2000 ATS Review Meeting
Pre-release for the ATS 2000 Presentations. A CD-ROM will be released soon with the entire conference proceedings.

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Papers and Presentations
  • Session 1: Policy and Strategic Issues
  • Session 2: Stakeholders Panel Discussion
  • Session 3: ATS Products
  • Session 4: ATS Supporting Technology Accomplishments
  • Session 5: DOE Turbine-Related Activities
  • Closing Remarks

Disclaimer
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Papers and Presentations

WELCOME
Patricia Hoffman, Distributed Energy Resources Team Leader, U.S. DOE

Session 1:Policy and Strategic Issues

Chair: Patricia Hoffman, Distributed Energy Resources Team Leader, DOE

Gas Turbines and DOE's Energy Strategy
Dan Reicher, Asst. Secretary, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, DOE
Robert Kripowicz, Principal Deputy Asst. Secretary, Fossil Energy, DOE

Session 2: Stakeholders Panel Discussion

Panel 1: The Emerging Electric Industry

Moderator: Abbie Layne, Product Manager, Advanced Turbines and Engines, DOE/National Energy Technology Laboratory

Joe Nipper, Associate Executive Director, American Public Power Assoc

Erin Perrigo, Manager of Policy, Electric Power Supply Association [PDF-103KB]

Paul Bautista, Senior Mgr.,Onsite Sycom Energy Corp. (NAESCO) [PDF-105KB]

Scott Drennan, New Product Development, EPRI

Ken Johnson, Managing Director, Duke Energy [PDF-2314KB]

Panel 2: Opportunities and Barriers to Distributed Generation [PDF-112KB]

Moderator: Gary Nakarado, Director of Utility Strategies, NREL

Kevin Best, CEO, Real Energy [PDF-1590KB]
Scott Tomashefsky, Advisor, California Energy Commission

Alison Silverstein, Advisor, Public Utility Commission of Texas [PDF-18KB]

David Hoffman, Celerity Energy LLC [PDF-159KB]

Richard DeBlasio, Principal Engineer, NREL
Murray Davis, Vice President, DTE Energy Technologies, Inc.

DOE Activities in the Strategic Center for Natural Gas [PDF-2108KB]

Joseph Strakey, Director, Strategic Center for Natural Gas, DOE/NETL

Session 3: ATS Products
Chair: Bruce Utz, Division Director, Gas Power Systems Division, DOE/NETL

DOE Strategic Efforts
Ernest Moniz, Under Secretary, DOE

Solar Turbines - Advanced Turbine System Program Successes
Stephen Gates, Director, Development Engineering, Solar Turbines Inc.
Ken Alberts, Rochelle Municipal Utilities

General Electric - Adv. Turbine Systems Program Successes [PDF-1030KB]
Tom Chance, ATS Program Manager, General Electric Company
Tom Dreisbach, Project Development Manager, GE Power Systems
Phil Mooney, Project Development Manager, Sithe Energies

Siemens Westinghouse - Advanced Turbine Systems Program Successes [PDF-66KB]
Greg Gaul, ATS Manager, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
Bob Seigel, Managing Director, Lakeland Electric

Rolls-Royce - Advanced Turbine System Technology Accomplishments
Frank Macri, ATS Program Manager, Rolls-Royce

National Laboratory Success Stories

• National Energy Technology Laboratory [PDF-626KB]
  Larry Strickland, Division Director, Combustion and Engine Dynamics, DOE/National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory[PDF-49KB]
  Ian Wright, Senior Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

University Success Stories

• Richard Wenglarz, AGTSR Program Manager, South Carolina Institute for Energy Studies

Lunch Speaker: Barry Johnson, Senior Policy Advisor, Consumer Energy Council of America - Introduced by Richard Brent, Solar Turbines, Incorporated

Session 4: ATS Supporting Technology Accomplishments
Chair: Michael Karnitz, Distributed Energy Resources Manager, ORNL

Ceramic Stationary Gas Turbine Demonstrations
Mark Van Roode, ATS Manager, Solar Turbines, Incorporated

Land-Based Turbine Casting Accomplishments [PDF-1407KB]
Allen R. Price, Project Engineer, Adv. Technologies, Howmet Research Corp.

Liquid Metal Casting Project
Shyh-Chin Huang, Metallurgist, General Electric Corporate R&D

Advanced Thermal Barrier Coating Testing and Demonstration
Mladen Trubelja, Senior Materials Engineer, Pratt & Whitney

Thermal Barrier Coatings
Ramesh Subramanian, Senior Engineer, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp.

Low Emissions Combustion[PDF-602KB]
Jon McCarty, Director, Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc.

Session 5: DOE Turbine-Related Activities
Chair: Steve Waslo, Distributed Energy Resources Program Manager, DOE-Chicago Operations

Microturbines

DOE Advanced Microturbine Program
Debbie Haught, Microturbines Program Manager, DOE

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Microturbine Demonstration Program [PDF-56KB]
Ed Torrero, Senior Program Manager, NRECA

Fuel Cell/ Gas Turbine Hybrids

National Energy Technology Laboratory Hybrid Program [PDF-97KB]
Norm Holcombe, Project Manager, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Steve Veyo, Director, Product Development, Siemens Westinghouse
Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh, Senior Scientist, Fuelcell Energy, Inc.

Next Generation Gas Turbines and Vision 21

Next Generation Turbine Program
Abbie Layne, Product Manager, ATS, DOE/NETL [PDF-1094KB]
Meherwan Boyce, Managing Partner, The Boyce Consultancy [PDF-68KB]

Industry Partnership Panel
Glenn Smith, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Ramgen Power Systems
Steve Doyle, President and CEO, Clean Energy Systems
William Day, Manager, Pratt and Whitney
Charlie Cook, Consultant, General Electric Company
Ben Wiant, Manager, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
Frank Macri, ATS Program Manager, Rolls-Royce

Cooling, Heating and Power (CHP)

DOE CHP Program
Ron Fiskum, Program Manager, DOE

University of Maryland Systems Integration Test
Reinhard Radermacher, Professor, Building Cooling, Heating & Power, University of Maryland

Closing Remarks

Patricia Hoffman, Distributed Energy Resources Team Leader, DOE
Abbie Layne, Product Manager, Advanced Turbines and Engines, DOE/NETL

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