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Fluid Bed XXI Conference
June 2-4, 2008
Hilton Oak Lawn, Oak Lawn, Illinois

With Boiler MACT vacated by the courts last year and EPA working on a revision of those rules; and, EPA and OSM working on new rules/guidance on Coal Combustion Waste (CCW), there is greater uncertainty than ever. High fuel prices and a drive for Climate Change Legislation are making many think of solid fuel, especially Bio-fuel, as a way to save money and comply into the future. Today’s Fluidized Bed Technology is a combustion technology capable of meeting almost all state and federal environmental requirements when using locally available, lower cost solid fuels across the full range of boiler sizes, from the small 40,000 PPH commercial/institutional units through the 150,000 PPH – 400,000 PPH industrial units to the large 300 Mega Watt utility and IPP units. Understanding the capabilities and application of these systems and ways to add or increase the use of Bio-fuels is imperative to minimize the use of natural gas and help secure a reasonable future.

This year’s conference will bring the equipment designers, operators, and support personnel together to discuss and better understand the state of the industry. The Monday afternoon owners’ only and manufacturers’ & suppliers’ only forums will, again, provide an ideal opportunity for this discussion and a broader education through their review and presentation in the Tuesday general session. Along with this, the conference will include: the presentation of the results of the CIBO Annual FBC Survey; the latest FBC technology developments; and presentations and discussion on important operations and maintenance topics, including fuel handling, limestone sizing, water treatment and replacement parts, to name a few. This year’s tours on Wednesday will include tours of the new Corn Products CFBC Unit in Bedford Park, Illinois and the NALCO water treatment research facility in Naperville, Illinois.

This is the place to find the people who understand the fuels and how to convert them to efficient, effective and usable energy in an environmental sound and economically beneficial way.

2 0 0 8  P R O G R A M

Monday, June 2, 2008
11:00 AM	Conference Registration Opens
11:00 - 5:30 PM	Registration, Owners’ Forum Equipment & Service Suppliers’ Forum
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:00 PM	Workshop on Application of Circulating and Bubbling Bed Boilers for Today’s Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) Powerhouse Ray Ganga, The McBurney Company
Concurrent Owners’ Only, Equipment & Service Supplier's Only Forum
2:30	Informal "Owners' Only" Shirt Sleeves Session Facilitator: Gary Merritt, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners, L.P.
2:45	Presentation of 2007 FBC Owners' Survey & Benchmarking Results Jack A. Fuller, West Virginia University
3:30	Coffee Break
3:50	General Discussions Agenda to be Developed by Participants
CIBO’s "Owners’ Only" Forum will convene for the twelfth time on the Monday afternoon prior to the conference. Facility owners and operators will discuss Fluidized Bed performance, equipment operation, technology and management issues under today’s changing environment.
2:30	Informal "Equipment and Service Suppliers' Only" Forum Facilitator: Robert (Bob) Bibb, B&A Inc., Engineers
CIBO’s sixth forum session for equipment and service suppliers convenes. The participants will generate their own agenda and discussion points. One of the items to be discussed could be the development of an outline for a Guide for the selection and application for Fluidized Bed Boilers in the United States today.
3:00	Coffee Break - as needed
Each group will appoint people from the group to report on and review the forum discussions in the open conference session on Tuesday morning.
5:00	Forum Sessions Adjourn
5:30 - 7:00	Registration, Networking and Exhibits

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
7:00 - 8:00 AM	Conference Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:15 - 8:00	Fundamentals of the Art of Water Treatment 101 Debbie Bloom, NALCO Chemicals
8:00	The XXI CIBO FBC Meeting Convenes Introduction by Conference Chairman Gary Merritt, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners, L.P.
8:15	Presentation of 2007 FBC Owners’ Survey Results Jack A. Fuller, West Virginia University
8:45	Review of Concurrent Forum Discussions
8:45	Owners’ Panel Review and Report and Equipment Suppliers’; A/E and Service Suppliers’ Panel Review and Report
Two separate panels, FBC owners, and equipment suppliers, A/E and service suppliers are convened to present to all conference participants a summary of the discussions at the Monday afternoon closed forums. Sufficient time is allowed to provide 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.
	General Discussion and Summary
9:45	Coffee Break - as needed
10:00	ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IMPACTING BOILERS PANEL CO2 Activities Today Michael Ling, US EPA GHG Registry® - a System for Voluntary Quantification and Trading David Walden, Winrock International Carbon Foot-Printing Valerie Plachy & Tom Gray, Tetratech State of Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technology Bob Gentile, Leonard Technologies Inc. (Invited)
Noon	Lunch and Exhibits
1:00	Meeting Reconvenes
1:00	MEETING TODAY’S AND TOMORROW’S CHALLENGES WITH FBC TECHNOLOGY & MANUFACTURERS PANEL Carl R. Bozzuto, ALSTOM Power, Inc. James F. Desellem, The Babcock & Wilcox Company Markku Roppo, Metso Power and Automation Mike Murphy, Energy Products of Idaho
3:00	Coffee Break
3:15	Mobotec Technology Update Dave Judy, NALCO Mobotec
3:45	Alternative Fuels and CFBs
4:15	Limestone Sizing and Preparation Howard Fitzgerald, Chemical Lime Company
4:45	FBC Parts and After Market Services Robert S. Morrow, Detroit Stoker Company
5:15	Bag Selection and PM Control Thomas W. Anderson, Midwesco Filter Resources, Inc.
5:45	Meeting Adjourns
5:45 - 7:15 PM	Networking Reception & Exhibits

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
7:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
8:00	Conference Resumes
8:00	Overview of the New CPC Powerhouse Thomas Wasilowski, CornProducts - Argo
9:00	Board Buses for CPC Tour
9:30	CPC Powerhouse Tour
11:30	Board Buses for NALCO Tour
12:30	Lunch at NALCO
1:30	Overview of Water Treatment R&D and Tour of Facility Debbie Bloom, NALCO Chemicals
3:30	Board Buses for return to Midway Airport and Hotel
5:00	Arrive at Midway Airport
5:30	Arrive at Hotel
6:00 - 7:00 PM	No Host Stragglers' Reception

Benefits of Attending the Conference: Meet with other owners and operators of fluid bed boilers to discuss technical, management and operational subjects. Discuss the latest national issues, concerns, and solutions regarding owning, building and operating FBC Units. Review the CIBO annual FBC survey and be able to benchmark your operations with the industry. Hear the latest business and technical developments and concerns of the equipment and service suppliers. Receive a CD of the conference Proceedings with the Annual Survey report. Receive 1.5 CEU’s from CIBO for attendance. Who Should Attend: Plant managers, owners and operators seeking to improve performance, understand current and future management, technical, regulatory trends and activities impacting operations, bottom line return, future operations and growth. Architects, engineers, fuel suppliers, technology developers, equipment suppliers, operations and support services’ representatives, state and federal regulators and research personnel.

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