Environmental Issues

1st Place-
Title: Circulating Dry Scrubbers Comply with the EPA Maximum Achievable Conrol Technology Limits
Authors: Anthony Licata and Terence Ake, Babcock Power Environmental Inc.

2nd Place-
Title: Update on Section 316(b) Phase II Compliance Options at a Reference Plant
Authors: Douglas C. Timpe and James H. Singleton, Black & Veatch

3rd Place-
Title: Development of Novel Polyfunctional Emissions Reduction Catalytic System for Combined Cycle Power Plants
Author: Anatoly Sobolevskiy, Ph.D., Siemens Energy, Inc.

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Fossil Technologies

1st Place-
Title: Advanced SNCR Technology for Power Plants
Authors: Bernd von der Heide, Mehldau & Steinfath Umwelttechnik GmbH

2nd Place-
Title: Operational Reliability Improvement in a Korean Ultra Super Critical Power Plant Steam Turbine
Authors: Un-Hak Nah, Seong Heon Yang, Hoon Shin and Joseph Kostoss, Doosan heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd.

3rd Place-
Title: Overview of Scale and Engineering of the Kemper County IGCC Project Using Transport Integrated Gasification (TRIG™)
Authors: Ahsan Siddiqui and Prasad Koneru, KBR Inc.; Randall E. Rush, Southern Company

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Gas Turbine Technologies

1st Place-
Title: The Next Generation KA24/GT24 from Alstom, The Pioneer in Operational Flexibility
Authors: Michael Ladwig, Sasha Savi, Karin Lindvall and Tilemachos Papadopoulos, Alstom

2nd Place-
Title: Repairing Cracked and Damaged Castings…Permanently
Author: Gary J. Reed, LOCK-N-STITCH Inc.

3rd Place-
Title: Validation of New 1,600°C Turbine Inlet Temperature Large Frame Gas Turbine for High Combined Cycle Efficiency
Authors: Carlos Koeneke, Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc.; Junichiro Masada, Toshishige Ai and Susumu Wakazono, Gas Turbine Development Takasago Machinery Works; Takashi Kishine, Gas Turbine Application Engineering Power System Headquarters

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Industry Trends - Competitive Power Generation

1st Place-
Title: Risk Limitation through Contracts, Insurance/Bonding, and Evaluation of Claims
Author: Joel D. Heusinger, Woods & Aitken LLP

2nd Place-
Title: Considerations for Cycling Duty of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Authors: Don Koza, Colleen Layman and Mark Boulden, Bechtel Power Corporation

3rd Place-
Title: Scenario Planning:  A Pathway to the Future
Author: Timothy M. Hillman, Black & Veatch

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On-Site Power

1st Place-
Title: Avoiding Fukushima Syndrome
Author: Robert Leamy, Hydrocarbon Integrated Management

2nd Place-
Title: 1MW Peaking Power:  Protection Against Interruptions and Hedging Against High Power Prices
Author: Rafael Herzberg, Interact Ltda.

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Plant Performance

1st Place-
Title: Coal Pipe Coal Flow Distribution  Control for Coal Pulverizer Systems
Authors: John Rath, Jilin Zhang, Qingsheng Lin and Joseph Bianca, Riley Power Inc.

2nd Place-
Title: Coal Flow Optimization with B&W PGG's EvenFlow™ System
Authors: Bijan Hosseininejad, Tim Fuller and Eric Fuller, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.; Alan Murkerson and Joe Krajna, Lakeland Electric, McIntosh Station; Harun Bilirgen, Lehigh University, Energy Research Center

3rd Place-
Title: Upgrade of an Existing Steam Turbine
Authors: Sandra Simmons and Rich Olivier, TurboCare, Inc.; Andy Change, ACA Services, Inc.; Norm Uchida, Hawaii Electric Light Company

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Renewable Energy

1st Place-
Title: Grid-Interactive Electric Thermal Storage (GETS) Space and Water Heating
Author: Paul Steffes, P.E., Steffes Corporation

2nd Place-
Title: Successful Modernization of the Solid Waste Authority's (SWA) Palm Beach Waste to Energy Facility (PBREF 1)
Author: Bob Worobel and Mark Hammond, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County; Jim Riley, Palm Beach Resouerce Recovery Corporation; Mike DePero and George Nikitenko, Babcock & Wilcos Power Generation Group, Inc.; Kelly Lyons and Paul Stockburger, KBR

3rd Place-
Title: Optimized Pumped Storage Power Plant Controls using Real Time Models & Economic Dispatch Solver
Authors: Indra Kusuma, P.Eng, and Reid Boutot, CET, ABB Inc.