97th Annual Conference & Trade Show

 

                    Proceedings

 

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Sunday, June 11, 2006

Special Pre-Conference Workshop  - “Private Public Partnerships: A Successful Approach for Developing District Energy Systems”

Anatomy of a Partnership: Nashville's New District Energy System - Harvey Gershman, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton
Metro-Nashville District Energy System - Background & History - David Manning, City of Nashville
Assessment: Generation of the DBO Project - Harvey Gershman, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton
Procurement Process: The Public Side - David Seader, National Council Public Private Partnership
Negotiations: The Public Side - Ron Grosser, Hawkins, Delafield and Wood
Project Implementation - Harvey Gershman, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton
Metro's View of Process and Lessons Learned - The Team

Monday, June 12, 2006

Opening Plenary Session - District Energy: Today’s Solution, Tomorrow’s Advantage

Cambridge District Energy Network - Nick Gosling, Dalkia
The Nashville District Energy System - Harvey Gershman, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton
The Con Edison Steam System - Ron Bozgo, Con Edison Steam Business Unit
Citizens Thermal Energy Provides District Heating & Cooling to Indianapolis - David Toombs, Citizens Thermal Energy
The Status and Vision of District Energy - Young Nam Kim, Seoul, Korea
Energy well spent..... - Dany Safi - Tabreed, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Empower, Today for the Good of Tomorrow - Ahmad Bin Shafar - Empower, Dubai, UAE
Palm District Cooling, "Experiences, Challeges, Opportunities" - Mohammad El-Shentenaway, Dubai, UAE

Session 1A - District Cooling Development

Session 1A1 - Overview IDEA District Cooling Best Practice - Mark Spurr, FVB Energy, Inc.
Session 1A2 - District Cooling for Jumeirah Beach Complex and The Crescent of The Palm – Meeting Fast Paced Development with Packaged Cooling Systems – Gary Hilberg & Eric Davis, TAS Ltd.
Session 1A3 - District Energy in Raleigh, NC – Modernizing Infrastructure Using Inventive District Cooling Solution, Financed via Performance Contract – John Andrepont, The Cool Solutions, Co., and Richard Beversdorf, Pepco Energy Services
Session 2A1 - Pre-Packaged vs Built Up Central Chilled Water – Plants – Do I Have To Decide? – Samuel Stone, Stanley Consultants
Session 2A2 - The Effect of Chilled Water System Temperature Differential on Chiller Plant Production Efficiency – Kevin Jacobs, Thermal Engineering Group, Inc.
Session 2A3 - Applying Pressure Independent Control to Raise Delta T – Eric Moe, Flow Control Industries, Inc.

Session 1B - New Trends in Operations & Management

Session 1B1 - How to Achieve Excellence in Energy Management Guide – Johan Kritzinger, LightRidge Resources, LLC
Session 1B2 - Real Time Data Acquisition and Web Visualization of Customer Meter Data – Steve Perkins, Enwave Energy Corp. and Al Thong, Matrikon Inc.
Session 1B3 - Early Fault Detection for Utility Plants – P. Ferman Milster, University of Iowa, and James R. Hawkins, P.E., Energy Technology Solutions
Session 2B1 - Wireless M2M Telemetry in Steam Trap Monitoring – Ross Kennedy, QHI Group
Session 2B2 - Systematic Approach to Reduce In-Plant Parasitic Load Without Sacrificing Reliability – Juan Ontiveros and Kevin Kuretich, University of Texas Austin
Session 2B3 - Electricity Outage Minimized at Campus Office Complex via Backup Generation – Mike Dempsey, Carter & Burgess, Inc.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Session 3A – Combined Heat and Power

Session 3A1 - Determining Optimal Equipment Capacities in Cooling Heating and Power (CHP) Systems – Dr. Abdy Zaltash, Oak Ridge National Lab
Session 3A2 - The Army and NASA Move Forward with Waste To Energy District Heating and CHP – Tim Griffin, Jerry Hinson & Doc Holliday, RMF Engineering, Inc.
Session 3A3 - Case Study of the Austin Energy Dell Regional Children’s Hospital Packaged Hybrid Energy Plant – Ed Mardiat, Burns & McDonnell, Engineering; Tom Pierson, TAS Ltd.
Session 4A1 - Integrated Energy Systems: A Growth Opportunity for the District Energy Industry – Cliff Braddock, Austin Energy
Session 4A2 - Innovative District Energy System as Economic Engine for Redevelopment – Sandra Haines, City of Victorville
Session 4A3 - Incorporating Power Generation to Reduce Overall Plant Costs –Tom Parker, Carter & Burgess

Session 3B - Heating System Operations/Optimization

Session 3B1 - The Conversion of a Municipal Solid Waste Boiler to Burn Alternate Fuels – Jon Belcher, Thermal Engineering Group
Session 3B2 - Case Study: Akron Thermal’s Conversion from Natural Gas to Coal, Wood, Tire-derived fuel and Waste Oil – Jim Benson, Kelly Dodson and Richard Pucak, Akron Thermal
Session 3B3 - Steam PRV Design Solutions – Kevin Arcuri, John Rehlinger Co. Inc.

Session 4B - Sustainable Energy Solutions

Session 4B1 - District Energy/CHP as a GHG Emissions Reduction Strategy  Click here to download CHP calculator – Tom Frankiewicz, US EPA CHP Partnership
Session 4B2 - MiniGrids in Australia – Craig Chambers, GridX Power Pty Ltd
Session 4B3 - Update on District Energy and LEED® – Mark Spurr, FVB Energy

Session 5A - District Energy Development

Session 5A1 - Trends in European District Heating – Rainer Hofstätter, Klinger Fluid Control GmbH
Session 5A2 - Study of Long Term Sustainability of Urban and Energy Development in Japan – Hideo Matsushita, Japan Gas Association

Session 5B – Distribution and Delivery

Session 5B1 - What’s Hot and What’s Not: Defending Thermal Damage Claims – Gary Phetteplace, Phetteplace Consultants
 Session 5B2 - New Trends in Piping Systems – Robert Maffei,Perma-Pipe, Inc. 

Session 6A - Operations & Management

Session 6B - Marketing & Business Development and Billing

Session 6C – CHP Forum