The Ash Behavior and Mercury Control Short Course held at the Marriott Denver Airport at Gateway Park, Denver, Colorado, on September 6-7, 2006, was a 2-day course designed to assist personnel in the coal-fired utility industry to understand and manage ash-related problems and to identify mercury emission control strategies. Each day focused on separate topics. Attendees could choose to attend one or both of the following topics to best suit their interests.

Day 1: Ash Behavior
Participants in this course were provided with a practical overview of ash formation, slagging, and fouling behavior in coal-fired boilers to assist in understanding and managing ash-related problems.

Day 2: Mercury Control
This course provided an overview of recent advancements in mercury transformations, speciation, measurement, and control strategies. Participants gained up-to-date knowledge of developments related to measurement and control of mercury emissions from coal-fired boilers based on results obtained in laboratory-, pilot-, and full-scale testing.

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Short Course Demographics
The Denver training course attracted 25 attendees from 17 organizations, 9 states, and 3 foreign countries: Canada, Italy, and Mexico. Attendees represented the following job functions:

	Chemist	4%
	Coal Supplier	4%
	Equipment Vendor	8%
	Government and Regulatory	24%
	Industry	16%
	Plant Manager	8%
	Plant Engineer	8%
	Utility Personnel	28%

Comments from Attendees

•	"Covered a lot of ground in one day - nice job!"
•	"All information has direct application to the issues that are faced (in my job)."
•	"Overall it helped to identify more technically why the ash does what it does back home in our boilers."