Boiler Operations, Maintenance & Performance Conference
May 11-13, 2020
Hershey Lodge, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Monday, May 11, 2020
| 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 thirteenth 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 – Robin Mills Ridgway, Purdue University
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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 / Cash Bar |
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
| 7:00-8:00 AM | CONFERENCE REGISTRATION / Hot Breakfast & Exhibits |
| Boiler Operations, Maintenance and Performance Conference Convenes |
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| 7:30 | A Total Plant – Gas Turbine Combined Cycle CHP Operations and Maintenance Fundamentals, TBD |
| 9:00 | Introduction by Conference Chairs Gary Merritt, Northern Star Generation Services Company LLC. and Mike Zebell, ERM |
| 9:00 | Keeping Today’s Powerhouse Up and Running While Addressing The Needs of Today’s Energy Environment. Moderator: TBD |
| 9:30 | $2.00 Natural Gas, TBD |
| 10:00 | Industrial Power Plant Operations Maintenance in Today’s World, James Hoyt, ADM (Invited) |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 | The Need for Incorporating Sustainability and Resilience in MO&P Planning and Implementation, TBD, ERM. |
| 11:15 | Big Data IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things), Mark Bitto, ABB, Inc. |
| 11:45 | Case Study – Real Time Modeling and Multi- Variate Analysis of Boiler Turbine Data, Nathan (Nate) Verhanovitz, Michigan State University |
| 12:15 | LUNCH and EXHIBITS – Please visit our exhibitors before and after lunch / Cash Bar |
| 1:15 | The New World of Industrial & Institutional Natural Gas – Availability, Costs and Concerns, Moderator: John Malloy, Northern Star Generation Services Company LLC |
| 1:15 | Balance of Plant Maintenance HRSG/Chillers and Cooling Towers, TBD |
| 1:45 | Preventive Maintenance Planning, Jim Murry, Orlando Co-Generation (Invited) |
| 2:15 | Gas Combustion Technology Maintenance and Management, William (Bill) Gurski, TBE, LLC |
| 2:45 | IOT Solution for the Boiler Room, Rakesh Zala & Terry Conger, Cleaver Brooks, Inc. (Invited) |
| 3:15 | Gas Conversion, Jim Feese, Detroit Stoker Company |
| 3:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 4:00 | Conversion and Fuel Flexibility, Moderator: Eric Hallman, Cargill Incorporated |
| 4:00 | The Role of the OEMs in Maintenance and Upgrades for Gas Fired Plants, TBD |
| 4:30 | FBC to Gas, TBD |
| 5.00 | Coal to Biomass, Robert (Bob) Morrow, Detroit Stoker Company |
| Conference Adjourns for the Day | |
| 5:30-7:00 PM | Networking Reception and Exhibits / Cash Bar |
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
| 7:00 AM | Hot Breakfast & Exhibits |
| 7:30 | Boiler MACT Requirements, Tune ups and Reporting, Thomas (Tom) Webster III, DuPont |
| 8:15 | Meeting Convenes Moderators Co-Chairs – Gary Merritt, Northern Star Generation Services Company LLC.and Mike Zebell, ERM |
| 8:30 | Options and Technology for Implementing Sustainability, Moderator:TBD |
| 8:30 | Sustainability Reporting Under TCFD Financial Requirements, TBD |
| 9:00 | Mining Energy Assessment Information for Sustainability Improvements, Thomas (Tom) Webster III, DuPont |
| 9:30 | Data Collection and Analysis for Process Improvements, Robert (Bob) Davis, Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 | Microgrids, Distributed Generation, Renewable Resources, Industrial or Institutional Energy Operation and the Grid, Moderator: Mike Zebell, ERM |
| 10:15 | Integrating Industrial/Institutional Energy Production with the Grid, TBD |
| 10:45 | Energy Management and Control, Denis Oravec, JMP Engineering |
| 11:15 | TBD |
| 11:45 | TBD |
| 12:15 | Working Lunch |
| 1:00 | Use of FLIR Technology and Drones for Monitoring and Sustainability for Plant and Stack, TBD, Montrose Environmental Group |
| 1:45 | Driving Gas Burners to Zero NOx, TBD |
| 2:15 | Robotics for Inspection and Assessments, Robert Petro, Gecko Robotics |
| 2:45 | Water Purification Systems, TBD |
| 3:15 | TBD |
| 3:45 | Questions & Answers |
| 4:00 | Meeting Adjourns |