Worldwide interest and the future prospects for uprating and refurbishing dams and hydro power plants is growing, particularly as recent news has suggested that hundreds of dams throughout Europe are in poor condition and in need of repair.
Technical issues are still vitally important but expanding business to the East and especially into China is also encouraging industry members to look at the broader issues associated with rehabilitating dams and hydro power plants.
If you are currently undergoing or considering uprating and refurbishing your hydroelectric facilities, then be sure not to miss this two-day conference. To be held from 28-29 June in France, Uprating and Refurbishing Dams and Hydro Power Plants 07 will address the important issues for you.
Areas to be covered include:
* Approaches to refurbishment: condition monitoring and diagnostics; comparing design and current performance and assessing deterioration; selecting scope and timetable for refurbishment; cost-benefit analysis and financing the project.
* Machinery: repair versus replacement; achieving and regaining optimum performance; experience of upgrading turbines, runners, generators; new control systems.
* Civil works: assessing and assuring dam safety; increasing dam height - planning, experience and cost/benefit analysis; flood discharge works and spillway capacity; upgrading, renewing and repairing penstocks and other underground works; sedimentation control; retrofitting hydro power capacity to existing civil works.
* Environment: improving groundwater conditions; ecological requirements around dams and hydro works
* Case studies with innovative or unusual technical and financial developments, or where financial, technical or environmental challenges have been overcome.
Are you interested in sharing your experiences with colleagues and submitting a paper on any of the above subjects? If so, send an abstract of up to 500 words, in English, with full contact details to Johanna Czako via email: jczako@wilmington.co.uk. For further details on how to support the event please contact Johanna via email or tel: +44 (0)207 549 8611.
