TECHNICAL TOURS

The following technical tours have been made available by the conference organizers. The technical tours will take place on the morning of Tuesday, 21 August 2007. The cost per tour is ZAR 200 per person. Only one of the visits can be attended by a delegate.

Visit to the PBMR facility at Pelindaba

Visit to Honeywell / SASOL Non-linear Control Installation at Sasolburg

The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor project is a major undertaking in South Africa with major stakeholders such as ESKOM and the South African Government involved. This visit will take you to Pelindaba west of Pretoria to see the Helium cooling test facility. This plant contains everything except the actual nuclear reactor.

The cost for the visit is ZAR 200.

Prior requirement is knowledge of the attendee's shoe size for issuing safety shoes.

Attendees are required to bring a valid passport / identity document as proof of identity to the plant.

Only groups of 10 to 44 can be accommodated.

Sasol Polymers is a leading producer of both Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE).  On this site visit delegates will visit the Sasol Polymers Plant in Sasolburg.  An outline of the process will be given, together with the use of non linear model predictive control to improve the production and agility of the plant.

The cost for the visit is ZAR 200.

Attendees are required to bring a valid passport / identity document as proof of identity to the plant.

Only one group of up to 15 persons can be accommodated.

Persons from the polymer industries will not be allowed to attend the visit.

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Last updated: March 02, 2007 14:45:52