·       Industrial Pump Market to Exceed $48 Billion By 2019

·       Air and Water Monitoring Sales to Exceed $32 Billion In 2019

·       Hundreds of Billions Could Be Spent For Upgrading U.S. Wastewater Plants

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Industrial Pump Market to Exceed $48 Billion By 2019

The sales of industrial pumps will exceed $48 billion in 2019. This is the latest prediction of the McIlvaine Company in Pumps World Market.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Industrial Pump Market ($ Millions)

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East Asia will account for 37 percent of the total market.  NAFTA will be a distant second with sales of less than $9 billion. The rapidly growing market in Asia is shaped by a number of factors.

·       Investment in coal to liquids and coal to syngas projects: China is building both direct liquefaction and indirect liquefaction plants.  End products are fuels and chemicals.  Each plant has many pumps to move water, products and treatment chemicals.  Korea and Australia are also pursing these projects to convert coal to liquids and gases including LNG. Pump requirements are challenging due to the pressures and cryogenic temperatures.

·       Coal-fired power plants: East Asia is moving forward with coal-fired power plants.  China already consumes 3.3 billion tons of coal per year but is targeting 4.8 billion tons. Pumps are used for intake water, cooling, boiler feedwater, flue gas desulfurization and wastewater treatment

·       Municipal drinking water and wastewater treatment: The migration of East Asians to cities and the infrastructure to meet their needs is ongoing.

·       Continuing growth in production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, foods, dairy products and fish:  China has the largest aquaculture industry in the world. In fact, fish production equals that of the ROW combined.

·       Mining: China is a leader in iron ore production as well as coal.

For more information on Pumps World Market, click on:   http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/116-n019

Air and Water Monitoring Sales to Exceed $32 Billion In 2019

Sales of instrumentation, software and services to monitor and measure air and water parameters’ will exceed  $32 billion in 2019 representing a growth of over  $5 billion from present levels  this is the latest forecast in Air and Water Monitoring: World Market published by McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Air & Water Monitoring Sales ($ Millions)

The air segment includes stack continuous emissions monitors (CEMS) as well as instruments to measure physical and chemical aspects of process and combustion air. This segment is growing at a high rate due to the huge Chinese initiative to convert coal to synthetic natural gas, chemicals and fuels such as gasoline.  The main route to these end products is gasification of coal. The control of oxygen is critical to the process. The removal of contaminants from the gasified coal needs to be measured.  Pressure and temperature monitoring requires substantial numbers of sensors and control systems.

The monitoring of water and other liquids such as fuels requires twice as much of an investment as does the air monitoring.  One of the more challenging new applications is subsea gas and oil extraction. Monitoring the boiler feedwater for coal-fired power, nuclear and combined cycle gas turbine plants is a major application requiring very precise measurement.  Oxygen needs to be measured in parts per billion. Silica, iron and other contaminants also need to be measured at low levels.

The new ultra-supercritcal coal-fired boilers require higher temperature and pressure measurements than previous generator designs.  There are increasing numbers of contaminants which must be measured in the stack gas discharge.   The U.S. has passed regulations requiring mercury measurements as low as 4 micrograms per cubic meter.

The semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries are measuring much smaller quantities of air, gas and water.  However the need for precision makes the average instrument relatively expensive.  So these two industries are also significant purchasers.

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

Hundreds of Billions Could Be Spent For Upgrading U.S. Wastewater Plants

The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee recently heard testimony which makes a strong case that “Modernizing and replacing the country’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure may be the single largest public works need that our Nation faces and it requires a serious investment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most recent needs survey estimates $187.9 billion is needed today by clean water agencies to comply with the Clean Water Act (CWA).

Some of the wastewater plants in the U.S. were built more than 100 years ago.  Some plants are keeping up with their aging infrastructure, but most are not able to do so due to inadequate funding.  The status of upgrades is continually reported in North American Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities & People Database.

The needs combine upgrades and replacements.  The upgrade need can be likened to that of an old automobile.  Current technology can allow much more efficient and economical operation. Equally important is the need to meet more stringent EPA and State requirements.

Here are some of the cities which are making necessary upgrades or attempting to do so.

$52 Million for Torrington Wyoming Upgrade and Phosphorous and Nitrogen Compliance. 

On Election Day, November 4, a referendum is set for voters to decide whether the city of Torrington can bond $52 million for a massive sewer infrastructure upgrade this fall. The upgrade is the largest ever for the facility, which was built in 1939 and contains 163 miles of sanitary sewer lines. The last major upgrade occurred in 1968. The improvements will help the facility meet more stringent environmental mandates. The EPA has asked facilities to decrease the amount of phosphorus and nitrogen levels in wastewater discharges.  Failure to meet the regulations could result in fines against the city and a moratorium on new sewer connections.

$42.8 Million for Repairs on Bayshore, N.J. Wastewater Plant.

The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA) will begin a $42.8 million project for restoration and mitigation of buildings and machinery damaged during superstorm Sandy at its wastewater treatment plant.  During Sandy, the 14-acre facility was inundated with three feet of water from the Raritan Bay.

King County, Washington Sewer Overflow Project could Cost $2.6 Billion.

A  King County auditor's report found that a combined sewage overflow project originally priced at $711 million could now cost ratepayers $2.6 billion. The Wastewater Treatment Division plans to build nine new facilities to hold and treat storm water and sewage by 2030. The clean water is released into local waterways like the Duwamish River, Puget Sound and Lake Washington.  The county is halting the project for three months until there is a better explanation of the cost differences.

Savannah, GA to Spend $25 Million Plus to Upgrade Sewage Treatment Plant.

Savannah is upgrading its main sewage treatment plant, moving away from incineration and toward a process that could ultimately result in the sale or giveaway of its “Class A biosolids” for agricultural or backyard use. Instead of burning the sludge that remains after wastewater is processed, the city will be harnessing the power of bacteria to render that waste harmless.

$140 Million for Visalia California Upgrade. 

When the work is done, the treated water will meet California's highest cleanliness standards for recycled water, making it usable to water lawns at public areas and to irrigate crops edible for humans, though it cannot be used for drinking.  A key feature is the planned installation of a microfiltration system that - combined with naturally-occurring bacteria used earlier in the cleaning process - will remove fine and dissolved particles from the water after the heavier waste products have been separated. This will be followed by UV disinfection.

$7.5 Billion Water Bond could meet California's Water Needs during Drought.

The $7.5 billion water bond approved by state legislators recently could help pay for local projects, from cleaning the polluted San Fernando Valley groundwater basin to recycling treated sewage for drinking water.

The Los Angeles region depends largely on scarce and expensive imported water, and the bond funds could help reverse that dependence by increasing the local supply. At the same time, the money could help restore native rivers, improve water quality, capture stormwater runoff and build parks.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has some of the region’s most expensive proposed projects.  In the San Fernando Valley basin, the DWP plans to spend between $600 million and $900 million on groundwater treatment facilities to clean up chromium and other pollutants left by aerospace companies and others. The Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Groundwater Replenishment Project would add another layer of treatment to sewer effluent.  It would pump or drain water into the San Fernando Valley groundwater basin.

The Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, which supplies wholesale water to one million residents, is planning a recycled water project to recharge the basin with 10,000 acre feet a year of recycled water. An acre foot is equal to the water used by two families in Southern California per year. The $50 million to $75 million project would move treated water from the Sanitation District’s San Jose Creek Water Reclamation Plant in Whittier eight miles north to existing recharging areas that feed the porous San Gabriel River. It would reduce dependency on imported water by 25 percent, said Shane Chapman, USGVMWD general manager.

For more information on in North American Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities & People Database, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/2-uncategorised/114-62ei-2.

“Municipal Drinking Water Treatment” “Hot Topic Hour” October 16^th – postponed

More information:

This webinar has been postponed for some weeks.  In the meantime, we encourage you to submit information to be posted on this free website.

McIlvaine has created a free website Drinking Water Filtration - Continuous Analysis.  A series of webinars will serve to further populate this website and make it an important decision making too for municipalities

The tried and true method for purifying drinking water has been the use of gravity media filters.  In the last decade cross flow membranes have been an alternative selected by municipalities seeking protection against small micro-organisms.  Chemicals and ultraviolet disinfection are also widely used.  The webinar on October 16th will explore each of these technologies and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

The devil is in the details.  With gravity media filters is air scour, water backwash, or a combination the best way to keep the unit clean.  What are the options regarding underdrains. How do systems utilizing an intermediate layer of gravel between the treatment media and the underdrains compare to those which retain the media directly.  Should an on-line particle counter be used to monitor performance?

If cross-flow membranes are used, should the medium be microfiltration or ultrafiltration.

What about the tradeoffs between UV, on site chemical generation, and purchased chemicals. How do chemicals aid the filtration process?  We are asking viewers to submit data to populate this site and to review the posted data prior to the webinar. This will insure a high level discussion.

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Headlines for Utility E-Alert –September 26, 2014       

UTILITY E-ALERT    

#1193 – September 26, 2014

Table of Contents

COAL – US

§  Duke Energy to remove Ash from W. S. Lee Power Plant, South Carolina

§  DOJ lodges a proposed Consent Decree with U.S. District Court (MI) under the Clean Air Act

COAL – WORLD

§  Two MoUs signed for 1,320 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in India

§  India’s Top Court cancels 214 Coal Field Permits

§  BHEL to build Two Thermal Power Plants in Telangana, India

§  Valmet to supply Helsinki Energia’s Salmisaari Power Plant with FGD Cleaning System

GAS/OIL – US

§  Foster Wheeler awarded Contract for Air Quality Control System upgrade in West Virginia

§  Eight Flags will construct Combined Heat and Power Plant on Amelia Island, FL

§  Milestone reached at Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station

GAS/OIL WORLD

§  China Shanghai Electric picked as preferred bidder for $1.2 Billion Dollar Gas-fired Power Plant in Nambia

§  USTDA and KP sign $1 Million Agreement for 435 MW Gas Turbine Project

NUCLEAR

§  Westinghouse acquires Italian Nuclear Component Manufacturer

§  Federal Regulators to meet with Kansas Nuclear Power Plant Officials

§  Nuclear plays Critical Role in Illinois

BUSINESS

§  Siemens to buy Dresser-Rand for $7.6 Billion on U.S. Shale Market Bet

§  Huge Variables in the World Energy Outlook

§  $2.9 Billion Market for Stainless Steel in Flow and Treatment Control Equipment in 2015

§  “Municipal Drinking Water Purification” Hot Topic Hour October 16, 2014

HOT TOPIC HOUR

§  “Lots of New Challenges for Power Plant Chemicals” - Hot Topic Yesterday

§  “Precipitator Improvements to Meet MATS and MACT”, October 2, 2014 Hot Topic Hour

§  Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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