August 2014

News

1)  Comparison of guidelines for fish ladders and for the patency of residual flow reaches

2)  Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines 2015"

New publications

3)  VGB Project 353: Studies on the technique of flue gas desulfurization with seawater focused on a simultaneous generation of electricity and drinking water

4)  VGB PowerTech Journal 8 (2014): Electrical Engineering, C&I and Information Processing, Data Bases, IT and IT Security in Power Plant Engineering, Civil Engineering

Dates

VGB Congress "Power Plants 2014" with technical exhibition
September 17/18, 2014, Hamburg/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/pp_2014.html

VGB Conference "EUROCOALASH 2014"
October 14/15, 2014, Munich/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/eurocoalash2014.html

VGB Workshop "Fire and Explosion Protection in Biomass Power Plants"
October 24, 2014, Essen/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/fire_explosion_protection_biomass_pp.html

VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2014" with technical exhibition
October 30/31, 2014, Linz/Austria
http://www.vgb.org/en/cik14.html

VGB Workshop "IT-Security in Power Generation"
November 26, 2014, Essen/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/ws_it_security_2014.html

VGB Conference "Power Plants in Competiton 2015" with technical exhibition
April 21/22, 2015, Berlin/Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/kw_wettbewerb_2015.html

Information for Members

News

> Instructions for testing of boiler circulating pumps of KSB Series LUV <
As part of the activities of the VGB Working Group "Boiler Circulation Systems" the documents - Priority list for inspection depending on design and material and - Process cycle for inspection and repair of spherical housing and flange on LUV-casings were updated.
The documents are available in myVGB for download:
http://www.vgb.org/en/ksb_boiler_circulating_pumps.html

Abstracts of Minutes

Power Plant Technologies - 15th May 2014
http://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ha_fs_33.html
Power Plant Technologies - 26th November 2013
http://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ha_fs_32.html
Pipe Systems, Valves and Pressure Vessels - 5th/6th November 2013
http://www.vgb.org/en/kf_ak_ra_35.html
Supervision of Construction and Assembly/Quality Supervision - 17th/18th September 2013
http://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ak_bw_19.html
Power Plant Technologies - 17th May 2013
http://www.vgb.org/en/kf_en_ha_fs_31.html
Pipe Systems, Valves and Pressure Vessels - 23rd/24th April 2013
http://www.vgb.org/en/kf_ak_ra_34.html

1) Comparison of guidelines for fish ladders and for the patency of residual flow reaches

The safeguarding of fish migration patency in running waters plays a central role to achieve the environmental targets of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). Presently the ecological stipulations and administrations mostly refer to upstream migration of aquatic organisms. Those measures are always associated with costs and a reduction of renewable power generation. Corresponding demands for adequate measures of fish protection and fish downstream migration are already foreseeable.
In several countries new regulations for design and erection of fish ladders are under way, in the future probably also for downstream fish migration. Thus the VGB TC "Hydro Power Plants" decided to install a European group of experts from hydro power operators in this field, which compared and analyse the basic standards and guidelines concerning fish migration upstream as well as patency and minimal regimen in residual flow reaches.

The final report (only available in German) is available here:
http://www.vgb.org/fischpaesse.html

2) Call for Papers - VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines 2015"

The VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines" will take place in Lübeck, Germany, on May 6/7, 2015. Aim of the conference is to meet the increasing requirements specified for gas turbine operation with regard to availability, reliability and efficiency, and lifetime consumption.

Please submit your Call for Papers by December 8, 2014, at the latest to:
mailto:diana.ringhoff@vgb.org
http://www.vgb.org/en/vfgt_2015.html

3) VGB Project 353: Studies on the technique of flue gas desulfurization with seawater focused on a simultaneous generation of electricity and drinking water

The final Research Report "Studies on the technique of flue gas desulfurization with seawater focused on a simultaneous generation of electricity and drinking water" is available for download (only German version). An English summary can be ordered:

mailto:andreas.wecker@vgb.org
http://www.vgb.org/en/research_project353.html

4) VGB PowerTech Journal 8 (2014): Electrical Engineering, C&I and Information Processing, Data Bases, IT and IT Security in Power Plant Engineering, Civil Engineering

Some topics of the August issue are: Supply safety and system stability at the transition to the regenerative electrical energy supply (Harald Weber), Maintenance and life time forecast of civil structures in power plants (Olaf Day and Martin Demmer), Possibilities and disadvantages of bromide addition to reduce mercury emission at coal-fired power plants (Henk te Winkel), Practical conversion industrial safety act, operational safety order with look at the maintenance (Gerhard Maxein and Olaf Baumann)

Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/en/pt_08_14.html