The Intermountain CHP Center hosted a workshop designed to give landfill and wastewater treatment plant owners and operators the information they need to effectively evaluate if renewable CHP is right for their facility at this time, avoid common mistakes, and design a project that will be reliable and economic. The workshop was held on August 11, 2005 in Salt Lake City at Questar Gas.

The workshop was sponsored by the Intermountain CHP Center, the Intermountain CHP Initiative, Chevron Energy Solutions, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CHP Partnership, Questar, and Smith Detroit Diesel Allison.

Morning Group Presentations

• General Overview & Benefits
  Kim Crossman, Program Manager, EPA CHP Partnership
• Market Size / Market Opportunities
  Paul Lemar, President, Resource Dynamics Corporation
• CHP Systems for Landfills and Wastewater Treatment Plants
  Paul Lemar, President, Resource Dynamics Corporation
• More on Fuel Conditioning and Clean-Up
  Paul Tower, P.E., Applied Filter Technology
• About the Intermountain CHP Center
  Patti Case, Director, Intermountain CHP Center

Wastewater Break-Out Session

• Designing a Project - Rules of Thumb & Questions to Ask
  Ron Sieger, P.E., Vice President and Principal Technologist for Residuals Management, CH2MHill; Dru Whitlock, P.E., Project Manager, CH2MHill
• Operating A Project
  Sarwan Wason, P.E., Partner, Carollo Engineers
• Regulations
  Mike Herkimer, Permit Manager, Water Quality Division, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
• Ina Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tucson, Arizona
  Bob Baltes, Principal, Baltes Distributed Generation
• North Columbus, Georgia Wastewater Treatment Plant
  John Willis, Senior Associate, Brown & Caldwell
• Lancaster Water Reclamation Plant, California
  Phil Egleston, Vice President of Construction, RealEnergy

Landfill Break-Out Session

• Designing a Project - Rules of Thumb & Questions to Ask
  Jeff Pierce, Vice President, SCS Energy
• Operating a Project
  Jeff Pierce, Vice President, SCS Energy
• How to Use the Heat from a Landfill Gas Project Different Approaches
  Patti Case, Director, Intermountain CHP Center
• Regulations
  Speaker (landfills): Rick Sprott, Director, Air Quality Division, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
• Salt Lake City/County Landfill and Murray City, Utah
  Gary Merrill, General Manager of Murray City Power and Romney Stewart, Executive Director, Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Council
• Capstone 60-kW and 30-kW Microturbine Installations at Landfills
  Jeff Pierce, Vice President, SCS Energy
• Tri-Cities Landfill, Arizona
  Bob Baltes, Principal, Baltes Distributed Generation

Afternoon Group Presentations

• Third-Party Ownership And/Or Operation
  Kevin Best, CEO, RealEnergy