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1st International Conference on SF6 and the Environment Agenda
EPA’s SF6 Conference is held for the benefit of:
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Electric Power Systems
Magnesium Industries
The papers, presentations, and poster papers from the conference that are currently available are listed below on the conference agenda.
To access any of the lists of participants, click on “List of Presenters,” “List of Poster Presenters,” or “List of Attendees.”
List of Presenters (PDF) (4 pp, 120K)
List of Poster Presenters (PDF) (1 pg, 89K)
List of Attendees (PDF) (10 pp, 133K)
Day 1, Thursday, November 2, 2000
Plenary Session I
8:00am
Introduction and Welcome
Eric Jay Dolin
Gregory Picker, Policy Officer, Australian Greenhouse Office
Eric Jay Dolin
Gregory Picker, Policy Officer, Australian Greenhouse Office
8:20am
SF6 and the Environment: Understanding, Measuring, and Managing
- The Science of Global Climate Change and the Role of SF6
Jerry D. Mahlman, Former Director-Emeritus, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Paper #1 (PDF) (23 pp, 1.8MB), Paper #2 (PDF) (3 pp, 306K) - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Methods for Measuring SF6 Emissions
Dina Kruger, Branch Chief, Methane & Sequestration Branch, USEPA
Presentation (PDF) (20 pp, 206K) - Global Climate Change Policy: The View From Here
Vicki Arroyo Cochran, Director of Policy Analysis, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Paper (PDF) (4 pp, 20K), Presentation (PDF) (27 pp, 7.5MB)
Plenary Session II
11:00am
US EPA’s Voluntary SF6 Emission Reduction Partnerships and a Perspective On Global Sales of SF6
- EPA’s SF6 Emission Reduction Partnership for the Magnesium Industry
Scott Bartos, Program Manager, USEPA
Presentation (PDF) (17 pp, 236K) - EPA’s SF6 Emission Reduction Partnership for Electric Power Systems
Eric Jay Dolin
Paper (PDF) (3 pp, 298K), Presentation (PDF) (9 pp, 169K) - SF6 Production and Distribution: Results of RAND Survey and Implications for the Utility and Magnesium Industries
Katie D. Smythe, Senior Project Manager, RAND Environmental Science & Policy Center
Paper (PDF) (8 pp, 67K), Presentation (PDF) (25 pp, 220K)
Plenary Session III
1:15pm
International Perspectives On SF6 Emission Reduction
- Australia
Gregory Picker, Policy Officer, Australian Greenhouse Office
Paper (PDF) (5 pp, 23K), Presentation (PDF) (13 pp, 443K) - Germany
Katja Schwaab, Product Manager, Halogenated Substances, Federal Environmental Agency
Paper (PDF) (8 pp, 180K), Presentation (PDF) (12 pp, 401K) - Japan
Shigeru Maruyama, Manager, Department of Engineering,The Federation of Electric Power Companies in Japan Masanari Meguro, Assistant Senior Manager, Toshiba Corporation
Paper (PDF) (9 pp, 105K), Presentation (PDF) (26 pp, 776K) - Denmark
Frank Jensen, Biologist, Miljostyrelsen (Danish EPA)
Presentation (PDF) (26 pp, 95K) - Canada
John Ayres, Senior Program Engineer, Minerals & Metals Division, Environment Canada
Paper (PDF) (6 pp, 30K), Presentation (PDF) (13 pp, 151K)
4:00pm
Utility Breakout Session I: Effectively Managing SF6: Leak Detection And Reduction
- EPRI’s SF6 Management Program
Ben Damsky, Manager, Power Electronics Systems, EPRI
Paper (PDF) (7 pp, 254K), Presentation (PDF) (15 pp, 670K) - Experience with Infrared Leak Detection on FPL Switchgear
John Fischer, Project Manager, Florida Power & Light
Dave Keith, Field Service Manager, Roberts Transformer
Paper (PDF) (8 pp, 223K), Presentation (PDF) (19 pp, 825K) - Standoff Wide Area Detection of SF6 by Means of a Passive IR Imaging Spectrometer
E. Robert Schildkraut, Vice President, Corporate Development and Research, Block Engineering, Division of Spectra Optics Incorporated
Paper (PDF) (10 pp, 1.3MB), Presentation (PDF) (21 pp, 1.3MB) - Remanufacturing Older Breakers
George A. McCracken, Operations Manager, ABB Power T&D Service
Paper (PDF) (5 pp, 43K), Presentation (PDF) (15 pp, 360K)
Magnesium Breakout Session I: Alternative Melt Protection Gases
- International Magnesium Association (IMA) and SF6
Byron Clow, Executive Vice President, IMA
James Hillis, Chairman of IMA’s SF6 Substitution Committee, Noranda
Presentation (PDF) (10 pp, 230K) - Hydrofluorocarbons as a Replacement for SF6 in Magnesium Processing
Nigel Ricketts, Senior Leader for Magnesium Production, Australia’s CRC for Cast Metals Manufacturing
Paper (PDF) (7 pp, 141K), Presentation (PDF) (12 pp, 1.2MB) - Handling and Use of Sulfur Dioxide for Magnesium Melt Protection
Darryl L. Albright, Director of Market Development, Hydro Magnesium
Presentation (PDF) (24 pp, 521K) - A Replacement for SF6 The MagShield System
Allen Schultz, Director, Light Metals - North America, HATCH
Paper (PDF) (10 pp, 355K), Presentation (PDF) (29 pp, 1.5MB)
6:00pm
Poster Sessions
- Poster #1: The SF6 ReUse Program
David Iacoe, Solvay Fluorides, Inc.
Michael Pittroff, Solvay Fluor und Derivate GmbH
Paper (PDF) (6 pp, 48K) - Poster #2: Impact of High Voltage SF6 Circuit Breakers on Global Warming - Relative Contribution of SF6 Losses
Jean-Luc Bessede, Alstom T&D France
Werner Krondorfer, Alstom T&D USA, Inc.
Paper (PDF) (6 pp, 245K) - Poster #3: Historical Global Emission Trends of the Kyoto Gases HFCs, PFCs and SF6
Jos G.J. Olivier, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Joost Bakker, TNO-MEP
Paper (PDF) (13 pp, 204K) - Poster #4: Electrical Insulation Performance of Extremely Small Amount of SF6 in N2 Mixture and the SF6 Reduction Rate for Electric Power Apparatus
Hitoshi Okubo, Nagoya University
Presentation (PDF) (22 pp, 862K) - Poster #5: Carbon Membrane Separator for Elimination of SF6 Emissions from Gas Insulated Electrical Utilities
Gil Dagan, Giora Agam, Vitaly Krakov, Len Kaplan, Carbon Membranes Ltd.
Paper (PDF) (5 pp, 164K)
Day 2, Friday, November 3, 2000
8:00am
Utility Breakout Session II: Recycling SF6
- CIGRE’s Recycling Guide
Phil Bolin, General Manager, Substation Department, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products
Presentation (PDF) (24 pp, 182K) - SF6 Maintenance Equipment Fundamentals
Eric Campbell, General Manager, DILO Company, Inc.
Paper (PDF) (7 pp, 273K), Presentation (PDF) (19 pp, 5.8MB) - SF6 Recycling: Where are We?
Bryan Smith, SF6 Product Manager, Cryoquip, Inc.
Paper (PDF) (3 pp, 39K), Presentation (PDF) (17 pp, 220K) - Product Stewardship for SF6
Ewald Preisegger, Environmental & Public Affairs Manager, Solvay Fluor and Derivate
Paper (PDF) (6 pp, 93K), Presentation (PDF) (11 pp, 386K) - SF6 Management and Handling by Switchgear Manufacturers and Users: An Overview of the Situation in the European Union
Jan W. Wouda, Capiel HV Technical Committee
Presentation (PDF) (9 pp, 218K)
Magnesium Breakout Session II: SF6 Management and Process Optimizations
- GasVue and the Magnesium Industry: Advanced SF6 Leak Detection
Tom McRae, President, Laser Imaging Systems
Paper (PDF) (7 pp, 281K), Presentation (PDF) (15 pp, 1.9MB) - Discussion Session/Information Sharing
Scott Bartos, USEPA
Presentation (PDF) (12 pp, 172K)
10:30am
Utility Breakout Session III: Gas Mixtures And Alternatives To Pure SF6
- Cold Weather Applications of Gas Mixture (SF6/N2 and SF6/CF4) Circuit Breakers: A Utility User’s Perspective
Bob Middleton, Apparatus Quality Control Engineer, Manitoba Hydro
Paper (PDF) (8 pp, 820K), Presentation (PDF) (27 pp, 2.5MB) - Research and Findings on Alternatives to Pure SF6
Loucas Christophorou, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Paper (PDF) (2 pp, 42K), Overheads (PDF) (17 pp, 293K) - CIGRE Guide for SF6 Gas Mixtures: Application and Handling in Electrical Power Equipment
Lutz Niemeyer, Senior Scientist, ABB Corporate Research
Paper (PDF) (8 pp, 66K), Presentation (PDF) (28 pp, 268K)
Magnesium Breakout Session III: SF6 Capture And Recycle
- Capture and Reuse of SF6 in Magnesium Casting Operations
Tom Tripp, Production Manager, Magnesium Corporation of America
Paper (PDF) (10 pp, 220K), Presentation (PDF) (19 pp, 730K) - A Tailor-Made Membrane for SF6 Recycling: An Environmentally Friendly Method to Reduce Costs
Gil Dagan, Operations Manager, Carbon Membranes Ltd.
Paper (PDF) (6 pp, 184K), Presentation (PDF) (18 pp, 4.5MB) - Concept for the Reduction of SF6: Emissions in Magnesium Foundries
Michael Pittroff, Technical Manager for SF6, Solvay Fluor & Derivate
Paper (PDF) (5 pp, 30K), Presentation (PDF) (9 pp, 245K)
1:15pm
Utility Breakout Session IV: Case Studies
- Southern California Edison
Alex Salinas, Technical Specialist, Southern California Edison
Paper (PDF) (4 pp, 18K), Presentation (PDF) (4 pp, 477K) - Bonneville Power Administration
Joseph Lo, Electrical Engineer, Bonneville Power Administration
Paper (PDF) (3 pp, 15K), Presentation (PDF) (12 pp, 332K) - Consolidated Edison: SF6 Management Plan
Patrick Di Lillo, Technical Specialist, Consolidated Edison
Presentation (PDF) (13 pp, 446K) - American Electric Power
James D. McCreary, Senior Engineer, American Electric Power
Presentation (PDF) (10 pp, 110K) - An Overview of Operating Experience and SF6 Emission Reduction Efforts at Seabrook Station
Edward Saputa, Senior Engineer, Environmental Services Department, North Atlantic Energy Service Company
Presentation (PDF) (22 pp, 1.2MB)
Magnesium Breakout Session IV: Case Studies
- A Noranda Perspective on Global Warming
Michael M. Avedesian, President, Noranda Magnesium
Presentation (PDF) (20 pp, 1.1MB) - Strategy to Reduce and Replace Emissions of SF6 in Magnesium
Darryl Albright, Director of Market Development, the Americas and Pacific Rim, Hydro Light Metals
Freelance (PDF) (17 pp, 378K) - Update on SF6 Use and Emissions from Japan’s Magnesium Casting Industry
Kiyoshi Hara, Secretary General, Japan Industrial Conference for Ozone Layer Protection
Presentation (PDF) (10 pp, 117K)
3:30pm
Closing Plenary Session: Benefits of Established Industrial Partnerships
- Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership
Jerry Marks, Former Manager, Analysis & Testing Services, Alcoa Technical Center, and Consultant, International Aluminum Institute
Paper (PDF) (6 pp, 29K), Presentation (PDF) (15 pp, 221K) - PFC Emission Reduction Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry
Chuck Fraust, Director of Environment, Health & Safety, Semiconductor Industry Association
Presentation (PDF) (15 pp, 158K)