Monday 19th
New GT Units & Upgrades

Chair:
Brian Igoe, Expert Proposal Manager, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd.
Vice-Chair: Todd Parker, Reliability Engineer Spectra Energy


Monday 19/10/2015

Symposium Commencement 
8:00 am - 8:30 amRegistration
Alhambra Foyer
8:00 am - 8:30 amHot Breakfast
Mt. Stephen Hall

            

8:30 am - 8:45 amWelcome
Alhambra
8:45 am - 9:30 amKeynote Address - LNG in BC – Energizing the Energy Markets
Alhambra
David Keane, President, British Columbia LNG Alliance
9:30 am - 10:30 amTraining Session 1 - Gas Turbine Basics
Alhambra
Jim Noordermeer, Vice-President, Power & Thermal Generation, Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc.
10:30 am - 11:00 amRefreshments
Alhambra Foyer
11:00 am - 11:30 am15-IAGT-101 - SGT-700 DLE Combustion System Extending the Fuel Flexibility
Alhambra
Tobias Kiuru, FEED Manager, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB
11:30 am - 12:30 pmLuncheon
Mt. Stephen Hall

            

12:30 pm - 1:45 pmTraining Session 2 - Cogen and Combined Cycles
Alhambra
Jim Noordermeer, Vice-President, Power & Thermal Generation, Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc.
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm15-IAGT-102 - Flexible Package Solutions For Siemens SGT-800
Alhambra
Tobias Kiuru, FEED Manager, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB
2:15 pm - 2:30 pmRefreshments
Alhambra Foyer
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm15-IAGT-103 - Efficient Power Augmentation with Dry Air Injection
Alhambra
Steve Quisenberry, Vice-President, Power Phase
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm15-IAGT-104 - Optimizing the Balance-of-Plant for a Cycling Combined Cycle OTSG Facility
Alhambra
Vito Raponi, Design & Proposal Engineering, Innovative Steam Technologies
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm15-IAGT-105 - Gas Turbine Waste Heat Recovery Using a High-speed, Sealless, ORC Turbine Generator System
Alhambra
Francis A. Di Bella, Concepts NREC
4:00 pm - 4:15 pmClosing Remarks
Alhambra
4:15 pm - 5:30 pmReception
Alhambra Foyer
Free Evening


Tuesday 20th
Environmental Considerations, Regulations and Experience

Chair:
Bob Wellington, Station Design Manager, Union Gas
Vice-Chair: Manfred Klein, Principal, MA Klein & Assoc.


Tuesday 20/10/2015
8:00 am - 8:30 amHot Breakfast
Mt. Stephen Hall

            

8:00 am - 8:30 amRegistration
Alhambra Foyer
8:30 am - 9:15 pmRecent Developments Affecting North American Gas Supply
Alhambra
Kent Wilfur, Vice-President, Product Execution, SET West
9:15 am - 10:00 amTraining Session 3 - Selecting the Proper Filtration for your Site
Alhambra
Jim Benson, Senior Product Engineer, Camfil Power Systems
10:00 am - 10:30 amRefreshments
Alhambra Foyer
10:30 am - 11:00 am15-IAGT-201 - Comparison of Gas Turbine Degradations Employed at Five Natural Gas Compressor Station Sites of Different Elevations
Alhambra
Kamal Botros, Research Fellow, NOVA Chemicals
11:00 am - 11:45 amTraining Session 4 - Air Pollution and GHG Emission Prevention
Alhambra
Manfred Klein, Principal, MA Klein & Assoc.
11:45 am - 12:15 pm15-IAGT-202 - Environmental Noise
Alhambra
Corey Kinart, Senior Associate , HGC Engineering
12:15 pm - 1:00 pmLuncheon
Mt. Stephen Hall

            

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm15-IAGT-203 - Stack Emissions Monitoring Using Short Range Standoff Light Detection and Ranging
Alhambra
François Babin, Senior Scientist, INO
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm15-IAGT-204 - Restage of Centrifugal Gas Compressors for Changing Pipeline Landscapes
Alhambra
David Garcia, Project Applications Engineer, Solar Turbines
2:00 pm - 2:15 pmRefreshments
Alhambra Foyer
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm15-IAGT-205 - Optimizing Pipeline Station Fuel Efficiency Using Turbine Split and Degradation Calculations
Alhambra
Stephen Niedojadlo, Engineer, Liburdi Turbine Services
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm15-IAGT-206 - Certification of a Statistical Hybrid Predictive Emission Monitoring Model Systems For Like Type Turbines
Alhambra
Brian Swanson, President, CMC Solutions
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm15-IAGT-207 - Low Emissions Combustion System Retrofits for Mature Frame Gas Turbine Power Plants
Alhambra
Ian Summerside, Product Line Manager Power Systems mfg, LLC (PSM), Alstom Power Thermal Services
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm15-IAGT-208 - Bioenergy Technology Development and Deployment in Canada
Alhambra
Jonathan Martin, Program Leader, Bioenergy, National Research Council
Shaji Manipurath, Program Technical Leader, Bioenergy, National Research Council
4:15 pm - 4:30 pmBest Paper Award
Alhambra
Free Evening



Wednesday 21st
Operations and Support
Day Sponsored By:


Chair:
Lawrence Kaempffer, Principal Engineer, EthosEnergy
Vice-Chair: Jim Noordermeer, Vice-President, Power & Thermal Generation, Gryphon International Engineering




Wednesday 21/10/2015
8:00 am - 9:00 amHot Breakfast
Mt. Stephen Hall

            

8:00 am - 9:00 amRegistration
Alhambra Foyer
9:00 am - 9:45amTraining Session 5 - Gas Turbine Repair
Alhambra
Scott Hastie, Liburdi Turbine Services
9:45 am - 10:15 am15-IAGT-301 - Power Engineers and the Industrial Application of Gas Turbines
Alhambra
Tim Haaf, Executive, Institute of Power Engineers
Eric Steinson, President, Institute of Power Engineers
10:15 am - 10:30 amRefreshments
Alhambra Foyer
10:30 am - 11:00 am15-IAGT-302 - The Union Gas Parkway West Project
Alhambra
Chair Bob Wellington, Manager, Station Design, Union Gas
Erin Wishart, Design Engineer, Union Gas
11:00 am - 11:30 am15-IAGT-303 - Impact of Fuel Contaminants on Gas Turbine Operation
Alhambra
Brian Igoe, Chair, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd.
11:30 am - 12:30 pmLuncheon
Mt. Stephen Hall

            

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm15-IAGT-304 - How Statistics can Become a Better Friend in Supporting Efficient Issues Mitigation
Alhambra
Pontus Slottner, Specialist - GT Component Life Assessment, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm15-IAGT-305 - Experimental Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Online Water-Washing in Gas Turbine Compressors
Alhambra
Klaus Brun, Program Director, Southwest Research Institute
1:30 pm - 1:45 pmClosing Remarks
Alhambra