Utility & industrial coal consumers are faced with an overwhelming number of marketplace, public policy & operational/maintenance factors that affect decisions regarding fuel choice & procurement, technology & equipment choices, & business operations.

The Fuel Flexibility Conference is designed for fuel procurement managers, as well as power plant generators & industrial plant operations & maintenance personnel.

The program provides information & resources to help coal consumers make informed decisions regarding their coal source options. The approach is based on an integration of decision factors including:

• Coal Supply & Transportation
• Coal Characteristics & Plant Operations
• Environmental Compliance

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Consider the following case study examples. If you have have had to address these, or similar conditions, the 2008 Fuel Flexibility Conference will be an invaluable source of information and updates on new market techniques. The networking potential that this conference will provide is another benefit that cannot be overlooked.

• A power plant that has installed a new scrubber learns that its least cost coal supply is a deep Illinois Basin underground coal source which has a chlorine content that is greater than what the generating unit had specified. Can it burn the coal anyway, blend it, or make plant modifications that allow it to burn the cheaper coal? How does it determine what the cost is of burning the high chlorine coal in terms of plant O&M?
• A scrubbed unit can burn a higher sulfur coal at a lower delivered fuel cost, but with higher scrubber reagent costs, more ash disposal costs, and perhaps more frequent outages. How does the plant determine the optimal blend of coals to minimize not just delivered fuel costs, but total generation costs?
• A company that is deciding what type of scrubber to install on an existing unit must decide on the the range of fuels the scrubbed unit will be designed to burn. To burn high chlorine, high ash, low Btu coals will increase the capital costs associated with the unit, scrubber, and SCR. What is the optimal trade-off between minimizing capital costs while allowing the unit to receive a low cost and reliable blend of coals?

In this day of increasingly restrictive budgets and environmental regulations, can you really afford not to be aware of the cutting edge optimization techniques? We didn't think so.

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