The upcoming HRSG Forum 2024 features four days of advanced technical content and a unique balance of presentations, pinpoint education, focused discussions, and active sharing of solutions and new ideas of considerable value to owner/operators.
Each element of this important conference and exhibition is open to all attendees—including users, service and equipment providers, OEMs, and global consultants. Discussions and the robust sharing of ideas are moderated by Bob Anderson, Competitive Power Resources, and Barry Dooley, Structural Integrity Associates (UK). They are guided by a steering committee of industry veterans: Eugene Eagle, Duke Energy; Albert Olszewski, Constellation Energy; Yogesh Patel, TECO Energy; and Scott Wambeke, Xcel Energy.
Sponsors of the 2024 Forum
Diamond. Precision Iceblast Corp.
Platinum Plus. EPRI.
Platinum. Viking Vessel Services/Tuff Tube Transition, Zepco.
Gold. Arnold Group, Dekomte Expansion Joint Technology, GE Vernova, ValvTechnologies.
Silver. SVI Bremco, Questtec Solutions, Thompson Industrial Services, Cust-O-Fab, GasPath Solutions, Vector Systems Inc.
Bronze. Power & Industrial Services Corp, Nooter Eriksen, Groome Industrial Service Group, Millennium Power Services, Environmental Alternatives Inc, Badger Expansion Joints, Mistras, IAFD, Environex Inc.
Register today for the only Power Users conference focused on heat-recovery steam generators, high-energy piping, and cycle chemistry. Visit www.powerusers.org for full details and registration information.
HRSG Forum requires no membership or credentials other than an interest in learning more about HRSGs, maintaining and operating them better, improving their design and performance, and sharing your own expertise and experiences with others.
What you’ll learn in St. Louis
This year’s event in St. Louis begins on June 10 with an SCR/CO emissions control workshop focusing on system design, chemistry, operation and maintenance, and distinctions between catalyst and non-catalyst factors that impact performance.
That afternoon, participants reconvene for a deep-dive workshop on boiler-feed-pump fundamentals, installations, O&M, performance issues, and troubleshooting.
June 11 and 12 are the general sessions packed with presentations by users, service providers and consultants, highlighting specific operating experiences and case histories.
Then on Thursday, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will lead attendees through the latest research designed to improve combined-cycle operations, focusing on high-temperature components, high-energy piping, plus low-temperature components (a topic raised at last year’s meeting). A key takeaway will be EPRI’s respected and authoritative state-of-the-industry review and close look at today’s ever-changing challenges.
Last year’s highlights
The 2023 event in Atlanta, the organization’s first physical meeting since the Covid interruption, established the current four-day in-person format, encouraging all attendees to participate in the following:
- Cycle Chemistry Workshop—Film-forming substances
- Materials Workshop—Welding and metallurgy
- General Session presentations by Users
- General Session presentations by service providers
- EPRI Technology Transfer Workshop
As stated last year by Bob Anderson, HRSG Forum chairman, “What makes the HRSG Forum format work is the active participation of attendees—users, manufacturers, service providers, and consultants. This arrangement is important to provide timely and accurate answers to questions, and to hear what users have to say about their needs. Exhibitors (47 in 2023) are encouraged to attend the technical sessions.”
Sponsors in 2023 were Viking Vessel Services, Tuff Tube Transition, EPRI, ZEPCO, Arnold Group, Dekomte, GE, Nooter/Eriksen, Precision Iceblast, Questtec Solutions, SVI/Bremco, Thompson Industrial Services, Accurity Industrial Contractors, Advanced Valve Solutions, Badger, Cust-o-Fab, Eagle Burgmann, Groome Industrial, Degauss, Millennium Power Services, Power & Industrial Services, Structural Integrity, TEAM Valve Solutions, and Vogt Power International.
HRSG Forum is associated with the European HRSG Forum and the Australasian Boiler and HRSG Forum, enhancing its international content and relevance.
