3rd ACC Users Group Conference
PG&E Conference Center, San Francisco
September 19-20, 2011
Host utility: PG&E
ACC Users Group Chair: Andrew Howell, Senior Systems Chemist, Xcel Energy
Host Chair: Debbie Powell, Director, Fossil and Renewable O&M, PG&E Power Generation
STEAM-CYCLE CHEMISTRY and CORROSION
ACC corrosion/FAC: A perspective
Dr Barry Dooley, Structural Integrity Associates Inc
EPRI research project on corrosion in ACCs
Richard Breckenridge, EPRI
ACC chemistry evaluation with 2 -plants located Ontario, Canada
Bill Stroman, Capital Power
Corrosion product transport monitoring
Dan Sampson, Worley-Parsons
Selection and Installation of a Full-Flow Condensate Filtration System
Gary Hoffman, Pacificorp and Pat Caton, Pall Corporation
Condensate Polishing: Can it help?
Anand Harohalli and Gil Royal, Graver Technologies
Initial Post-Operational Inspection of Comanche Unit 3 ACC
Andy Howell, Xcel Energy
Kogan Creek power plant's air cooled condenser: Update
Barry Dooley, Structural Integrity and Gary Joy, CS Energy
DESIGN
John Maulbetsch, Maulbetsch Consulting
Alternative fan drive solutions for ACCs
Marty Mates and Tom Weinandy, Baldor Electric
Water conservation type cooling systems for nuclear power plants
Zoltán Szabo and Attila Gregasz, GEA EGI Co Ltd
Discussion of wet surface air coolers (WSACs)
Jeffery Preece, Progress Energy
OPERATIONS
Gateway generating station – overview and ACC operating issues discussion
Ben Stanley, PG&E Gateway Station
ACC vibration limits and control
David Suptic, EvapTech
Presentation and discussion of wind effects on performance and structural integrity of large diameter axial cooling fans in air-cooled condensers
Paul Nelissen, Howden
MAINTENANCE
Craig Ripley, Rosebud Operating Services
What is the condition of your ACC?
Dave Rettke, NV Energy
Air cooled condenser commissioning
Lee Coll and Chris Bloch, Boyle Energy Services & Technology
