October 2014

News

1)  Technical Leadership to Overcome Economic Challenges - VGB Congress POWER PLANTS 2014

2)  Energy Post: European View on the VGB Congress POWER PLANTS

3)  Heinrich-Mandel Prize 2014 for Benjamin Witzel (33)

New publications

4)  VGB PowerTech Journal 10 (2014): Steam Turbines and Steam Turbine Operation; Environmental Engineering: Flue Gas Cleaning

5)  Operation of Steam Boiler Installations - Demands on the Operator for the Operation of Steam Boiler Installations of Categories III and IV - VGB-S-031-00-2012-08-EN

6)  Equipment for Cleaning of Heat Transfer Surfaces in Steam Raising Plants - Operation, Maintenance and Expert Systems - VGB-S-221-00-2014-06-EN

7)  VGB-Standards Available as E-books - Digital Know-how at Your Fingertips

Dates

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
50th VGB Conference "Chemistry in Power Plants 2014" with technical exhibition October 29/30, 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 "Maintenance of Wind Power Plants 2015" February 24/25, 2015, Cologne, Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/wea_2015.html
VGB Conference "Generation in Competition 2015" with technical exhibition April 21/22, 2015, Berlin, Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/kw_wettbewerb_2015.html
VGB Conference "Gas Turbines and Operation of Gas Turbines 2015" with technical exhibition May 6/7, 2015, Luebeck, Germany
http://www.vgb.org/en/vfgt_2015.html
VGB Congress "Power Plants 2015" with technical exhibition September 9/10, 2015, Vienna, Austria
http://www.vgb.org/en/pp_2015.html

Information for Members

Abstracts of Minutes

Fuel Technology and Firing Systems - 26th June 2014
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_ak_bf_26.html
Steam Generators - 9th/10th April 2014
https://www.vgb.org/en/kf_ak_de_36.html

1) Technical Leadership to Overcome Economic Challenges - VGB Congress POWER PLANTS 2014

The VGB Congress 2014 offered a key platform for international experts of power and heat generation to discuss trends of the business. According to the motto "Technical Leadership to Overcome Economic Challenges" industry representatives of 25 countries met in Hamburg on 17/18 September and discussed the key issues presented in the plenary session, the technical sessions and the technical exhibition.

Watch videos and fotos of the event:
http://www.vgb.org/en/pp_2014_impressions.html

2) Energy Post: European View on the VGB Congress POWER PLANTS

Power generators need to be ready for big changes, reports Sonja van Renssen, Energy Post, from the VGB Congress in Hamburg. Futurist Lars Thomsen advised companies to think beyond power: "energy suppliers will have to start thinking about selling intelligence and prepare for the unimaginable."

Report on the VGB Congress:
http://www.energypost.eu/conventional-generators-ring-alarm-bell/

3) Heinrich-Mandel Prize 2014 for Benjamin Witzel (33)

The VGB Research Foundation awarded the Heinrich-Mandel Prize 2014 to Benjamin Witzel (33) for his optimisation of a gas turbine combustion system. The Heinrich-Mandel-Prize, endowed with 10,000 Euro, was handed over by the VGB chairman in the VGB Congress opening ceremony.

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

4) VGB PowerTech Journal 10 (2014): Steam Turbines and Steam Turbine Operation; Environmental Engineering: Flue Gas Cleaning

Steam turbine set Boxberg R - Experience gained during project execution and results (Udo Klauke, Marco Redieß und Jens Molsen), Dealing safely with varnish formation in turbine oil systems (Jens Steidtner), Operation of power plants - Results and experiences in terms of maintenance intervals and strategies regarding high pressure armatures of the turbo group (Frank Biesinger, Kristian Enste und Johanna Steinbock), Eskom's experience in Wet Flue Gas Desulphurisation (WFGD) design and construction (Keketsi Ramahali).

http://www.vgb.org/en/pt_10_14.html

5) Operation of Steam Boiler Installations - Demands on the Operator for the Operation of Steam Boiler Installations of Categories III and IV - VGB-S-031-00-2012-08-EN

More information about VGB-S-031-00-2012-08-EN "Operation of steam boiler installations - Demands on the operator for the operation of steam boiler installations of categories III (from 1,000 bar/liter) and IV" can be viewed at the following link:

http://www.vgb.org/shop/s-031e.html

6) Equipment for Cleaning of Heat Transfer Surfaces in Steam Raising Plants - Operation, Maintenance and Expert Systems - VGB-S-221-00-2014-06-EN

More information about VGB-S-221-00-2014-06-EN "Equipment for Cleaning of Heat Transfer Surfaces in Steam Raising Plants - Operation, Maintenance and Expert Systems" can be viewed at the following link:

http://www.vgb.org/shop/s-221e.html

7) VGB-Standards Available as E-books - Digital Know-how at Your Fingertips

VGB PowerTech is offering its know-how digitally. VGB-Standards are now available as download e-books in the VGB online shop, i.e. much faster access to the desired VGB-Standard. "In-document searching" is included. The VGB-Standards are available as PDF-files, thus mobile devices become a smart library for power plant technology: technical knowledge - as mentioned above - at your fingertips.

http://www.vgb.org/shop/ebooks.html?___store=en&___from_store=default