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| | | The power industry is experiencing significant change driven by a number of long-range, complex and often conflicting trends. What are these forces? Where will they lead us? What will the industry look like 15 years from now? These sessions discuss the drivers for change and provide a look into our future.
Track Chair:
Jim Ekmann, Leonardo Technologies Inc.
Track Co-Chair:
William Paschal - Chief Engineer, Sargent & Lundy Fossil Power Technologies
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| | | Moving Power to Market: What value does power have if it cannot get from source to market? None! The Grid is critical for a market to succeed. What are the current and future trends regarding the transmission system in the Midwest and Mid Atlantic? How do we encourage investment?
Track Chair: William Hutchings - Principal Electrical Engineer, Burbank Water & Power |
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| | | Fuel represents over 70% of the costs for fossil generation; a resource that is currently subject to extreme supply and price volatility. The sessions in this track examine the challenges and solutions for coal supply, quality, transportation, storage and handling. Also, the impact of coal combustion and gasification residues becomes significant if these are not salable byproducts. Included in this track is the impact of delivery and utilization of LNG and other gaseous fuels.
Track Chair:
David Tillman - Chief Fuels and Combustion Engineer, Foster Wheeler Power Group
Track Co-Chair:
Khalid Oumejjoud - Lead Combustion Aerothermal Engineer, Power Systems Manufacturing |
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| | | Fleet Optimization will focus on issues associated with the operation of a generating fleet. Topics/Issues to be addressed include increasing asset value, tradeoffs between reliability and short term economics, managing emissions constraints, applying intelligent controls/IT systems and satisfying renewable portfolio standards. All of the above must be addressed within the context of the operation of a fleet of units. In addition the asset owner must manage demand and the delivery of ancillary services. This includes fleets in an ISO managed environment and where the ISO markets have not yet developed.
Track Chair:
Phil Webster - Project Manager, Asset Management, Black & Veatch
Track Co-Chair:
Michael Harbison - Manager, Utility Risk Management, MEH & Associates, LLC
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| | | With over 50% of North America’s electricity generated at coal-fired power plants, coal consumption is expected to increase for the foreseeable future. The industry is experiencing a boom in new construction while the existing infrastructure is undergoing a massive environmental retrofit program. These sessions will explore the challenges and proposed solutions.
Track Chair:
Ron Bevan - Sales Manager, Doosan Babcock
Track Co-Chair:
Ernie McWilliams - Director, Engineering Services, NRG Energy, Inc.
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| | | Is IGCC the answer, or is it coal-based substitute natural gas (SNG)? The power generation industry, especially the coal-to-power sector, is asking the question – what will the next fleet of fossil power plants look like? Carbon capture requirements are already occurring in some states and are being discussed in national forums. Delays on coal power projects may prompt a return to natural gas combined cycle. What is happening in the gasification industry in response to the building pressure on the power sector to site new coal power plants?
This track will examine IGCC project development paths from design to operation and the status of the most advanced commercial projects. Ongoing advanced gasification and oxyfuel combustion demonstration projects will be presented.
Track Chair:
Ram Narula - Vice President & Manager of Technology, Bechtel Power
Track Co-Chair:
James Childress - Executive Director, Gasification Technologies Council
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| | | For more than a decade, gas turbine based power plants – either in simple or combined cycle configurations – ruled the new plant construction market. High efficiency projects using a low polluting fuel provided a win-win situation. However, the fluctuation in the cost of natural gas presented plant operators with unexpected challenges. These sessions examine the issues.
Track Chair:
Jeffrey Fassett - President, IEM Energy Consultants Inc. and Turbine Solutions Inc.
Track Co-Chair:
John Kraft, P.E. - President, Caldwell Energy Company
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| | | The Nuclear renaissance is accelerating. How is the nuclear industry supporting this renewed growth area of generation? What are the issues that confront the current operating plant owners and how are the nuclear plant activities being managed at the same time? This session will give perspectives on current and future nuclear power issues.
Track Chair:
Michael Shepherd - Technical Marketing Manager, GE Water & Process
Track Co-Chair:
Michael Baron - EPC Manager, Exelon
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| | | With increasing public perception of global warming and impending legislative actions, Renewable Energy has received continued attention. In response to this challenge, the manufacturers have focused on reducing costs and increasing manufacturing capacity thus making renewable power the first choice in reducing greenhouse gases. This track will highlight the developments being done and how renewables are being adapted increasingly by the utility industry.
Track Chair:
Vas Choudhry - Strategic Marketing and Competitive Analysis Manager, GE Energy
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| | | Distributed energy resources continue to gain favor as an option for customers wanting to include self-generation as part of their energy supply strategy. Theses small, modular energy generation, energy storage, and combined heat and power (cogeneration) technologies can not only reduce the cost of electricity and steam heat service to a customers, but can also enhance power quality and provide capability to maintain operation in the event of a power failure. In this track, you will catch up on the most recent advances in the technologies from leaders in the field. Also included will be sessions on critical issues such as fuel systems, grid interconnection, and an overview of the trends in the field.
Track Chair:
Richard Baxter - Sr. Vice President, Ardour Capital Investments
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| | | Effective Plant Safety and Security practices are preached by most companies, but every year incidents occur that cause loss to property and impact the lives of many. This track reviews the benefits of implementing a sound cost effective program.
Track Chair:
Robert Laeng - ES&H Coordinator, Reliant Energy - Avon Lake Power Plant
Track Co-Chair:
Dwight Coggin - ERT Coordinator, Southern Company
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| | | These sessions focus on the safe and efficient operation of power plants assets in a world of increasingly demanding environmental regulatory constraints. The effective maintenance of these assets will minimize fuel consumption, improve reliability and reduce exposure to unsafe plant conditions, thereby reducing overall emissions and job related injuries.
Track Chair
Brian Small - Vice President, Power Plant Sales, ABB, Inc.
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| | | These sessions focus on the power plant’s capital equipment and systems for efficient operations, examining the benefits of implementing the latest technologies.
Track Chair
Brian King - Manager - Equipment Standards Group, FM Global, LLC
Track Co-Chair
Clifford Carnes, PE - Assistant Plant Manager, Clifty Creek Power Plant, Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp.
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| | | These sessions focus on the efficient operation of power plant assets in an effort to minimize fuel consumption, thereby reducing overall emissions, improving plant availability and reducing fuel cost.
Track Chair
Pam Dezsi - Strategic Priority Expert, Fuels and Combustion, DTE Energy
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| | | Operating companies continue to be challenged by the need to comply with more stringent environmental standards and the uncertainties regarding the potential for future carbon constraints. Current environmental decisions have long-term implications in preserving the value of generation assets. These sessions will provide an overview of existing and proposed environmental legislation and regulations, and examine compliance options. Presentations will feature the operating experience at existing installations as well as new and near-commercial technologies.
Track Chair
Grant Grothen, P.E. - AQCS Business Development Manager, Burns & McDonnell - Energy Division
Track Co-Chair
Michael Bibb, Babcock & Wilcox |
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| | | Operating companies continue to be challenged by the need to comply with more stringent environmental standards and the uncertainties regarding the potential for future carbon constraints. Current environmental decisions have long-term implications in preserving the value of generation assets. These sessions will provide an overview of existing and proposed environmental legislation and regulations, and examine compliance options. Presentations will feature the operating experience at existing installations as well as new and near-commercial technologies.
Track Chair
Grant Grothen, P.E. - AQCS Business Development Manager, Burns & McDonnell - Energy Division
Track Co-Chair
Michael Bibb, Babcock & Wilcox |
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| | | Chair: Barry Drost, Plant Manager, Salt River Project
Co-Chair: Earl Saville, Consultant, Bay Energy Solutions, LLC |
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| | | Chair: Tony Wiseman, Lead Craft Trainer, Power Generation, Progress Energy Carolinas
Co-Chair: Chris McCallum, Production Manager, International Power |
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| | | Chair: Geoff Baxter, Project Manager, WorleyParsons
Co-Chair: Jeffery Schroeter, P.E. - President, Genovation Group, Inc. |
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| | | PRB Coal Handling Chairs
James Wiseman, Consultant
Charles Kitchens - Project Manager-Southern Company Generation - E&CS, Southern Company Services
Barry Boswell - Plant Manager, Martin Lake, Luminant
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| | | PRB Boiler & Combustion Chairs
Joel Booher, P.E. - Supervisor of Utility Boiler Evaluations, Diamond Power
David O'Neill - Director, Commercial Operations, ALSTOM Power Inc.
Donald Pearson, Regional Manager, The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Greg Krieser, Plant Manager - North Omaha Station, Omaha Public Power District |
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| | | PRB Safety, Fire & Risk Management Chairs
Edward Douberly - President, Utility FPE Group
Bob Taylor - ES&H, American Electric Power
Mark Collett, Vice President Business Development, Benetech, Inc. |
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