Five Conference Tracks

Day 1 presentations will be published online Wednesday, 9/23/2020 and Day 2 presentations Thursday, 9/24/2020 at 10 am EST. Registrants will receive a unique link via email to access the presentations at the Best Practices 2020 ONLINE EVENT! 

10:00 AM: First Wave of Pre-Recorded Sessions Published

Track 1: Compressed Air Technology Fundamentals & Maintenance

• • • Rotary Screw Air Compressor Fundamentals & Maintenance, Wayne Perry, Senior Technical Director, Kaeser Compressors
    • Refrigerated Air Dryer Fundamentals & Maintenance, Nitin Shanbhag, President, Mikropor America
    • Fundamentals of Measurement and Visualization of KPIs, Pascal van Putten, CEO, VPInstruments

Track 2: Compressed Air System Energy Conservation

• • • Interpreting Data Logging: Seven Telltale Signs of Trouble, Ron Marshall, Chief Auditor, Marshall Compressed Air Consulting
    • Operating Rotary Screw Air Compressors in Hot Ambient Conditions,  Manhar Grewal, R&D Commercial Systems Product Manager, Sullair
    • Proven Compressed Air Treasure Hunt Projects, Frank Moskowitz, AirScan Expert, Atlas Copco Compressors

Track 3: Industrial Blower & Vacuum Fundamentals & System Optimization

• • • Industrial Blower Sizing & Applications, Gary Fleming, Sr. Application Engineer, Harris Equipment
    • Semiconductor Fabricator Increases Vacuum Fleet Productivity Using APQP Quality Standard, Geoffrey Downing, Business Development Manager, Busch Vacuum Solutions
    • How to Design & Tune a Centralized Vacuum System, Tim Dugan, President, Compression Engineering Corporation

Track 4: Aeration Blower Sizing & Specifications

• • • New Innovations in Blower Technology, Julie Gass, P. E., Lead Mechanical Process Engineer, and Vishnu Guntupalli, P. Eng., Mechanical Engineer, Black & Veatch
    • Selection Criteria for Turbo and Screw Blowers in Aeration Systems, Stephen Horne, Blower Product Manager, Kaeser Compressors

Track 5: Chiller & Cooling Tower Fundamentals & Specifications

• • • Cooling Tower Fundamentals, Kent Martens, Regional Sales Manager, SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc., maker of Marley® Cooling Towers
    • Benefits and Designs of Free Cooling Chiller Systems, Tom Stone, National Sales Manager, Industrial Markets, Thermal Care

1:00 PM: Live Keynote Presentation 

CAGI: The Voice of the Compressed Air Industry
Chad Larrabee, Education Committee Chair, The Compressed Air & Gas Institute

1:30 PM: Live Keynote Presentation 

Developing a World Class Industrial Energy Program
Thomas A. Pagliuco, Exec. Director, Global Energy Engineering, AbbVie

Five Conference Tracks

Day 1 presentations will be published online Wednesday, 9/23/2020 and Day 2 presentations Thursday, 9/24/2020 at 10 am EST. Registrants will receive a unique link via email to access the presentations at the Best Practices 2020 ONLINE EVENT! 

10:00 AM: Second Wave of Pre-Recorded Sessions Published

Track 1: Compressed Air Technology Fundamentals & Maintenance

• • • Centrifugal Air Compressor Fundamentals & Maintenance,  Allen Behbehani, Global Technical Sales Manager – Engineered Systems, Ingersoll Rand
    • Desiccant Air Dryer Fundamentals, Maintenance and Dew Point Quality Monitoring, Russ Jones, Regional Sales Manager-Northeast, BEKO Technologies

Track 2: Compressed Air System Energy Conservation

• • • Designing Piping Systems for Low Pressure Drop, Tom Taranto, Owner, Data Power Services
    • Variable Speed Drive Air Compressors for Varying Demand Profiles,  Brian Mann, Air Systems Manager, Sullair
    • Compressed Air Specifications & Quality Control for Food Safety, Rod Smith, Publisher, Best Practices Magazines & EXPO

Track 3: Industrial Blower & Vacuum Fundamentals & System Optimization

• • • The Heart of Pneumatic Conveying Systems – Positive Displacement Blower Calculations, Roger Blanton, Sales Manager – Turbines & Compressors, Howden Roots
    • Fundamentals of Vacuum Pump Sizing, Antonio Mantilla, Products & Applications Manager – Industrial Vacuum, Atlas Copco

Track 4: Aeration Blower Sizing & Specifications

• • • Sizing Multiple Small Blowers for Energy Savings & Redundancy, Patrick Gedgaudas, Sales Director, Inovair
    • Aeration Blower Selection: It’s All About The Bubbles, Tom Jenkins, President, JenTech

Track 5: Chiller & Cooling Tower Fundamentals & Specifications

• • • New Vapor Compression Technology to Reduce Heating & Cooling Operating Costs & CO₂ Emissions, Drew Turner, Global Marketing Manager, Danfoss
    • Waterside Economizer for Air-Cooled Chillers, Frank Silva, Product Manager, Air-Cooled Products, Carrier Commercial HVAC NA

1:00 PM: Live Keynote Presentation 

The Compressed Air Challenge, Efficiency Training of Compressed Air Systems
 Steve Briscoe, President, The Compressed Air Challenge

1:30 PM: Live Keynote Presentation 

Paving the Way for Energy Management at CalPortland
Stephen Coppinger, PE, – VP, Engineering Services, CalPortland

3:00 PM: Live Discussion Forum

How to Best Monitor & FIX Compressed Air Leaks

Featuring:

• • • Jon Jensen, CFPPS, CFPECS & CFPAI, Industry Projects Manager – Energy Certified Machinery Safety Expert (TUV Nord) SMC Corporation of America
    • Leslie Marshall, Corporate Energy Engineer Lead – General Mills
    • Ron Marshall, Chief Auditor – Marshall Compressed Air Consulting
    • Wayne Perry, Senior Technical Director – Kaeser Compressors
    • Rod Smith, Publisher – Best Practices EXPO & Magazines