Monday Afternoon, 27th September (Pre conference tutorials)

Registration opens

Tutorial 1 Health and Safety - John French, Cellcare Technologies

High Voltage battery work procedures and tooling Battery accommodation and installation Risk assessment and COSHH adherence

Tutorial 2 Industrial Battery Technology - Speaker awaiting confirmation

Different types of battery chemistry and benefits of each Selection and Sizing to optimise the battery to the application Typical applications and case studies

Tutorial 3 Battery Testing - Mats Karlstrom, Alber - Dave Smith, Cellcare Technologies

Types Fixed and Portable industrial battery Monitors Battery commissioning and discharge testing Data analysis, trending and baseline values

Tutorial 4 UPS Technology - Shri Karve, MGE UPS

Static load transfer switch and its applications Battery installation criteria and autonomy definition Maintenance and discharge testing

Day 1 Tuesday 28th September

Keynote address

The Generation Gap - Will the lights go out
David Porter - Association of Electricity Producers.

Session 1 - Industrial Batteries A

Chairman :- Phil Back - British Energy

VRLA: Fit for purpose Justin Atkinson - Yuasa

Diversity of applications: A general discussion of the various applications that use VRLA, including General Purpose, Long Life, Cyclic and High Rate Modifications to VRLA technology to make batteries fit for purpose: Discussion on the technology achievements in meeting user applications

Improving the reliability of VRLA battery production by the use of impedance measurement Geoffrey May - Fiamm

Development of AC impedance as a technique for quality assurance Application in VRLA production Resulting improvement in reliability of the product and in the field

Session 2 - Industrial Batteries B

Chairman :- Steve Dower - BT

Evolution of SBS thin plate lead technology Wayne Coldrick - Enersys

Brief history of SBS development Manufacturing process & inherent characteristics Optimisation of design for unreliable mains power Performance to new IEC standard

Differences in technology (AGM - GEL) Dieter Kolbel - Exide

Battery selection and specification How it is built Life limitations

The use of the Nickel Cadmium battery in standby power systems Anthony Green - SAFT

Factors which affect the choice of battery for the application Nickel Cadmium battery characteristics Economics - life cycle costing Application examples

Session 3 - UPS Products

Chairman :- Daryll Robinson - Crestchic

Static UPS & new advancements Shri Karve - MGE

Static load transfer switch and its applications Harmonic management to meet the new standards System availability by 9’s

Rotary and Diesel UPS systems Andrew Dyke - PILLER UK

Basic principles of Rotary UPS The reliance of secure UPS systems on the battery Types of Diesel UPS Technology

Alternative standby power for UPS Ian Bitterlain - Emerson

A review of Practical Limits (lower and upper) for energy autonomy in large UPS installations Power density of electro-mechanical, mechanical and hydrogen fuel cell energy sources Comparison of reliability and availability between battery, flywheel and fuel energy sources Practical comparison on technical and commercial grounds between fuel cells and flywheels

Session 4 - Telecomms Technology and Case Studies

Chairman :- Peter Taylor - Exide

New advances in power density Andrew Parkins - Eltek Energy

Requirement and trends of Telecoms DC standby power Solutions for new Broadband services Outdoor power cabinet for Mobile Network base stations

DC secure power in offshore and industrial applications Roger Clay - Eskine Systems Ltd

Switchmode vs thyristor and AC vs DC Remote monitoring - batteries and systems Batteries - the choice, and how they affect system configuration

Lithium batteries for 48V telecoms power Simon Sheldon - Valence

Introduction to Valence and Saphion Technology Saphion benefits in UPS and back up applications Comparison to LCO and safety performance/benefits Comparison to Lead Acid solutions Solutions: K-/U-Charge and bespoke solutions

Day 2 Wednesday 29th September

Session 5 - Industrial Batteries User Profiles - Case Studies

Chairman :- Steve Procter - Delta Electronics

London Underground transport batteries Peter Crisp - EDF

Batteries as standby power, their use in underground railway power supplies. The Power system environment and installation issues Monitoring and maintaining the battery

Managing battery systems to support safety critical supplies Phil Back - British Energy

Installations at various voltage levels (48, 50, 110, 250, 352) Battery lifetime from purchase to end of life (including effects of changes in manufacturer base Condition monitoring and estimation of remaining life, including premature cell failure

Vodafone G3 power solution Steve Procter - Delta Electronics

Session 6 - Maintenance and Portable Monitoring

Chairman :- Ian Bitterlain - Emerson Network Power

Devices and methods available Speaker awaiting confirmation

Useful portable devices available today for impedance conductance and resistance testing Methods of application to on-line batteries Types of data collected, analysis methods and validity

Group presentation of 4 month field trial studies:

SPOK1 Portable tester committee Phil Back - British Energy Steve Dower - BT Mike Barkwith - British Nuclear Group - Magnox Generation Steve Procter - Delta Electronics

Session 7 – Procurement, Installation and Commissioning

Chairman :- Mostafa Bandar - MGE

Load testing for standby power systems Cresstchic - Russell Britton

Resistive load frame concept Case study: Data centre in Madrid Profile of a large standby generator

Procurement: A good start! Mike Barkwith - British Nuclear Group - Magnox Generation

Know what you have specified Know why you specified it Know how to ensure you got what you specified

The new IEC /EN Standard 60896-21 and -22 for stationary lead acid batteries - A tool to get the right battery ! Herbert Giess - Oerlikon Stationary Batteries

See the logic behind the two standards Technical content for battery qualification, type testing and customer oriented battery specification How it can help you to get the battery you need

Session 8 - Changes in Product supply and Technology

Chairman :- Tony Marmont - West Beacon Farm

Micro-turbines for secure power solutions Jim Campion - Exell Limited

Micro turbine topology Power security with payback Micro-turbine/UPS hybrids

Wind and solar power modelling for remote sites Ian Bitterlain - Emerson

Remote sites without access to mains power, e.g. telecom cell sites Modelling the power availability of wind and solar power in the UK Modelling the required standby battery capacity or other energy storage medium

Nickel Cadmium battery for photovoltaic applications Anthony Green - Saft

The specificity of the photovolaic application The attributes required from an energy source for this application The development of a nickel-cadmium cell specifically for this market