Program
Last updated May 30, 2023
Vendors are located throughout the Holiday Inn Conference Center. All workshop presentations are in the White Oaks Ballroom in the Conference Center.
Tuesday, June 6
| 8:00 AM | Optional Pre-Workshop Seminar (Savoy Room) |
| 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 1:30 PM | Welcome K. Anthony Selby, Water Technology Consultants, Inc., Workshop Chair |
| 1:45 PM | Treating Industrial Processes with Thin Film Nanocomposite Membranes Brian Keenan, LG Chem Ltd. |
| 2:15 PM | Back to Basics Microbiological Control and Monitoring in Open Cooling Water Systems K. Anthony Selby, Water Technology Consultants, Inc |
| 2:45 PM | Making Cooling Towers More Efficient Maher Damak, Infinite Cooling |
| 3:15 PM | Refreshment Break |
| 3:30 PM | The Use of Ion Exchange Resins in Wastewater Treatment Larry Gottlieb, ResinTech |
| 4:00 PM | Importance of TOC Monitoring in Demineralized Water Kevin Murphy, Swan Analytical |
| 4:30 PM | HRSG Boiler Tube Failures: Review of Some Common Failure Mechanisms Mel Esmacher and Michael Adeosun, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions |
| 5:00 PM | Reception and Vendor Display Vendors in the industry will have displays of their latest products and services for participants to view during the reception. |
Wednesday, June 7
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast (Savoy Room) |
| 7:30 AM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM | Introduction & Announcements K. Anthony Selby, Water Technology Consultants, Inc., Workshop Chair |
| 8:00 AM | Troubleshooting Manganese Contamination in Cooling Water Peter Norman, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions |
| 8:30 AM | Two Novel Methods for Measurement and Control of Ultra Low Range Chlorine Mike Feldman, Hach Company |
| 9:00 AM | NIPSCO Approach to Current Environmental Regulations Rockey Pollard, NIPSCO |
| 9:30 AM | Refreshment Break |
| 10:00 AM | Organics in Ion Exchange Allyson Kriebel, DuPont |
| 10:30 AM | Recent Developments in Film Forming Chemistry, Technology & Applications George Patrick, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions |
| 11:00 AM | Makeup Water Treatment and Condensate Return: Major Infuences on Chemistry Control in Go-Gen and Industrial Steam Generators Brad Buecker, Buecker & Associates |
| 11:30 AM | Power Plant Brine Recovery System Case Study and Improvement Options Dan Sampson, HDR |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch (Savoy Room) |
| 1:00 PM | Southern Company’s Approach to HRSG Supplemental Oxygen Injection Jeremy Smith, Southern Company |
| 1:30 PM | Early Leak Detection and a Robust Monitoring Program Help Prevent Improper Boiler Startups Amanda Tyndall, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions |
| 2:00 PM | Practical Methods and Best Practices for Monitoring Film Forming Amines Mike Feldman, Hach Company |
| 2:30 PM | How to Extract the Most Value from the Plant Customer – Supplier Relations Nisso Fazliddinova, NextEra |
| 3:00 PM | Refreshment Break |
| 3:30 PM | Protective Coatings for Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Tubesheets & Waterboxes Jim Mitchell, Plastocor |
| 4:00 PM | Using Non-Amine Filming Technology for HRSGs David Little, Nalco |
| 4:30 PM | Film Forming Product Use William Boyd, Apollo Water Services |
Thursday, June 8
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast (Savoy Room) |
| 7:30 AM | Registration Desk Opens |
| 8:00 AM | Introduction & Announcements |
| K. Anthony Selby, Water Technology Consultants, Inc., Workshop Chair |
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| 8:00 AM | Cycle Chemistry Simulator: Training Aid for Operators and Technicians Kevin Zuchowski, NIPSCO |
| 8:30 AM | Why Care About Chemistry Monitoring for Combined Cycle Plants? Robert Bartholomew, Sheppard T. Powell Associates, LLC |
| 9:00 AM | A Specialty Ion Exchange Resin for Deoxygenation Treatment of Boiler Makeup Water Liu Zhendong, LANXESS Corporation |
| 9:30 AM | Refreshment Break |
| 10:00 AM | Operating Experience & Advances in a High Purity Water Treatment (RO-EDI) Plant Ganesh Kamatkar, Air Liquide |
| 10:30 AM | Portlands Energy Centre Condenser Repair Project Jim Mitchell, Plastocor |
| 11:00 AM | Workshop Wrap Up K. Anthony Selby, Water Technology Consultants, Inc., Workshop Chair |
| 11:15 AM | Adjourn |