Advanced Cooling Strategies/Technologies Conference
May 31 to June 2, 2005
Sacramento Convention Center
1400 J Street, Room 204
Sacramento, CA
Presentation or Paper Indicated By Link
| Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - Air-Cooled Steam Condensers and Hybrid-Cooling Towers Seminar Presentations are not available for the Tuesday Session |
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| 8:00 | Registration | |
Session 1 - 9:00 a.m.
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| 10:15 | Break | |
Session 2 - 10:30 a.m.
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| 12:00 | Lunch | |
Session 3- 1:00 p.m.
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| 3:00 | Break | |
Session 4 - 3:15 p.m.
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| 5:00 | Adjourn | |
| Wednesday, June 1, 2005 - Plenary Session | ||
| 8:00 | Registration | |
| 8:45 | Opening Remarks | |
| 9:00 | Keynote Speaker John L. Geesman, J.D., Commissioner, California Energy Commission No presentation. |
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| Session 1: Alternative Cooling Technologies Session Chair: Joe O'Hagan, California Energy Commission |
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| 9:30 | Power Plant Water Management - A U.S. Department of Energy / National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) R&D Initiative
| Barbara Carney, DOE-NETL |
| 10:00 | Water Conservation Options for Wet-Cooled Power Plants
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John Maulbetsch, Consultant |
| 10:30 | Closed Loop, Evaporative Wet Surface Air Coolers for Steam Condensing and Aux Loop Cooling in Water Limited Power Plants
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Peter Demakos, Niagara Blower Company |
| 11:00 | Status, Impacts and Operations of High-Salinity Wet Cooling Towers
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Kent Zammit, EPRI |
| 11:30 | The Advanced Heller System - Technical Features and Characteristicsbr>
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Andras Balogh, GEA-EGI |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch Break | |
| Session 2: Cost and Performance Issues Session Chair: Matt Lavery, California Energy Commission |
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| 1:30 | Cost/Performance Comparisons of Alternative Cooling Systems
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John Maulbetsch, Consultant |
| 2:00 | Peak and Annual Average Energy Efficiency Penalty of Optimized Air-Cooled Condenser on 500 MW Fossil Fuel-Fired Utility Boiler
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Bill Powers, Powers Engineering |
| 2:30 | The Advanced Heller System to Improve Economics of Power Generation
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Andras Balogh, GEA-EGI |
| 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:30 | Technology for Cleaning the External Surfaces of Air-Cooled Condensers
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Gary Fischer, Conco Systems, Inc. |
| 4:00 | Panel Discussion: Research and Development Needs No presentations. |
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| 5:00 | Adjourn | |
| Thursday, June 2, 2005 | ||
| Session 3: Air-Cooled Condenser Technologies Session Chair: Bill Power, Powers Engineering |
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| 8:00 | Spray Cooling - An Approach to Performance Enhancement of Air-Cooled Condensers
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John Maulbetsch, Consultant |
| 8:30 | Wind Effects and Spray Enhancement Test Plans
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John Maulbetsch, Consultant |
| 9:00 | Development of Procurement Guidelines for Air-Cooled Condensers
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Karl Wilber, Consultant |
| 9:30 | Break | |
| Session 4: Degraded Water Use Session Chair: Kent Zammit, EPRI |
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| 10:00 | The Use of Oil-Field Produced Water as an Alternative Source of Power Plant Cooling Water
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Mike DiFilippo, Consultant |
| 10:30 | Non-Chemical Water Treatment
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Michael Gravely, Consultant |
| 11:00 | Q&A and Wrap-Up No presentations. |
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| 12:00 | Adjourn | |