, Realization Director, Skoda Praha Invest s.r.o.,
Co-Authors:
Michal Svoboda, Senior Engineer, AE&E-Air Pollution
Dag Wiesner, Project Execution Director, ČEZ, a. s.,
Application of semi-dry FGD by-product as an addition to sorbent at Jaworzno III power plant wet FGD in
Sabina Krahl, Senior Designer Assistant Rafako S.A.,
Co-Authors:
Stefan Szymaski, Project Manager, OKE SA elektrownia Jaworzno III,
Jerzy Mazurek, Design Office Manager, Rafako S.A.,
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
Session 7: Flue Gas Cleaning
11:00 – 12:30
Presentation and operational experience of DeNOx and DeSOx plants
Chair: Helmut Weiler, Managing Director, Association of Independent Engineers
Co-Chair: Eberhard Schreiber, Senior Consultant, AIE,
Modern denitrification and dry desulphurization retrofits - moneypoint power station
Helmut Metz, Process Engineer, AE&E Lentjes
Co-Authors:
Philip LeGoy, Senior Consultant, ESB International,
Joachim Braasch, Product Manager Sales, AE&E Lentjes
Christian Brunner, Senior Process Engineer, AE&E Austria
Demonstrated experience in upgrading WFGD installations to achieve SO2 removal requirements anticipated for future CCS
Stefan Binkowski, Product Manager, Steinmüller Engineering GmbH,
Co-Author:
Michael Sandell, Vice President Technology, Siemens Energy Inc.,
Nitrogen Oxide emission control from large steam boilers
Reinhard Pachaly, Managing Partner, ERC,
Co-Author:
Karlheinz Huber, Manager Sales, ERC
Advanced SNCR Technology for Coal Fired Boilers - 200 MWel in
Bernd von der Heide, Managing Director, Mehldau & Steinfath Umwelttechnik GmbH, Germany
12:30 – 14:00: Delegate Lunch
15:00 – 16:00: Closing Reception & Best Paper Awards
TRACK 5 – ELECTRICAL AND I&C SYSTEMS
Room: PGE5
Session 6: Electrical Machine & Transformers
09:00 – 10:30
Diagnostics and electrical systems
Chair: Stephan Hess, Vice President - Power Service R&D,
Co-Chair: Mikhail Roytgarts, Deputy Chief Designer of Turbogenerators, Power Machines, the Branch “Electrosila”,
New diagnostic techniques for power transformers
Oleg Kouzmine, Diagnostic Engineer, ABB,
Co-Author:
Peter Werle, ES Engineer, ABB,
Diagen - a new approach to generator diagnostic
Alessandro Oldrati, Technologies and Service Activities Manager, Ansaldo
Co-Authors:
Gabriele Cresta, Electrical Machines Test Room Manager, Ansaldo Energia SPA,
Marco Valgimigli, Software Specialist - Test Room, Ansaldo Energia SPA,
Pietro Bruzzone, Instrumentation Laboratory Specialist, Ansaldo Energia SPA,
Coordination between generator automatic voltage regulator (AVR) overflux limiters and monitors and protection relay settings.
Robert Thornton-Jones, General Manager, Brush Prismic,
Co-Author:
Arish Kharel, Senior Controls Engineer, Brush Turbogenerators Inc.,
Robert Rusch, VP Chief Electrical Engineer,
Reserve Presentation:
Improving the safety of generation power transformers
Margareta Petrovan-Boiarciuc, Reasearch Engineer,
Co-Authors:
Guillaume Perigaud, Research Manager,
Sébastien Muller, Research Engineer,
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
Session 7: Simulation & Modelling
11:00 – 12:30
Simulation and modeling tools and systems for power plants
Chair: Jari Leppakoski, Manager, Energy Efficiency, Metso Automation
Co-Chair: Gerhard Brandt, Head of Marketing Communication - Business Unit Power Generation, ABB AG,
A simulation application for engineering, maintenance and operation support in the control room
Pablo Rey, Head of Simulators and Training Tools Development,
Co-Authors:
Julio Mendez, Instrumentation & Control Unit Head, Tecnatom S.A.,
Miguel Mota, Engineering department, Iberdrola,
Fernando Ortega, Control Rooms & Simulation Division Manager,
Dynamic simulation as part of engineering – Test and optimization of a new control concept for a combined cycle power plant
Christian Doehle, Head of Sales,
Co-Authors:
Marc-Hendrik Prabucki, Group Leader Engineering, EON
Daniel Buchenhorst, Program Manager,
Model based soft-sensors based on OPC Unified Architecture
Paolo Greppi, Consultant, 3iP, Italy
12:30 – 14:00: Delegate Lunch
15:00 – 16:00: Closing Reception & Best Paper Awards
TRACK 6 – OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
Room: PGE6
Session 6: Monitoring
09:00 – 10:30
Methods and tools for communicating the status of components and power plants
Chair: Enzo Tortello, Senior Consultant,
Co-Chair: Franco Rosatelli, Engineering Director,
Flue gas analysis as a furnace diagnostic tool
Douglas Simmers, Product Manager, Rosemount Analytical,
Power diagnostic service for service customers using specialty monitors
Andreas Feldmüller, Head of Service Technology Implementation, Siemens AG,
Co-Authors:
Markus Zenker, Power Diagnostic Operations Manager, Siemens AG,
Holger Stender, Head of Remote Services, Siemens AG
Ralf Hendricks, Product Manager, Siemens AG,
ATOMM: Ansaldo Toolkit for Maintenance and Management
Enrico Pignone, Program Manager, Ansaldo Energia, Italy
Co-Authors:
Andrea Randazzo, Project Engineer,
Wladimiro Corte, Account Manager,
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
Session 7: Diagnostics
11:00 – 12:30
A base for improving operation & maintenance
Chair: Franco Rosatelli, Engineering Director,
Co-Chair: Enzo Tortello, Senior Consultant,
Ultrasonic inspection of curved-entry turbine blade roots
Christopher Ward, Development Technical Officer, RWE npower,
Co-Authors:
Chris Charlesworth, Development Engineer, RWE npower,
Kevin Stamps, Lead Development Engineer, RWE npower,
External monitoring of boiler evaporator walls
Jan Willem Noteboom, Manager NDT & Plant Diagnostics Team, Kema, The
Co-Author:
Coen Boxma, NDT Specialist, Kema, The
Continuous measurement of coal flow and air-fuel ratio inside coal pipes for closed-loop control
Max Starke, Product Manager, EUtech Scientific Engineering
Co-Authors:
Michael Haug, Managing Director, EUtech Scientific Engineering
Reinhardt Kock, Project Engineer, EUtech Scientific Engineeríng GmbH
Michael Schreiber, Managing Director, EUtech Scientific Engineering
Francesco Turoni, Product Manager, EUtech Scientific Engineering
12:30 – 14:00: Delegate Lunch
15:00 – 16:00: Closing Reception & Best Paper Awards




