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The next public offering of Precipitator Seminars: 

• ESP Operation and Maintenance -  Fort Lauderdale, Florida - September 14-16, 2011

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The main focus of the operation and maintenance seminar is to provide attendees with sufficient methods and information to better operate, maintain and improve the performance of existing precipitators, particularly those that are marginally sized and face a multitude of field problems. Mr. T. Keeler conducts this fundamental seminar on the practical aspects of the precipitator. They explain how to understand the underlying concepts to make the overall system perform best, how the process factors control the electrical readings and how to correct many of the maintenance problems that occur in the field. They discuss detailed procedures for internal inspections, gas distribution improvement methods and rapping concepts. This basic presentation is especially suited for hands-on personnel, plant engineers, and operation and maintenance supervisors.

Time will be allotted to evaluate and solve specific ESP problems brought in by the attendees. It is expected that the attendees will be able to apply concepts learned during the first two days of the seminar toward the solutions of these problems. Time to discuss specific problems privately with individual attendees is also scheduled for a three hour period during the evening of the second day.

Attendees are encouraged to bring in the following information on their installations:

1. At least two sets of ESP panel electrical readings with related process data and instantaneous opacity chart.
2. Ratings of the transformer-rectifier sets.
3. Precipitator layout and sizing.
4. Layout of inlet gas distribution system.
5. Areas of maintenance problems.

Please note that this request for information is only to enhance the worth of the seminar to those with specific problems. Generic problem data will also be supplied by the lecturers during the course of the seminar.

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• Fundamentals taught.
• How process factors affect precipitation and how they can be used to improve precipitation.
• Why problems exist and what to look for to attain success.
• How to use resistivity for successful precipitation.
• How to utilize gas conditioning.
• How to evaluate and correct gas distribution in the field.
• How the opacity chart can be used for important evaluations.
• Electrical controls and characteristics; what voltage and current values really mean, evaluating control operation.
• How to evaluate optimum rapping modes.
• How to use control panel meters, observation doors, and other methods for helpful evaluations.
• How to inspect the precipitator.
• How much internal damage can be allowed.
• What is required to minimize component failures.
• Evaluate individual precipitator problems with attendees.

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Mr. Thomas R. Keeler
President of
TRK Engineering Services, Inc.
Precipitator Seminars
Carlisle, MA 01741

Mr. Keeler is an electrical engineer with over twenty nine (29) years in the particulate removal field including five years as a field service engineer for Environmental Elements Corporation and several years with CSI Engineering. TRK Engineering Services, Inc. is a consulting service group specializing in electrostatic precipitators and their application in numerous industrial settings, including, the utility, pulp and paper, cement, steel and petrochemical industries.

Mr. Keeler is an active member in the International Society of Electrostatic Precipitation (ISESP) and IEEE. He was a committee member and panelist at ESP/FF Roundtable Forum 1993 Power-Gen Conference and a past committee member for the Air & Waste Management Association AE-1 Particulate and Associated Acid Gases. Additionally, Mr. Keeler was a speaker at the 1994 & 1998 III World Mining Exposition in Chile.

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For more information, please feel free to contact us at:

Precipitator Seminars
95 Clarks Farm Road
Carlisle, Massachusetts 01741
Tel: (978) 287-0550
Fax: (978) 287-0569
email: trkeng@apcnetwork.com

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Last updated: May 27, 2011.
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For more information contact: TRK Engineering Services - 95 Clarks Farm Road - Carlisle, MA 01741 - Telephone: 978-287-0550 - Fax: 978-287-0569 - email: trkeng@apcnetwork.com