Day 1
08:30 - Full day one programme
08:30
Registration & Refreshments
09:00
Welcome & Introduction
Session 1: Plant Operation & Ownership
09:10
KEYNOTE: HIGH LEVEL POWER INDUSTRY INSURANCE
Don Schubert, Marsh Insurance, Senior Vice President
09:30
POWER PLANT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PROCESS
Tim Eastwood, Business Development Director, Alstom
09:50
BLACKBURN MEADOWS RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANT - CHALLENGES DURING CONSTRUCTION & COMMISSIONING OF THE STEAM TURBINE & GENERATOR SYSTEMS
Paul Housley, Steam Turbine Engineer, ETG, EON
10:10
Q&A SESSION
10:30
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
Session 2: Steam Turbine Technologies (2a)/Generator Technologies (2b)
11:00
2A: RECENT ADVANCES IN COMBINED CYCLE STEAM TURBINE TECHNOLOGY
Rainer Quinkertz, Product Manager, Siemens
2B: LATEST GENERATOR TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Andrew Crosby, Section Head, Generator Engineering & Scott Robinson, Siemens
11:20
2A: FORCED MISTUNING APPLIED TO FREE-STANDING LAST STAGE BLADES OF THE CP2-1300 MW LOW PRESSURE STEAM TURBINES
Sébastien Roques, Senior Engineer, EDF
2B: SHAFT-LINE MODELS AND TORSIONAL NATURAL FREQUENCIES FOR A GRID SUB-SYNCHRONOUS RESONANCE STUDY
Nik Zelenovic, Principal Engineer, Alstom
11:40
2A: LAST STAGE STEAM TURBINE BLADE VIBRATION ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN MODIFICATIONS TO ELIMINATE THE CRITICAL WHEEL RESONANCE
Mehran Zanjani, Structural Analysis Engineer, ETG, EON
2B: A CASE STUDY OF RETAINING RING CRACKS FROM GRID TRANSIENTS
Neil Kilpatrick, Principal Expert Engineer, Siemens
12:00
2A: STEAM TURBINE LOW PRESSURE LAST-STAGE BLADE ROOT NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING INSPECTIONS – PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Paul Crowther, Group Head - Inspection Management, RWEnpower
12:20
Q&A SESSION
12:40
NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK
Session 3: Turbine Degradation, Failures & Case Studies
13:40
STRATEGIC SPARES INVESTMENT
Joe Eckersley, Strategic Spares Manager, EDF Energy
14:00
UNDERSTANDING VARNISH BUILD-UP MECHANISMS ON STEAM TURBINE AND GENERATOR LUBRICANTS
Jo Ameye, European Sales and Marketing Manager, Fluitec
14:20
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LP TURBINE OPERATION
John Gilroy, Senior Design Engineer, Siemens
14:40
IRONBRIDGE LP TURBINE LAST ROW BLADE FAILURE
Ben Morrell, Rotating Plant Engineer, ETG, EON
15:00
Q&A SESSION
15:20
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
Session 4: Turbine Degradation, Failures & Case Studies
15:50
TOP TEN GENERATOR FAILURES AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT THEM
Bill Moore, Director, National Electric Coil
16:10
IMPACT OF NEW FLEXIBLE LOAD OPERATION AND GRID CODES ON TURBINE GENERATORS FOCUSING ON STATOR END WINDINGS
Thorsten Krol, Generator Business Development & Marketing, Siemens
16:30
GENERATOR FAULTS & FAILURES - UTILITY /INSURERS' PERSPECTIVE
Don Shubert, Senior Vice President, Marsh Energy Practice
16:50
Q&A SESSION
17:10
CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
17:20
CLOSE OF DAY ONE
19:00
NETWORKING DINNER
Day 2
08:30 - Full day two programme
08:30
Registration & Refreshments
09:00
Welcome & Introduction
Session 5: Materials & Integrity Analysis
09:10
MATERIALS FOR LARGE STEAM TURBINES
Geoff Horseman, Chief Turbine Engineer, Torsten-Ulf Kern, Principal Engineer Materials, Siemens & Doug Gass, Section Manager Materials & Performance Testing, Siemens
09:30
APPLICATION OF A NEW FRACTURE -MECHANICS BASED CREEP -FATIGUE PROCEDURE FOR STEAM TURBINE ROTORS
Henning Almstedt and Shilun Sheng, Siemens AG
09:50
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SHOT PEENING AND EROSION NOTCHES ON LAST STAGE BLADE AEROFOIL SECTIONS: STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS AND FATIGUE RESISTANCE
Katherine Soady, Structural Analysis Engineer, ETG, EON
10:10
Q&A SESSION
10:20
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
Session 6: Turbine generator auxiliary systems
11:00
BASIC INTRODUCTION TO STEAM TURBINE GOVERNING REQUIREMENTS
Stuart Rowe, Manager Controls & Auxiliaries, Alstom
11:20
HYDRAULIC CONTROLS AND PROTECTION UPGRADES FOR GEC-ALSTOM STEAM TURBINES
Wolfgang Warmuth, Technical Sales Manager, Siemens
11:40
MAIN BOILER FEED PUMP TURBINE PIPEWORK REPLACEMENT
Mehran Zanjani, Structural Analysis Engineer, ETG, EON
12:00
Q&A SESSION
12:20
NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK
Session 7: 7A Turbine Overhauls & Life Extension/ 7B Generator Integrity Management
13:20
7A: EVENT RECOVERY – MANAGING AN UNPLANNED SHUTDOWN
August Pandey, Turbine and Ancillaries Plant Manager, EDF
7B: THE INFLUENCE OF AUXILIARY SYSTEMS ON MAIN GENERATOR AVAILABILITY AND RELIABILITY
David Thompson, Plant CheckUp Manager, Alstom
13:40
7A: DRAX IP RETROFIT - IDEA CONCEPT TO PROJECT INSTALLATION
Richard Armstrong, Site Manager, Siemens and Mark Simmonds, Turbine Engineering, Drax Power
7B: PARTIAL DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS & ANALYSIS
Chris Burtle, Senior Electrical Diagnostics Engineer, Siemens
14:00
7A: OLKILUOTO LP TURBINE EXHAUST PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME
Phil Hemsley, Engineering Technology Manager, Alstom
7B: CONVERSION TO STATIC EXCITATION
14:20
Q&A SESSION
14:40
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
Session 8: Inspection & monitoring
15:10
SMARTSIGNAL TECHNOLOGY: OVERVIEW & USE BY SSE MONITORING CENTRE
John Twiddle, Equipment Performance Centre Manager, SSE, Mark Bate, Solution Consultant, Smart Signal
15:30
VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS OF TURBOGENERATOR STATOR END-WINDINGS
Thorsten Krol, Peter Arend, Principal Engineer, Alstom
15:50
EXPERIENCE WITH ADVANCED NDT METHODS IN TURBINE FIELD SERVICE
Hans Rauchenbach, Head of NDT Laboratory, Siemens and Michael Opheys, NDT Engineer, Siemens
16:10
Q&A SESSION
16:30
CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
16:40
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE