2026 Conference Presentations

16th Annual Conference
TVA Cumberland Station
Clarksville, Tennessee
July 14-16, 2026

01 ACCUG Corrosion and Cycle Chemistry. Barry Dooley

02 ACC Steamside Inspections. Andrew Howell

03 Induced Draft ACC. Gwenaël Vanden Borre

04 Smarter Air-Cooled Condensers Using Digital Twins to Monitor Performance and Optimize Cleaning Strateties Year-Round. Niels Bergsma

05 ACC Tube Sampling & Steamside Corrosion. Andrew Howell

06 Enabling Efficient and Sustainable Cooling. Karim Khalil

07 Neutralizing Amine Use in ACC Plants for pH Control. Andrew Howell

08 Drone Inspections of Air Cooled Condensers. Keith Paul

09 Simulation of Transient Start-up and Operational Performance of Natural Draft ACCs Under Varying Wind Conditions. Hannes Pretorius

10 Hybrid Wet-Dry Cooling for ACCs. Andrew Howell

11 Seismic Design Coefficients and Failure Mechanisms of Composite Concrete-Steel Structures for Power Plant Air-Cooled Condensers. Amin Majid

12 Wildlife Exclusion System (WES) Development. Riad Dandan

13 ACC Research at Stellenbosch University, Capabilities and New Insights. Hannes Pretorius

14 ACC Gearbox Pratical Guidance for Storage, Installation, and Maintenance of Gear-Units for ACC Fan Drives. Edwin Houberg

15 Induced Draft ACC Overview. Liam Collins

16 Mitigating Wind Effects on ACC's & ACHE's. Jeff Ebert

17 The Evolution of ACC Cleaning System Technologies. David Clercq

18 ACC Commissioning & Critical Spares. Justin Tedder

19 ACCUG TVA Cumberland Gas Plant. Austin Meredith