·       “Demineralization and Degasification of Boiler Feedwater in Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Plants” - Hot Topic Hour - August 28, 2014 

·       Gas Turbine – Combined Cycle Supplier Program Has Continually Updated Project Information

·       Environmental Catalyst Market to Exceed $7.9 Billion In 2015

·       Fabric Filter Market Could Be $ 4 Billion Larger If Catalytic Filter Is Adopted

·       Renewable Energy Briefs

·       Utility E-Alert Headlines –August 15, 2014

·       McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

“Demineralization and Degasification of Boiler Feedwater in Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Plants” - Hot Topic Hour - August 28 at 10 a.m. Central Time

The webinar on August 28 will focus on demineralization and degasification in combined cycle gas turbine plants.  Participants can review lots of information ahead of time posted to Degasification and Demineralization.  This website covers semiconductor, pharmaceutical, nuclear and coal applications.  However, this webinar will be focused on the unique needs of combined cycle power plants.  This includes the need for rapid cycling due to the role of the gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) in supplementing wind and solar. Many new gas turbine plants are using treated municipal wastewater which presents its own set of problems.

Tom Tschanz of the McIlvaine Company will provide the initial overview.

Deaeraton with forced and induced draft designs, degasification with vacuum degasifiers and membranes will be analyzed.  Locations including pre treatment, post treatment and condensate return will be reviewed.  The advantages of the Membrana membrane approach will be compared to alternative mechanical approaches and to the chemical approach which entails continuing chemical cost plus energy consumption and water cost with excess blowdown.

Ion exchange will be compared to electrodeionizaton.  Michael Snow president of Snowpure will present the case for electrodeionization.  He will address concerns relative to the capability to handle the flow from a large GTCC with the higher-capacity EXL^™ product.

Ken Kuruc of Hach will be relating the desired measurements to the reasons why they are important.  For example, cationic conductivity is a conductivity measurement after cation exchange: allcations, and, therefore, ammonium ions (NH4+), are removed and converted into hydrogen ions (H+).  Inorganics (chloride, sulfates) and organics (acetate, formate) anions present (counter ion of cations, Cl-, SO42-) can be easily determined because they are in their highly conductive acidic form (H+, Cl- ; 2H+, SO42-).  Any increase in cationic conductivity highlights anionic contamination.  A detailed analysis of the instruments, processes and measurement locations by Hach is posted on the site.

Brad Bueker of Kiewit will summarize from direct experience and also the extensive work of personnel at organizations such as the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to show that the reducing environment produced by oxygen scavengers initiates and propagates flow accelerated corrosion (FAC) in the feedwater system and other components of high pressure steam generators, including heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs).  Since 1986, FAC induced attacks have caused numerous failures, some with fatalities, at a number of power plants in the U.S.  Yet, specifications for new power plants, most of which are now combined cycle units, often continue to call for oxygen scavenger feed to the condensate, even though the feedwater system typically contains no copper alloys. He presented a paper on this subject at IWC.  We will seek permission to reproduce it for the site.

The webinar is free-of-charge to power plant owners.  To register:

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Gas Turbine – Combined Cycle Supplier Program Has Continually Updated Project Information

Weekly project updates identify project developments in the timeliest manner.  For many products the decisions are now being made for projects starting up in 2015.  With this system you can click on the year and state or country and immediately identify the projects that should be pursued.

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Environmental Catalyst Market to Exceed $7.9 Billion In 2015

Sales of environmental catalysts will exceed $7.9 billion in 2015.  This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company by aggregating forecasts in two separate reports which it publishes.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Sales of mobile catalysts will far exceed those for stationary source applications.  Catalysts for VOC and organic hazardous air pollutants are utilized in catalytic oxidizers in the chemical, oil and gas, remediation and other industries.  Stationary NO_x catalysts are primarily used in power plants. However, chemical plants, refineries and municipal waste combustion facilities also utilize these catalysts to reduce NO_x to N₂.

Both light duty and heavy duty automobiles and trucks use catalysts for organics and increasingly NO_x reduction.  The large increase in vehicle use in Asia is a major factor in the relatively high growth rate for mobile catalyst sales.

A negative factor is the increasing popularity of natural gas and even LNG for vehicles. With large quantities of shale gas available in the U.S., there is an economic justification for natural gas use in trucks and other large vehicles.

The massive program to convert coal to gas in China will make gas an attractive mobile fuel.

The stationary NO_x catalyst market is growing at 7 percent per year. The main driver is the decision by Chinese power plants to incorporate selective catalytic reduction on most coal-fired boilers.

Information on the VOCs and mobile catalyst is found in N007 Thermal Catalytic World Air Pollution Markets.

The information on stationary NO_x catalyst is found at N035 NOx Control World Market

Fabric Filter Market Could Be $ 4 Billion Larger If Catalytic Filter Is Adopted

The world fabric filter systems market will be much larger in 2017 if catalytic filter technology is adopted.  This is the conclusion of the McIlvaine Company in World Fabric Filter and Element Market.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

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The forecast without a major technology change is for 2017 fabric filter system revenues of $8.9 billion.  This forecast assumes that electrostatic precipitators will remain the choice for coal-fired power plant operators.  However, a new option has become available. The catalytic filter can remove particulate, NO_x and acid gases.  If operated at 850^oF, it will allow for the maximum energy recovery.  If operated at 500^oF, the materials of construction costs are lower and mercury can be removed. There are sorbents which can remove mercury at 500^oF but not 850^oF.

Power plants account for 50 percent of all the gas exhausted from the world’s industrial plants.  Ninety-five of the power plants exhaust flows through electrostatic precipitators.  New regulations in China, the U.S. and other countries are making it difficult to meet the new particulate standards with precipitators.  These devices do not remove NO_x. They are not suited to remove acid gases and mercury even with large amounts of reagent.

One choice to meet the new regulations is to upgrade the existing precipitator, install an SCR system and install an FGD system. The cost to make these additions at a 500 MW plant is $200 million.  For less than $100 million a catalytic filter system can be installed. Another benefit is more extracted heat and an efficiency improvement of 3 percent.  This results in hundreds of thousands of tons less CO₂ being discharged.

• Catalytic filters are proving to be reliable on difficult applications such as waste incineration.  The only question is lack of experience on coal-fired applications.  To further analyze this very attractive potential, McIlvaine has set up a free website on the subject:  Hot Gas Filters - Continuous Analyses

A series of webinars are being conducted.  The next one is September 4, 2014.

For more information on World Fabric Filter and Element Market, click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/110-n021

Renewable Energy Briefs

3000 MW Wind Farm Wins Approval of Wyoming Siting Council

The State of Wyoming's Industrial Siting Council voted unanimously on August 6 to approve Power Company of Wyoming LLC's application for a permit to construct and operate the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project. With up to 1,000 wind turbines and a nameplate capacity of 3,000 megawatts, the CCSM Project will be the largest wind farm in Wyoming and one of the largest in the world.

The CCSM Project is located within the Overland Trail Ranch in south-central Wyoming, where private land is interspersed with federal and state land in a checkerboard pattern. Because the wind project is partially sited on federal land, the Bureau of Land Management completed a project-wide Environmental Impact Statement, and a Record of Decision approving the site for wind development was signed in 2012. Two subsequent tiered Environmental Assessments addressing PCW's site-specific plans of development are anticipated to be completed by the BLM before the end of the year. The project also has received the necessary major permit from Carbon County.

When fully built, the CCSM Project will generate enough electricity to supply nearly 1 million western U.S. households. It also will create 114 operations and maintenance jobs and will pay millions of dollars in state and local taxes and federal royalties.

Jinko Power Signs Five Year 500 MW PV Project Development Agreement with Economic Development Zone of Lishui City

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd announced that JinkoSolar Power Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the company has signed a PV project development agreement with the Economic Development Zone of Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, to develop a 500 MW PV power plant with an aggregate investment amount of RMB5 billion.

According to the terms of the agreement, the 500 MW PV power plant will be constructed over period of 5 years with an annual installation target of 100 MW, of which 60 MW will be distributed and 40 MW will be ground-mounted. The first phase of construction will begin during the second half of 2014 with an installation target of 50 MW to be completed before the end of the year.

Trina Solar to Develop 49.9 MW Solar Power Plant in UK

Trina Solar Limited announced the acquisition of a 49.9 MW utility-scale ground-mounted power project in the UK from Good Energy Group PLC (Good Energy).

The solar PV power plant received planning consent in January 2014 and will utilize Trina Solar's high quality PV modules. Construction will start in the third quarter of 2014 and the site is expected to be connected to the national grid before the end of the first quarter of 2015.

B&W Volund to Supply Biomass Fired Boiler for Danish Power Station

DONG Energy has chosen Babcock & Wilcox Vølund as supplier of two complete biomass-fired boiler systems and equipment to the Skærbæk Power Station in Fredericia, Denmark, with a value of close to approximately 500 million DKK ($89.66 million). The plant will convert wood chips and biomass residues into electricity and district heating and will have an annual capacity of approximately 280 MW. The contract was won after a competitive bid, and the new plant will be operational in the beginning of 2017.

Yokogawa Wins Control System Order for Kamojang Geothermal Power Station in Indonesia

​Yokogawa Electric Corporation will supply the control system for Unit 5 of the Kamojang geothermal power station in Indonesia. The order for this project was received through Tokyo Denki Sangyo, a Yokogawa sales agent, and was placed by Fuji Electric, which is responsible for manufacturing and delivering the unit's steam turbine and generator.

The geothermal plant is owned and operated by PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), the geothermal arm of the state-run oil and gas company, Pertamina, and is located in Garut, a city situated approximately 40 km from Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia.  Unit 5 will have a 35 MW power generation capacity, and its construction is scheduled to be completed by July 2015.

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Headlines for Utility E-Alert – August 15, 2014

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1187 – August 15, 2014

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COAL – US

·       OG&E submits Environmental Compliance Plan for Three Power Plants

·       Groups want Indianapolis Power & Light to test Water

COAL - WORLD

·       Sri Lanka Power Authority seeks International Investors for Sampur Power Plant

·       National Economic Council approves Matarbari 2x600 MW Ultra Supercritical Coal-fired Power Project in Bangladesh

·       Indonesia taking action to prevent Power shortfall as Batang Coal-fired Power Plant faces another delay

·       Doosan to supply FGD Technology to Mejillones Coal-fired Power Plant Project in Chile

·       Siemens supplies Gear Units to BHEL for Coal-fired Power Plant in India

GAS/OIL – US

·       Ground broken on Combined Cycle Natural Gas-fired Project in Pennsylvania

·       CPV secures financing for Waldorf, MD Gas-fired Power Plant

·       Federal Court strikes down Illegal Permit for Avenal Power Plant in California

·       Officials looking at Biomass Plant in Sacul, TX as site for new Gas-fired Power Plant

GAS/OIL - WORLD

·       CMI installs Boilers behind GE, Mitsubishi Gas Turbines in Russia and Bangladesh

·       Capital Power gets go-ahead to build Genesee 4 and 5 Gas-fired Power Plants in Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

CO₂

·       Addition to article in August 1 E-Alert 1185 - Sargent & Lundy receives Engineering Contract for Petra Nova Carbon Capture Project 

NUCLEAR

·       PSEG plans Site for New Reactor

·       NRC wants Public Comment on Sequoyah Nuclear Plant’s License Renewal

·       Hokuriku Electric Power Co. applies for Safety Review for Shika 2 in Ishikawa Prefecture Chūbu, Japan

BUSINESS

·       SembCorp to increase stake in Andhra Pradesh Coal-fired Power Plant

·       Wyman Station in Yarmouth, Maine taken off Market

·       Mexico’s Congress approves overhaul of Energy Industry

·       Adani buys Lanco’s Udupi Power Plant in Karnataka, India

·       As many as 11 International Firms and Consortiums are considering Bids to build Two Major Power Plants in Oman

·       Major Shift in the World Air Pollution Control Market

·       Flow Control and Treatment Sales in the World’s Semiconductor Industry will increase to over $6.5 Billion in 2015

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·       Hot Topic Hour on August 14 was Industrial Boiler and Cement MACT Timing and Compliance Options

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