EPRI

Programs 63, 64, 65, 79, 88,

104 and 194
Maria Martin
Country Manager LATAM
Jorge Young
Tech. Advisor

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 P63
Boiler Life and Availability Improvement

Develops Technology and Guidance on Safe

Management of Boiler and Piping Assets
Program Manager
Kent Coleman
704-595-2582
kcoleman@epri.com
• Development of tools to predict •Evaluation of NDE methods to determine
damage from various operational condition of components
modes of aging fleet
•Key emphasis on flexible/cyclic operation
•Technology and information to
•Support of Boiler Reliability Interest Group
support reliable operation of new and
for informational exchange
advanced fossil boiler designs.
•Boiler Tube Failure Reduction Program
•Component specific information for
flexible operation.
Develop Life Management Technologies to Address Aging
Components Transitioning to Flexible Operation

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 P64
Boiler & Turbine Steam & Cycle Chemistry
Guidelines, technology, and training to help plant operators manage
water-steam chemistry, reduce efficiency losses, unplanned outages
Program Manager
and O&M costs
Mike Caravaggio
•Filming & neutralizing amine chemistries 704-595-2589
for corrosion control under two-phase mcaravaggio@epri.com
conditions and cyclic operation
•Alternative approaches to chemical cleaning
•Modifying steam chemistry to control and waste treatment
corrosion in the low pressure turbine phase
transition zone (PTZ) and areas of two- •Enhanced cycle chemistry monitoring and
phase fluids control – instrumentation
•Advanced real-time FAC monitoring and •Advance processes for identifying and
control techniques preventing chemistry excursions

Maximize asset life, reliability & safety

of power steam/water cycle components

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 P65
Steam Turbine-Generators and Auxiliary Systems
Maintain high turbine-generator availability through
informed and cost-effective asset management strategies
Program Manager
Monitoring technology to enable optimal intervals Steve Hesler
for valve maintenance 704-595-2680
Generator monitoring: new application of shaft shesler@epri.com
current data to detect core damage • Outage intervals for generators operating in
flexible modes
Expand Bearing Action Advisor web-tool to include
tilt-pad bearing designs • System owner guide for electrohydraulic
control system
Launch new T-G asset management
benchmarking process • Operator training modules: decisions following
generator events
Comprehensive T-G outage management guide
• Forum for lube oil and EHC fluid

Program 65 Research Addresses Availability Issues Related

to both Maintenance Outages and Equipment Failure Risk

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 P79
Combined Cycle Turbomachinery
Manage issues and challenges related to integrating CC assets
with particular focus on operating and maintaining
turbomachinery Program Manager
Rob Steele
704-595-2925
rsteele@epri.com
•Improvements of plant-wide operational flexibility and •Root cause analyses of recurring failures and
thermal efficiency durability shortfalls
•Evaluations of GT, HRSG and ST interaction and •Tuning of dry low-NOx combustors and
interdependence dynamics/instability diagnostics
•Design evolution of new turbomachinery • Inspection techniques to safeguard critical
•Turbomachinery technology selection and components
procurement

Develop tools to manage turbomachinery life assessment and risk,

operational and maintenance improvements, and technology
advancements for current and new combined-cycle plants
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 P88
Combined Cycle HRSG and BOP
Proactively identify optimization and maintenance issues
that must be addressed in order to ensure the safe, reliable, Program Manager
operation of the Heat Recovery Steam Generator and it’s Bill Carson
equipment. 704-595-2698
bcarson@epri.com

Evaluate HRSG Flexible operation

Examine thermal transient damage and explore ways to
mitigate
•Evaluate gas side tube fouling and ways to mitigate
•Examine ways to mitigate HRSG tube damage
•Ensure reliability and availability within the CC HRSG
and BOP is managed to corporate expectations
•Recommend life management strategies for HRSG piping.
•Evaluate advanced material weld repair techniques and
update guidelines
•Continue evaluation of robotics for HRSG inspection, NDE
hardware, and repair
•Establish thermal performance recovery and HRSG
improvement strategies

Best practices in plant process management of assets to enable

high reliability with limited resources
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 P104
BOP Systems & Equipment Reliability
Implementing processes, practices and managing/improving
reliability of Balance of Plant systems and equipment.
 Equipment Guidelines Program Manager
– General Equipment/System information and department Michael Ruszkowski
interaction. 704-595-2783
– Provide information and knowledge to be used to further educate mruszkowski@epri.com
newer employees
– Helps member to understand how the component could be best
Operated and Maintained
– Provide guidance on increasing equipment efficiency and Asset Management and Reliability
reliability.
Application of Preventive, predictive,
– Field inspection guides are tools for the industry to better
complete and trend equipment inspections. condition-based maintenance
 BOP Equipment Task Best Practices Maintenance Templates and adjustable risk-
– Industry elicited information on how to achieve high reliability for based assistance software
BOP equipment and Systems Role all departments and plant personnel play
– Provide SME and EPRI experience for revising and creating in the life cycle and efficiency of BOP
component templates for PMBD
equipment
– User and Interest groups
Program 104 Addresses Reliability Issues Related
to equipment, systems and Balance of Plant
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 P194:
Heat Rate Improvement
Methods to improve and maintain equipment and plant
efficiencies, holistically and for all fuels

Program Manager
Sam Korellis
(704) 595-2703
skorellis@epri.com
•Improve Heat Rate •Address Industry Issues
• Reduces fuel costs and emissions • Long-term performance problems
•Projects designed to: •Improve Monitoring & Diagnostics
• Identify and evaluate new methods and • Identify and minimize efficiency losses
hardware •Technology Transfer
• Conduct field tests and engineering studies • Field tests, conferences, interest groups,
with cost benefit analyses webcasts

Improve and maintain equipment and plant efficiencies

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