|
|
|
|
Water Market Insights
No. 112 August 22, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
WELCOME
The following insights can be
sent to you periodically. This
alert contains the details on
breaking news. This is one of a
number of free services. You can
sign up for any of these
newsletters and of course
request to be removed from the
mailing list at any time. See
registration following the
newsletter. |
|
·
“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
·
Reverse Osmosis Equipment and Membranes Will Account For 50 Percent of the
Cross-Flow Market Next Year
·
Headlines for Utility E-Alert –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 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:
Click here for the Subscriber and Power Plant or Cement Plant
Owner/Operator Registration Form
Click here for the Non-Subscribers Registration Form
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.
Gas Turbine Projects by Start Date and Location
Startup Date 2015: US – California
Location |
Location
Comment |
Project Title |
CA |
Kings Country |
Henrietta combined cycle
conversion - GWF Energy |
CA |
Kings County |
Hanford combined cycle
conversion - GWF Energy |
CA |
Los Angeles County |
Alamitos Energy Project
combined cycle - AES Corp. |
CA |
Los Angeles County |
Glenarm combined cycle
expansion - Pasadena Water &
Power |
CA |
Los Angeles County |
Scattergood 3 - Los Angeles
Dept. of Water & Power |
CA |
San Diego County |
Pio Pico Energy Center
peaker-San Diego Gas & Electric |
Startup Date 2015: Israel
Israel |
HaDarom |
Hagit CCGT Unit 9-Israel
Electric |
Israel |
HaDarom |
Israel Chemicals cogen plant |
Israel |
HaZafon (Northern District) |
Alon Tavor CCGT Units 5 &
6-Israel Electric |
Israel |
Tzafit |
Haruvit CCGT-Dalia Power
Energies |
For more information click on:
59EI Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Supplier Program
Reverse Osmosis Equipment and Membranes Will Account For 50 Percent of the
Cross-Flow Market Next Year
Sales of cross-flow membranes and equipment will exceed $10.8 billion in 2015.
Fifty percent of this total will be spent for the more efficient reverse osmosis
technologies. The remainder will be split between ultra filtration and
microfiltration. This is the latest forecast in
McIlvaine’s RO, UF, MF World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Subject |
2015
($ Millions) |
Total |
10,895 |
Micro Equipment |
2,108 |
Micro Membranes |
521 |
RO Equip |
4,108 |
RO Membranes |
1,218 |
UF Equipment |
2,259 |
UF Membranes |
681 |
Desalination applications will account for much of the market. Reverse
osmosis provides the desalting. The other membrane technologies are often
used for pre-filtration. The Middle East remains a major purchaser of
desalination systems. The recent decision by Dow to locate a reverse osmosis
module manufacturing plant in the region is indicative of the importance of the
region.
Membrane technology growth in Asia is in part due to the need to upgrade the
quality of drinking water. The size range of reverse osmosis membrane
modules has been expanding. A 500 gallon per day module is now available.
A tankless design is now possible with this large size module.
Water reuse at power plants is also driving the expansion of the cross-flow
membrane market. Many combined cycle gas turbine plants under construction
and planning in the U.S. are relying on treated municipal wastewater as the
water source.
Ultrafiltration and microfiltration continue to be popular in the pharmaceutical
and chemical industry as a way to separate products.
For more information on
RO, UF, MF World Market,
click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/120-n020.
Headlines for Utility E-Alert – August 15, 2014
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1187 – August 15, 2014
Table of Contents
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
·
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
·
See you a MEGA
Next Week
·
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
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.
DATE |
SUBJECT |
|
|
||
|
August |
||||
|
21 |
MEGA Symposium |
|||
|
28 |
Demineralization and
Degasification |
|||
|
September |
||||
|
4 |
Hot Gas Filtration |
|||
|
11 |
Power Plant Pumps |
|||
|
18 |
Power Water Monitoring |
|||
|
25 |
Power Plant Water Treatment
Chemicals |
|||
Click here for the
Subscriber and Power Plant
Owner/Operator Registration Form
Click here for the
Non-Subscribers Registration Form
Click here for the Free
Hot Topic Hour Registration Form
----------
You can register for our free McIlvaine Newsletters at:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_rsform&formId=5
Bob McIlvaine
President
847 784 0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com