Monday, December 10, 2012 :: 8 hour courses

8-Hour course registration fees include workshop materials, certificate of completion, lunch and coffee breaks Certificates of completion may be submitted to your professional organization for Professional Development Hours.

CPC 301 :: Power Plant Construction Management: A Workshop for Survival
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012 Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Room: S320E Cost: $600.00

Instructors
Peter Hessler, President, Construction Business Associates, LLC; Mark Bridgers, Consultant, ContinuumAG

Who Should Attend
In its 10th consecutive year, this very popular course is intended for new construction and outage management personnel who have responsibilities for planning, developing and/or running the work during outages, tie-ins and new-build projects. The course is intended for owners as well as contractors and benefits from their interaction during the class.

Course Overview and Objective
In today’s world of power plant outages, environmental equipment tie-ins, and new-build construction, effectively managing safety, cash flow, change orders and schedule is the path to success; this one-day course covers it all.

The morning will be devoted to understanding the contract. There will be a discussion of the importance of being familiar with the contractual terms and conditions, followed by an in-depth look at risk management. Details of the claims process and the correct use of insurance protections will close out the morning.

The second half of this example-loaded course is devoted to managing safety, quality and the economics of the site works. Discussions will focus on the monetary impact of inadequately managed safety and the real cost of poor quality. Financial management will follow, with a handson productivity exercise designed to demonstrate how weighted values, earned values and productivity are all interrelated.

The success of the course comes from a blend of instructor guidance along with active participation by the attendees. For the Owner, it provides an opportunity to garner an in-depth understanding of what drives contractors to do what they do. For the Contractor, it fosters a unique opportunity to get the answer to the question - What does my client really want from me? The tools, the checklists and the guidelines, along with the best-selling book, Power Plant Construction Management - A Survival Guide, can then be put to immediate use.

Course Highlights
:: Risk – Identifying and Managing It
:: Understanding the real costs and how to control them
:: What impacts cash flow
:: Claims avoidance techniques for the owner and contractor
:: Managing the site
:: Predicting the financial results in time to take action
:: Understanding what impacts productivity (a hands-on exercise)
:: Reporting the project status in a meaningful format
:: The importance of communicating

Instructors’ Biographies
Peter Hessler, President, Construction Business Associates, LLC
Peter is the President of Construction Business Associates, LLC, a provider of business management services to the power plant construction industry. He has over 35 years of experience in the power plant construction and maintenance industry worldwide, having worked as an owner, a contractor, and now as a consultant and trainer. He can be contacted at PGHessler@ConstrBiz.com.

Mark Bridgers, Consultant, ContinuumAG
Mark is a principal and consultant with Continuum Advisory Group, active in the design and construction industry. He leads their Utility Vertical Market team working with electric utilities and power generators putting in place large capital assets and is a specialist in project management, risk management, and project cost management. He can be reached at Mbridgers@continuumAG.com.

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CPC 302 :: Power Plant Fans: From Fundamentals to Optimized Performance, Efficiency and Reliability
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012 Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Room: S320F Cost: $500.00

Instructors
Vern Martin, P.Eng., VP Sales and Marketing, FLOWCARE Engineering Inc.; Steve Kaufman, P.Eng., Senior Mechanical Engineer, FLOWCARE Engineering Inc.

Who Should Attend
Design engineers, power plant owners and managers, maintenance department managers, anyone with an interest in fan technology, selection/ applications, trouble-shooting, upgrades and energy efficiency optimization.

Course Overview and Objective
Properly operating fans are a very important component in the success, efficiency and profitability of any power plant. This workshop provides attendees with practical information to aid purchasers, operators, engineers and maintenance staff with decisions they may face concerning the selection and operation of their fans. The workshop will first deal with the fundamentals of fans and the principles of interaction with other process and system components. From this basis of understanding and by working through sample problems, attendees will learn about selection and application principles, control strategies, energy optimization methods, performance upgrades/retrofit techniques, testing, proper maintenance practices, root cause analysis of problems, trouble-shooting and applying remedial measures.

Course Highlights
:: Fan, system and fluid movement fundamentals
:: Fan performance curves
:: Energy optimization methodology and techniques
:: Fan selection and specification issues
:: Variable speed considerations
:: Retrofit methodology
:: Trouble-shooting of fan problems i.e. vibration, noise, control, performance and mechanical failure
:: Solutions for aerodynamic problems and duct cracking
:: Testing of existing fan systems – structural, mechanical and performance testing
:: Procurement, installation, commissioning and post-installation confirmation tests

Instructors’ Biographies
Vern Martin, P.Eng., VP Sales and Marketing, FLOWCARE Engineering Inc.
Vern is a recognized fan, pump and blower technology presenter; teaching rule of thumb principles and “back of the envelope” calculation techniques in dozens of one and multi-day workshops across North America to design, operating and consulting engineers. He has also presented daylong workshops at various locations in China with a focus on energy optimization. At FLOWCARE, he specializes in troubleshooting and prescreening fans for upgrade viability.

Steve Kaufman, P.Eng., Senior Mechanical Engineer, FLOWCARE Engineering Inc.
At FLOWCARE, Steve has been instrumental in executing all the mechanical engineering services offered by the company. This includes all the trouble-shooting problems that are often encountered on fan applications. He has written numerous specifications for special application fans and executed them from the initial concept of a project to final validation testing. He has also been involved in numerous root cause failure investigations and in providing direction to those ‘trying to get back in operation again as quickly as possible’. Steve conducts training on fan systems and has presented many technical papers at various conferences.

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CPC 303 :: Boiler & HRSG Water Treatment Technology
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012 Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Room: S320G Cost: $500.00

Instructor
Luis Carvalho, Principal Engineer, GE Water & Process Technologies

Who Should Attend
Facility/utility engineers, environmental engineers, development engineers, consulting engineers, technologists, technicians, operating personnel or anyone requiring a working level knowledge of boiler water treatment and cycle chemistry.

Course Overview and Objective
For boilers to operate efficiently, they require both a high quality feed water and the maintenance of proper water chemistry in the entire plant cycle. The steam itself needs to meet certain purity guidelines appropriate for the end use (turbine use, power augmentation, GT cooling, etc.

Water chemistry and chemical treatment play a critical role in achieving all of the above objectives. A good understanding of both is essential to troubleshoot operational problems, optimize boiler plant operations, and evaluate competitive bids of chemical water treatment vendors. There are also regulatory, health & safety and environmental factors that play a role in the selection of the best chemical treatment for the boiler.

With applicability to most types of boilers, including heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs, OTSGs), this course is practically oriented but grounded on solid theoretical foundations of Boiler Cycle Chemistry and Industrial Water Chemistry.

Course Highlights
:: Overview - Steam generation and boiler water treatment
:: Basic Water Chemistry (including how to interpret and evaluate a water analysis in a boiler treatment context)
:: Pre-Treatment Essentials Overview of technologies to prepare feed water: Filtration, Ion-exchange, RO, EDI)
:: Boiler Plant – Boiler Types & Basic Mass Balances
:: Boiler system failures – overheating, corrosion-based, how to assess correctly, failure analysis
:: Feedwater & Condensate Corrosion Control
:: Flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC) - is oxygen friend or foe?; what you need to know
:: Chemical Boiler Water Treatment (Internal): Phosphate-based alternatives (CPT, PT, EPT), All-Volatile, etc
:: Steam Purity – best monitoring techniques, importance of carryover determinations, how to sample correctly
:: Boiler Monitoring KPIs (the vital few)
:: Layup Of Steam Generator Systems – learn how to successfully implement proper storage of boilers including HRSGs in cycling plants

Instructor’s Biography
Luis Carvalho, Principal Engineer, GE Water & Process Technologies
Luis is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada and a chemical engineer with 28 years of water treatment experience, spent in production, process development, and various other technical and management positions in industry. He is currently a Principal Engineer with the Global Technical Support Group at GE Water.

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CPC 304 :: Basic Gas Turbine Metallurgy and Component Repair
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012 Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Room: S320H Cost: $500.00

Instructors
Lloyd Cooke, Director Operations, Liburdi Turbine Services; Doug Nagy, Senior Engineer, Liburdi Turbine Services; Warren Miglietti, Technical Expert – Reconditioning, Power Systems Manufacturing

Who Should Attend
Gas Turbine operating companies, GT repair shop personnel, GT OEMs designers and technical staff, Insurance companies Typically technical staff, engineers and technicians responsible for some aspects of gas turbines – design, upgrade, repair, analysis, operations, maintenance

Course Overview and Objective
This seminar will explain superalloy materials, component damage experienced from service exposure, techniques used to analyze the remaining life of components removed from service, protective coatings, component repair technologies, and quality assurance of repairs. The seminar includes many case study examples and the last section of the seminar is devoted to a workshop where attendees develop component repair solutions.

Course Highlights
Introduction: Why repair and refurbish parts?
1.) Gas Turbine Nomenclature
A review of typical gas turbine components and the respective environment they withstand.
2.) Materials and Metallurgy
Gas Turbine materials and their properties.
3.) Gas Turbine Coatings
This section covers the typical coatings utilized in Gas Turbines such as Anti-Corrosion, Wear Surface and Thermal Barrier Coatings.
4.) Degradation Characteristics in Gas Turbine Components
Degradation modes such as creep, LCF, etc. and their effects on Gas Turbine Components.
5.) Component Evaluation
The evaluation of used components and determination of the repair/refurbishment process will be discussed.
6.) Refurbishment & Repair Processes
Procedures and techniques used to restore components to industry standards.
7.) Quality Assurance
Methods and procedures to verify components meet industry standards
8.) Vendor Selection & Verification
9.) Case Studies & Problem Solving
Case studies presented by the instructors to illustrate the process of component repair/refurbishment. The class will then be divided into teams and given components for which they will determine the best process.

Instructors’ Biographies
Lloyd Cooke, P. Eng Mechanical Engineering, Liburdi Turbine Services Inc
Lloyd has been the Director, Operations at Liburdi since 1990, responsible for gas turbine services including component repair, engineering analysis, and development of new repair technologies. Previously he held engineering and management positions at TransCanada Pipelines and Magellan Aerospace. He graduated in 1969 from the University of Windsor.

Doug Nagy, P. Eng Metallurgical, Liburdi Turbine Services Inc
Doug is a Senior Repair Manager at Liburdi Engineering responsible for repairs of heavy duty industrial GT components with experience in the development of coatings and repair processes. He is co-author of 14 technical publications dealing with coating design and repair of gas turbine components. He graduated from McMaster University in 1986.

Warren Miglietti, Technical Expert – Reconditioning, Power Systems Manufacturing
Warren is Senior Repair Engineer at Power Systems Manufacturing Ltd., responsible for GT repair development and qualification. Previously Warren was employed at GE Power Systems, Sermatech, and CSIR. Warren has a Ph.D in Materials and Welding Engineering 2008 . He has authored, or co-authored the publication of 47 technical papers.

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