Energy & Turbomachinery Network’s (ETN) 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Workshop titled “Accelerating turbomachinery pathways to net-zero” took place on 19-21 March 2024 in the city of Leiden, the Netherlands. It was a 2,5 day event which brought together representants from the whole gas turbine (GT) community.

Programme (outline below, full programme available here):

• 13:45-15:45: Parallel training courses: Gas Turbine Materials: History and Current Application (Andre Mom, EM) / UK National Gas Future Grid, Water in energy and hydrogen production, Materials and the impact of hydrogen, Energy transition outlook (Chris Dagnall, Timothy Illson & Ryal Wyvill, DNV)

• 16:15-18:00: Parallel training courses: Impact on material on use of alternative fuels (Joy Sumner, Cranfield University) / Latest technology to reduce NOx emissions in OCGTs, using tempered air in a SCR system (Peter Rop & Leonel Goncalves Ferreira, NEM Energy)

• 18:30-23:00 ETN working dinners (sCO2, ETN Board, ETN Project Board, YEC)

20 March 2024 – Annual General Meeting

21 March 2024 – Workshop

• 08:00-08:45: Registration of attendees, coffee & expo
• 08:45-09:00: Pathways & introduction to the four sessions, Chairs
• 09:00-10:00: Parallel sessions:
  • Digital solutions & diagnostics
  • More efficient and/or Innovative cycles

• 10:00-10:30: Coffee break & expo
• 10:30-11:30: Parallel sessions:
  • Product circularity
  • Low carbon solutions

• 11:30-12:00: Coffee break & expo
• 12:00-13:00: Parallel sessions:
  • Product reliability and lifetime extension
  • Integrated energy system solutions

• 13:00-14:15: Lunch & expo
• 14:15-16:00: Take-aways/actions & conclusions – End of the Workshop
• 16:30-18:00: ETN Hydrogen Working Group meeting/Air Filtration Group meeting

The programme is also available for download here.

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