Cogeneration Technology Course: 12-16 October 2009
(Birchwood Executive Hotel and Conference Centre, Jhb)

The Energy Training Foundation (ETF) is presenting a 5-day Cogeneration Technology course. The 5-day course, which will be followed by a 4 hour exam, will be presented during the week of 12-16 October 2009 at Birchwood Executive Hotel and Conference Centre, Johannesburg. The examination will take place on the Friday.

1. This interactive, practical course is your opportunity to:

• Expand your knowledge of current cogeneration technologies, distributed generation, combined heat and power (CHP) plants and microturbines.
• Understand the combination of heating, cooling and power loads and how to optimize their time-of-use characteristics.
• Examine the economics of typical installations using gas turbines, internal combustion engines and steam turbines.\
• Learn how to conduct a feasibility analysis and make realistic and successful economic decisions.

This interactive and hands-on course has been developed to provide you with tools to implement successful combined heat/cool/power systems-using cogeneration technology, distributed generation, and microturbines. You will receive an extensive notebook containing course materials and beneficial software for future reference. This software is a spreadsheet that analyzes cogeneration options and heat recovery.

2. Ideal Candidates for Cogeneration Technologies:

Industrial plants, universities, commercial campus-type facilities, research parks and centers, medical campuses, hospitals, and large and small commercial facilities are often excellent candidates for the use of cogeneration technologies and distributed generation. Frequently, facilities with a 12-month electrical demand and large seasonal load variations, such as food processing plants or institutions with large air- conditioning loads, can benefit from implementing these technologies.

In this course, system cost guidelines along with a discounted cash flow economic computer model will help you to evaluate internal rate of return and payback periods.

Extensive workshops and group problem-solving exercises will promote thorough knowledge transfer, encourage discussion, and provide in-depth student-instructor interaction.

This course will help owners, facility engineers and managers, ESCO developers, and consulting engineers to plan, select and evaluate the best combined heat/cool/power plant using distributed generation and cogeneration technologies. Utility managers and engineers will gain an understanding of various CHP and cogeneration applications to support customer needs and interests.

3. What you need during the course:

Be sure to bring your calculator, which will be essential in making quick calculations. If you have a laptop computer, we strongly encourage you to bring it to the course. The laptop will give you the opportunity to work on course-related problems and perform analysis during class workshops.

4. Experienced Instructor presenting the Cogeneration Technology Course:

Walter P. Smith, President, Energy Technology Services International, Inc., Candler, North Carolina

From 1978 to 1993, Mr. Smith directed energy programs at BASF Corporation's North American sites and provided internal consulting services in North America and abroad. He was responsible for developing BASF's aggressive energy management program, implementing energy projects from in-depth, technical energy audits to long-range strategic planning. Since retirement from BASF in 1990, he has expanded ETSI into a full-service network of more than 160 energy experts providing a wide range of energy, manufacturing, process/business optimization, and training services.

Robert C. Erickson, President, Erickson Energy Consulting, Guffey, Colorado

Mr. Erickson's career includes over 36 years of experience in engineering studies related to thermodynamics and heat transfer with 20 years specifically in energy conservation and cogeneration programs. During the past 16 years, he has conducted projects in industrial enterprise and district heating energy efficiency, cogeneration technical and economic feasibility, and cogenera­tion market potential studies for USAID, UNIDO and private interests in the United States and abroad. Cogeneration projects focused on technical and economic feasibil­ity studies, evaluation of market potential, and training.

5. The seminar outline includes the following:

• Course Highlights and Introduction to Cogeneration
• One-Line Balances (OLBs) to Size the System
• Data Gathering and Load Analysis
• Introduction to Cogeneration Steam Turbine Technology
• Workshop: One-Line Balances and Load Analysis
• Basic Thermodynamic Cycles
• Selecting Steam Turbines
• Internal Combustion Engine: Generators
• Gas Turbine: Cogeneration
• Gas Turbines (continued)
• Microturbines
• Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
• Workshop: CHP/Cogeneration Options and Technology Selection
• Waste Heat Recovery
• Energy Audits and Process Energy Optimization (PEO)
• Implementing Cogeneration, Avoiding Pitfalls
• Electrical Interconnection
• Emissions from Engines and Gas Turbines
• Absorption Chillers
• Workshop: Equipment Sizing and Data Collection for Model
• Overview of Power Plant
• Leave for Plant Tour
• Developing Budgetary Project Cost
• Computer Sizing of Gas Turbines and Heat Recovery
• Feasibility/Economic Methodology
• Evaluation of Cogeneration Designs
• Workshop Problem Solution Development with Computer Analysis Program
• Workshop: Solutions Running Computer Models
• Solution Presentations by Each Group
• Matching TES and Absorption Options to Cogeneration
• How Do We Successfully Implement Cogeneration Technology and CHP?

6. What are the costs involved?

The costs are the following:
5-Day Co-gen course, Textbooks, Exam:   R 15 500  excl VAT    

Discount offer: Please note that a discount of 10% will apply on the above course if you register before 3 August 2009.

It is important to note that full payments will have to be received at least one month in advance.  If you are interested in attending the 5-day course and write the exam, we should have received your payment by 11 September  2009.

Please note: It will be the responsibility of the course participants to book their own accommodation, breakfast and dinner. Lunch will however be provided. A list of accommodation possibilities will be forwarded to you with confirmation of attendance.
Where can you register or apply?

6. Registration:

You can download registration forms here.

Your registration should be faxed or e-mailed for the attention of Christina den Heijer/Yolandi Kruger

Yolandi Kruger
Cell: +27(0) 82 552 6865
Fax: +27 (0) 18 294 7174
E-mail:

Christina den Heijer
Cell: +27 (0) 82 334 0923
Fax no: +27 (0) 18 294 7174
E-mail:    or   

If you have any other questions please contact Prof LJ Grobler at:
Tel no: +27 (0) 18 299 1328
Fax no: +27 (0) 18 299 1320
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