Energy Event10 August 2010

Energy efficiency and energy saving are right up there on plant engineers' agendas. Brian Wall previews the forthcoming Energy Event 2010 conference and exhibition

September's Energy Event is one of Europe's largest exhibitions and conferences focusing solely on energy efficiency, procurement and management. The event, sponsored by Encore International, addresses most of the key energy issues through its free educational programme, while giving delegates a chance to catch up with some 120 exhibitors. It is also carbon neutral, through carbon management company Carbon Clear, which measures and offsets the entire carbon footprint of the show, including visitor travel and waste.

Looking at the conference, there are to be two sections: the two half-day main event, called Energy Insight, and an accompanying stream of seminars delivered mostly by relevant trade associations.

The former brings together experts and commentators in the fields of economics, climate change, energy policy and security, the nuclear industry and carbon reduction. Chaired by Jeremy Nicholson, director of the Energy Intensive Users' Group, the first day's topic is energy retail – looking at energy generation and consumption, and aimed at helping delegates to understand energy policy and combat volatility.

Chris Train, director of network operations for National Grid, is due to talk about security of supply, exploring whether the situation is really as bad as many believe. He will also look at how energy generation and storage across the UK have changed over the last decade -- and discuss whether LNG (liquefied natural gas) could be a global solution for capacity constraints.

Then on the second day we move on to the climate agenda, with a keynote from Shell UK chairman and president of the Energy Institute, James Smith, who will examine whether government targets and a healthier environment are achievable. There will also be a case study delving into how best to integrate climate policy into an overall business energy strategy.

As for the rest of the educational programme, that will be delivered by the ESTA (Energy Services & Technology Association), MEUC (Major Energy Users Council), and CIBSE (Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers), while npPower, which is hosting its own zone at the show, will run tits own complementary seminars. For details of all the seminars, go to: www.theenergyevent.com

Turning to the exhibitors, everything from heating equipment to compressed air plant, motors, variable speed drives, ventilating systems, air conditioning equipment and lighting will be represented, alongside instrumentation and test equipment, including thermography, and energy monitoring and targeting.

Endress+Hauser, for example, is to show its eSight energy monitoring solution, which, it says, can help plants shave 20% off their energy bills. Essentially, it covers intelligent utility metering, automatic data collection, and browser-based data analysis and reporting.

Meanwhile, rotary vane compressor maker Mattei says it will show how businesses can improve the energy efficiency of their compressed air systems. Its industry specialists will be on hand to offer guidance on energy-saving compressor technologies, as well as services such as leak detection and heat recovery.
As for lighting technology specialist Steinel, it will be exhibiting a range of sensors, and the firm's engineers will be available to explain how they can carry out site lighting surveys to guide product selections able to deliver realistic payback and carbon savings.

Visitors to Sabien Technology's stand will be able to find out more about energy wastage in boiler plant, caused by dry cycling (when boilers fire to compensate for standing heat losses without contributing to the building's heating load). The company's M2G intelligent boiler load optimisation system is proven to recognise dry cycling, and can achieve energy savings of between 10% and 25% on old and new boilers.

Moving on to compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco's stand, visitors will be invited to view its latest ZS range of oil-free, energy-saving positive displacement screw blowers. The company says its new technology is, on average, 30% more efficient than conventional lobe solutions.

Then, if you're interested in energy audits and predictive maintenance using thermography, Flir will be demonstrating Meterlink – an first that allows Extech clamp and moisture meters to transfer data to Flir infrared cameras so that readings are embedded in thermal images. For example, during an electrical inspection, plant engineers could transmit data from an Extech clamp meter to the Flir thermal camera, and directly confirm any relationship between the target temperature and load.

Brian Wall

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