Boiler Operations, Maintenance & Performance Conference
May 23-25, 2016
Hershey Lodge, Hershey, PA
Monday, May 23, 2016
| NOON – 5:30 | REGISTRATION – Owners’ Forum; and Equipment and Service Suppliers’ Forum & Conference Registration |
| LUNCH ON YOUR OWN | |
| Concurrent Owners’ Only, Equipment and Service Suppliers’ Only Forums | |
| CONCURRENT SESSION 1 | |
| 1:30 | Owners Only Roundtable and Forum, Facilitator – Robin Mills Ridgway, Purdue University |
| 1:30 | A. Presentation of 2015 FBC and Stoker Owners’ Survey & Benchmarking Results, Jack Fuller, West Virginia University |
| 2:15 | Roundtable Discussions
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| 3:15-3:30 | BREAK |
| 3:30–4:30 | Forum Discussion Overview of Different Boiler Owners presented by the facilitator of the different Groups identifying critical issues relating to Boiler Operations and Maintenance (5 minutes per Facilitator)
Prioritizing of overlapping issues within each group |
| 4:30 | 15 MINUTE BREAK |
| CONCURRENT SESSION 2 | |
| 1:30-4:00 PM | Equipment and Service Suppliers’ “Only Forum”
CIBO’s Eleventh forum session for equipment and service suppliers convenes. The participants will generate their own agenda and discussion points related to the operations and maintenance applicable to or specific to:
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| 4:00-4:15 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 4:15–5:15 | Combined Meeting with each group identifies key issues relating to boiler operation, maintenance and improvement Facilitator – Gary Merritt, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners, L.P |
| 5:30-7:00 PM | Networking and Exhibits |
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
| 7:00-8:00 AM | CONFERENCE REGISTRATION / Hot Breakfast |
Boiler Operations, Maintenance and Performance Conference Convenes | |
| 8:00 | Introduction by Conference Chairs Gary Merritt, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners, L.P. Robin Mills Ridgway, Purdue University |
| 8:10-9:00 | Presentation of Surveys relating to Boiler Performance and an update on the Boiler MACT Data Base, Jack Fuller, West Virginia University |
| 9:00-11:15 | New Energy ERA
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| 11:15-12:00 | Panel Questions and Answer Session |
| 12:00 | LUNCH and EXHIBITS |
| 1:00 | Operation and Maintenance / John Malloy, Northern Star Generation, Moderator To be discussed:
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| 2:45-3:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:00-4:30 | Boiler Repairs, Assessments and Tune Ups
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| 4:30-5:00 | Control Systems, Jerry Gerloff, Valmet |
| 5:00-5:30 | Control System Upgrade Considerations (with examples), Rinol Pereira, ABB, Inc. |
| 5:30-7:30 PM | Networking Reception and Exhibits |
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
| 7:00 AM | Hot Breakfast |
| 7:30-8:00 | Powerhouse Safety, Scott Churbock,Consultant |
| 8:00 | Meeting Convenes Moderators Co-Chairs – Gary Merritt, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners and Robin Mills Ridgway, Purdue University |
| 8:15-8:45 | Natural Gas Startup Experience (we wished we thought of that) – John (Jack) Kelly, Black & Veatch Corporation |
| 8:45-9:15 | A New Reason for Boiler Modification – The Virtual Pipeline, David (Dave) Lavoie, NG Advantage |
| 9:15-9:45 | Overview of Low NOx Gas Burner Performance – New and Retrofit/Conversions, William (Bill) Gurski, Zeeco, Inc. |
| 9:45-10:15 | NOx Burners and a Low NOx Burner, Startup & Operations, Gil Sy, Preferred Utilities |
| 10:15 | BREAK |
| 10:30-12:30 | Staffing the Future Powerhouse
Panel after Powerhouse with Moderator: John C. deRuyter, Consultant |
| 12:30 | LUNCH |
| 1:30-3:00 |
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| 3:00-4:00 | Living with your CEM
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| 4:00-4:30 | Living with your DSI System
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| 4:30-5:00 | Overview by Glatfelter on their Operations |
| 5:00 | Summary Discussion
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| 5:30 | Meeting Adjourns |
| 5:30-6:30 | Stragglers Reception |
Thursday, May 26, 2016 / Optional Power Plant Tour
| 8:00-8:45 AM | Breakfast for Tour Group |
| 8:45-9:00 | Board Bus |
| 10:30 | Arrive at Glatfelter Plant |
| 10:45-12:00 | Tour Plant |
| 12:00-12:15 | Board bus back to Harrisburg Airport or to Hershey Lodge |