·       Granular Media Filters Will Account For 26 Percent of the $6.6 Billion Liquid Filtration Market In 2015

·       Asia Will Account For 43 Percent of the Air and Water Monitoring Market Next Year

·       Headlines for Utility E-Alert – July 11, 2014

·       “Wet Calcium FGD” is the “Hot Topic Hour” On July 24, 2014

·       McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

Granular Media Filters Will Account For 26 Percent of the $6.6 Billion Liquid Filtration Market In 2015

Sales of macrofiltration equipment and consumables will reach nearly $6.6 billion in 2015. The granular media segment will generate revenues of $1.7 billion or 26 percent of the total, this is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

The largest use of granular media filters is in drinking water plants.  However, they are used for pre-filtration of intake water at many industrial plants.  They are also used to purify wastewater.  The second most popular filter type will be filter presses.  This design is used to dewater products and waste.  Filter presses are capable of converting 5 percent slurry to moisture levels below 10 percent.  The presses are widely used in the chemical industry where the substance dewatered is the chemical product.

Automatic backwash filters represent the category with the largest growth over the last twenty years. These units are capable of removing particles as small as 25 microns in diameter.  Amiad and Eaton are leading suppliers of this filter type.

Belt filter presses are primarily used to dewater municipal sludge.  Small numbers are also used in coal mining. The food industry also uses these presses to dewater wastes.  Bag filters are used where small particles must be removed from liquids which contain relatively small quantities of solids.  Unlike the other filter types, the bags are not cleanable.

For more information on Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/118-n006

Asia Will Account For 43 Percent of the Air and Water Monitoring Market Next Year

Sales of instrumentation and controls to monitor air and water will exceed $23 billion in 2015.  Asia will account for 43 percent of the total.  This is the conclusion reached in Air and Water Monitoring: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

China will account for 25 percent of the total expenditures. This may be one reason that the world air pollution control research center for Thermo Fisher is located in this country. The biggest growth segment within the Chinese market is associated with coal. The amount of air and water monitoring equipment purchased in association with coal-to-chemicals and coal-to-syngas plants in China will exceed the total monitoring expenditures for conventional petrochemical plants in any other country of the world.

The projects converting coal-to-syngas will consume large quantities of water.  This requires intake and process monitoring.  Monitoring of wastewater quality, pH and other parameters are also necessary. These projects generate pollutants which must be monitored. They also require sophisticated process controls in the gas stream.

In the large coal-to-chemicals program, both air and water monitors are required.  China is also the largest producer of cement where both air pollution and gas process controls are needed.  As a leading semiconductor producer, China buys expensive monitors to precisely measure minute quantities of contaminants in the ultrapure water needed to wash the chips.

The Chinese government is increasing its enforcement activities and requiring more extensive use of continuous monitors both for air and water. The highly polluted air and water throughout the country will continue to be a big driver of the market.

For more information on Air and Water Monitoring: World Market, click on:   http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/106-n031.

Headlines for Utility E-Alert – July 11, 2014

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1182 – July 11, 2014

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Alabama Power invests $380 Million at Gorgas Coal-fired Power Plant
• Ameren Missouri plans to close Meramec Coal-fired Power Plant by 2022
• Alliant Energy and its Partners launch Second Major Environmental Investment at Columbia Power Plant in Wisconsin
• New York DEC prohibits burning Coal at Danskammer in Newburgh, NY
• Update from Duke Energy on cleanup of Coal Ash along Dan River
• Black & Veatch selected as EPC Contractor for Air Quality Control Project in Alaska

COAL - WORLD

• Siemens wins Instrumentation Contract at Indian Coal-fired Power Plant in Bihar, India
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• Korean Firms to break Ground for Coal-fired Power Plant in Subic, Philippines

GAS/OIL – US

·       Navasota to build three 543 MW Gas-fired Peaking Power Plants in Texas

·       EPA finalizes Greenhouse Gas Permit for Golden Spread Electric in Hale County, TX

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·       PMFG, Inc. awarded New SCR System Orders for Taiwan valued at More Than $10 Million

·       Uzbekistan intends to construct Two Combined Cycle Power Plants at Syrdarya TPP

·       Firms to build 5,715-MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plants in the Philippines

CO₂

·       World's Largest CO₂ Emitters sign Deals on Clean Energy

·       Drax wins €300 million EU Grant to trap and store CO₂

NUCLEAR

• Toshiba and GDF SUEZ complete NuGen Nuclear Energy Project at Moorside, England

BUSINESS

·       Avista closes Deal to buy Juneau Utility

·       Chesapeake Energy selling Marcellus Shale assets for $336 Million

·       Global Power Equipment Group awarded over $30 Million in Orders

·       POWER Engineers, Inc. announces acquisition of Burns and Roe Enterprises

·       Calpine completes sale of Six Power Plants to LS Power Affiliate

·       Chinese Coal-to-Liquids and Gas Program Could Completely Change the World Energy Markets

·       Large Gas Turbine Aftermarket

HOT TOPIC HOUR

§  DSI was Hot Topic Agenda June 10

§  “Gas Turbine Emission Control” Webinar on July 17^th will focus on NO_x, CO and Toxics

§  Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on: 

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/2-uncategorised/89-42ei

“Wet Calcium FGD” is the “Hot Topic Hour” On July 24, 2014

There is a big initial investment in wet FGD.  Operation and maintenance costs are also significant.  Regulators in the U.S. and China are putting pressure on operators to increase removal efficiency.  There are new challenges as regulations on mercury capture, wastewater and solid waste can dictate changes in wet FGD operation and design.

A new website, Wet Calcium FGD-Continuing Analysis, is being created for power plants which are making decisions about new or replacement systems as well as improved operation of existing FGD systems.  This site will be freely accessed.  It is part of a whole new wikinomics concept - Continuous Analyses.  Periodic webinars will be free to utilities.  The goal is to make this site the default starting point for utility decision makers.

This first webinar will be introductory, but will be enhanced with insights from the following panelists.

Scott D. Miller, PE, Director of Engineering Technology, Advatech - A URS & MHPSA Company

Scott Fraley, Sr., Technical Specialist, FGT Markets, Carmeuse Lime & Stone Technology Center

Pete Klipfel, Gardner Denver (In DB as IDEX Fluid & Metering/ Versa-Matic Pump Company)

Gordon Maller, Manager, Projects, URS Corp.

Specific Issues which will be continually analyzed include, but are not limited to:

For the complete Hot Topic schedule and registration information see below.  The webinar on July 24 is free to power plant operators and McIlvaine subscribers.  There is a charge for others. 

To register for the “Hot Topic Hour”, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=675

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McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

On Thursday at 10 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting on important energy and pollution control subjects. Power webinars are free for subscribers to either Power Plant Air Quality Decisions or Utility Tracking System. The cost is $300.00 for non-subscribers.

See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours. We welcome your input relative to suggested additions.

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