Conference day two: Tuesday 20 April 2010

9.00 Registration, Refreshments And Networking

9.25 Chairman’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

Planning, design and maintenance techniques to optimise cost-efficiency and sustainability

9.30 Case Study: King Abdullah Financial District - Strategic Project Planning And Implementation Of District Cooling

  • Assessing end-user demand and calculating potential revenue
  • Defining strategic site selection for ‘high density’ projects
  • Creating a fit-for-purpose project that meets demand-phasing the plant in line with requirements

Hisham Hajaj
International Consultant
Stanley Consultants

10.00 Updating Best Practice In Water Treatment For District Cooling Companies

  • Understanding the importance of water treatment to a district cooling company
  • Identifying what a district cooling company should look for in a water treatment service provider
  • Evaluating challenges for the future

Peter Tracey
General Manager
CoolTech Gulf

10.30 Morning networking break sponsored by dinshah

11.00 Executive Panel: Essential Checklist For Presenting A Business Case For District Cooling To Investors

  • What are the key challenges of successful risk management?
  • Which techniques provide clarity to investors?
  • What should be included in the business case for district cooling?

Colin Goulding
Director
Saudi Tabreed

Tim Griffiths
Director
Chescor Capital

11.30 The Evolution Of Chiller Plants

  • The concept of a packaged plant
  • Avoiding risk during development ramp up
  • The alternative form of district cooling: distributed district cooling

Elie Rizk
Sales Manager
TASME LLC

12:00 Development Of Plastic Pre-Insulated Pipes

  • Overview of the use of plastic pre-insulated pipes for District Cooling and oil and gas applications
  • Benefits of using High Density Polyethylene Pipe as core and jacket pipes
  • Case Study: Sharjah Investment Centre Project
  • Large diameter plastic pipes in district cooling applications

Dr. Nasib M.Al Halaby
General Manager-IPLS
Cosmoplast

Mr. Mahmoud K. Aabed
Product Sales Manager-IPLS
Cosmoplast

12.30 The Innovative Embedded Automation Systems For Plants And Facilities

  • The advantages of Ethercat Redundancy in Plant Automation
  • Embedded PC based ETS Controls and Monitoring
  • Total Integration of Plant , Facilities and Distributed Controllers

Chandran Velayudhan
Regional Manager
Beckhoff Automation

13.00 Networking Lunch sponsored by beckhof

14.00 Presenting District Cooling Solutions

  • Understanding the efficiency advantage of series counter flow
  • Explanation of inrush current reduction
  • Presenting the ease of solution installation

Pavan Bharteey
Manager, Applied Equipment Sales
Carrier Corporation

14.30 Improving Project ROI Via Effective Maintenance Management

  • Overcoming the challenges presented by a salt water cooling installation
  • Strategic management to improve cooling plant life expectancy
  • Comparison of district cooling maintenance costs with traditional cooling methods

Water, power and co-generation

15.00 Heat Rejection Options For District Cooling Systems

  • Compare and contrast the characteristics of large air-cooled, water-cooled systems and the dry cooler radiator system
  • Efficiency of Trane chillers designed to consume less power
  • Solutions to make up water loss - Reverse osmosis plants, collecting condensate water, eliminate evaporation or better use of Treated Sewage Effluents

Don Eppelheimer
Global Chiller Systems Manager
Trane

15.30 Afternoon Networking Break

16.00 Sustainability Modeling For District Cooling To Achieve Financial ROI

  • Achieving efficient district cooling plant configuration
  • Model analysis and implementation of findings
  • Considering variance and impact on sustainability

Alan Millin
Industry Consultant & Trainer

16.30 Chairman’s Closing Comments

16.45 Close Of Conference

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