Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 – 11:45 am

Lunch (On your own):         11:45 am – 1:00 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:00 – 5:00 pm

Overview of HMR52-FL Software

    Development of HMR512
   Development of HMR523 HMR52-FL for EXCEL

HMR52-FL Features

   MR52-FL input sheets
   HMR52-FL output sheets
   HMR52-FL analysis
   HMR52-FL DSS interface

HMR52-FL Toolbar

   Documentation & Information Apps
   Basin importing apps
   Other basin apps
   Basin combining
   PMP analysis apps
   Printing apps
   HEC-DSS apps
   Program subscription apps

Open HMR52-FL – Demonstration of Applications
HMR52-FL Examples

   Review of standard storm examples
      • Example 1 – McDonald Dam with 11 basins
      • Example 2 – Seneca River NY with 35 basins
   Review of Advanced Storm Features
      • Example 2B – Example 2 – 2 storm centers
      • Example 2C – Example 2 – varying storm ratio

Overiew of HELP-FL Software

   HELP-FL for EXCEL Intro

HELPUSGS-FL Features

   Introduction
   Analyses

HELPUSGS-FL Toolbar

   Documentation & information apps
   Web apps
   Statistical apps
   General support apps

Open HELPUSGS-FL – Demonstration of Applications
HELPDATASET-FL Features

   Development Inputs
   Conventional turbine inputs
   Hydrokinetic turbine Inputs

HELPMAIN-FL Features

   Energy analysis
   Auto results rollups
   Auto results plotting
   Financial analyses
   Instream flow incremental methodology

HELPMAIN-FL Toolbar

   Documentation & information apps
   Development & turbine apps
   Calculation apps
   Results apps
   General support apps
   HEC-DSS interface apps

Open HELPDATASET-FL & HELPMAIN-FL – Demonstration of Applications
HELP-FL Examples

   Review of demonstrations
      • Demo 1 – Reservoir storage option
      • Demo 2 – Historical elevations
      • Demo 3 – Two scenario comparison
      • Demo 4 – Taintor gate option

Credits

Professional/Civil Engineers
     7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours

Floodplain Managers
     6.0 ASFPM CECs

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 continuing education hours to professional/civil engineers in all states, to whom the subject matter is relevant.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this program for 6.0 ASFPM CECs.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Gary Franc

Civil Engineer

Mr. Franc possesses over 35 years of hydroelectric engineering, operations and development experience with 25 years involved with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issues dealing with licensing, relicensing, and Part 12 dam safety compliance issues. He has demonstrated abilities in water resources modeling, hydrology, hydraulics, finance, database management, stochastic processes, computer systems, statistics and application software development. Mr. Franc has and have an extensive knowledge of all the Corps’ Hydrologic Engineering Center’s (HEC) packages as well as Microsoft’s, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access Programs. Mr. Franc has managed projects dealing with the identification of new potential conventional hydropower, water supply and pump storage sites and the acquisition of existing hydro assets. He possesses considerable experience in the development of site hydrology, including:

  • unregulated inflow
  • flood-flow frequency analysis
  • drought contingency plans
  • river-channel and reservoir routing
  • open-channel and rainfall runoff modeling and analysis

Mr. Franc has developed reservoir operations models and evaluated the energy output and financial viability of hydroelectric projects as part of feasibility studies. He is currently a sole proprietor specializing in FERC licensing and compliance and due diligence for potential hydro acquisitions. A sideline of his business is the use of proprietary software packages that afford detailed study and development of energy potential and financial estimates for existing and proposed turbine upgrades, replacements, or additions. Mr. Franc’s additional area of study is the development of probable maximum precipitation (PMP) and/or probable maximum floods (PMF) as they relate to the inflow design floods (IDF), spillway adequacy and emergency action plans (EAP).