Agenda
2010 EtaPRO Technology Training Workshop

Beginner/Intermediate

Using Your New EtaPRO System

• EtaPRO Navigation
• Configuration Settings
• User Management
• Integrated Reports and Models
• Event-based Alerts
• Electronic Operations and Data Logs
• Troubleshooting and Investigating Errors

EtaPRO Software Management & Security

• Common EtaPRO Software Management Tasks
• Configurating EtaPRO Security Settings
• Checking and Maintaining SoftwareHealth
• Configuring Backups
• Adding New Users
• Installing and Upgrading Software

Upgrading an Existing EtaPRO System

• Review Release Notes
• EtaPRO Support Site
• Software Downloads
• Server Upgrades
• Client Upgrades

EtaPRO Web Client

• Reviewing the New EtaPRO Web Client

Building EtaPRO Screens

• Basic Data Displays
• Complex Diagnostic Screens
• Hotspots & Buttons
• Linking to Other Programs and Documents

Developing Points and Graphs Building & Integrating VirtualPlant Models

• Building VirtualPlant models
• Acquiring Live EtaPRO data
• VirtualPlant application Overview
• Using the VirtualPlant Cycle Builder
• Editing Components
• Understanding Component Node and Connections
• Running a VirtualPlant Model
• Viewing Model Results
• Integrating Real-time EtaPRO Data

Advanced

Throttle & Main Steam Case study Evaluations

• Lowering Throttle Temperatures in Response to Boiler Tube Leaks
• Throttle Temperature Affects on First Stage Pressure
• When Lowering Throttle Pressure Increases Efficiency
• Cost Impact of Superheat & Reheat Attemperation Spray Flows

Feedwater Heaters & Cycle Isolation Case study Evaluations

• Effects of Removing Mid-stream Feedwater Heaters from Service
• Boiler and Turbine Effects from Removing the Top Feedwater Heater from Service
• Determining Failed LP Turbine Expansion Joint Failures
• Effects of HP Feedwater Heater Emergency Drain Valve Operation
• Effects of LP Feedwater Heater Emergency Drain Valve Operation
• Cycle Isolation and its Affect on Plant Heat Rate:
  • Main Steam Startup Drain to Condenser
  • Cold Reheat Steam Startup Drain to Condenser
  • Hot Reheat Steam Startup Drain to Condenser
  • Deaerator Storage Tank Drain to Condenser

Combined Cycle - Rankine Cycle Case study Evaluations

• Effects of Economizer Recirculation Flow & Bypassing
• Effects of Gas Bypassing/Fouled Superheat Sections in HRSG
• Effects of HRSG Heat Distribution in Superheater and Reheater Sections
• Cycle Isolation and its Affect on Plant Heat Rate:
  • Leaking Main Steam Bypass Valve
  • Cold Reheat Drain Valve Leakage
  • Hot Reheat Drain Valve Leakage

Beginner/Intermediate

EPTrendSetter™ - Historical Footprinting, Filtering & Equations

• Developing Equations and Applying Steady-state and Free Form Filters
• Evaluate the Differences between Public and user Trends footprints
• Gathering Historical Plant Data and Examining for Possible Equipment Issues

EPAlert™ - Event Based Reporting

• Developing and Configuring Event-based Reports

EPReporter™ - Configuring Automated Reports

• Enhanced Reporting Capabilities to distribute Plant and Equipment Performance and Condition Information
• Using Advanced Array Functions for more Rapid Report Calculation
• Using an Additional Excel add-in for Data Retrieval through EtaPRO for PI, OPC-DA, and other Data Historians

VirtualPlant Model Tuning & Benchmarking

• Developing Benchmark Models
• Tuning Models to Represent “Best Achievable” Targets
• Develop Insight into how much Specific Deviations from Design are Costing in Terms of Heat Rate and/or Capacity
• Identifying Potential Recoverable Performance through Maintenance or Operational Changes

Real-time Data Validation using VirtualPlant

• Using a VirtualPlant Model to validate Process Data Measurements in Real-time
• Creating On-line VirtualPlant Models that Represent Actual Plant Operation
• Bounding VirtualPlant Models with Operating Data and Equipment Status
• Initializing and Implementing VirtualPlant SmartDefaults

Advanced

Boiler Case study Evaluations

• Consequences of Using PRB Coal in a Boiler Designed for Bituminous Coal
• Impact of Low Excess Oxygen on Boiler Efficiency, Turbine Cycle Heat Rate, and Overall Plant Heat Rate
• Impact of Increasing Pulverizer/Mill Tempering Air Flow
• Impact of Excessive Air Preheating on Fuel Costs
• Effects of Fouled Boiler Sections on Steam Temperatures and Downstream Heat Transfer Surfaces:
  • Waterwall Slagging
  • Secondary Superheater
  • Reheater
  • Primary Superheater
  • Economizer
  • Air Heater

Steam Turbine Case study Evaluations

• Low HP Turbine Efficiency Affect on Boiler & Turbine Cycle Operation
• Low IP Turbine Efficiency Relationships to Overall Plant Heat Rate
• Low LP Turbine Efficiency Relationships to Overall Plant Heat Rate
• Worn N2 Packings and Associated Symptoms
• Worn Main Steam Snout Rings and Associated Symptoms

Combined Cycle - Brayton Cycle Case study Evaluations

• Effects of Ambient Pressure, Temperature, and Relative Humidity Changes
• Effects of Inlet Filter Differential Pressure Changes
• Effects of Evaporative Cooling at Base Load vs. Part Load

Beginner/Intermediate

EPLog™ - Operations-based & Automatic Logs

• Creating and Managing EPLogs for Logging Daily Information and Data Creating Automatic Entries in EPLog for Key Events Automating Operator Rounds
  • Entering, Storing, and Archiving Operator Rounds Data through a variety of low-cost PDA hardwareDisplaying and Distributing Manually Collected Data in EtaPRO

VirtualPlant Thermal Audit

• Using a Tuned VirtualPlant Model with Real-time Results from EtaPRO to Quantify the Impact of Individual Deficiencies

Advanced

Condenser Case study Evaluations

• Effects of Increased Cooling Water Temperature
• Condenser Sensitivity to Location and Quantity of Plugged Tube
• Evaluating Affects of Condenser Tube Replacement on Overall Plant Heat Rate
• Evaluation of Circulating Water Pump Power and Lower Condenser Pressure
• Sensitivity of Condenser Cleanliness to Condenser Pressure
• Condenser Sub-cooling and Associated Effects