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 Netherlands

Co-Chair: Peter Ramm, Technical Director, Advanced Power AG, UK

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, Germany

Andrei Nekrassov, Project Manager, EDF - EDF R&D, France

Roland Marquardt, Project Manager, RWE Power AG, Germany

PV and CSP solar power plants – performance, impact on the territory, interaction with the grid

Martino Bosatra, Electrical Manager Power Division, Foster Wheeler Italiana, Italy

Co-Authors:

Pierfranco Lionetto, Manager of Electrical Engineering for Power Plant, Foster Wheeler Italiana, Italy

Luca Travagnin, Process manager, Foster Wheeler Italiana, Italy

Luca Maculan, Senior Electrical Engineer, Foster Wheeler Italiana, Italy

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, Germany

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break

Session 7: Generation Need in Wider Europe

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 (Turkey, Serbia, Belarus, Ukraine).

Chair: Andrzej Kowalski, President of the Board, Energoprojekt Katowice SA, Poland

Co-Chair: Jeanette Sapper, Marketing Communication Manager, ABB AG, Germany

Forecasting Turkey’s regional long-term electricity demand

Merih Aydinalp Köksal, Assistant Professor, Hacettepe University, Turkey

Co-Author:

Levent Türker, Physics Engineer, Ministry of Finance, Turkey

Serbian energy sector challenges

David Zarkovic, Head of Trading Division, Electric Power Industry, Serbia

Co-Author:

Dragan Jovanovic, General Manager, PE TE OPM Kostolac plc.

Belarus and Ukraine - Energy Generation needs

Krzysztof Musial, Project Manager, Energoprojekt – Katowice, Poland

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, Black & Veatch, UK

Co-Chair: Christoph Blessing, Senior Engineer, EnBW Kraftwerke AG, Germany

Increasing efficiency and reducing carbon footprint through the use of organic rankine cycle technology

David Paul, Business Development Manager, Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, USA

Power Generation with CCS – opportunities for efficiency improvements

Suzanne Ferguson, Senior Process Engineer, Foster Wheeler, UK

Co-Authors:

Tim Bullen, Manager, Carbon Capture & Storage & Gasification, Foster Wheeler, UK

Geoffrey Skinner, Process Engineering Consultant, Foster Wheeler, UK

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, Black & Veatch, UK

Co-Chair: Christoph Blessing, Senior Engineer, EnBW Kraftwerke AG, Germany

Enhancing energy efficiency in Kazakhstan through modernization of power plants: a case study

Cristian Carraretto, Project Manager, MWH, Italy

Co-Author:

Alessandro Tarantini, Project Engineer, MWH, Italy

Repower Simmering to deliver efficient and environmentally friendly power and heat to Vienna

Michael Heinrici, Bereichsleiter, Wienstrom GmbH, Austria

Co-Authors:

Ludwig Gockner Prokurist, Wienstrom GmbH, Austria

Martin Wilkening, Director Sales, GT Power Plant Solutions, Central Eastern Europe, Siemens AG, Germany

Modernizing Europe’s power stations to meet 20-20-20: Mannheim 9 - New efficient turbine generator and district heating application

Mike Davies, Senior Product Specialist, Alstom Power, UK

Co-Authors:

Alexander Tremmel, Area Sales Manager, Alstom Power, Germany

Klaus-Peter Schmidt, General Manager Tendering & Capture, Alstom Power, Germany

Heinz Lorey, Director Sales & Tendering, Alstom Power, Germany

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, Alstom, Switzerland

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, USA

DrumPlus HRSG design: the robust alternative to Once-Through technology

Peter Rop, Manager Research &Development, NEM, The Netherlands

Field experience with advanced membrane-based HEPA filtration

Marc Schroeter, Filtration Specialist, W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH, Germany

Co-Author:

Peter Hall, Plant Performance Engineer, E.ON, UK

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, Alstom, Switzerland

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 Energy, USA

Mike Skov, Business Development Manager, The Industrial Company, USA

HRSGs for next generation power plants

Darryl Taylor, Manager of Central Engineering, Vogt Power International, USA

Co-Author:

Akber Pasha, Technical Director, Vogt Power International, USA

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, Germany

Andreas Rothmann, Head of the Market Segment TurboMachinery Germany/Scandinavia, Freudenberg-Filter Technologies KG, Germany

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 Foundation, Italy

Co-Chair: Piotr Karas, Manager Product Promotion, Rafako S.A., Poland

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., Czech Republic

Co-Authors:

Michal Svoboda, Senior Engineer, AE&E-Air Pollution Control, Austria

Dag Wiesner, Project Execution Director, ČEZ, a. s., Czech Republic

Application of semi-dry FGD by-product as an addition to sorbent at Jaworzno III power plant wet FGD in Poland

Sabina Krahl, Senior Designer Assistant Rafako S.A., Poland

Co-Authors:

Stefan Szymaski, Project Manager, OKE SA elektrownia Jaworzno III, Poland

Jerzy Mazurek, Design Office Manager, Rafako S.A., Poland

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 GmbH, Germany

Co-Chair: Eberhard Schreiber, Senior Consultant, AIE, Germany

Modern denitrification and dry desulphurization retrofits - moneypoint power station

Helmut Metz, Process Engineer, AE&E Lentjes GmbH, Germany

Co-Authors:

Philip LeGoy, Senior Consultant, ESB International, Ireland

Joachim Braasch, Product Manager Sales, AE&E Lentjes GmbH, Germany

Christian Brunner, Senior Process Engineer, AE&E Austria Gmbh&Co.KG, Austria

Demonstrated experience in upgrading WFGD installations to achieve SO₂ removal requirements anticipated for future CCS

Stefan Binkowski, Product Manager, Steinmüller Engineering GmbH, Germany

Co-Author:

Michael Sandell, Vice President Technology, Siemens Energy Inc., USA

Nitrogen Oxide emission control from large steam boilers

Reinhard Pachaly, Managing Partner, ERC, Germany

Co-Author:

Karlheinz Huber, Manager Sales, ERC GmbH, Germany

Advanced SNCR Technology for Coal Fired Boilers - 200 MWel in Germany and 225 MWel in Poland

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, Alstom, Switzerland

Co-Chair: Mikhail Roytgarts, Deputy Chief Designer of Turbogenerators, Power Machines, the Branch “Electrosila”, Russia

New diagnostic techniques for power transformers

Oleg Kouzmine, Diagnostic Engineer, ABB, Germany

Co-Author:

Peter Werle, ES Engineer, ABB, Germany

Diagen - a new approach to generator diagnostic

Alessandro Oldrati, Technologies and Service Activities Manager, Ansaldo Energia SpA, Italy

Co-Authors:

Gabriele Cresta, Electrical Machines Test Room Manager, Ansaldo Energia SPA, Italy

Marco Valgimigli, Software Specialist - Test Room, Ansaldo Energia SPA, Italy

Pietro Bruzzone, Instrumentation Laboratory Specialist, Ansaldo Energia SPA, Italy

Coordination between generator automatic voltage regulator (AVR) overflux limiters and monitors and protection relay settings.

Robert Thornton-Jones, General Manager, Brush Prismic, UK

Co-Author:

Arish Kharel, Senior Controls Engineer, Brush Turbogenerators Inc., USA

Robert Rusch, VP Chief Electrical Engineer, Stanley Consultants, USA

Reserve Presentation:

Improving the safety of generation power transformers

Margareta Petrovan-Boiarciuc, Reasearch Engineer, Sergi Holding, France

Co-Authors:

Guillaume Perigaud, Research Manager, Sergi Holding, France

Sébastien Muller, Research Engineer, Sergi Holding, France

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 Oy, Finland

Co-Chair: Gerhard Brandt, Head of Marketing Communication - Business Unit Power Generation, ABB AG, Germany

A simulation application for engineering, maintenance and operation support in the control room