Boiler Operations, Maintenance & Performance Conference
May 7-9, 2019 / May 10 Optional Tour
Hershey Hotel, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
| 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
CIBO’s twelfth forum sessions for owners, equipment and service suppliers convenes. The participants generate their own agenda and discussion points related to the maintenance, operations and performance concerns keeping them up at night and/or specific to their immediate needs and situations. |
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| CONCURRENT SESSION 1 | |
| 1:30-3:00 PM |
Owners Only Roundtable and Forum, Facilitator – Gary Merritt, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partner, L.P.
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| 3:00 |
BREAK |
| CONCURRENT SESSION 2 |
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| 1:30-3:00 PM | Equipment and Service Suppliers’ Only Roundtable and Forum, Facilitator: Mark Bitto, ABB, Inc & Denis Oravec, AAI-JMP Engineering
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| 3:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:15–5:30 | Combined Meeting with both groups
Each group identifying key issues relating to boiler operation, maintenance and performance improvement and problems identified for solutions to be generated. Facilitator – Robin Mills Ridgway, Purdue University |
| 5:30-7:00 PM | Networking and Exhibits |
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
| 7:00-8:00 AM | CONFERENCE REGISTRATION / Hot Breakfast |
| Boiler Operations, Maintenance and Performance Conference Convenes |
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| 7:30 | A Total Plant — Power, Steam and Thermal Energy Fundamentals, Robert (Bob) Morrow, Detroit Stoker Company |
| 8:20 | Introduction by Conference Chairs Gary Merritt, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners, L.P. Robin Mills Ridgway, Purdue University |
| 8:30 | The World of Today’s Powerhouse
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| 8:30 | Industrial Info, Brock Ramey, Industrial Info Resources |
| 9:15 | Optimizing Plant Operations and Performance — Backup Generation, Nathan Verhanovitz, Michigan State University |
| 9:45 | Big Data IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things), Mark Bitto, ABB, Inc. |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Boiler Operation and Maintenance Issues, Moderator: John Malloy, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partner, L.P. |
| 10:30 | Remote Sensing & Monitoring in Preventative Maintenance, TBD, Case Studies |
| 11:00 | Preventive Maintenance, James Murray, Orlando Cogen |
| 11:30 | Role of a PAL in Maintenance, Mike Zebell, ERM |
| 12:00 | LUNCH and EXHIBITS – Please visit our exhibitors before and after lunch |
| 1:30 | Getting the Most Out of a Power Plant Outage |
| 1:30 | Outage Management, Darryl Hauck, IPAC |
| 2:00 | Budgeting, TBD, Case Study |
| 2:30 | Scheduling, TBD, Case Study |
| 3:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:15 | Power Plant Outages – Inspections Case Study, Stacey A. Edwards, Cornell University |
| 3:45 | Staffing, TBD, Case Study |
| 4:15 | Safety, Start-up & Testing, TBD, Case Study |
| 4:45 | General Discussion, Robin Mills Ridgway, Purdue University |
| 5:00 | Conference Adjourns for the Day |
| 5:30-7:00 PM | Networking Reception and Exhibits |
Thursday, May 9, 2019
| 7:00 AM | Hot Breakfast |
| 7:30 | Department of Energy R&D Update, TBD, DOE / NETL |
| 8:00 | Meeting Convenes Moderators Co-Chairs – Gary Merritt, Inter-Power/AhlCon Partners and Robin Mills Ridgway, Purdue University |
| 8:15 | Controls, Energy Management, Monitoring, Reporting and Recordkeeping |
| 8:15 | The Piloted Power Plant, TBD, Case Study |
| 8:45 | Preventative Maintenance – Case Study MVDA Analysis of Historical Data for Operational Enhancement, Robert (Bob) Davis, Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics |
| 9:15 | Energy Management and Control, TBD, Case Study |
| 9:45 | Process Integration, TBD, Case Study |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Industrial Boiler Retrofit for Fuel Flexibility, James (Jim) Feese and Richard (Rich) Clasby, Detroit Stoker Company |
| 11:00 | Sensors and Monitoring for Scope I Emissions, TBD, Case Study |
| 11:30 | Integrating Renewable Energy, TBD, Case Study |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | New Technology Showcase |
| 1:30 | Case Studies – Design and Operations of Digesters for Energy, Bernie Scheff, Montrose Environmental Group |
| 2:00 | Gecko Update, TBD |
| 2:30 | Flame Safety and Control Requirements NFPA etc., TBD |
| 3:00 | Material Wear and Life Extension, TBD |
| 3:30 | Vibration Analysis, TBD |
| 4:00 | Flow Accelerated Corrosion, TBD |
| 4:30 | Meeting Adjourns |
Friday, May 10, 2019
Optional Power Plant Tour
- Tentative by demand
- Meet in lobby at 9:00 AM
- Transportation/breakfast is on your own