Industrial Emissions Control Technology XIII – August 3-5, 2015
Natural Gas Workshop – August 6, 2015
Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland, Maine
| Monday, August 3, 2015 | |
| 11:30 – 5:00 | CONFERENCE AND FORUMS REGISTRATION – Lobby |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Workshop – Air Regulatory Update Christi Wilson and Kristine Davies, Trinity Consultants, Inc. |
| Concurrent Owners’ Only, Equipment Suppliers, Engineering and Environmental Service Consultants’ Only Forums with Agendas developed by participants | |
| 2:15 – 3:45 | Informal “Owners’ Only” Shirt Sleeves Session Introduction by Facilitator, Ann McIver, Citizens Thermal |
| CIBO’s “Owners’ Only” Forum will convene on the Monday afternoon prior to the conference. Facility owners and operators will discuss Industrial Boiler performance, equipment operation, technology, and management issues under today’s changing environment. The emphasis will be placed on the changing world of solid and liquid fuel, powerhouse requirements, labor availability, training, meeting environmental demands, handling uncertainty and assessing industry needs. | |
| 2:15 – 3:45 | Informal “Equipment Suppliers, Engineering & Environmental Service Consultants’ Only” Shirt Sleeves Session Introduction by Facilitator |
| Modeled after successful sessions at the CIBO NOx Conference, CIBO will hold a shirt sleeve session for industrial boiler equipment suppliers, engineers and environmental service suppliers to develop fuel, equipment, performance and operations guidelines, specifications or suggestions for the industrial facility needing to be in compliance with the Boiler MACT within the next three years and general supplier concerns for owner operations and powerhouses. | |
| Each group will appoint a three or four person panel to report on the session and review the forum discussions in the open conference session on Tuesday morning. | |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | REVIEW OF CONCURRENT FORUM DISCUSSIONS, Moderator: Ann McIver, Citizens Thermal |
| Separate panels, Industrial Boiler owners and equipment suppliers, engineers and service suppliers are convened to present to all conference participants a summary of the discussions at the Monday afternoon closed forums. Time is allowed for audience participation, clarification and interactive issue development, problem solutions and further needs identification. Additional topics may be brought up from the general participants for discussion at this time. Industrial Boiler Owners’ Panel Equipment, Engineering and Service Suppliers’ Panel General Discussion and Summary | |
| 5:00 | Shirt Sleeve Sessions Adjourn |
| 5:30 – 7:00 | Welcome Mixer and Exhibits – Casco Bay Hall |
| Tuesday, August 4, 2015 | |
| 7:00 – 5:00 | Conference Registration Lobby |
| 7:00 – 8:15 | Hot Breakfast – Casco Bay Hall |
| 7:30 – 8:15 | Ozone NAAQS – Past, Present and Future Kristine Davies, Trinity Consultants, Inc. |
| 8:30 | Meeting Convenes |
| 8:30 | Introduction Ann McIver, Citizens Thermal, Conference Chairman |
| 8:30 | ENVIRONMENTAL RULES, REGULATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR Presentations and Panel Discussion |
| 8:45 | Jim Eddinger, EPA |
| 9:15 | Marc Cone, Air Director State of Maine |
| 9:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:00 | Andrew (Andy) Bodnarik, OTC |
| 10:30 | Gregory Stella, Alpine Geophysics |
| 11:15 | Scott Darling, Alcoa, Inc. |
| 11:45-1:00 | Lunch and Exhibits – Casco Bay Hall |
| 1:00 | Technical Conference Convenes Conference Chairman Ann McIver, Citizens Thermal |
| 1:00 | EMISSIONS CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES Acid Gas & Hg Control Update Panel |
| 1:00 | Patrick Mongoven, Mississippi Lime Company |
| 1:15 | Gerald Hunt, Lhoist North America |
| 1:30 | Richard Marsan, Cabot North Americas Inc. |
| 2:00 | Michael Thiel, Nol-Tec Sytems |
| 2:15 | Steve Baloga, Novinda Corporation |
| 2:30 | Jon Norman, United Conveyor |
| 2:45 | Nick Evans, Mobotec LLC |
| 3:00 | Mike Widico, KC Cottrell Inc |
| 3:15 | Matt Fischer, Amec Foster Wheeler |
| COFFEE BREAK (as needed) | |
| Particulate Control Technology | |
| 3:30 | James (Buzz) Reynolds, Hamon Research-Cottrell |
| 4:00 | Richard (Rich) Miller, Solaft |
| 4:30 | Integrating Environmental Control Technology Systems for Compliance Preston Tempero, Black & Veatch Corp. |
| 5:00 | Compliance Case Study
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| 5:30 – 7:00 | Meeting Adjourns Reception and Exhibits – Casco Bay Hall |
| Wednesday, August 5, 2015 | |
| 7:00 – 8:15 | Hot Breakfast – Casco Bay Hall |
| 7:30 – 8:15 | NOx Formation and Control Carl Bozzuto, ALSTOM Power, Inc. |
| 8:15 | MEETING RECONVENES Ann McIver, Citizens Thermal Conference Chairman |
| 8:15 – 10:00 | NOx control Panel
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| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | Reporting, Monitoring & Testing
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| 11:30 – 12:45 | Lunch – Casco Bay Hall |
| 1:00 | MEETING RECONVENES |
| 1:00-1:30 | Energy Assessments
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| 1:30 – 2:30 | Case Studies
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| 2:30 | COFFEE BREAK as needed |
| 2:45 – 3:45 | Combustion Control for Effective Operation: a Foundation for Compliance
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| 3:15 | New Technology Updates
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| 4:45 – 5:15 | Panel/Q&A Meeting Recap |
| 5:30 | Meeting Adjourns |
| 6:00 – 7:00 | No Host Stragglers Reception Port of Call Lounge |
WORKSHOP AGENDA
| Thursday, August 6, 2015 | |
| 7:00 – 8:00 | Registration – Lobby Hot Breakfast |
| 8:00 | Natural Gas Workshop Moderator: Denis Oravec, AAI/JMP Engineering |
| Introduction | |
| 8:00 | Boiler MACT Tune-ups Guide Robert (Bob) Frazer, ERM |
| 8:30 | Monitoring, Modeling and Emissions Offsets for New Unit Permitting Gale Hoffnagle, TRC Environmental Corporation |
| 9:00 | OTC Modeling Update
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| 9:30 | Coffee Break as needed |
| 9:45 | Regulatory Barriers in Getting Natural Gas to Market Christi Wilson, Trinity Consultants, Inc. |
| 10:15 | Gerry Myers, NG Advantage |
| 10:45 – 12:30 | Natural Gas Boiler & Burner Manufacturers Panel
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| 12:30 | Working Lunch provided |
| 1:00 | Natural Gas Conversions Case Studies |
| 1:00 | Synopsis of the Work Involved in Converting (3) Coal Boilers From Coal to Natural Gas Firing Steve Black, Riley Power |
| 1:30 | Update Suzanne Stevens, IPR-GDF SUEZ North America, Generation |
| 2:00 | Jim Feese, Detroit Stoker Company |
| 2:30 | John Ingraham, Lipten |
| 3:00 | General Discussion |
| 3:30 | Concluding Statements |
| CONFERENCE ADJOURNS 2.3 CEUs will be awarded for attendance at all sessions without Thursday Workshop. | |