1) European Network Codes for Generators - Publication process is Entering into Final Phase
2) Emission Limits for Medium Combustion Plants
5) VGB-TW104 "Reliability Indicators with KISSY"
6) VGB PowerTech Journal 3 (2014): Chemistry in Power Plants
The concluding European legislative procedure of the "Network Codes for Generators (RfG - Requirements for Generators)" will on short term start. From VGB's point of view, in the draft provided try the European Commission requirements are remaining, which are burdening the generators unbalanced. The debates on European level were continued.
VGB is supporting the member companies in arguing towards the national representatives through provision of a statement, which has been drafted in cooperation with Eurelectric.
Further information:
http://www.vgb.org/en/rfg_final_phase.html
The European Commission has issued a proposal for a Directive on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants, dated 18 December 2013. In the framework of the Clean Air Programme emissions of NOx, SO2 and dust into the air from plants between 1 and 50 MW (th) shall be limited. More stringent emission limit values shall apply in zones not complying with the EU air quality limit values. The associations are tracking this topic intensely.
The Directive and the annexes are available here:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/pdf
VGB invites all ordinary members of VGB PowerTech to propose a supplier, who has delivered a project of an outstanding quality, for the VGB Quality Award 2014. The VGB Quality Award has been established to increase the awareness for the commercial value of quality and to highlight examples of suppliers who have delivered extraordinary quality in services and products. The VGB Quality Award has been extended and is now covering all electricity and heat generation technologies - renewables, distributed generation, hydro, oil-, gas- and coal fired power stations - and all kind of projects - for new build, refurbishment, maintenance, or decommissioning.
Futher information:
http://www.vgb.org/en/quality_award.html
VGB invites all ordinary members of VGB PowerTech to propose a partner (contractor) for the VGB Safety and Health Award 2014 who has delivered a project of an outstanding safety and health philosophy and implementation. The VGB Safety and Health Award has been established to increase the importance of Safety and Health among our members and partners (contractors). The VGB Safety and Health Award is covering all electricity and heat generation technologies - renewables, distributed generation, hydro, oil-, gas- and coal fired power stations - and all kind of projects - for new build, refurbishment, maintenance, or decommissioning.
Futher information:
http://www.vgb.org/en/safety_health_award.html
A project group of the VGB European Working Group "Performance Indicators" supported by DNV KEMA developed a method to calculate reliability data from the VGB power plant information system KISSY. In the anonymized reliability data, the plant layout and several classes of plants (selected e.g. by plant age and type) have been taken into account.
The aim is to integrate the new method and reliability indicators into the Technical-scientific reports and in the KISSY database (online reports on demand) later in time with benefits such as optimization of the plant configuration, improved plant maintenance, less spare parts, etc.
Further information about VGB-TW104 "Reliability Indicators with KISSY" can be viewed at the following link:
www.vgb.org/shop/tw104.html
www.vgb.org/en/research_project361.html
mailto:stefan.prost@vgb.org
Some topics of the March (2014) issue are: Enhancing the market flexibility of Rhenish lignite-fired power plants (Armin Eichholz, Christian Fielenbach and Heinz-Gerd Blank), SGT-750: Industrial reliability with aeroderivative performance (Hans Holmstroem), Preservation of boilers and turbines with the surface-active substance octadecylamine (ODA) (Ronny Wagner and Erwin Czempik), On-line pH measurement in low conductivity samples (David Gray and Kirk Buecher)
Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/en/pt_03_14.html