POWER-GEN INDIA & CENTRAL ASIA 2010

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION

21 - 23  April 2010, Hall No. 1, Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai, India

CONFERENCE THEME: POWERING THE FUTURE

DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 2010

INAUGURAL SESSION

11:00 – 12:00

Welcome Address:          Mr. Glenn Ensor, Director Events, Pennwell, UK

Address by:                     Mr. Sunand Sharma, Country President, Alstom, India

Address by:                     Mr. S.K. Garg, CMD, NHPC, India*

Address by:                     Mr. R.S. Sharma, CMD, NTPC, India*

Chief Guest:                    Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon’ble Minister of Power, Govt. of India     

Vote of Thanks:               Mr. Rajan Sharma, Managing Director, Inter Ads Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd, India

SESSION 1 - HIGH LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION - POWERING THE FUTURE

12:00 – 13:00

Session Chairman: Mr. Satnam Singh, CMD, Power Finance Corporation, India

Dr. G.D. Gautama, Principal Secretary (Power & Non – Conventional Energy), Government of West Bengal, India*

Mr. Biplab Majumdar, President, ABB India, India

Mrs. Rupa Devi Singh, MD & CEO, Power Exchange India Ltd., India

Mr. R.K. Madan, CEO, Adani Power Ltd., India*

13:00 – 14:00 – EXHIBITION & LUNCH

Track 1 - TECHNOLOGY ISSUES

SESSION 2a - COAL BASED POWER PLANTS

14:00 – 15:30

Session Chairman: to be confirmed

Above 800 MW: Ultra - Supercritical Steam Turbine - Generator Solutions to Meet the Needs of India's Rapidly Developing Power Generation Industry

Mr. Christoph Brandt, Head of ThermoDynamics, Alstom Power, Germany

Design & initial Operation of the 750 MWe Comanche Supercritical PC Boiler

Mr. Jeffrey G. Barcikowski, Alstom & Mr R Kumar, BHEL

Solar Thermal Supercritical Steam for Power Generation & Liquid Fuel Production

Mr. Artur Zawadski, General Manager - Business Development, Wizard Power Pty Ltd., Australia

The High Available & Efficient Coal Fired Power Station

Dr. Wolfgang A. Benesch, Director, Evonik Energy Services GmbH, Germany

Mr. Rajiv Kishore, Vice President (Technology), ABB, India

15:30 – 16:00 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 3a - GAS BASED PLANTS

16:00 – 17:30

Session Chairman: to be confirmed

Gas Turbines and its Advance Technologies for HCV/LCV Fuels

Mr. Dhanushkodi Sundaravadivel, General Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries India Pvt. Ltd, India

India's First KA 26 CCPP Technology at the Utran Power Plant in Gujarat

Mr. Mark Stevens, Product Manager Gas Power Plants, Alstom, Switzerland

How Cogeneration with Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Plants Can Support the Indian Government Initiatives on Climate Change - Case Study Approach

Mr. Ponnuchamy Veerachamy, Thermal Generation Manager – Asia, PB Power - Asia, Singapore

Safety & Effciency Improvement of Fuel Gas Supply at Gas Turbines

Mr. Juergen Venter, Sales Manager, GEA Renzmann & Grünewald GmbH, Germany

Track 2 - STRATEGIC ISSUES

SESSION 2b - PROJECT FINANCE & RISK MANAGEMENT

14:00 – 15:30

Session Chairman: Mr. H.D. Khunteta, Director - Finance, Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd., India

Dr. Ashok Haldia, Director - Finance, PTC India Financial Services, India

Mr. Rajat Mishra, Vice President (Project Advisory & Structured Finance), SBI Capital Markets Ltd, India

Mr. J. Suresh Kumar, Chief Financial Officer, Lanco Infratech Ltd., India

Vendor Risk Assessment and SMART Inspection Methodology – Assurance of Sustainable Asset Life Cycle

Mr. Swaminathan Krishnaswamy, Vice President, Energy, India & Sri Lanka, and Asia Power sector Manager, Lloyd’s Register Asia, India

Risk Management in Mining Projects

Mr. Chhitiz Kumar, Vice President, GE Captital, India

15:30 – 16:00 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 3b - CONSTRAINS IN POWER DEVELOPMENTS

16:00 – 17:30

Session Chairman: Mr. V.S. Verma, Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, India

Mr. Ravi Kant Uppal, CEO & Managing Director, Larsen & Toubro Power Ltd, India

ICE - Emerging Trends in Power Projects

Mr. Vivek Ramachandra, Vice President - Head of Power Plant Business, ABB, India

Constrains in Hydro Power Development

Dr. D.G. Kadkade, Chief Advisor, Jai Prakash Associates Ltd., India

Track 3 - RENEWABLE ENERGY ISSUES

SESSION 2c – SOLAR

14:00 – 15:30

Session Chairman: Mr. K. Subramanya, CEO, Tata BP Solar India Ltd., India

AREVA Renewable Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Solutions: The Most Cost-Effective, Land-Conservative and Water-Efficient CSP Technology for India’s Growing Renewable Energy Market

Mr. John Huffaker, VP for International Business Development, AREVA Solar

High Output Stability of Crystalline Modules

Mr. Alden Lee, Schott Glass, Germany

Project Rajasthan Solar One: A Pioneering Application of the CSP Direct System Based on Molten Salts.

Dennis Quinn & Diego Prischich, Techint E&C, Italy

Best Practices for Successful Solar Project Development and Implementation

Mr. Bryan Ashley, Chief Marketing Officer, Suniva, USA

15:30 – 16:00 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 3c - WIND  

16:00 – 17:30

Session Chairman: Mr. M.P. Ramesh, Head, Garrad Hassan India Pvt. Ltd, India*

Mr. Chintan Shah, Technical Head, Suzlon Energy Ltd, India*

From Wind Turbine to Wind Power Plant

Mr. Niels Steenberg, Director, Technical Support, Vestas Asia Pacific, Singapore

Wind Diesel Hybrid Energy Systems

Mr. Gajanan Kulkarni, General Manager - Sales Power, MAN Diesel India Ltd, India

Grid Support Capabilities of Full-load Converter Interfaced Wind Turbines

Engr. Thyge Knüppel, Development Engineer, PhD student, Siemens Wind Power A/S, Denmark

DAY 2 – THURSDAY, APRIL 22 2010

SESSION 4 - POLICY & STRATEGIES

09:30 – 11:00

Session Chairman: Mr. P. Abraham, Chairman, Maharashtra Power Generation Co. Ltd., India

Mr. Rajesh Mediratta, Vice President (Business Developments), Indian Energy Exchange, India

Mr. Satyajit Ganguly, Head - Business Operations, Power Exchange India Ltd., India

Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (APDRP)

Mr. Rajat Gupta, General Manager-Applied Aerial & Geo-Spatial Services, Petro IT , India

11:00 – 11:30 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SPECIAL SESSION

11:30 – 13:00

Welcome Address:           Mr. Glenn Ensor, Director Events, Pennwell, UK

Address by:                     Mr. Anil Srivastava, CEO, Areva Renewables, France

Address by:                     Mr. B.P. Rao, CMD, BHEL, India*

Keynote Address by:       Mr. H.S. Brahma, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India

Chairman’s Address:       Mr. B.K. Chaturvedi, Member – Energy, Planning Commission, India

Guest of Honor:               Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Hon’ble Minister of New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India*

Vote of Thanks:               Mr. Rajan Sharma, Managing Director, Inter Ads Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd, India

13:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH BREAK

Track 1 - TECHNOLOGY ISSUES

SESSION 5a - REFURBISHMENT & MODERNIZATION

14:00 – 15:30

Session Chairman: Mr. Vivek Ramachandra, Head - Power Generation, ABB India, India

Conventional Power Plant Repowering with CCPP for Higher Efficiency and Lower Emissions

Miss. Marta Mampreso, Process Engineer, Ansaldo Energia S.p.A., Italy

Gas Turbine Modernization E.ON Power Plant Franken 1

Mr. Marcus Gera, Senior Manager Gas Turbine Mods & Product Development V Frames, Siemens AG, Germany

Integrated Project at Belchatow Unit 6- Case Study

Mr. Devendra Sardana, Whole Time Director, NASL, India

Improving Generator Stator Winding Condition Assessment with Partial Discharge Online Monitoring

Dr. Rudiger Stein, Chief Engineer Generator, Alstom

Integrated Renovation and Modernization Solutions for 200-250MW Fossil Fired Units

Mr. Martin Lord, Alstom

15:30 – 16:00 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 6a - NUCLEAR

16:00 – 17:30

Session Chairman: Mr. Sunil Chaturvedi, COO, Bharat Forge Ltd, India*

Mr. S.A. Bhardwaj, Director-Technical, NPCIL, India*

Mr. Anil V. Parab, General Manager, Nuclear Equipment, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, India*

Advanced Turbogenerators Technologies for Indian Nuclear Programmes

Mr. Mathieu Bloch, Product Specialist, Alstom, Switzerland

Efficiency Improvement of Nuclear Power Stations with Varible Speed Reactor Feed Pumps

Speaker from Voith Turbo, Germany

13:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH BREAK

Track 2 - STRATEGIC ISSUES

SESSION 5b - POWER MARKETS & REGULATORY ISSUES

14:00 – 15:30

Session Chairman: Mr. A.A. Khan, Former Technical Member, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, India

Mr. S.B. Kulkarni, Member, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission, India*

Optimal Power Generation Mix to Address Sustainability & Peak Demand

Mr. Rakesh Sarin, Managing Director, Wartsila India Ltd., India

Speaker from Power Exchange India Ltd., India*

15:30 – 16:00 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 6b - POWER TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION

16:00 – 17:30

Session Chairman: Mr. Ajoy Mehta, Managing Director, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd, India

Mr. Pillai Ramachandaran , Head (Power System Control, Asset Management & Distribution Project), New Delhi Power Limited, India

Future System Archiectures for Generation Dispatch & Optimization in Future SmartGrids Environments

Mr. Laurent Schmitt, Strategy & Innovation Vice President, Alstom, France

PPP Model for Power Transmission Infrastucture Development

Ms. Rasika Gokhale Athawale, Consultant, KPMG Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd, India

Track 3 - RENEWABLE ENERGY ISSUES

13:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 5c - BIO-ENERGY

14:00 – 15:30

Session Chairman: Dr. R. Christodas Gandhi, CMD, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency, India*

AREVA Bioenergy Solutions for Asia

Mr. V.N.Rajan, Managing Director, AREVA Bioenergy India Pvt. Ltd., India

Mr. L. Prabhakar, Director, Pranam Consultant Pvt. Ltd, India

Bio-Waste to Energy Anaerboic Digestion (AD)

Mr. Bernhard Schulz, Managing Director, ENTEC Biogas GMBH, Austria

15:30 – 16:00 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 6c - SMALL HYDRO

16:00 – 17:30

Session Chairman: Mr. S. Chandrasekhar, CMD, Bhoruka Power Corporation Ltd, India*

Mr. A. K. Goel, Managing Director, Aleo Manali Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd., India

Mr. P.D. Nair, Managing Director, MD Viyyat Power Pvt.Ltd., India*

Dr. V.K. Garg, Director, Mountain Energy Corporation, India

DAY 3 – FRIDAY, APRIL 23^rd, 2010

Track 1 - TECHNOLOGY ISSUES I

SESSION 7a - DISTRIBUTED & CAPTIVE POWER

09:30 – 11:00

Session Chairman:  Mr. Rakesh Sarin, Managing Director, Wartsila India Ltd., India

Improvements in Power, Efficiency and Environmental Benefits Equip the SGT - 100 Gas Turbine for the Increased Demands of Distributed Generation

Mr. Brian Igoe, Product Manager SGT-100, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd, Germany

PEM Fuel Cell System for High Rise Leads Certified 'Green Building'

Dr. Purnima Swarup Khare, Professor & Head of the Physics Department, Rajeev Gandhi Technological University, India

The AREVA Hydrogen Energy Solution for Back-Up Power and Energy Storage in India

Mr. Jean-Daniel Reber, Head of Commerce & Projects Development, AREVA Helion

Engineering Excellence - 238.5 MW Captive and Cogeneration Power Plant for IOCL Panipat Naptha Cracker Project

Mr. Balasubramanian P, Asst. General Manager, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, India

11:00 – 11:30 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 8a - PLANT OPTIMIZATION

11:30 – 13:00

Session Chairman: Mr. T. Sankaralingam, Chairman, East Coast Energy Pvt. Ltd., India

Online Condition Diagnostic as Indispensable Part of Effective Maintenance

Dr. Igor Kovalev, Head of Turbine Department, NPO CKTI, Russia

Vibration Isolation Systems for the Power Plant Equipments

Mr. Alexander Herovitsch, Sales Management, Getzner Werkstoffe GmbH, Austria

Design of Spring Supported Turbine Foundation in Seismic Zone

Dr. Peter Nawrotzki, Managing Director, Gerb Schwingungsisolierungen GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

Latest Advances in Babcock & Wilcox's IR-CFB Boiler Technology

Mr. S. P. Ganeshan, Thermax Ltd, India & Speaker from Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group

13:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH & EXHIBITION

Track 2 - STRATEGIC ISSUES

SESSION 7b - POWER GENERATION - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

09:30 – 11:00

Session Chairman: Mr. Krishna Mankad, Whole Time Director & CEO, Reliance Power Ltd., India

Green Approach to Meeting Power Demand: Carbon Abatement Technologies - A Silver Bullet or an Expensive Diversion

Dr. Sowjanya Vijiapurapu, Senior Engineer – R&D, Doosan Babcock Energy, UK

Dry Cooling:  A Proven Solution to Reduce Water Consumption for Coal Fired Power Plants in India

Mr. Michel Bourgouin, Sales Director, SPX Cooling Technologies, Belgium

QA/QC in Civil Construction of Power Plant

Mr. Sanjiv Anand, Manager, CTC (SAR), Bureau Veritas Pvt. Ltd., India

Achieving Low Particulate Emissions in Coal Fired Power Plants in India - Challenges and Solutions

Mr. Satyabrata Sen, Alstom

11:00 – 11:30 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

Session 8b - LOW CARBON GENERATION

11:30 – 13:00

Session Chairman: Senior Official from Emergent Ventures India, India

Future - Proofing' New Power Plants in India through "Capture- Ready Design": Lessons from the UMPPs

Mr. Ashis Kumar Das, Manager – Thermal, Mott Macdonald, India

Alstom's Operating Experience with LBTU Blast Furnace Gas - Fired Combined Cycle and Cogeneration Power Plants

Mr. Christian Bohtz, Product Manager Industrial Power Solutions, Alstom Power, Switzerland

Performance Improvement of Thermal Power Plants: ‘Win-Win’ Approach for Productivity Improvement and GHG Reduction

Mr. D.K. Agrawal, General Manager, I/c(CenPEEP), NTPC Ltd, India

13:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH & EXHIBITION

Track 3 - TECHNOLOGY ISSUES II

SESSION 7c - HYDRO POWER DEVELOPMENT

09:30 – 11:00

Session Chairman: Mr. Mukul Kasliwal, Chairman, Entegra Ltd., India*

Mr. R.N. Misra, Executive Director, NHPC, India

Numerical Stimulation of Fluid Structure Interaction in Hydro Turbine

Mr. Katsumasa Shimmei, Deputy General Manager, Hitachi Power System Works

Mr. Satyan Sood, Manager, Teesta Urja Ltd., India

 11:00 – 11:30 – NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

Session 8c – ENERGY EFFICIENCY/COGENERATION

11:30 – 13:00

Session Chairman: Mr. Sridhar Samudrala, Asia Director, World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE), India

Software for Inexpensive On-Line Monitoring of Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Monitoring in Coal-Fired Units

Dr. Sastry Munukutla, Director, Centre for Energy System Research, USA

Organic Rankine Cycle Technology

Mr. Venkataramana Muvvala, area Director, Pratt & Whitney Power Rankins, USA

Condition Monitoring of Rotating Machines

Mr. Mukesh Vyas, Divisional Manager, Forbes Marshall, India

Energy Efficiency – Recovery of Lost MW through Auxilliary Power Reduction & Combustion Enhancement

Mr. Michael Pelzer, General Manager, SAS Global, USA

13:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH & EXHIBITION

* - Invited, Speaker to be confirmed