TRACK D: POWER GENERATION, ENERGY SERVICES, T&D, DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS ON: CCGT, Gas Turbine Upgrades & Technologies, Data Management Software, Resource Planning, Cogeneration, Cyber Security, Risk Management, T&D, Underground Utilities & Substations, Switchgear, Transformers, Software, PPA, Simulators, Efficiency
Submit Abstracts by August 15th to make a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation.
D1.1 Aero-Derivative Technology Supports Renewable Growth
D1.1 Aero-Derivative Technology Supports Renewable Growth
Reed Lengel – Mitsubishi Power Aero
Global power producers are under pressure to deliver reliable, affordable, decarbonized electricity. On-demand power based on aero-derivative technology helps producers meet these competing goals. Rapidly expanding renewable energy sources provide zero-carbon generation, but these technologies vary output and are more susceptible to damage from severe weather. The shift seen in the generation mix in many areas from large central plants to intermittent and distributed power is also making it increasingly difficult to maintain reliability and power quality. As these issues become more pressing, the need for on-demand, fast response aero-derivatives are essential to maintaining a reliable electrical grid.
D1.6 Flexible Operation of Steam Generation Power Plants
D1.6 Flexible Operation of Steam Generation Power Plants
Dennis Barlow – General Electric
Renewable power sources are becoming more prevalent in our energy marketplace. However, renewable sources such as Wind, Hydro, Solar, etc. have limitations when supplying continuous, reliably power to the grid. Specifically, limitations with availability of their energy sources. Until larger, utility scale power storage devices are commonly availably, our grid demand will rely on steam and gas generators to augment peaks and gaps in our power demand curve which result from incorporating renewable energy sources.
Historically steam electrical generators rely on expensive support fuels such as oil and gas for low load stabilizations and unit starts. Today a typical coal fired steam generator requires support fuel below 20 to 30% (Maximum Continues Rating) MCR for flame stabilization. Frequent starts also increase the use of support fuels. Also, burner control systems must be designed to allow for proper operation over the unit’s load range, ensuring that all mechanical components operate properly, and proper control of air and fuel streams can be maintained.
Meeting the demand for frequent starts and flame stabilization at low loads for coal fired steam generators, requires an innovative approach. This paper will explore recent advances in flame support technology such as Plasma Ignitors and control system upgrades, highlighting installation and operational experience of Plasma Ignitors on a 500 MW coal fired steam generator.
D2.2 Risk Categorization Underground Utility Cables
D2.3 Machine Learning and Deep Learning Provide Risk Categorization to Underground Utility Distribution Cables
Steffen Ziegler – Imcorp
Underground distribution cable system failures can be predicted. Avoiding cable system failures begins with understanding how cables fail. Analyzing and interpreting results from partial discharge (PD) measurements taken in the field can be a complex task for humans. Machine learning algorithms and deep learning algorithms are used to automatically identify and categorize markers of defects contained in the PD measurements. These algorithms are used to categorize different defect types by risk of going to failures soon. Examples of identified defects will be presented. A roadmap to achieve broader utility distribution efficiencies, powered by machine learning and AI, will be presented.
Co-Author: Shishir Shekhar, MathWorks, Inc.
D2.5 Improve energy resiliency and emissions now with H2/NH3 Fuel Cells
D2.6 Improve energy resiliency and emissions now with H2/NH3 Fuel Cells
Alex Saucedo – GenCell Energy
Within the changing energy landscape, fuel cells have emerged as a tool to improve grid resiliency and provide distributed generation, while simultaneously reducing emissions and cost. The old-guard of low voltage power sites, lead-acid batteries and diesel generators, are being supplanted or supported by newer tech as policy makers and utilities navigate a future that must be both more secure and greener than today. As adoption grows, fuel infrastructure flexibility and integration will benefit from a maturing hydrogen ecosystem that influences everything from EVs and renewables to industrial manufacturing and petrochemicals.
Gencell’s hydrogen utility solution is designed to backup critical infrastructure for both 130VDC electrical auto reclosure equipment at the substation and the 48VDC telecom side of the business with a single unit. This solution enables the utility to avoid a Black Start event and maintain connectivity well beyond the currents system’s capabilities. This is complemented by a completely closed-loop A5 solution that uses Ammonia NH3 as a fuel, allowing for all the great attributes of the fuel cell of no emissions, combustion, noise, or vibrations but at a cost 2 to 3 times less to operate than a traditional diesel generator.
D4.3 CASE STUDY: DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PROJECT
D4.3 CASE STUDY: DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PROJECT
Pete Kelly – Middough Inc
Case study examines unique project approaches to integrate CHP into an existing industrial facility. Process considerations are highlighted and discussed in detail.
Transitioning from existing coal-fired boiler to new natural gas co-generation of electricity and steam, lead to significant improvement in operational efficiency and delivered a 30 percent reduction in GHG emissions
Our case study outlines project innovation that drove success. The team leveraged innovative design, procurement, and construction sequencing to maximize schedule efficiency and reduce project risk. Time spent at the planning and budgeting stage ensured a clear path to completion with minimum impact to ongoing plant operations.
D3.6 Climate resilience: Moving beyond mitigation and adaptation to understand risk reduction
D3.5 Climate resilience: Moving beyond mitigation and adaptation to understand risk reduction
Dan Walker – EA Engineering
The increased risk posed by changes in weather and climate extremes—flood, drought, hurricanes and tornados, heat waves and cold snaps, hailstorms, and snowstorms—is leading to significant shifts in financial and government decision making. Government regulators are more insistent that weather and climate risk be fully understood, disclosed, and addressed. Understanding options for reducing a utility’s carbon footprint or minimizing potential physical impacts from weather and climate extremes are just the first steps toward understanding vulnerability and developing risk reduction strategies. Insights from a variety of national efforts to make infrastructure more resilient can provide useful insights.
D4.1 Optimizing Value from Renewable Energy Assets in Volatile Power Markets
D3.5 Optimizing Value from Renewable Energy Assets in Volatile Power Markets
Natalie Witt – Antenna Group
As grid operators across the U.S. integrate a larger portion of renewable energy assets into the generation mix, these intermittent resources are expected to increase price volatility in energy markets, thereby increasing financial risk for asset owners. However, advances in artificial intelligence, data analytics, and meteorology can help asset owners and grid operators intelligently predict renewable supply and price volatility to reduce risk and increase profitability. In this session, Nate Collamer, Head of Power Origination at Trailstone, would provide insight gathered from Trailstone’s experience using technological advancements to reduce risk for renewable energy assets in European countries that already implement renewable generation.
D4.3 Developing a Simulator Training and Qualification Program with Integrated Technologies
D4.3 Developing a Simulator Training and Qualification Program with Integrated Technologies
Ron Rodrique – AES
| To comply with the new law changes in California and enable a more reliable energy future, AES is finishing the commissioning of two newly built, modern gas fired combined cycle power plants, each facility rated at 640 MW located at the Alamitos and Huntington Beach sites in California. The process, technology and automation used in new CCGT plants is quite different than the conventional gas fired steam generators.
In support of new plant startup, the AES Southland Construction Management Team (CMT) has developed a comprehensive training and qualification program with help from GP Strategies, WSC and Technical Training Professionals, that includes the following: 3D model-based training, instructor-led training (ILT), site-specific 3D videos, an online learning management system (LMS) for qualification tracking, and a high-fidelity simulator to prepare plant operators for startup and to maintain successful, ongoing plant operations. This presentation will discuss the implementation strategy and best practices of the simulator training and qualification program, which is enabling AES’s operators to be effectively prepared for day one. |
D3.5 Spies in your Network: Why your company is a target and how you got pwned
D3.5 Spies in your network: Why your company is a target and how you got pwned
John Bryk – DNG-ISAC
Cyber intrusions are in the news ever day. Nation-states want your proprietary information and in some cases, your money as well. Your home and family are also at risk from internet bottom-feeders. I’ll help you see the invisible bullseye surrounding you at this moment.
We’ll focus on WHY you are a target, HOW bad actors find you and your organization, and their processes to gain access, and WHAT you can do to protect your business and your family!
D3.1 Finding the Hidden Value in Your Plant Data
D3.1 Finding the Hidden Value in Your Plant Data
Scott Diermann – Solomon Associates
This presentation explores the seemingly unrelated data sources power plants possess and how to combine them to unlock strategic insights in their operations. Much the way the IOT expands the capabilities of a system, we will explore how to unlock value through data sources power plants already possess. The power industry is changing rapidly with more on the horizon. The strategy for success in this uncertain environment for many power companies is found through their understanding of their data. Your data can build help a strategy for success.
Co-Author: Tony Carrino, Solomon Associates
D1.5 Control of Invasive Mussels in Power Generation Facilities
D1.5 Control of Invasive Mussels in Power Generation Facilities
Pam Marrone – Marrone
Since their introduction in the 1980s, invasive zebra and quagga mussels have caused extensive environmental and economic damage. Zequanox® molluscicide is an effective and environmentally friendly solution to this growing problem. The naturally derived product is consumed by the fouling mussels, causing mortality over a nearly month-long period. The product controls mussels in all life stages and treatment programs are optimized to suit the desired level of control at each facility. This presentation gives background on invasive zebra and quagga mussels, discusses Zequanox as a solution, and highlights some relevant case histories.
D3.4 Optimizing fleet dispatch to integrate intermittent generation and storage
D3.4 Optimizing fleet dispatch to integrate intermittent generation and storage
Francesca Jones – Fluence
| For electric utilities operating outside wholesale markets, growing integration of renewable generation is creating new challenges in reliably and economically balancing generation and load. New technologies like battery storage can only help if co-optimized within dispatch decision-making. Fluence is investigating the benefits of leveraging AI-enabled software for optimizing unit commitment and economic dispatch for fleets of renewable, fossil fuel, and battery storage resources. In this session, Francesca Jones, Director – New Markets at Fluence Digital will share initial insights on the benefits such an optimization could provide, including impacts on dispatch reliability, system costs, and emissions. |
I1.2 Power Up with Data Driven Marketing
I1.2 Power Up with Data Driven Marketing
David Cox – FirmoGraphs
Vendors in the EUEC-sphere offer pragmatic answers to challenging power industry challenges, both in fossil and renewable energy power generation.
The U.S. market for power generation and supply is dynamic, complex, and geographically distributed. The challenge is, how do you get your excellent solutions in front of the right prospects at the right time?
Power Up with Market intelligence.
FirmoGraphs supports smart industry leaders who are providing:
-More-accurate options for trace-metal contaminant removal from coal ash pond water
-Innovative soil compaction technologies for safer landfill construction
-More-effective monitoring and instrumentation on combustion sources
-New handling solutions for temporary onsite water management
FirmoGraphs helps organizations find their ideal customers (the needle) in the vast and complex U.S. power market (the haystack). In this presentation, David Cox, FirmoGraphs President will share several real-world, ‘nerd marketing’ examples of how organizations use Business Intelligence to identify and reach the right target accounts.
QUESTIONS
1. Where do you source your data?
2. What states are tracked?
3. How many hours are put into data collection and curation?
D2.4 powercloud For Utilities: Cost Down – Flexibility Up!
D2.5 powercloud For Utilities: Cost Down - Flexibility Up!
Simon Orosz – Powercloud GmbH
powercloud is the proven basis for the processing and billing of electricity, gas, heat, water, and sewage – as well as for products and services. It currently serves 8 million end customers, with 17 million end customers in the process of migration. This presentation will give insights about how powercloud supports market leaders of tomorrow.
Co-Author: Marc Pion, powercloud GmbH
QUESTIONS
1. What advantages does the powercloud platform offer utilities compared to monolithic systems?
2. How can I reduce the cost-to-serve with powercloud
3. How can I avoid churn with powercloud?
D1.2 Thermal Power Plant Transformation: The Key to a Clean Energy Future
D1.2 Thermal Power Plant Transformation: The Key to a Clean Energy Future
Siraj Taj – ST Power Services
The electric energy industry is fundamentally transforming at several fronts with competing interests. Influx of renewables is disrupting the traditional role of conventional power generation. They are under growing pressure to demonstrate flexibility, reliability, and social responsibility. However, the existing power plants are more competitive with renewables than new builds, because with historically low gas price their variable O&M costs have significantly reduced, and capital investment to refurbish them is much lower than for new plant construction. The continued operation of E & F class machines, LM6000, 501D5 and likes is critical for successful transition to a clean energy future.
D1.3 Digital Integrated Technologies for a Simulator Training & Qual Program
D1.3 Digital Integrated Technologies for a Simulator Training & Qual Program
Ken Daycock – GP Strategies
To comply with the new law changes in California and enable a more reliable energy future, AES is finishing the commissioning of two newly built, modern gas fired combined cycle power plants, each facility rated at 640 MW located at the Alamitos and Huntington Beach sites in California. The process, technology and automation used in new CCGT plants is quite different than the conventional gas fired steam generators. In support of new plant startup, the AES Southland Construction Management Team (CMT) has developed a comprehensive training and qualification program with help from GP Strategies, that includes the following: 3D model-based training, instructor-led training (ILT), site-specific 3D videos, an online learning management system (LMS) for qualification tracking, and a high-fidelity simulator to prepare plant operators for startup and to maintain successful, ongoing plant operations. This presentation will discuss the implementation strategy and best practices of the simulator training and qualification program, which is enabling AES’s operators to be effectively prepared for day one.
Co-Author: Ron Rodrique, AES
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