Monday, Oct. 19th, 2009

Fuel Combustion and Emissions

8:00 - 8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 am
Welcome
Manfred Klein, National Research Council, Chair, IAGT 2009 Symposium

8:45 - 9:30 am
Keynote - Role of Natural Gas
Michael Cleland, President, Canadian Gas Association

9:30 - 10:15 am
Training Session #1: Gas Turbine Basics
Jim Noordermeer, Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc.

10:15 - 10:30 am
Refreshments

10:30 - 11:45 am
Training Session #2: Combustion Issues in Gas Turbines
Wajid Chishty, National Research Council
Training Session #2: Emissions Issues in Gas Turbines
Manfred Klein, National Research Council

11:45 - 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 pm
09-IAGT 101 - An Alternative Approach to Continuous Compliance Monitoring and Turbine Plant Optimization using a PEMS
Brian Swanson, CMC Solutions L.L.C.
Paul Lawrence, PML Process Technology

1:30 - 2:00 pm
09-IAGT 102 - Shared Technologies and the Development
of the Titan 250 Gas Turbine System

Mark Knodle, Titan 250 Program Manager,
Solar Turbines Inc, San Diego USA

2:00 - 2:30 pm
09-IAGT 103 - LMS100® Advancements in Flexible Power Generation
and Develoment of Dry Low Emissions (DLE) Capability

Dennis D Rayome and Tom Hausfeld, GE Energy, Cincinnati USA

2:30 - 2:45 pm
Refreshments

2:45 - 3:15 pm
09-IAGT 104 - Modern Test Facilities for Gas Turbine Engines:
Requirements and Challenges

Oleg Zastavniuk, Gas Turbine Laboratory,
National Research Council Canada

3:15 - 3:45 pm
09-IAGT 105 - Compressor Station Noise Mapping
Kamal Botros, NOVA Chemical

3:45 - 4:15 pm
09-IAGT 106 - GT Power Generation Stations in Noise Sensitive Areas
Vince Gambino and Werner Richarz, Aercoustics Engineering Limited

4:15 - 4:30 pm
Bursary Presentation & Closing Remarks

5:30 - 6:30 pm
Reception and Poster Presentations
1: Mackay River - Performance and Integrity of a Once
Through Wet Steam Generator
2: How to Extend Turbine Oil Life Cycle Through Hydrolytic Stability
3: RT45 Power Turbine Major Inspection Overhaul
4: Hydrogen and Syngas Combustion Research
5: Effect of Hydrogen Addition to Biogas Jet Flames
6: Simulation of the Impact of LNG Fuels on Lean Premix Combustion
7: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of a
Centrifugal Compressor Stage

 

Tuesday, Oct. 20th, 2009

Cogen, Gasification and Power Applications

8:00 - 8-45 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 9:30 am
Keynote - Gasification and Polygeneration
Malcolm McDonald, Technical Advisor, Alberta Energy Research Institute

9:30 - 10:15 am
Training Session #3: Cogeneration and Combined Cycles
Jim Noordermeer, Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc.

10:15 - 10:30 am
Refreshments

10:30 - 11:00 am
Training Session #4: Heat Recovery Steam Generators
Training Session #4: More Heat Recovery Steam Generators
Jim McArthur, Innovative Steam Technologies

11:00 - 11:30 am
09-IAGT 201 - Cogeneration Flexibility for Steam Management
Bill Mintern, Chief Engineer, Irving Oil Refinery

11:30 - Noon
Gasification: Converting Low Value Feedstocks to High Value Products
Paul Koppel, Fluor Canada Ltd.

Noon - 1:00 pm
Lunch and Poster Presentations

1:00 - 1:45 pm
Training Session #5: Steam Turbines
Jim Noordermeer, Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc.

1:45 - 2:15 pm
09-IAGT 202 - Seimens Energy, Inc.'s Development
for the Advanced SGT6-5000F

Scott Nordlund, Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando USA

2:15 - 2:45 pm
Refreshments and Posters

2:45- 3:15 pm
09-IAGT 203 - Application of the Latest GE Aeroderivative
Gas Turbines (LM6000)

Edward Wacek, GE Energy, Cincinnati USA

3:15 - 3:45 pm
09-IAGT 204 - Design Considerations For Air Dilution
Cooling Of Gas Turbine Exhaust – A Case Study

Christian Kaufmann, Innovative Steam Technologies, An Aecon Company

3:45 - 4:15 pm
09-IAGT 205 - Waste Heat Recovery from Existing
Simple Cycle Gas Turbine Plants - A Case Study

Randy Bohl, Chinook Engineering Ltd.

4:15 - 4:45 pm
Best Paper Award - Keith Drysdale
Delegates on their own for the evening.

 

Wednesday, Oct. 21st, 2009

Reliability and Applications in Oil and Gas

8:00 - 9:00 am
Registration and Breakfast

9:00 - 9:45 am
Training Session #6: Cold Weather Compressor Design and Operation
Barry Ruggiero, TransCanada

9:45 - 10:45 am
Roundtable on Operations and Maintenance
Sonia Ivans, TransCanada
Harold R. Simmons, Southwest Research Institute

10:45 - 11:00 am
Refreshments

11:00 - 11:30 am
09-IAGT 301 - Performance Upgrade of Siemens SGT-700
Gas Turbine for More Power and Higher Efficiency

Anders Hellberg, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB, Finspong, Sweden

11:30 - 12:30 pm
Lunch and Poster Presentations

12:30 - 1:00 pm
09-IAGT 302 - Life Extension Of Siemens Industrial - Sized Gas Turbines
Pontus Slottner, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB, Finspong, Sweden

1:00 - 1:30 pm
09-IAGT 303 - The Role of Metallurgical Analysis
in Gas Turbine Engine Maintenance

Scott Hastie, Senior Engineering Lead, Liburdi Turbine Services

1:30 - 2:00 pm
09-IAGT 304 - Progress on Some Non-Intrusive Monitoring
Technologies for Gas Turbine Operators

Brian Galeote, Tim Breithaupt and Jeff Bird, Gas Turbine Laboratory,
National Research Council Canada

2:00- 2:30 pm
09-IAGT 305 - Union Gas Bright Compressor Station Retrofit
Aaron Chapman and Bob Wellington, Union Gas

2:30 - 2:45 pm
Refreshments

2:45 - 3:15 pm
09-IAGT 306 - Harmattan Compressor Replacement
Ken Temple, Altagas

3:15 - 3:45 pm
Keynote - Canadian Energy Market Dynamics
Sheila Leggett, Vice-Chair, National Energy Board

3:45 - 4:00 pm
Closing Remarks