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2-day International Conference
Flexible Operation & Preservation of Power Plants - Design, Materials, Operation & Cost Issues
Dates: 23 – 24 November 2015
Venue: Institute of Materials, Mining & Minerals (IOM3), London www.iom3.org
Provisional Programme & Registration Form
Sponsors & Associates
EPERC (European Pressure Equipment Research Council) - Reduced Fee for EPERC members- see Registration Form
The conference will be followed by two 1-day Training Courses on:
Remaining Life Assessment of Boilers (day 1) & Steam Turbines (day 2)
Dates: 25-26 Nov 2015 Venue: ETD, Leatherhead, Surrey www.etd-consulting.com
Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities This international conference is expected to be attended by power plant operators/ owners, manufacturers, researchers, steel/ alloy producers and service providers. So it will be a great opportunity for the exhibition of your products and services. For information please contact: [email protected]
‘Power Plant Cycling & Preservation’ Conference
BACKGROUND Due to the changes in demand and competition within the power generation market, fossil fuel fired plants in many countries are now subject to unscheduled cyclic/ flexible operation, two shifting or load following. Even state-of-the art natural gas fired combined cycle plants are now in a scenario where two shifting is a threat to profitability. The severe conditions of cyclic operation can result in an increase in unscheduled outage rates due to an increase in the frequency of failures of key items of equipment, such as boiler plant, steam and gas turbines, and alternators. Clearly such events could have a dramatic effect on costs.
Even normal two shift operation will have an untoward effect on profitability, primarily due to increase in wear and tear of components, this impacting on operating, overhaul and maintenance costs. Flexible operation will often imply an increased NDT budget, extra training for plant operating personnel, replacement of critical components and automation of the plant to ensure faster safer start ups and shutdowns. The nature of the creep-fatigue interaction is such that ageing plant which has seen a good deal of operating life under base load conditions could show dramatic drop in component safe operating life when subjected to cyclic operation.
Power plant preservation is another important issue that is increasing in significance. This could involve both short and long term preservation during construction (component transport, storage on site etc.), after commissioning or during shut down for days, weeks, months or longer. With the fall in demand of electricity in many countries due to the prolonged recession many of the plants are now shut down for short or long periods. Plant flexible operation can also give rise to corrosion issues during the periods of shut down – requiring preservation against corrosion but also the need to re-start the plant immediately on demand. CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES The objective is to provide an international forum for the exchange of knowledge, information and experience. Hence plant designers, manufacturers, owners and operators will be the prime audience in this conference. It is also envisaged that researchers, materials producers and inspection bodies will benefit from this experience/ information exchange. New plants using relatively new steels such as P91, P92, P23, P24 etc. and A-USC plants planning to use yet newer and more advanced materials require a better understanding of their behaviour in cycling power plants and new database for their creep-fatigue interaction behaviour. Similarly they require new guidelines for their preservation. The underlying aim of this conference will be ‘how to reduce damage and costs associated with plant cycling and how to preserve plant components when they are vulnerable to corrosion’. Specific objectives of the Conference will therefore be to discuss and identify:
• Key equipment design, materials and corrosion aspects • Operational constraints • Manpower, management and automation issues • Component replacement, maintenance and operating costs • Strategies for optimising cyclic operation. • Plant preservation.
ETD Consulting, the prime organiser of this conference, has been involved in detailed review of the technical and cost issues of plant cycling for over a decade now. Its experience and studies have included plants from Europe, North America and Asia. ETD’s cost analysis has included both ‘top-down’ benchmarking and more detailed ‘bottom-up’ operation and maintenance cost analysis of the conventional and CCGT plants. Similarly ETD has recently developed comprehensive guidelines for power plant preservation. This Conference is an extension of these studies and an opportunity to exchange information on experience worldwide.
Conference Proceedings: The Conference Proceedings in electronic format will be provided to the attendees within a fortnight of the conference.
Oral presentations will be as follows: • Keynote Papers = 45 minutes (incl. 5 minutes for discussion) • Other Papers = 35 minutes (incl. 5 minutes for discussion)
Conference Committee
Dr Ahmed Shibli, ETD Consulting, UK, Chairman Mr Bill Moore, ETD Consultant, UK, Co-Chairman Mr Henryk Mazur, Mazur Energy, Poland Mr Guy Baylac, European Pressure Equipment Research Council (EPERC), France Dr Fred Starr, ETD Consultant, UK Dr Andreas Klenk, MPA Stuttgart, Germany Mr Sean Hampson, ETD Consulting, UK Dr Patrick Keatley, Univeristy of Ulster, UK
Ms Feroza Akther, ETD Consulting, UK Mr Bob Emmott, Consultant, Canada Mr Richard Walton, SSE, UK Dr Peter Skelton, Consultant, UK Prof Zhifang Peng, Wuhan University, China Dr Albert Bagaviev, E.ON, Germany Mr Staf Huysman, Laborelec, Belgium Dr David Allen, IMPACT PowerTech, UK Dr Alfred Scholz, IfW-Darmstadt, Germany
All Technical Enquiries and new offers of presentations to: Dr Ahmed Shibli [email protected] Tel: +44 1372 363 111 About The Organiser ETD Consulting ETD Consulting is a UK based engineering advisory, consulting and R&D company specialising in high temperature plant life assessment/extension, maintenance, materials and engineering issues in all type of power generating and petrochemical/ process plant. Consulting is the core business of ETD. ETD has been organising for nearly two decades various international workshops/ courses/ conferences in Europe, USA and Asia mainly on the issues such as: industrial plant life assessment/extension, high temperature plant materials, plant component safety and durability, performance of in-service welds, power plant cycling, risk based maintenance (RBM), probabilistic assessment, weld repairs etc. The company has been leading and co-ordinating a number of large leading edge international industry initiatives (supported by the industry from North America, Japan, Europe and elsewhere or by government organisations such as the European Commission) on issues related to the assessment and improvement of high temperature plant performance, materials and design, maintenance and inspection strategies. Further information about ETD, its projects, life assessment courses offered and other activities can be seen at: www.etd-consulting.com In the past ETD has organized a number of conferences and seminars in London on Power Plant Cycling Issues. In November 2012 ETD had organised a 3-days Conference on power plant cyclic operation in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. ETD has also produced two Review Reports on the Cycling Issues of Conventional Power Plants and CCGTs. These issues included damage due to cyclic and load following operation and the maintenance, staff training, engineering solutions required to reduce such damage, cost due to plant cycling in terms of plant modifications required, additional plant maintenance, and so on.
DAY - 1 1000 – 1800 hrs
REGISTRATION & Welcome ------------------------------ 0930 – 1000h
1000 – 1005: Introduction to the Seminar 1005 – 1050h: Keynote Paper: Wind Power and Plant Cycling: A View from 2015 Fred Starr PhD, FIMMM, C.Eng., Consultant, European Technology Development, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK 1050 - 1125: A Review of Thermal Power Plant Start Up Costs in a Wind-dominated Market Patrick Keatley, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland 1125 - 1200: Cost & Performance Analysis of Cycling CCGTs and Conventional Power Plants Sean Hampson, European Technology Development, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK 1200 - 1235: Lifetime Estimation of Power Plant Components Operated Under Cyclic Conditions Andreas Klenk, MPA, Stuttgart, Germany
1235 – 1330 LUNCH BREAK
1330 – 1405: Advanced MARBN Steel Development – The Potential for Retrofit Applications in Flexibly Operated Plant David Allen, IMPACT PowerTech, UK 1405 – 1440: Issues in Operating CCGT Pressure Systems in 2 Shifting Mode T Lant, S Kimpton, Centrica Energy, UK 1440 – 1515: Assessment of a CCGT Plant for Cyclic Operation – A Case Study D Robertson, European Technology Development, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK
Coffee Break 1515 – 1540 1540 – 1615: The Assessment of Component Damage Due to Cycling Operation Using the Software Based Product ‘Remlife’ W Payten, ANSTO, Australia 1615 – 1650: Pre-Service Management of Aberrant Gr.91 Components James MacArthur, SSE, UK 1650 – 1725: Life Prediction Issues of Aberrant P91 Components Ahmed Shibli, European Technology Development, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK 1725 – 1800: Preservation of CCGT & Conventional Power Plant Boilers During Short- and Long-Term Shutdowns Bill Moore, ETD Consultant, UK
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Conference Dinner -- 1930 - 2230h
DAY - 2
0830 – 1600 hrs
0830 – 0915: Keynote Paper: Pre and Post Service Chemical Cleaning of HRSGs After a Contamination Incident or After Just Long Term Operation Bill Moore, ETD Consultant, UK 0915 – 0950: Continued Operation of Cracked Power Plant Components Subjected to Intensive Transient Thermo-Mechanical Loads Albert Bagaviev, E.ON, Germany 0950 – 1025: Switching of Fossil Power Plant Operation Mode from Base Load to Cyclic Operation and its Effect on Plant Maintenance Program F Akther, European Technology Development, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK
Coffee Break 1025 – 1055 1055 – 1130: Keynote Paper: Creep-fatigue Damage Experiences and Structural Degradation in Creep Dominant Range Fujimitsu Masuyama, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 1130 – 1205: Creep-fatigue Life Assessment of Power Plant Components Alfred Scholz, IfW-Darmstadt, Germany 1205 – 1240: Start-Up Time Reduction for Combined Cycle Power Plants Pascal Decoussemaeker, Product Manager HRSG, ALSTOM, Baden, Switzerland
1240 – 1330 LUNCH BREAK
1330 – 1405: Cyclic Operation of Modernized Power Units of 200 MW and 360 MW Jerzy Trzeszczyński, Radosław Stanek, Rafał Szyja, Kamil Staszałek, ProNovum, Poland 1405 – 1435: Huntstown Power Plant’s Experience with Plant Cycling Kieran Adams, Huntstown Power Company, Dublin, Ireland 1435 – 1510: Flexible Plant Operation and High Temperature Weld Performance David Allen, IMPACT PowerTech, UK
Panel Discussion Power Plant Flexible Operation
Technical and Cost Issues and New Maintenance Program Regime 1510 – 1530h
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‘Power Plant Flexibility & Preservation’ Conference (23 – 24 November 2015) & ‘Life Assessment’ Training Course (25 & 26 November 2015)
Registration Form (Please fax/ email)
Registration Fee:* Please put ‘X’ in front of the box applicable to you and show the total payment at the bottom. All attendees have to pay Fee + VAT for events attended in the UK.
Conference Registration Fee covers Proceedings on a CD provided soon after the conference, coffee/tea, lunches, and Conf. dinner on 23rd November.
The Course Fee covers printed course notes supplied at the start of the Course, electronic (pdf) copies of the slides, coffee/ tea and lunches.
Payment Options 1) By bankers draft or bank to bank transfer to: European Technology Development (For payment by bank to bank transfer, account details will be supplied on request).
2) By UK bank cheque made payable to ‘ETD Ltd.’ Please quote reference ‘Course + Conf. Nov. 15’ with the payment and state how you paid or intend to pay:………………………………………………………...................................................................................…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................................................... …………………..
3) By Credit Card: Major cards such as Visa/ Master Card/ JCB/ American Express/ Switch are accepted with the exception of Dinners Club. For security please fax or post this information.
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Accommodation: On request attendees will be provided information on Central London hotels for the conference and Leatherhead or Central London hotels for the Courses. Your title and name: Company: Position (optional): Address: Phone: Fax: E-mail:
Address for Registration: Please post/ fax/ e-mail this Form to:
Mrs Kay Mahoney, Registration, European Technology Development, Fountain House, Cleeve Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7LX, UK
Tel: + 44 1372 363 111 Fax: + 44 1372 363 222 [email protected] www.etd-consulting.com
Reduced Fee Until 26 Oct. 15 *
Full Fee From 27 Oct. 15 * Fee Payable: Fee + VAT Fee Payable: Fee + VAT
Boiler Life Assessment Course £250 £300 £300 £360 S Turbine Life Assessment Course £250 £300 £300 £360 Conference Delegates £400 £480 £450 £540 Conference Presenters £300 £360 £420 £504
* 10% Reduction in Fee for EPERC members. 10% reduction if attending more than one event. 10% reduction if more than one delegate attending from the same organisation. Only one reduction will apply.
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