TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER

09:00 – 10:30 Joint Opening Keynote Session

Chair: Nigel Blackaby, Director of Conferences, PennWell Corporation, UK

Keynote Speakers:
*Lim Hng Kiang,  Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore
John Ng, Chief Executive Officer, PowerSeraya, Singapore

10:30 – 11:00 Networking Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 Session 1: Repowering & Life Extension
This session focuses on repowering and life-extension from a user’s and provider’s perspective.

Chair: Gary Weis, Senior Project Manager, Burns & McDonnell International, USA

GTX concept
Tayeb M. M. H. Awadhi, Vice President, Power and Desalination, Dubai Aluminium Company Ltd, UAE

Extension of life of the oldest brown coal power station in Australia - a case study
David O’Neill, FES Manager, ABB Australia, Australia
Co-Author: Nirupa Chander, Project Engineer, ABB Pty Ltd, Australia

Integrated renovation and modernization solutions for fossil fired units
Martin Lord, Technical Tender Manager, Alstom Power, UK
Co-Author: Mike Davies, Senior Product Specialist: Retrofit Product Promotion, Alstom Power, UK

GE Energy F technology enhancements
Laurent Cornu, 9FB Product Line Manager, GE Power & Water, France
Co-Author: Suryanarayan Ramanan, Marketing Director, GE Pacific Pte Ltd (GE Energy), Singapore


12:30 – 14:00 Delegate Lunch

14:00 -15:30 Session 2: Operation & Maintenance I
This session is the first of two successive sessions on operations and maintenance featuring local and international experiences.

Chair: Dr. Warren Wang, Director - Technical Services, Meiya Power Company Limited, Hong Kong S.A.R.

Chemical foam cleaning of steam turbines
Danny Foster, Product Line Manager, Turbine Services, Aquilex HydroChem, USA

JEV power plant operation and maintenance model
Faiz Maniza Othman, Planning and Reliability Engineer, Jimah O&M Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Co-Authors: Roy Evan, Asset Management Advisor; Mohd Mujib Md Derus, Boiler Engineer; Muhammad Izwan Ismail, Turbine Engineer – Jimah O&M Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

EGAT’s experience on relocating power transformer
Pichit Phongprasert, Electrical Engineer, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Thailand

The importance of establishing an optimized maintenance program from the first day of commercial operations
Greg Toomey, Business Development Consultant-Traditional Energy, SKF, USA

Reserve Presentation: Study of temperature gradient in superheater during GT fast load change
Hanieh Khalili, Research & Development Engineer, MapnaBoiler Company, Iran
Co-Authors: Hossein Sharifi, Research & Development Engineer, Mapnaboiler Company, Iran; Reza Abdollahpour, Research & Development Engineer, Mapna Company, Iran


15:30 – 16:00 Networking Coffee Break
 

16:00-17:30 Session 3: Operation & Maintenance II
The second session on operations and maintenance looks at gas turbines, generators and health and safety issues.

Chair: John Lee, Regional Sales Manager, Caterpillar, Singapore

Benefits of auditing safety, health and environment management system by integrated management system
Vijaykumar Mopuri, General Manager, RINFRA, India

Advanced compressor cleaning system for Siemens gas turbines
Marcus Gera, Senior Head of Gas Turbine Modernization and Upgrades for all Siemens V-Frames for the Regions Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia and Pacific, Siemens AG, Germany

Application of a multi-stage compressor cleaning system on large frame DLN combustion turbine
Robert Burke, Application Engineer, Gas Turbine Efficiency, USA 

WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER

09:00 - 10:30 Session 4: Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation
Electrical systems including IT solutions for operation and training feature in this session aimed at plant operators and those planning new or refurbishment projects.

Chair: Keh Sai Lee, Principal, K.S. Lee & Associates, Singapore

Retrofitting installed plants with new communication standards for control and protection – are there benefits beyond the technical features?
Ikshvakoo Vaid, Manager - System Group Service, ABB Pte. Ltd., Singapore

Dynamic simulators for improved plant performance
Frida Ekström, Manager Process Systems, Solvina, Sweden

Modern control system for power plants, including turbomachinery applications
Jim Jacoby, Vice President, Tri-Sen Systems Corporation, USA

Advantages of IEC61850 implementation in 400/220KV GIS substation, Maharanibagh, New Delhi – a case study
Rebuan Yee Bun Lim, Service Engineer, ABB, Singapore
Co-Author: Rajiv Krishnan, Vice President- Head-Substation Automation Systems, ABB, India 

10:30 – 11:00 Networking Coffee Break
 

11:00 - 12:30: Session 5: Performance Optimization I
First session of two on issues in performance optimization and energy efficiency.

Chair: Dale Probasco, Managing Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc., USA

A cost-effective solution for improving the efficiency and overall operation of coal-fired power plant auxiliary systems
May Kwong Han, Assistant Vice President, ABB Pte. Ltd., Singapore

Gas turbine efficiency improvement through air filter optimization
Fazlee Ayob, R&E Engineer, TNB, Malaysia

Design innovation and optimization in Chaohu 2×600 MW unit project of China Huaneng Group
Jiao Jiang, Deputy Manager of Power Generation Consultancy & Engineering Department, Jiangsu Electric Power Design Institute, P.R. China
Co-Authors: Jialiang Gao, Vice President; Zhibin Wang, Deputy Chief Engineer - Jiangsu Electric Power Design Institute, P.R. China

Title to be confirmed
Representative from Invensys Operations Management, Singapore

Reserve Presentation: Power generation asset reliability improvement using integrated asset management standard PAS 55
Himadri Banerji, Leader, Gerson Lehrman Group Inc, USA


12:30 – 14:00 Delegate Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Session 6: Performance Optimization II
Second session of two on issues on performance optimization and energy efficiency.

Chair: Sherie Ng, VP-Strategy and Marketing (Asia Pacific), Invensys Operations Management, Singapore

Continuous control of coal flow and air-fuel ratio at burner level
Michael Haug, MD, EUtech Scientific Engineering GmbH, Germany
Co-Authors: Michael Schreiber, MD; Francesco Turoni, Product Manager; Reinhardt Kock, Product Manager; Jens Happel, Product Manager - EUtech Scientific Engineering GmbH, Germany

Energy efficiency upgrades in thermal power plants - a case study from South Africa
Rajeev Kishore, Vice President Technology South Asia, ABB, India

Experience on combustion of Indonesial sub-bitumionus coal in thermal utility boiler
Jae-han Kim, General Manager, KOSEP, South Korea
Co-Authors: Young-gap Jeong, Assistance Manager; Dong-won Park, Employee; Kyoung-hwan Lee, Employee - KOSEP, South Korea

Title to be confirmed
Dale Probasco, Managing Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc., USA


15:30 – 16:00 Networking Coffee Break
 

16:00 - 17:30 Session 7: Performance Monitoring
This session focuses on performance monitoring in the wake of online monitoring systems.

Chair: Joe Moody, Principal, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company Inc, USA

On the use of calibrated instrumentation for performance prediction and monitoring in power plants
Irene Ventrucci, Thermodynamic Diagnostic Engineer, Ansaldo Energia S.p.A, Italy
Co-Author: Roberto Bittarello, Chief of Thermodynamic Diagnostic Engineering, Ansaldo Energia S.p.A., Italy

Remote service is changing the world of service
Holger Stender, Head of Remote Service, Siemens AG, Germany

In plant communication – technology for increased security within power plants
Gustavo Chacon Perez, In Plant Communications Group Manager, ABB Switzerland, Switzerland
Co-Authors: Thomas Schlittler, Engineer Manager InPC; Nicolas Lemaitre, Engineer Manager InPC - ABB Switzerland, Switzerland

THURSDAY 4 NOVEMBER

09:00 - 10:30 Session 8: Water Chemistry & Conservation
Session on the important water-chemistry and water savings technologies and applications employed in power plants.

Chair: Rajeev Kishore, Vice President Technology South Asia, ABB, India

The mitigation of flow-accelerated corrosion in power plants – best available practice
Luis Carvalho, Principal Engineer, GE Water & Process Technologies, Canada

Application of condensate polishing in industrial water treatment
Sayed Hossein Miri, Engineer, Mapna, Iran 

Cooling water treatment - conventional vs. geothermal systems
Chris Lee, Regional Technical Manager, GE Water & Process Technologies, Malaysia
Co-Author: Veena Surve, Microbiologist, GE Betz Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore

Research on water saving technologies in thermal power plants
Huaqiang Hu, Principal Engineer of Civil & Hydraulic Branch of Power Generation Consultancy & Engineering Department, Jiangsu Electric Power Design Institute, P.R.China
Co-Authors: Tao Liang, Engineer of Civil & Hydraulic Branch of Power Generation Consultancy & Engineering Department; Yiming Zhu, Director of Civil & Hydraulic Branch of Power Generation Consultancy & Engineering Department; Xiaohong You, Principal Engineer of Mechanical Branch of Power Generation Consultancy & Engineering Department - Jiangsu Electric Power Design Institute, P.R. China

10:30 – 11:00 Networking Coffee Break