We are now accepting abstracts for the 43rd Electric Utility and Cogeneration Chemistry Workshop, co-located with POWERGEN in San Antonio, Texas. The EUC²W addresses cutting-edge water/steam chemistry, cooling water, and environmental topics that relate to power generation and other industries. These include, but are not limited to:

• Makeup water pre- and primary treatment technologies and chemistry control:
  • Membrane pretreatment methods, including micro- and ultrafiltration
  • Reverse osmosis
  • Ion exchange
  • Methods for industrial plant condensate return polishing
  • Methods for treating alternative raw makeup supplies such as municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent.  (Topic also applies to other water systems.
•  Feedwater/Boiler cycle chemistry and chemistry monitoring issues at:
  
  • Combined Cycle/HRSG plants
  • Cogeneration and heavy industries
  • Remaining conventional fossil-fired power plants
• Cooling water treatment:
  
  • Modern methods to control microbiological fouling, scale formation and corrosion in cooling systems
  • Techniques to maintain the reliability and efficiency of cooling towers
  • Issues related to closed cooling water systems
• High-priority environmental issues and concerns:
  
  • Evolving technologies to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
  • Ever-changing EPA water and air quality control regulations
  • Continuing development of projects that reduce the carbon footprint such as methane/biogas recovery, combined heat and power (CHP), and advanced biofuels/biochemicals production methods.
• Wastewater treatment:
  
  • Removal of priority pollutants including heavy metals
  • Water conservation and recovery
  • Zero liquid discharge (ZLD) developments

We very much wish to hear industry perspectives regarding plant operation and the regularly-changing regulatory landscape. These topics always generate great interest from attendees and lead to many networking opportunities at the workshop.  

Technology suppliers are also welcome to submit abstracts. Presentations should be technical in nature and not sales promotions. Partnering with industry personnel significantly enhances the odds of paper selection.

Time slots are usually 30 minutes in length, with 20 to 25 minutes for the presentation followed by 5 to 10 minutes for questions and answers. With sufficient notice, and for a particularly relevant topic, our planning committee may be able to extend the presentation length for one conference paper.

EUC²W allows presentations with and without written papers, however, we strongly encourage and give preference to submissions that include papers. The papers provide valuable additional information to attendees.  

Please answer the following questions to be considered as a presenter for this year’s workshop. Committee members will review all abstracts and will reach out if selected.