Power Division to hold Combined Cycle Plant Users Group Meeting

The Combined Cycles Committee of ASME's Power Division is holding its first Combined Cycle Plant Users Group Meeting at the jointly located International Joint Power Generation Conference and the International Gas Turbine Institute's Turbo Expo Conference in New Orleans on June 6.

This day-long interactive meeting will cover many facets of combined cycle plants.

The subjects covered include, but are not limited to: design aspects of the new breed of merchant plants; construction techniques for new generation in 2001 and beyond; availability of appropriately skilled construction forces; procurement considerations in today's extremely competitive and busy buying climate; startup and commissioning issues to meet June 2001, 2002 and 2003 commercial operation dates; finding experienced resources to make your liquidated damage dates and turn over the plant; operational considerations to maximize the return on investment while providing reliable power; staffing ideas to keep your valued and best employees; training of new personnel to achieve consistent quality in plant performance; maximizing efficiency and output to respond to the day's demand requirements.

The session will have several short prepared discussions at the start of each part. Following a brief introduction, a panel will discuss, debate and argue the current and future state of combined cycle plants. Questions, comments and opinions will be encouraged from the audience.

This session on June 6 will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admittance to the meeting is available through IJPGC registration or registration for Turbo Expo.

For more information on IJPGC or Turbo Expo, visit www.asme.org. For more information on the combined cycle users group meeting, contact Andy Donaldson at (610) 855-2645 or andrew.m.donaldson @parsons.com; Jeffrey W. Schroeter at (972) 307-8186 or jschroeter @worldnet.att.net; or Earl Saville, (407) 839-4343 or esaville@shanahaneng.com.

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