Saturday, June 9, 2012 — Bella Center

Technology & Applications of Turbine Coatings
Gas turbines use various coatings to improve the functionality and durability of components, in fact many modern gas turbines could not safely operate without their specialized coatings. Coating uses, materials, deposition processes and serviceability will be discussed. Several case studies will be presented to show the design process in action. Earn 7 Professional Development Hours (PDH's) and receive a certificate of completion!

Instructor:
Doug Nagy, Liburdi Turbine Services, Inc.
Purush Sahoo, American Surface Modifications

Gas Turbine Rotor Life Management
This is a practical and comprehensive course on condition & life assessments for gas turbine rotors with the aim of prolonging asset life, minimizing the likelihood of failures and optimizing long term operational costs. The course is focused on the skills and knowledge required by gas turbine asset managers to make critical operation decisions in order to maintain and support gas turbines in a cost effective and low risk manner while maximizing life extension options. The prime aim of the course is to understand the rationale and technical basis behind effective management of gas turbine rotors, with a particular emphasis on the process required to life assess a rotor and the management and inspection requirements. Led by practicing engineers acknowledged internationally as experts in their field, the course is designed to be extremely interactive with group discussions. Earn 7 Professional Development Hours (PDH's) and receive a certificate of completion!

Instructors:
Maxine Watson, Quest Integrity Ltd.
Michael Henderson, Quest Integrity Ltd.

Saturday & Sunday, June 9 & 10, 2012 — Bella Center

Introduction to Optimization Methods & Tools for Multi-Disciplinary Design in Turbomachinery
Modern innovative designs with higher loads and more compact configurations increasingly call for a concurrent design procedure to take into account interactions among multi-components and multi-disciplines at the same time. Innovative optimization methods are now rapidly moving from research labs to industrial real and virtual platforms and intend to provide novel and innovative design solutions in a reduced time to market. This workshop intends to provide the basic concepts and tools behind this technology. Earn 14 Professional Development Hours (PDH's) and receive a certificate of completion! Earn 14 Professional Development Hours (PDH's) and receive a certificate of completion!

Instructors:
L. He, Oxford University - Osney Thermofluids Laboratory
Shahrokh Shahpar, Rolls-Royce
Tom Verstraete, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

IGTI is proud to be partnering with VKI to offer this workshop modeled from one of their week-long lecture series.

Advances in Turbines Aero-Thermo-Mechanical Design & Analysis
The present multidisciplinary Lecture Series addresses the current state of the art in the design and analysis of axial turbines. Both aerodynamic, heat transfer and mechanical concepts are developed by authors coming from industry, governmental and research agencies and universities. Earn 14 Professional Development Hours (PDH's) and receive a certificate of completion!

Instructors:
Ron Bunker, GE
John Clark, Air Force Research Laboratory
Frank Haselbach, Rolls-Royce
Howard Hodson, Univ. of Cambridge
Guillermo Paniagua, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
Eric Seinturier, Turbomeca

Sunday, June 10, 2012 —Bella Center

Gas Turbine Failure Analysis: Techniques and Case Studies
This course will enable participants to gain an understanding of techniques and methods used to perform failure analysis; understand the failure modes and materials degradation mechanisms affecting gas turbine components such as thermal fatigue, creep etc.; and discuss operational failures and what can be learned from carrying out failure analysis. Earn 7 Professional Development Hours (PDH's) and receive a certificate of completion!

Instructors:
Maxine Watson, Quest Integrity Ltd.
Michael Henderson, Quest Integrity Ltd.

A Primer on CHP Technologies
Attendees will learn the basics of CHP technologies including various practical considerations and rules of thumb relating to the key topics on technologies currently used and also under development for enhanced performance. CHP technologies are gaining renewed attention as a means of effective utilization of available energy resources. Earn 7 Professional Development Hours (PDH's) and receive a certificate of completion!

Instructors:
Rakesh Bhargava, Hess Corporation
Cyrus Meher-Homji, Bechtel Corporation
Manfred Klein, National Research Council of Canada
Steve Ingistov, Watson Cogeneration Facility, Los Angeles Refinery

Basic Gas Turbine Metallurgy and Repair Technology Workshop
This workshop will explain super-alloy materials, component damage experienced from service exposure, techniques used to analyze the remaining life of components removed from service, protective coatings, component repair technologies, and quality assurance of repairs. The workshop includes many case study examples and the last section is devoted to a workshop where attendees develop component repair solutions. Participants may submit questions in advance regarding repair issues faced in their jobs. Earn 7 Professional Development Hours (PDH's) and receive a certificate of completion!

Instructors:
Lloyd Cooke, Liburdi Turbine Services
Warren Miglietti, Power Systems Mfg., LLC
Doug Nagy, Liburdi Turbine Services