2) VGB-R109 "Material Specification for Components under Pressure in Fossil-fired Power Plants"
3) VGB Report "Availability of Thermal Power Plants"
5) Lighthouse COORETEC - Sustainable Fossil Fired Power Plants
6) VGB Congress "Power Plants 2007" - VGB PowerTech Journal 9/2007
Seven companies set up an information centre for climate friendly coal fired power plants. Major aim is to provide a communication platform about climate friendly electricity production on coal and to inform about improvements of pilot projects and about CO2-removal, -transport and -storage. Efficiency of power plants and costs for CO2-avoidance are picked as central themes too.
http://www.iz-klima.de
The VGB-Guideline R109 "Material Specification for Components under Pressure in Fossil-fired Power Plants" applies to the steam boiler assembly and pipelines of the water/steam cycle. It shall clearly determine the delivery contract and the subsequent contract administration between customer, manufacturer and material manufacturer or supplier, and thus enable a rationalisation of the order and order processing. The material specification provides a collection of experiences and recommendations compiled to the best of knowledge and coordinated between the parties involved in the construction of the power plant. It intends to summarise the requirements on material manufacturers or suppliers and on the provision of materials for pressure equipment usually used in the 600 °C power plant generation to facilitate the order basis between the parties involved. Regulations from data sheets and directives exceeding the requirement of the EN standards were editorially integrated to a large extent.
The directive is bilingual (German/English).
http://www.vgb.org/shop/product_info.php/products_id/500
The VGB Report "Availability of Thermal Power Plants" for the period 1997 to 2006 can be acquired. The report analyses 471 power plants with a total capacity of round 180,000 MW.
Receive free of charge an outline of the report via e-mail:
mailto:stefan.prost@vgb.org
http://www.vgb.org/shop/product_info.php/products_id/431
The aim of the publication is to provide reliability data that can be used in ongoing and future probabilistic safety analyses (PSA) conducted by the owners/operators of nuclear power plants. The Centralized Reliability and Events Database (ZEDB) gathers and analyzes operating experience gained at a large number of nuclear power plants. The ZEDB use the two-stage Bayesian models to calculate plant-specific and generic reliability data. The publication includes the general descriptions of ZEDB database and methodology of analysis as well as the results of analysis. The data tables consist of three parts: a characterization of the component population, a list of the determined generic values, and a list of the determined plant-specific values. Henceforth, the results of analysis are published in form of a loose leaf system, in such a way as to admit of replacement or completion of selected folder parts. An English edition is under way.
Further information:
click here (only in german)
The German report can be ordered online:
http://www.vgb.org/shop/product_info.php/products_id/508
German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology has published a new publication (in German language only) within the German COORETEC –Initiative. The publication "Lighthouse COORETEC" is describing a purposeful strategy on sustainable fossil fired power plants. It illustrates efforts of German energy industry, research institutes and politicians to realize sustainable fossil fired power plants. Security of supply, profitability and environmental compatibility are in the focus for the year 2020. By then the sustainable power plant technology should be ready for commercial operation.
http://bmwi.de/BMWi/Redaktion/PDF/Publikationen/leuchtturm-cooretec,property=pdf,bereich=bmwi,sprache=de,rwb=true.pdf
Main topics of the September issue are: Report on the Activities of VGB PowerTech 2006/2007; Hydropower in Europe and Climate Change - Consequences and Challenges; The New Generation of Concentrating Solar Plants on the Basis of Fresnel Technology; Biomass Pellets for the Power Plant Sector - A Market Analysis.
Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/current_issue.html