Monday, 26th September

14.00 - 16.00 - Pre Conference Tutorial - Battery Testing and Monitoring

18.00 - Registration opens

Day 1 Tuesday 27th September

Opening Remarks - Dr. Geoffrey May - The Focus Partnership

Keynote address - "Keeping the lights on - the contribution from wind"
Richard Ford - British Wind Energy Association [Profile]

Session 1 - Facilities Management

Chairman :- Steve Proctor - Delta Europe

Standby power control systems Gary Middlehurst – HSBC/Geoff Rodbard – Triplex Power Ltd

Control systems to manage today’s highly specified equipment Efficient management of standby systems Using technology to minimise disruption to the end user and environment User expectations and design criteria

Incipient Faults and Latent Defects [IFLDs] reduce the reliability of critical facilities Ed Ansett - EYP Mission Critical Facilities®, Inc.

The complexity of critical systems and their susceptibility to failure is exacerbated by variations in size, topology and functionality. Thereby making each critical facility bespoke This paper reviews the need and the means to identify IFLDs at design stage and the problems associated with IFLD detection Total elimination of IFLDs may be impractical, and compromise may be justifiable

Practical considerations for reliable power solutions Tony Sharpe – Harmer & Simmons

Environmental considerations Practical suitability Service accessibility

Session 2 - Case Studies

Chairman :- Mark Kniveton - British Telecom

Replacement of essential batteries in nuclear power plant Peter Hurrell - British Energy [Profile]

Overview of Plante replacement project at the Heysham 2 AGR site System design criteria and previous operational record Qualification of new vendors for Plante cell supply

Disposal of industrial batteries Chris Gilliard - Northern Industrial Battery Services Ltd

COSHH implications A recent decommissioning exercise Licensed carrying of hazardous materials

Local loop unbundling in BT exchanges Mick Morling – Eaton Powerware [Profile]

BT requirements for collocation facilities by statute Solutions from entry level at 300 tie-pairs to a maximum of 4800 tie-pairs Secure DC power systems and AC UPS for routers, etc.

Session 3 - Fuel Cell Technologies for Standby Applications

Chairman :- Heston Harper – Fuel Cell Marketing

Fuel Cell Technology - Myth or reality? Nicolas Pocard - Ida Tech [Profile]

Introduction to fuel cell technology Overview of opportunities and challenges for the fuel cell technology Fuel cell systems for back-up/UPS applications Fuel cell systems for CHP applications

Fuel Cells UPS Dieter Braechtken - P21-Power for the 21st Century GmbH

Reliability of PEM fuel cells in stationary backup applications Total cost of ownership in applications with long life cycles such as telecom installations Technical and maintenance service aspects of fuel cells in such applications

Hydrogen Fuel Cell UPS - USA Field trials Shri Karve - MGE

Overview of North American field trials using Ballard Fuel Cells in Pulsar UPS Realistic hopes for long duration and high power solutions The AirGen™ portable fuel cell generator for indoor operation

Session 4 - Integration of New Technologies

Chairman :- Daryl Robinson – Crestchic Loadbanks

Fuel cell based UPS system performance Dave McGrath -siGEN

Field trial test programmes conducted in the UK Technical performance, particularly during the ride through period Hydrogen storage issues and how easy it is. Life cycle costs comparisons

Off grid solutions Simon Jarvis - Genasys

Opportunity charging and intermittency Hybrid diesel project for Altanharrie Inn

Day 2 Wednesday 28th September

Opening Remarks Dr. Geoffrey May – The Focus Partnership

Keynote Address - "Critical Power Demands and Solutions in a Distributed Environment"
Mick Morling - Eaton Powerware [Profile]

Session 5 - Battery/UPS Maintenance and Monitoring

Chairman :- Andrew Parkin - Eltek

Power System design reliability concepts and overall cost of ownership Mostafa Bandar – MGE

Critical parameters in selection of equipment Availability and reliability considerations MTTR and MTBF considerations Cost of ownership considerations Maintenance and servicing protocols Reporting and management tools for business managers in controlling operational costs

Portable cell tester John Millard/Dr. Kurt Salloux – World Energy Labs [Profile]

The Interrogator technology: A brief overview Current lead acid battery testing capabilities (voltage, conductance, sulphation, dryout, grid degradation) Experience from the Field (Case Studies) Future battery testing capabilities (Lead Acid & Other Electro-chemistries) The Interrogator as a fuel cell diagnostic tool

UPS Battery monitoring projects Dave Smith - Cellcare

Battery monitoring equipment and specification Installation of cell wiring and Interfaces Using installed monitors and interpretation of data

Session 6 - Lithium Based Back-up Solutions

Chairman :- Herbert Giess, Chairman IEC/EN TC-21

Development trends in secondary Litium batteries Bill Macklin – AGM

Comparison of key performance characteristics of different battery chemistries New material developments in Li-ion batteries The emergence of Li-ion for high power applications

Lithium-ion batteries for stationary applications Anthony Green – Saft [Profile]

Operating principles of lithium ion batteries Developments that have been carried out Characteristics relative to industrial applications Forecasts on possible costs and realistic timescales

Lithium-Metal-Polymer batteries Sylvain Cornay – Avestor [Profile]

Electrochemical composition and construction of a Lithium-Metal-Polymer battery The 24V and 48V battery modules for telecommunication market A 125V high power battery for utility switchgear and control system backup

Session 7 - Power and Protection

Chairman :- TBC

Generators integrating power James Beck - Ocktcom

Emission control using catalytic converters Conformance with Preventative Pollution Guide 2 (PPG2), by September 2005 Harmonics affecting generators

Comparison between fuses and automatic circuit breakers for computer type loads Ian Bitterlin – Emerson [Profile]

A review of the voltage fidelity that a microprocessor needs (hence "why UPS?"), and what happens when a load branch has a short-circuit fault and the effect on the other branches.

The Alaska : BESS The first year of operation of the most powerful battery in the world Anthony Green - Saft[Profile]

Main components of the GVEA BESS Construction and commissioning Interfacing issues with the utility network Overall experience in the first year of full service