1st ACC Users Group Conference
NV Energy Headquarters Building, Las Vegas, Nev
November 12-13, 2009
Host utility: NV Energy
Organizers: Bill Simko, Barbara Allen, Deborah Henninger
STEAM-CYCLE CHEMISTRY and CORROSION
Andrew Howell, Excel Energy
Chemistry change to address FAC-like corrosion in ACC tubes
Bill Stroman, Capital Power Corp
Real-time corrosion-product transport monitoring using online particle monitors
Joe Zimmerman, Chemtrac Systems Inc
PERFORMANCE ISSUES
PAC® systems and wind mitigation
Dr Luc DeBacker, GEA Power Cooling Inc
ACCs: Innovative wind mitigation
Ralph Wyndrum, SPX Cooling Technologies Inc
Kent D Zammit, Electric Power Research Institute
DESIGN
Water extraction from fossil-fired powerplant flue gas
Dr Bruce Folkedahl, Energy & Environmental Research Center, Univ of North Dakota
PAC® systems and wind mitigation
Dr Luc DeBacker, GEA Power Cooling Inc
ACCs: Innovative wind mitigation
Ralph Wyndrum, SPX Cooling Technologies Inc
OPERATION and MAINTENANCE
Andy Gaither, PE, NV Energy, Arrow Canyon Complex
ACC experience in Northeast Wyoming
Dave Sharp, PE, NV Energy, Reid Gardner Generating Station
FANS and GEARBOXES
Vibration and lube-oil pressure switch installation and monitoring
Marty Gillespie, NV Energy, Walter M Higgins Generating Station
INSPECTION
Grant Garrison, NV Energy, Tracy Generating Station
Forrest Hawman, NV Energy, Chuck Lenzie Generating Station
