VGB PowerTech e.V.
The European technical associationfor power and heat generationWorkshop in India, March 2013
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Goals
VGB is a voluntary association of companies, for which power plant operation and the appropriate technology are an important basis of their business. Our goal is to promote and optimise
• the operational safety and environmental compatibility
• availability and economic efficiency
of existing plants and plants to be constructed for power and heat generation.
Performance indicators
Time availability Energy availability
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European technical association for power and heat generation
• We are dealing with all questions regarding power and heat generation
Main areas of activities
NuclearPower Plants
Power PlantsTechologies
Environmental Technology, Chemistry,
Safety and Health
Renewables,DistributedGeneration
Technical Services
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VGB Membership countries
VGB
VGB represents ~ 530,000 MW installed power capacity
Total: 508 in 36 Countries
EU 27: 472 Members in 20 CountriesAustria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Portugal, Slovenia, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Remaining Europe: 19 in 5 CountriesCroatia, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Norway
Fossil-fired Power Plants: 306.000 MWNuclear Power Plants: 130.000 MWHydro, Wind, et al. RE: 94.000 MW
Total: ~ 530.000 MW
Outside Europe: 17 in 11 CountriesArgentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Israel, Japan, Libya, Mongolia, South Africa, USA
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Structure
Teams
Administration
IT
Research
Marketing
Executive Managing Director
Board of DirectorsScientific Advisory Board Technical Advisory Board
General Assembly
VGB Technical Committees
Competence Centres for Heat and Power Generation
Renewables,
Distributed
Generation
Nuclear
Power Plants
Power Plants
TechnologiesTechnical
Services
Environmental
Technology,
Chemistry,
Safety and Health
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VGB PowerTech – Technical Committees
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European VGB Committees
Scientific Advisory BoardChairman: Dr. Lambertz
Technical Advisory BoardChairman: Dr. Giger
Steering Group EuropeVGB-Secretariat
Executive Managing Director: Erland Christensen
Board of DirectorsChairman: Prof. Dr. Jäger
ETCGeneration
and Technology
ETC European Technical CommitteeEWG European Working GroupSC Steering CommitteeTC Technical Committee
1) also reporting to ETC
Environment
SCEmax-Technology
EWG
Maintenance
Optimisation Network
Workshop Gas Turbines2)
Workshop
Fluidised Bed
Combustion2)
COMTES 7003)
2) Annual workshops on special invitation 3) Research project
PP 700 Study3)
EWG
Carbon
Capture & Storage
TCPower Plants Concepts
EWGFlue Gas Cleaning1)
SCHydro
ETC
Use of Renewables
& Distributed Generation
TCHydro Power Plants
EWGWind Energy
EWGBiomass
EWGBiogas
EWGDistributed Generation
ETCEnvironment
ETCSafety & Health at Work
ETCChemistry
EWGEmission Monitoring
EWGE-PRTR
EWGPerformance Indicators
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Activities
1.Concentration of technical expertise and services for our member companiesin the areas of:
• Power plant technology• Power plant operation• Environmental and preventive climate protection• Plant and maintenance management
2. Collaboration in the preparation of European and national standards and othertechnical regulations
3. Preparation of VGB standards (unofficial regulations)
4. Initiation and co-ordination of R&D projects and actions (VGB RESEARCH FOUNDATION)
5. Operational services in the areas of:• Technical consulting• Damage analyses and chemical tests and analyses• Construction and assembly supervision and quality assurance• Power plant indicators/damage statistics
6. Preparation of rules for initial and further training of power plant staff (at power plant training centre KWS and/or nuclear simulator centrer KSG/GfS)
7. Technical information work for all types of generation
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KWS Power Plant Training Centre- Training and advanced training of power plant operators for coal-, gas- and hydro power as well as waste incineration plants
KSG/GfS Simulator Centre- Training and advanced training of nuclear power plant operators
VGB RESEARCH FOUNDATION- Organisation/administration of R&D projects- Fund raising of national and European subsidies
VGB PowerTech Service GmbH- Monthly “PowerTech“ magazine- Production, printing, distribution of technical
guidelines, instruction sheets, manuals etc.
The VGB Group
European technical association for power and heat generation
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More information …….
http://www.vgb.org
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VGB Guidelines
Documentation of best practices, expertise and lessons learnt
� not binding� proven industry standard� 324 guidelines and
instruction sheets
http://www.vgb.org/en/media_catalogue.html
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VGB Guidelines
Who prepares the guideline?
core group of experts (~15 persons)
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VGB Guidelines
3 important features to create a guideline
1. set-up the coregroup and developthe initial Paper
2. several meetingswith dedicated tasksfor each expert
3. VGB person co-ordinates the processand preparesconsolidated draft(s)
Time frame: 6 … 12 months
Revision of a guideline if the technical status is out of date – approx. 10 to 20 years
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VGB Guidelines
Principle Structure of a guideline
� Who
� Introduction (technical basics and scientific fundamentals)
� Technical details and recommendations (80 % of the guideline)
� Literature and publications (mainly articles in technical press)
� Related standards and norms (ASME, ISO, VdTÜV, DIN etc.)
VGB guidelines / instruction sheets are liable to pay costs;
the average price is ~ 100 Euro (7.100 INR)
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VGB Guidelines
Best practices, expertise and lessons learnt
Wet preservation methods for steam generators
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ध�यवाद
Thank you
for your interest!
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Contact
Dr. Claudia Weise
Project Manager
VGB PowerTech e.V.
Klinkestraße 27-31
45136 Essen / Germany
Tel.: +49 201 8128 335
Fax: +49 201 8128 321
Mobil: +49 151 2524 8343
www.vgb.org