The Future of Gas Turbine Technology 4th International Gas Turbine Conference Draft Programme DAY 1 15 October

08:45 09:00 Welcome and Introduction Technology Trends (Low Emissions/High Efficiency/Fuel Flexibility/RAM) Professor Phil Ligrani , Director Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, Oxford University Wolfgang Menapace, Director of Project Strategy & Marketing, Siemens Dave Wallis, Technology Services, RWE nPower Q&A Coffee Break Technology Trends Paul Markham, Chairman, European Gas Turbine Insurance Committee Mark McNeely, Editor, Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide: Power Generation Survey & Trends Professor Peter Childs, University of Sussex: Creativity in Turbine Design Professor Riti Singh, ETN Board Member Lunch Cycle Efficiency Condition Monitoring
- Design development and testing of an in engine turbine traverse system. Anderson, S.J., QinetiQ / Wilson, A.J.W, Rolls Royce -Evolution of a site based monitoring strategy for Optimization, Environment and Efficiency Improvement on a Gas Turbine driven compressor station. M Durcan, Bord Gais ireann / C. Dagnall, Cogsys - Monitoring blade resonances using microwave tip clearance sensors. M. Hafner, Vibro-Meter SA (Switzerland) - Evaluation of thermo-mechanical fatigue stresses and residual life: an implemented procedure for online monitoring of a gas-steam power plant. E. Lo Casto, University of Padova (Italy) - Ultrasonic manual inspection techniques for gas turbine R0 compressor blades. J. M. Berrio, Iberdrola Generacin (Spain)

09:00 09:20 09:25 09:45 09:50 10:10 10:10 10:20 10:20 10:50 10:50 11:10 11:15 11:35 11:40 12:00 12:00 12:30 12:30 13:30

13:30-14:00

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- Flow Characteristics around the Knife Edge of a Labyrinth Seal revealed using Computational Fluid Dynamics. B.I. Soemarwoto, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR - Impact of Sweep and Lean on the Aerodynamic Behaviour of Transonic Compressor Rotors. R. Biollo, University of Padova (Italy)

14:30-15:00

15:00-15:30 15:30 16:00

- Tip leakage flow and heat transfer characteristics on turbine shroud and blade tip. I. Hassan, Concordia University (Canada)

Coffee Break Fuel Flexibility & Emissions Materials and Structures

- Life-Limiting Mechanisms of Critical Gas Turbine Components. R. van Gestel, Chromalloy (The Netherlands) - Trends in developing coatings - summary from International GT Forum. N. Czech, Gas Turbine Forum - Development of innovative non destructive methods for TBC coatings and monitoring techniques in the frame of an Italian R&D programme. C. Rinaldi, CESI RICERCA (Italy)

16:00-16:30

- Modeling natural gas turbulent combustion in gas turbine: Coupling 3D combustion simulations with Chemical Reactor Network for advanced NOx prediction. V. Fichet, EDF (France) - The use of combustion dynamics for condition monitoring of gas turbines. H. Laget, Electrabel/Laborelec (Belgium) - Numerical simulation of unstable and turbulent premixed combustion of hydrogen and hydrogen containing methane. R.J.M. Bastiaans, Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands)

16:30-17:00

17:00-17:30

DAY 2 16 October
09:00 09:05 Opening Environmental Policy and Emissions Chair: Derek Taylor, Senior Advisor, DG TREN, European Commission Marianne Wenning, Head of Unit, DG Environment, European Commission Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, TBC Dr. Victor Der, Director, US Department of Energy: U.S. Emission Regulations in NOx & CO2. Q&A Coffee Break Fuel Flexibility & Emissions Materials and Structures
- Development of a low-swirl injector for syngas and H gas turbines. Robert K. Cheng, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S.) -Combustion of Syngases: Fundamental Combustion Studies at Gas Turbine Conditions. P. Mller/ D. Winkler / T. Griffin, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, S. Daniele/ P. Jansohn, Paul Scherrer Institute -Co-utilization of biomass and natural gas in existing power plants through primary steam reforming of natural gas. F. Delattin, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) - Blade Lifing with Material and Friction Damping. J.S. Rao, Altair Engineering (India) -Analysis and optimization of nonlinear gas-turbine structures with friction and gaps with respect to resonance peak forced response. E.P. Petrov, Imperial College London (UK) -Operating temperature estimation based on microstructure evolution of Ni-base superalloys for TG blades/vanes. E. Vacchieri, Ansaldo Energia (Italy)

09:05 09:25 09:30 09:50 09:55 10:15 10:15 10:30 10:30 11:00

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11:30-12:00

12:00-12:30

12:30 13:30 Cycle Efficiency 13:30-14:00

Lunch Condition Monitoring

- Compressor fields rebuilding for gas turbine monitoring. B. Bride, EDF (France) - Gas path analysis and gas turbine re-mapping. G. Cerri / C. Salvini / A. Giovannelli, University of Roma TRE -Application of different ANN model structures for sensor validation. T. Palme, University of Stavanger (Norway)

- Performance simulation of a microturbine running on biofuels. N. Bloemberg, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) - Implementation of gas turbine components in the CO2free brown coal power plant. B. Persigehl, RWTH Aachen University (Germany) - Solarised Gas Turbine Power Systems. R. Buck, DLR (Germany) - Off-design performance analysis of existing combined cycle power plant integrated with parabolic trough solar field. R. Gabbrielli, University of Pisa (Italy)

14:00-14:30

14:30-15:00

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Coffee Break Future Directions Nick Otter, Director of Technology and External Affairs, Alstom Power Wim Hardeveld, Global Manager Rotating Equipment, Shell Global Solutions Summary and Closing