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· Hot Topic Hour – June 16, 2011 “FGD Wastewater Treatment”
· Headlines for June 3, 2011 – Utility E Alert
· NOx Control Market to Reach $7.6 Billion This Year
· Niche Knowledge Leveraging is the Key to Prosperity
· Renewable Energy Creates Many New Jobs
“FGD Wastewater Treatment” is “Hot Topic Hour” – Thursday, June 16, 2011
The utility MACT and other coming rules for non-attainment will require nearly every utility in the United States to install a Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) system or upgrade their existing FGD system during the next few years. Since it will be difficult for dry scrubbers to meet the new limits imposed by the MACT and expected non-attainment rules for heavy metals, HCl, SO2 and particulates, wet scrubbers will be the most probable choice. However, concurrently with the regulations that will require FGDs, states are tightening surface water discharge limits on trace metals, salts, nitrogen, TSS and other pollutants to meet National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) requirements for surface water discharge and regulations on impoundments of wastewater are also being tightened. Utilities are facing increased pressure to eliminate wastewater discharge and to move toward a zero discharge or near zero waste facility. Therefore, the impact on a facility water treatment system will be a very serious concern when selecting and FGD design.
It is not an easy task to design an FGD wastewater treatment system that meets or exceeds discharge regulations because the quantity and composition of FGD discharge water varies widely based on the boiler rating, scrubber type, the efficiency of flyash removal, the efficiency of the dewatering system and the composition of the coal, limestone and make-up water used. Most FGDs discharge purge or wastewater that is slurry of water, dissolved solids, and suspended solids laden with heavy metals and salts.
The following speakers will discuss their experience with developing, testing, designing and troubleshooting treatment technologies for FGD wastewater, the advantages and disadvantages of the currently available options including capital and operating costs and the latest state-of-the-art technologies for treating, minimizing or eliminating the wastewater that is generated by wet FGD systems.
Ruediger Peldszus, Senior Manager for Applied Technology, Advanced Intermediates at Evonik Degussa GmbH, will discuss TMT 15® for separating heavy metals from flue gas scrub water. TMT 15®, a heavy metal precipitant has proven particularly successful in the treatment of effluents containing toxic heavy metals. The success of TMT 15® in several hundred plants all over the world is based on proven effectiveness and excellent toxicological/ecological data combined with a well-known safe handling. This presentation touches on the chemistry and application notes ranging from precipitable metals, addition points and rates as well as practical data. The stability of resulting metal-TMT precipitate will also be addressed, along with the relative benefits of using TMT over other precipitating agents. TMT 15® can be viewed as state-of-the-art and the active material is announced as Best Available Techniques (BAT) for waste incineration by the European Commission.
Michelle L. Briscoe, VP of Analytical Services at Brooks Rand Labs, will discuss analyzing FGD wastewater for heavy metals. Evaluating the effectiveness of specific FGD wastewater heavy metal removal methods requires the collection and analysis of samples for metals concentrations at each stage in the treatment process. However, the unusual composition of FGD wastewater presents serious issues when analysis is performed by testing laboratories using routine methods that can result in inaccurate high concentrations being reported. Brooks Rand Labs, in close cooperation with major research groups, electric utilities and engineering firms has conducted extensive research and investigation into the development of reliable analytical techniques to overcome the matrix-specific interferences and produce far more accurate data for metals in FGD wastewater samples, even at low concentrations.
Jay Harwood, Commercial Leader for ABMet, at the GE Power and Water office in Oakville, Ontario, will present GE's new modular Advanced Biological Metals removal system (ABMet). ABMet is a proven, reliable process to remove elevated levels of selenium and nitrate found in wastewater streams. Now all the benefits of ABMet are available in a modular system for cost efficiency and time savings for the customer. With its flexible, easy-to-install design, the modular ABMet system provides unprecedented selenium removal for any location including flue gas desulfurization blowdown.
William (Bill) A. Shaw, P.E. Senior Process Engineer at HPD, a Veolia Water Solutions Company, will discuss the CoLD(TM) Process which was developed to achieve zero liquid discharge for wastewater from wet FGD scrubbers and IGCC 'grey water'.
To register for the "Hot Topic Hour" on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 10 a.m. CDT (Chicago time), click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.
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Here are the Headlines for the June 3, 2011– Utility E Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1027 – June 3, 2011
Table of Contents
COAL – US
§ Nalco Mobotec Announces Mercury Control Contract with Springfield, IL
§ Changes to Matagorda County Project Require New Look at Permit
§ Tennessee Air Now Meets Particulate
COAL - WORLD
§ Eskom Utilizes Underground Coal-to-Gas Technology
§ Malaysia's Malakoff Set to Build 1000 MW Coal Plant
GAS / OIL – US
§ Avenal Power Center Receives Approval for 600 MW Gas-fired Power Plant in CA
§ Puget Sound Energy Signs Power Purchase Agreement with Iberdrola
§ Public Service Enterprise Seeks New Buyer for Odessa Power Plant
§ Marshfield Utilities’ New Gas-fired Power Plant Available for Use
GAS / OIL – WORLD
CO2
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
HOT TOPIC HOUR
For more information on the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#42ei.
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NOx Control Market to Reach $7.6 Billion This Year
The market for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems and replacement catalyst will reach a record $7.6 billion this year. This is the latest forecast in NOx Control World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company (www.mcilvainecompany.com).
Sales of systems are projected at $6.1 billion. This includes the ammonia injection system, the catalyst, housing and all the ductwork and other components contracted with SCR system suppliers such as Babcock Power, Alstom, or Babcock & Wilcox.
2011 Worldwide SCR Systems & Catalyst Revenues ($ Million)
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Catalyst |
$1,509.5 |
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SCR Systems |
$6,104.8 |
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$7,614.3 |
Sales of catalyst are rising steadily. They will exceed $1.5 billion in 2011 mainly due to the replacement needs. The largest application is coal-fired boilers where catalyst life is less than five years. Gas turbines are another large application. Recently there has been a big market in the U.S. for SCR systems for peaking turbines. This has created a need for high temperature catalyst. Several catalyst suppliers have developed a product to meet this need. However, many purchasers are avoiding the risk by using conventional catalyst and bleeding in air to reduce temperatures.
The cement industry is the next big target for NOx control. There are some SCR systems installed on cement kilns in Europe and a number slated for future installation in the U.S. Waste incinerators and nitric acid plants are other applications. Biomass-fired boilers present problems because of the poisoning potential of constituents in the fuel.
Asia is the largest geographical market thanks to a big program in China to install SCR systems on new boilers and retrofit SCR on older boilers in the more populated areas. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are also significant markets.
2011 SCR Systems & Catalyst Sales by Region ($ Million)
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Africa |
$5.5 |
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America |
$1,995.1 |
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Asia |
$3,886.1 |
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Europe |
$1,727.6 |
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$7,614.3 |
The market in the U.S. is quite active due to recent regulations. It promises further growth based on new ambient air quality rules. These will force individual states to require NOx control not only on large coal-fired boilers but on industrial boilers as well.
In Europe the biggest near-term potential is NOx control on lignite-fired boilers which were not equipped with SCR originally due to the lower NOx emissions and high cost. New EU regulations require the larger lignite-fired boilers to reduce NOx by 2016.
For more information on NOx Control World Markets, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n035.
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Niche Knowledge Leveraging is the Key to Prosperity
The U.S. can maximize employment and GDP growth by leveraging niche knowledge. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in the “World Market for Your Products“. An example of this niche knowledge leveraging is another McIlvaine service: “Power Plant Air Quality Decisions.”
GDP growth has slowed because the individual cannot keep up with developments. Knowledge is doubling every year or two, but our ability to absorb it stays constant. We, therefore, turn to others to take advantage of the burgeoning knowledge. But the problem is that the world’s knowledge now resides in millions of little niches. A handful of individuals somewhere in the world have the best insights to help make a decision. The problem is finding and utilizing them.
Google and other search engines are invaluable enablers. The problem is that they are declassifiers when what we need is decisive classification. Is a technology developing or mature? Is it more expensive or competitive with existing alternatives? These are insights which cannot be found on search engines. In fact, progress rests on decision systems which deliver the four knowledge As: Alerts, Answers, Analysis and Advancement. The niche expert is key to providing the “analysis.” Google and talking heads on television can provide answers, but not necessarily correct analysis.
Leveraging niche knowledge is more than just extracting information from experts. It requires a forum for niche experts to collaborate. Some of the biggest opportunities are lost because one expert is not communicating with another. In one recent McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour, a whole new market for selenium removal with sorbents was discovered because air experts communicated with water experts.
Harnessing the niche expertise will result in better decisions not only at the micro level as per the above example, but on a very macro scale. In Power Plant Air Quality Decisions it is shown that the best environmental and energy security course for the U.S. is to immediately replace all coal-fired power plants with new ultra supercritical coal-fired power plants. CO2 would be reduced by 30 percent and the cost of electricity would not increase. This stimulus to the U.S. economy would be very substantial. Since this new fleet of power plants would be designed for retirement before 2050, there would be no long-term negative impact on greenhouse gas policy.
Search engines rely on computers. Decision systems require considerable human input. So a proliferation of decision systems would require large numbers of employees. The increase in average productivity of users will increase substantially. This combination is the optimum route to full employment and prosperity.
More information on: Power Plant Air Quality Decisions, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#44i
More information on: Market for Your Products, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n039
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Renewable Energy Creates Many New Jobs
The renewable energy industry is an excellent creator of jobs as shown in recent excerpts from McIlvaine Renewable Energy Updates.
Germany's solar photovoltaic (PV) industry now employs more workers than steel production in the USA. With over 100,000 "green jobs" in PV alone, around 75 percent of European solar cells and modules as well as countless components are made in Germany. Record-breaking domestic demand is a key industry driver, with 7.4 GWp of PV capacity installed in 2010. Germany is also a manufacturing platform for other European PV markets: Italy's feed-in tariff revisions take effect this month and include a Made in Europe clause, which is set to benefit manufacturers based in Germany.
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of solar panels, has engaged a third production shift at its new solar panel manufacturing facility in Goodyear, Arizona. The expansion adds another 30 solar jobs to Arizona's fast-growing solar economy.
The state-of-the-art module manufacturing facility will now run twenty-four hours per day with 107 employees. The new group of employees completed training on May 13th, after weeks working side-by-side with the facility's existing first and second production shifts. The expansion brings the facility's annualized production throughput to about 50MW, representing 15,000 high-quality solar panels per month.
Suntech's Goodyear, Arizona, manufacturing facility was opened in October 2010, initially with 30MW of production capacity and 40 employees. The operation has grown steadily since, taking on a second shift in January 2011, and remains on-target to employ 150 employees by the end of 2011.
"We expect to expand the facility to reach up to 120MW of annual production capacity within the next few years, particularly if Arizona's policy environment continues to nurture the local market," said Steven Chan, President of Suntech America. "We want to lead the charge to achieve energy independence in Arizona and the United States."
SoloPower, a San Jose, California-based manufacturer of flexible thin film solar cells and modules, announced that it has received a conditional commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office for a $197 million loan guarantee. The funds will support construction of a facility that, when completed and at full capacity, is expected to produce approximately 400MW of thin film Photovoltaic (PV) modules annually.
SoloPower announced earlier this year that it had come to an agreement to construct its first large-scale high volume manufacturing plant in Wilsonville, Oregon. Retrofit of the existing building is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2011. The factory is expected to provide direct employment to approximately 500 people once it is running at full capacity. About 270 construction jobs will be created to build the plant, and additional jobs are also likely to be generated in the local supply chain.
The Merricourt Wind Project recently received its Certificate of Site Compatibility from the North Dakota Public Service Commission, delivering the final state approval required for the project.
Merricourt is a 150-megawatt project being developed in southeastern North Dakota by enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company. enXco and Xcel Energy announced plans to develop and build the Merricourt Wind Project in November 2008
Merricourt will consist of 100 wind turbines and encompass approximately 18 square miles southeast of Kulm, on the eastern edge of McIntosh County and western edge of Dickey County. It will provide renewable energy to approximately 43,500 homes and millions of dollars in economic benefits to the local area. The project will also provide 150 construction jobs and 10 long-term, full-time positions once in operation.
The McIlvaine Company has been tracking the energy field since 1974 and has been following the renewable energy field for the last five years.
Further details may be found at:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/Renewable_Energy_Brochure/renewable_energy_WM_brochure.htm
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