ETN Global October Workshop 2024

ETN Global’s October Workshop 2024 “Driving sustainable pathways forward” will be held on 08-10 October at Le Méridien hotel in Stuttgart, Germany.

Programme (Download full programme here.)

Find the outline below:

08 October 2024: Training & visits to DLR facilities – venue: DLR

13:00-13:30: Registration of attendees
13:30-15:30: Parallel sessions:
- Visit to DLR facilities (max 60 people)
- Woodward training on The impact of a deterministic control system on Gas Turbine Operations, Matthijs Koreman and Hans Dekker (see full description of the course here)
- EPRI, RINA and University of Southampton training on Considerations and Challenges with Additive Manufacturing of Nickel-base Superalloys for High Temperature Design in Gas Turbines (see full description of the course here)
15:30-16:00: Coffee break
16:00-18:00: Parallel sessions:
- Visit to DLR facilities (max 60 people)
- DLR training on GT combustion of alternative fuels, Andreas Huber (see full description of the course here)
- Cranfield University training on Gas turbine gas path diagnostics, Yiguang Li (see full description of the course here)
20:00-22:00: Exhibition set-up at Le Meridien hotel

09 October 2024: October Workshop – venue: hotel Le Meridien

08:00-09:00: Registration of attendees
09:00-09:25: Welcome speeches (ETN Global & DLR)
09:25-09:50: Keynote speech, Wolfram Münch, Head of Research and Development at Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
09:50-10:15: Keynote speech, Tilo Kurtz, Head of unit “Fundamental energy policy issues” Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and Energy Sector Baden-Württember
10:15-10:45: Coffee break & expo
10:45-11:15: ETN Global White Paper “The Critical Role of Dispatchable Generation in Achieving a Sustainable and Secure Energy Transition”, Peter Jansohn, ETN Emeritus Member
11:15-12:00: High Level User Meeting key messages
12:00-13:30: Lunch & expo
13:30-15:00: Interactive session: Verification of the High-Level User Meeting outcomes
15:00-15:45: Coffee break & expo
15:45-16:15: “Analysis of Part-Load Operation and Plant Size Effects on Combined Cycle Power Plants with Post-Combustion CO2 Capture”, Simona Calenda, POLIMI, winner of Brian Pitt Excellence Award 2024.
16:15-17:45: Presentation of the outcomes of the group work on Verification of the High-Level User Meeting outcomes
17:45-18:00:
- Introduction to the parallel Working Group sessions on 10 October
- Closing remarks
19:00-23:00: Dinner at restaurant Plenum

10 October 2024: October Workshop – venue: hotel Le Meridien

08:30-10:00: Parallel working group sessions:
- Decentralised energy systems
- GT components life assessment & extension
- CCS taskforce
10:00-10:30: Coffee break & expo
10:30-12:00: Parallel working group sessions:
- Supercritical CO2
- Digital solutions and diagnostics
12:00-13:30: Lunch & expo
13:30-15:00: Parallel working group sessions:
- Hydrogen & other alternative fuels
- Additive manufacturing
15:00-15:30: Coffee break & expo
15:30-16:00: Reports from the chairs
16:00-16:05: Closing remarks
17:00-19:00: Visit to DLR facilities

Venue:

8 October: Training sessions and DLR facility visits will take place at DLR (address: Institut für Verbrennungstechnik, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart)
9-10 October: Workshop will take place at Le Méridien Stuttgart hotel (address: 30 Willy-Brandt-Strasse, 70173 Stuttgart . Our preferential rate of EUR 249 EUR/per person per night (incl. breakfast) was valid until 29 July 2024).