Fluidized Bed Combustion XXIII Conference
May 24-26, 2010
OMNI Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida

Jay Hofmann
Trinity Consultants, Inc.
Chairman
Communication Education & Outreach Committee
Robert Bibb
Bibb Engineers, Architects & Constructors
Gary L. Merritt
Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners, L.P.
Conference Co-Chairmen

FBC and boiler owners and suppliers gather to discuss saving money and improving cash flow in scary economic times -- not banking on increasing production/sales but on efficiency, alternative fuels, performance improvement, and immediate cash flow enhancement with information, knowledge and low capital intensive upgrades.

Since 1985, 25 years ago, when CIBO hosted its first FBC conference in Washington, DC, boiler owners, engineering firms, regulators and suppliers have gathered each year (twice in conjunction with ASME's international FBC conference) to discuss the design, applicability, operation and performance of fluidized bed combustion units to improve overall performance and operations in times of changing environmental regulations, energy demand and fuel availability and acceptability. This year's XXIII CIBO FBC Conference marks a quarter century of networking and technology transfer helping to bring the technology to where we are today for industrial, institutional and utility facilities.

With our new EPA administration pushing more stringent regulations for Air, Water, Land (Ash) and Energy via Climate Change Regulation many are thinking of alternative fuels and energy efficiency as a way to save money, stay in business and comply with environmental rules.

Today's Fluidized Bed Technology is a combustion technology capable of meeting most current state and federal environmental requirements when using locally available, lower cost solid fuels across the full range of boiler sizes.

The most significant question today is: will it be that way tomorrow? Understanding the capabilities and application of these systems and ways to improve efficiency and add or increase the use of Bio-fuels is imperative to lowering costs, improving cash flow and helping to secure a reasonable future.

If you own an FBC unit or burn solid fuel and want to save money, improve cash flow and meet the people who know, this is the year to come to Jacksonville, Florida for the XXIII CIBO FBC Conference - it's not just for FBC owners anymore.

2010 CONFERENCE AGENDA

Monday, May 24, 2010
11:00 - 5:30 Registration, Owners' Forum
Equipment & Service Suppliers' Forum
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:00 Fundamentals of CFB Combustion and CFB Design
    Carl Bozzuto, ALSTOM Power, Inc.
Concurrent: Owners' Only Forum
1:45 Informal "Owners' Only" Shirt Sleeves Session
    Facilitator: Harvie Beavers
2:00 - 2:30 Presentation of 2009 FBC Owners' Survey & Benchmarking Results
    Jack A. Fuller, West Virginia University
    Carmine Gagliardi, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
2:30 - 3:30 General Discussions
    Agenda to be Developed by Participants
CIBO's "Owners' Only" Forum will convene for the 14th 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.
Concurrent: Equipment & Service Supplier's Only Forum
1:45 Informal "Equipment and Service Suppliers' Only" Forum
Facilitator: Ray Ganga, McBurney Corporation
CIBO's eighth 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.
3:30 Coffee Break - as needed
3:45 - 5:00 REVIEW OF CONCURRENT FORUM DISCUSSIONS
    Facilitator: Robert (Bob) Bibb, Bibb Engineers, Architects & Constructors
    • Owners and Suppliers Panels
    • Joint Group - Questions and Answers
5:30 - 7:00 Registration, Networking and Exhibits
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 Conference Registration & Hot/Full Breakfast
7:15 - 8:00 Environmental Update Workshop
Overview and Air Permitting Issues
8:00 The XXIII CIBO FBC MEETING CONVENES
Introduction by Conference Chairman
    Gary Merritt, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners, L.P.
8:15 Presentation of 2009 FBC Owners' Survey Results
    Jack A. Fuller, West Virginia University
    Carmine Gagliardi, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
8:45 Regulatory Panel
CAIR II and Utility Boiler MACT
Climate Change and GHG Reporting
    Kathy Blue, Trinity Consultants
    William (Bill) Campbell, AECOM Environment

EPA and CCBs
    TBD, American Coal Ash Association

Regulatory Compliance Cost
    Gary Anderson, Ebensburg Power
10:00 Coffee Break - as needed
10:15 Presentation and Panel Discussion on Alternative Fuels
    Moderator: Robin Mills Ridgway, Purdue University
      TBD, Mt. Poso

      Co-Firing Biofuels in ADM's Cedar Rapids CFB
      John Thalhauser, Archer Daniels Midland Company
      Jason Freeman, Archer Daniels Midland Company

      Stockton Cogen Biomass Experience
      Carmine Gagliardi, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

      Experiences with Alternative Fuels
      Ray Ganga, McBurney Corporation
      Bob Bibb, Bibb Engineers, Architects & Constructors
    Question and Answer Session
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch and Exhibits
1:30 - 4:00 OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE and OPTIMIZATION
Moderator: John Malloy, AC Power Colver Power Project
    Presentations:
      Controlling Limestone Bed/Feed Distribution for Improved Utilization
      Steve McCaffrey, Greenbank Energy Solutions

      Combustion Airflow Measurement & Control on CFB Boilers
      Steve Storm & Adam McClellan, Storm Technologies, Inc.

      Case Study - Boiler Air & Limestone Optimization
      Fred Farabaugh, AC Power Colver

      Using a Multivariate Computer Model to Detect Tube Leaks in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler
      Ben Fish, University of Iowa, Presenter
      Sean Gordon, Clear View Monitoring Solutions and

      A Comparison of Fluid Bed Technologies for Renewable Energy
      Phil McKenzie, The Babcock & Wilcox Company

    PANEL DISCUSSION
  Coffee Break (As needed)
4:00 - 5:00 ABSORBENTS
    Carl Laird, Carmeuse
    Heidi Davidson, Solvay Chemicals Inc.
    Howard Fitzgerald, Lhoist North America
5:15 Meeting Adjourns
5:30 - 7:00 Networking Reception & Exhibits

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
7:00 Hot/Full Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 BACKEND NOx, SOx and TOXICS
Emission Control Technologies,David South, SP/Amerex

NOx Reductions, SOx Reductions and sorbent optimization with the Nalco Mobotec ROFA/Rotamix System on two 173MW CFBs
Jay Crilley, NALCO Mobotec

Richard Miller, ADA Environmental Solutions

Dry Circulating Fluidized Bed Scrubber Technologies
Peter (Pete)Honeycutt, Kiewit Power Engineers
9:45 Coffee Break
10:00 - 11:00 Overview of JEA FBC Unit & Boiler Tube Surface Analysis Study
    John Kang, JEA
11:00 - 11:30 Overview of Rayonier FBC Unit Operations & Case Study
    John Vonnoh, Rayonier
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Board Bus for JEA (1:15) and Rayonier (3:15)
12:45 Bus leaves for tour
1:15 Arrive JEA Northside Generating Station
2:15 Board Bus for Rayonier
2:30 Leave for Rayonier
3:15 Arrive Rayonier
4:15 Board Bus for Airport
4:15 Leave for Airport
5:00 Arrive at Jacksonville Airport
5:30 Arrive at Hotel
6:00 - 7:00 No Host Stragglers' Reception