October 2011

VGB Congress Power Plants 2011: European Electricity Generation is Facing Technical Challenges * Heinrich-Mandel Prize 2011 for Sebastian Meinke and Christian Ziems * VGB Quality Award 2011 for Holzbau Amann GmbH * Electricity Generation - Facts and Figures 2011/2012 * VGB European Occupational Health and Safety Conference September 2011, Stockholm * Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2012" * VGB-TW103Ae "Analysis of Unavailability of Thermal Power Plants" * Gas turbines and CCPP - VGB PowerTech Journal 10/2011 * Dates * Information for Members

Dates

VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2011" with technical exhibition October 26/27, 2011, Munich/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/cik11.html

VGB Conference "Maintenance in Power Plants 2012" with technical exhibition February 29 / March 1, 2012, Ulm/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/inst_2012.html

VGB Conference "Maintenance of Wind Power Plants 2012" with technical exhibition February 29 / March 1, 2012, Ulm/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/wea2012.html

VGB KELI Conference 2012 with technical exhibition May 8-10, 2012, Berlin/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/keli_2012_e.html

VGB Conference "Steam Turbines and Operation of Steam Turbines 2012" with technical exhibition May 15/16, 2012, Hamburg/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/dt_2012.html

VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2012" May 23/24, 2012, Krakow/Poland
http://www.vgb.org/en/flue_gas_cleaning_2012.html

VGB Congress "POWER PLANTS 2012" with technical exhibition October 10-12, 2012, Mannheim/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/hv_2012.html

Information for Members

News

Damage on Electron Beam-welded Black-white Connection

We hereby inform you that, after a service time of nine years, damage has occurred to a high-pressure control valve on one of the electron beam-welded black-white connections. More information:
https://www.vgb.org/en/damage_bw_connection.html

New Abstracts of Minutes

Electrical Equipment - 16th/17th May 2011
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_et_30.html

Machines - 5th/6th April 2011
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_fa_ma_29.html

1) VGB Congress Power Plants 2011: European Electricity Generation is Facing Technical Challenges

"European Generation Mix – High Demand for Flexibility and Storage". This was the slogan of the VGB Congress "Power Plants 2011", which took place with more than 1.100 participants from 28 nations in Berne/Switzerland on September 21 - 23, 2011.

Following the ambitious targets of the European environmental and energy policy, more action has to be taken to reduce CO2 emissions and to increase the share of renewables. Consequently, the construction of wind-, biomass-fired and solar power plants, nuclear power plants and state-of-the-art fossil-fired power stations is being pushed.

Press release:
http://www.vgb.org/en/presse_pm2011.html

2) Heinrich-Mandel Prize 2011 for Sebastian Meinke and Christian Ziems

The VGB Research Foundation awarded the Heinrich-Mandel Prize 2011 to Sebastian Meinke and Christian Ziems, University of Rostock, for the analysis of the effect on conventional power plants of increasing intermitting power supply by renewables. The 10,000 Euro prize was handed over by the VGB chairman on the occasion of the VGB Congress "Power Plants 2011" on September 21, 2011, in Berne/Switzerland.

http://www.vgb.org/en/research_mandel.html

3) VGB Quality Award 2011 for Holzbau Amann GmbH

On the occasion of the opening ceremony of the VGB Congress POWER PLANTS in Berne/Switzerland on September 21, 2011, the VGB Quality Award was rewarded for the sixth time. Willi Lang received the prize for the Holzbau Amann GmbH for the outstanding quality of the Supply of turnkey roofs for the circular coal and gypsum stockyards at the new build Moorburg power plant.

http://www.vgb.org/en/quality_award.html

4) Electricity Generation - Facts and Figures 2011/2012

The information brochure "Electricity Generation - Facts and Figures" had been published by VGB for the first time in 2003. This flyer is intended to inform you at annual intervals about latest developments in power generation. The new edition is available for download now.

http://www.vgb.org/en/data_powergeneration.html

5) VGB European Occupational Health and Safety Conference September 2011, Stockholm

The occupational health and safety has moved very strongly in the last years to the centre of attention. First more on a national level, but now more and more with an international approach. With this conference the ETC "Safety and Health at Work" has contributed to an increasing health and safety performance in the electricity generating industry.

The conference has pointed out developments, tendencies and possible solutions, to intensify the discussions and to improve the occupational safety and health for all partners involved.

The main items of the conference:
- Learning from accidents and incidents
- From lagging to leading indicators
- Contractor safety management & engagement
- Impact, interface and overlap of process safety and on occ. H&S
- How to implement H&S in the business planning process
- The impact of electric power generation on public health issues
- European legislation for hazardous materials and
- New health and safety challenges in the offshore wind business

Selected papers can be obtained from the VGB secretariat:
mailto:karl-heinz.puch@vgb.org

Conference programme:
http://www.vgb.org/health2011_programm.html

6) Call for Papers - VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2012"

The VGB Workshop "Flue Gas Cleaning 2012" is scheduled to take place in Krakow/Poland on May 23/24, 2012. Please submit your proposals for presentations and lecturers with e-mail by January 10, 2012, at the latest.

mailto:ines.moors@vgb.org
http://www.vgb.org/en/flue_gas_cleaning_2012.html

7) VGB-TW103Ae "Analysis of Unavailability of Thermal Power Plants"

The Technical-scientific Report "Analysis of Unavailability of Thermal Power Plants" for the operation decade 2001-2010 (pdf file) is available in the German and English languages. The report provides information about weak points of equipment and power plant systems. VGB is analysing the annual unavailability (UA analysis) in order to identify the root causes, i.e. those systems causing unavailability, to be able to upgrade such weak equipment. The systems and equipment to be analysed are specified according to the KKS power plant identification system. Receive free of charge an outline of the report via e-mail:
mailto:stefan.prost@vgb.org
http://www.vgb.org/en/performanceindicators.html

Order the report:
http://www.vgb.org/shop/tw103ae.html

8) Gas turbines and CCPP - VGB PowerTech Journal 10/2011

Main topics of the October issue are: The potential future of high temperature gas turbines in power plants; The first test results of the new MAN 6 MW gas turbine; Problems with circulating fluidsed bed (CFB) boilers in China and their solution; SRF co-combustion in the fluidised bed power plant Wuppertal-Elberfeld.

Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/en/current_issue.html

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