Large Motors and Generators Webinars

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Webinar from March 22nd 2024

Webinar from November 29th 2023

Webinar from September 7th 2023

Webinar from June 13th 2023

Speaker:
Luca Rizzo, Global Segment Manager, ABB
Surendra Muppana, Global Segment Manager, ABB

The availability of water is one of the biggest global challenges now facing us. Water demand exceeds supply in many parts of the world. We have to find better, more energy-efficient and cost-effective solutions for managing the entire water cycle.

One part of this solution is Desalination technology.

Desalination is one of the most energy intensive areas of the water and wastewater industry; although it produces less than 1 percent of the world’s fresh water, it accounts for around 5 percent of the industry’s electricity use.

During desalination, it is the pumping processes which use the most energy. This includes, for example, raising sea water to the level of the facility, high-pressure desalting with semi-permeable membranes, and high-pressure pumping for reverse osmosis. The energy required to run high pressure pumps accounts for approximately 25 to 40 percent of the overall cost of desalinated water.

Thanks to advances in technology, reliability, and economies of scale, the average capacity of desalination plants has increased from producing 100,000 cubic meters of desalting water per day to 500,000 cubic meters a day. This is expected to grow even further due to the effects of climate change.

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Speaker:
Daniele Pedron, Global Segment Manager, ABB
Pasi Mannisto, Global Segment Manager, ABB

Achieving large-scale emission reduction in upstream metals industry will not be simple. It will involve a wide range of strategies. These strategies encompass enhancements in energy efficiency, the incorporation of sustainable energy sources like wind and solar power, explorations into the viability of hydrogen or bio-gas as substitutes for coal in the initial stages of iron production, and amplified investments in digitalization to enhance safety, streamline processes, and extend the lifespan of machinery.

Another factor that will be essential to minimizing emissions is an increased use of direct reduced iron (DRI). Effective DRI production, however, depends on the right choice of motors and variable speed drives (VSDs) to power various compressors, fans, and pumps throughout the process chain.

We would like to invite you to join Daniele Pedron and Pasi Mannisto, Global Industry Segment Managers - ABB Motion, at this webinar where they will discuss the challenges and available solutions to optimize DRI process considering not just the direct emissions, but the electricity used and switching to high-efficiency motors and VSDs as a clever solution.

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Speaker:
Adnan Ashraf, Global Industry Segment Manager, Chemicals, Oil and Gas, ABB

The Chemicals, Oils, and Gas (COG) industries are known globally for their energy-intensive processes involved in obtaining desired products. With mounting pressure to enhance efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, these industries must focus on energy conservation measures. Induction motors, being the most energy-intensive equipment in COG operations, consume 45-50% of the total electricity, with even higher percentages for specific industry processes.

Given the significant energy consumption by high voltage motors worldwide, it is critical to design motors for optimum efficiency and a lower CO2 footprint. However, the industry faces significant challenges, particularly related to motor oversizing, leading to reduced efficiency and increased CO2 emissions.

This upcoming webinar aims to address the key factors concerning motor oversizing and discuss how motors can be designed for specific applications to achieve optimal efficiency and significantly reduce the CO2 footprint. Participants will gain valuable insights from the perspective of motor manufacturers, understanding how motors are tailored to meet the requirements of driven equipment manufacturers while adhering to essential industry specifications.

With COG industries under heightened scrutiny to minimize their CO2 footprint and improve energy consumption, attending this webinar will provide crucial knowledge and potential solutions to enhance the performance of high voltage motors while promoting sustainability.

Key factors in Oversizing of High Voltage Induction Motor
Environmental impact of Oversized Induction Motors Chemical, Oil & Gas industries applications
Energy efficiency of High voltage Induction Motors
Chemical, Oil & Gas industries applications

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Speakers:
Juha-Pekka Kivioja, Global Product Manager, ABB
Daniel Olsson, Global Sales Manager, Marine Industry, System Drives, ABB

Ocean shipping carries around 90% of traded goods and volumes are set to triple by 2050. At the same time, shipping accounts for 2.6% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and without any countermeasures this figure will also triple by 2050. Ship owners, shipbuilders, marine systems integrators and OEMs are looking at various technologies to ensure that vessels – both existing and newbuild - will comply with the increasing requirements.

Shaft generators represent a proven and well-established solution, which permanent magnet technology takes to the next level in terms of efficiency and emissions reduction. They are already fully available and are easy to integrate into existing and newbuild vessels.

The ABB Permanent Magnet Shaft Generator product, the highly efficient solution is here to improve the energy efficiency in shipping, “why to invest in the ABB shaft generator and drive package” explaining the value proposition and benefits of the solution for our customers, such as ship owners, operators, ship builders / shipyards as well as system integrators for the electrical power network and power drive trains for the ships.

Welcome on board for the journey towards an energy efficient future for shipping with ABB’s high efficient Permanent Magnet Shaft Generator and Drive Technology.

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Webinar from March 22nd 2023

Webinar from November 22nd 2022

Webinar from September 27th 2022

Webinar from June 20, 2022

Speaker:
Luca Rizzo, Industry Manager, ABB

Desalination represents a major solution to the global challenge of water availability.

However, the energy required to run high pressure pumps for desalination accounts for between 25 and 40 percent of the overall cost of the water it produces. Improving efficiency in such an energy intensive industry is vital.

ABB’s Luca Rizzo discusses the challenges and available solutions for desalination operators, offering valuable insight into how ABB’s water professionals tackle the kinds of challenges you face every day.

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Speaker:
Christian Payerl, Area Sales Manager, Synchronous Condensers, ABB

Renewable resources like wind and solar are fast replacing large, centralized fossil-fuel plants to decarbonize electricity production. However, the increasing penetration of renewables in power grids is reducing the inertia that is essential for a stable operation of the power grid.

This renewable energy source, usually intermittent wind and solar power, has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the amount of spinning inertia in the grid, otherwise known as kinetic reserve.

Inertia is vital to resist sudden changes, such as when a generator trips offline, so that the grid frequency remains within tightly controlled limits. It is rather like a car’s shock absorbers smoothing out a sudden bump in the road to keep it safely on course. Power grids rely on their inertia to keep them in balance. So what solutions are available to maintain this inertia and grid stability?

Join Christian Payerl at this webinar, where he explains how Synchronous Condensers can restore the balance for urban networks and remote islands.

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Speaker:
David Bjerhag, Regional Division Manager, ABB

It is estimated that by 2050, the global population will rise to 9.7 billion, from 7.7 billion in 2019. The global economy is expected to more than double over the same period. Urbanization, automation, and the rise of living standards will increase the demand for energy globally. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities and towns, and the United Nations projects that the global urban population will increase to around 68% by 2050.

If we continue with business as usual, this scale of expansion will accelerate climate change, and degrade the quality of air and water upon which all living organisms depend. To protect the environment without tempering economic growth, we need to redouble our commitment to reducing the consumption of energy and natural resources.

In keeping with global trends, the demand for electric motion is expected to grow significantly. According to the IEA, industry accounts for 37% of global energy use and 24% of global CO2 emissions, and buildings account for around 30% of energy consumption and 28% of CO2 emissions. A large proportion of this activity is associated with electric motors.

It is estimated that roughly 70% of electricity consumed by industry is used by electric motor systems. In commercial buildings, 38% of electric energy consumption is for motors. Electric motors have been in use for 150 years, and they have steadily improved over time. The latest wave of improvements has opened the door to a significant reduction of the carbon footprint of industrial and commercial electric motors in the immediate future. But there is still more that can be done.

Join David Bjerhag, Regional Division Manager, Large Motors and Generator, ABB, where he will discuss the challenges we face in addressing energy efficiency and what manufacturers like ABB will need to do to provide the necessary technologies to continue to drive innovation that improves energy efficiency and reduce the acceleration of climate change.

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Speakers:
Nora Han, Business Development Manager, ABB
David Villa, Key Account Manager, ABB

The Hydrogen Economy is an economy that relies on H2 as the commercial fuel that delivers substantial fraction of a nation or industry's energy and services. The economy can be realized if H2 can be produced economically in an environmental-friendly manner.

Find out how ABB's energy efficient powertrain solutions help accelerate the world's decarbonization effort.

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Webinar from December 9, 2021

Webinar from November 24, 2021

Webinar from November 10, 2021

Webinar from October 27, 2021

Speakers:
Andrea Casiraghi, Global Industry Segment Manager
Tapio Annala, R&D Manager, Ex certificates

This webinar is about different type of Ex classification, regulation and design criteria for Ex motors in hazardous areas.

Agenda:

Explosive atmosphere

Hazardous area certifications and relevant standards

Certification schemes

Equipment Protection Level

Applicable IEC Ex standards

National standards

Ex products standards, basic motor design and requirements

Value proposition of different Ex protections

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Speaker:
Juha Lehtonen, Global Product Manager, Modular Induction Motors

The webinar covers bearing design, bearing type selection and lubrication in large motors and generators.

Agenda:

Bearing calculations

Bearing type selection

Lubricant properties and selection

How ABB leads the way in bearing technology

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Speaker:
David Villa, Global Industry Segment Manager

In this webinar we explain how a smooth operation is vital to reduce downtime and increase the availability and productivity of electrical motors and generators.

Agenda:

1. Vibrations

- Why vibrations are harmful

- Physical phenomena

- Terminology

- International standards

2. Vibration measurement

- Measuring instruments

- Proximity transducers

- Seismic transducers

3. Lateral critical speeds

- Definition

- First and second lateral mode

- Standards

- Well damped critical speed

- Critical speed control and calculation

4. Motor foundation

- Requirements

-Influence on dynamics

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Speaker:
Christian Payerl, Area sales manager, Large Motors and Generators, ABB.

Overview

Regulation calling for emission reductions, electrification in key applications, automation, and others, the mining industry is facing several challenges nowadays.

In this webinar, we will talk about the trend and challenges of the mining industry focusing on the weak grid and different loads issues, and how Synchronous condensers can support these challenges.

Agenda

This webinar is about how Synchronous Condensers can support grid stability for the Mining Industry.

Learn about:

• Challenges and trends in the mining industry

• ABB Synchronous Condensers options and references

• ABB´s high inertia solution for the mining industry

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