Eskom Power Plant Engineering Institute (EPPEI)...2013 2015 2016 1 38 1 16 1 24 7 24 4 Starting students MSc Dte 2017 Total 102 13 2014 2 4 5 3 Applied courses EPPEI research Intake

Prof Louis Jestin

EDF EPPEI Senior Manager

EDF-Eskom

France

Eskom Power Plant Engineering Institute (EPPEI)

Presentation guidelines

• Background

• Status of EPPEI development

• 5 year research strategy

• Conclusion

… drives the need to establish Eskom Power Plant Engineering Institute

Critical skill shortage in engineering arena require special investment to develop

high quality engineers with practical skills.

Eskom has the unique opportunity to capture the knowledge from the new-build

programme and various improvement initiatives.

OEM and tertiary institutions locally and abroad are keen to partner with Eskom.

Changing context …

Increase the number of Power Plant industry focused MSc and PhDs.

Ensure South African universities participate fully in transferring and

localizing new technologies currently being offered to Eskom by OEMs.

Ensure South African universities are actively involved in solving Eskom

specific engineering problems.

Leverage the expertise of international universities and utilities.

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Fulfilling skills shortage gap

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Forecasted with:

Demand +2.9%/year

Load factor: 70%

Demand keeps increasing. Most of the installed

capacity is more than 30 years old.

1989 1994 1999 2004 2009

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GWe

Actual peak production

- Increase availability (90/7/3) of existing units and increase their residual lifetime.

- Re-commission mothballed units and erect new capacities.

- Reduce carbon footprint by energy savings and renewable energy development.

- Contribute to build a power industry and create jobs in South Africa.

Available capacity was exceeded for daily peak in

2007.

Net installed capacity: GWe

Net installed capacity

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Eskom’s key objectives since the early 2000s

Gas I: 1040 MW added up to 2442 MW of OCGT

At Ankerlig and Gourikwa sites in the Western Cape.

RTS: 23 mothballed coal-fired units totaling 3800 MW

are Return-to-service (RTS) at Camden (8) , Grootvlei

(6), and Komati (9).

Two large coal-fired Power Stations: 4800 MW

6 units at each site of Medupi in Lephalale and Kusile

with wet flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) at Kusile.

Life extension & pollutant emissions reduction on

a number of the 87 Eskom coal power units and

Koeberg.

Eskom flagship projects (1/2)

Sere Wind Farm: 100 MW over 16 km2

Near Vredendal in the Western Cape

Solar 1: 100 MW CSP with binary salt mixture

Near Upington in the Northern Cape

Pumped-storage Scheme @ Ingula (1332 MW : 4x 333

MW) 2 dams, 4.6kms apart at Bedford and Braamhoek in

little Drakensberg

Transmission and distribution grid expansion

Efficiency improvement and smart grid development

Large amount of funds & skills needed to complement the power mix

for which all options are still opened: wind, solar, coal, gas and nuclear.

Eskom flagship projects (2/2)

Presentation guidelines

• Background

• Status of EPPEI development

• 5 year research strategy

• Conclusion

Lead and partner universities partnering EPPEI

UJ

Tshwane University of Technology

Six lead universities working with partners

Two tracks run in parallel: Courses & Research

Five student intakes in Phase 1: 2012- 2016

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2014 2015 2016

4 x2 weeks 1 x2 weeks 1 x2 weeks

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Starting students

MSc Dte

2017

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Applied courses

EPPEI research

Intake of students

Midrand preparation Fundamental courses

- - Ongoing

Initial EPPEI EXCO mandate

Presentation guidelines

• Background

• Status of EPPEI development

• 5 year research strategy

• Conclusion

Energy Efficiency UCT

Combustion Engineering

Wits

Emissions Control NWU

Renewable Energy

SUN

Cluster 1: Power Generation Mechanical Engineering

HV AC Wits

HV DC UKZN

Cluster 2 : Electrical Engineering

Asset Management UP

Material Science UCT

Cluster 3 : Component crosscutting areas

FGT & Environment

- De-Dusting - De-SOx - De-NOx - De-Hg - De-CO2

Process flows

- Flow streams - Heat Exch. - Turbines - Pumps, - Valves,

Fuels & Combustion

- Mills - Air Heater - Fans - Burners - Heat Exch.

CSP & Wind

- Heliostat - CSP receiver - Wind turbines - Heat storage - Cooling

Generation-Transmission-Distribution (Design.Operation,Maintenance,Control)

- Generator, Transformer, Motor, breaker - Grid operation & stability - Power system modelling & analysis

Strategic component LCA, Methods: RAM, CBM… - LOPP - Component monitoring

Material choice, repairs and ageing processes, - RLA, NDT - Pressure Parts

Research is organised in three clusters

• FGT: Flue gas treatment • CSP: Concentrated Solar Power

• RLA: Remnant Life Assessment • NDT: Non Destructive Testing

• LCA: Life Cycle Assessment

• RAM: Reliability Availability Maintainability

• CBM: Condition Based Maintenance

• LOPP: Life Of Plant Plan

More about the EPPEI 5 year research plan

Presentation guidelines

• Background

• Status of EPPEI development

• 5 year research strategy

• Conclusion

o For EPPEI to become self-sustainable by:

o Creating a South African Post Graduate Diploma in Power Engineering.

o Creating inter-university collaborative research projects.

o Creating a Consortium of universities.

o Attracting other funders (DST, Dti, HEM, OEMS, power utilities, etc.).

o To make EPPEI a pan-African institute by: o Co-operating with all African utilities.

o Inviting non-Eskom and non-SA students to participate in EPPEI.

FutConclusionre EPPEI objectives - Conclusion Conclusion

For EPPEI Phase 2, i.e: Jan 2017- Dec 2021, the goals are: