·        “Gypsum Dewatering” is the “Hot Topic Hour” for Thursday, January 24, 2013

·        McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

·        Headlines for the January 11, 2013 – Utility E-Alert

·        Lots of Water Papers at EUEC January 28-30, 2013

·        Progress with Smart Valves Will Lead to 10 Percent Higher Growth in the $55 Billion Valve Industry

·        Pressurized Oxy-Combustion is Just One More Route to Clean Coal

“Gypsum Dewatering” is the “Hot Topic Hour” for Thursday, January 24, 2013

While the decision on whether an FGD system should produce disposal-grade or commercial-grade gypsum is primarily based on economic factors including the availability of a market for the gypsum; dewatering is an essential process in either case. The objective is to meet the requirements for the disposal method at the minimum operating cost. In previous Hot Topic Hours, participants have demonstrated that basket centrifuges in use since the 1980s and vertical centrifuges can deliver gypsum with 90 to 95 percent solids with lower maintenance and energy costs than typical belt filters. Rotary drum vacuum filters can also offer reduced cost in some situations. Lower capital equipment cost and lower operating cost when compared to a belt vacuum filter have been reported. However, belt filters may be the choice as the volume of gypsum to be dewatered increases. Factors to consider when specifying a de-watering system or belt material for dewatering and washing are:

·         Volume of material

·         Temperature

·         Particle size distribution "PSD"

·         Concentration of gypsum in the slurry

·         Concentration of Cl^- in the feed liquor

·         Vacuum pump capacity

·         Energy consumption

·         Maintenance requirements

·         Space required

The following speakers will address these and other issues related to gypsum dewatering systems, provide a comparison of the various dewatering systems and discuss the dewatering system best suited for specific plant configuration and gypsum dewatering objectives.

Steve Myers, Industry Manager, North America Region for Mining & Minerals at ANDRITZ Separation, will discuss the broad range of solid/liquid separation and drying solutions that ANDRITZ Separation offers to the minerals, chemical, food & pharma and environmental industries. ANDRITZ has been involved in gypsum dewatering for many years, and can offer both horizontal vacuum belt filters and basket centrifuges, as well as drum filters, filter presses, pusher centrifuges and decanter centrifuges. ANDRITZ Separation has lab testing facilities in Texas and Kentucky and provides customer support through regional service centers around North America.

Barry A. Perlmutter, President and Managing Director of BHS-Filtration, Inc, will discuss solid-liquid separation systems. BHS-Filtration, Inc. manufactures solid-liquid separation systems with the BHS core technologies of vacuum belt filters and candle and pressure plate filters.   BHS then provides complete turnkey-skid packaged systems for filtration, adsorption, thickening and polishing at energy, refinery gas, and petrochemical plants worldwide.  The BHS rubber belt filters or indexing belt filters are installed for gypsum dewatering at coal gasification, grey water, power plants and other critical petrochemical, chemical and mining applications.   BHS Process Labs and on-site testing provide for process development, scale-up and performance guarantees while service groups complete the project with assembly, installation, start-up and commissioning, and spare parts and troubleshooting support.

Lindy Swan of GKD-USA, Inc, will discuss filter belts gypsum dewatering. GDK has been in business since 1925 and now operates the most advanced and one of the largest technical weaving mills in the world.  GDK manufactures a high performance, high durability polyester belt that is used in dewatering gypsum slurry on horizontal belt vacuum filters.  

To register for the Hot Topic Hour, on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 10 a.m. CST, click on:

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.

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 Environmental Upgrade Tracking System. The cost is $125.00 for non-subscribers.

Market Intelligence webinars are free to McIlvaine market report.

To register for the Hot Topic Hour, click on:

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.

Headlines for the January 11, 2013 – Utility E-Alert 

  UTILITY E-ALERT

#1107– January 11, 2013  

Table of Contents 

COAL – US 

• WPS to install ReACT at Weston 3
• Georgia Power seeks to retire Branch 3, 4, Yates 1-5, McManus 1,2 and Kraft 1-4 by 2015
• Wolverine Power’s Building Permit extended to End of 2013
• Rocky Mountain Power to retire 172 MW Carbon in Utah by 2015

COAL – WORLD 

• Egypt is planning to set up 1,950 MW Coal-fired Power Plant
• Tamil Nadu is considering Building 4000 MW Power Plant in Chhattisgarh (India)
• Nanticoke and Lambton in Ontario, Canada Closing a Year Early

 GAS/OIL - US

• Wärtsilä to supply 225 MW Power Plant to Texas Utility

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Wärtsilä to supply Major Dual-fuel Power Plant to Jordan
• GDF Suez wins AzZour Power Plant Contract in Kuwait

PROPOSED COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

§  Florida Plant Expects to Save 15 Percent of Coal Costs with Coal Treatment Technology

§  Australian Government Awards $110,000 to IPACS Power to Develop Boiler Efficiency Software

BIOMASS

• ANDRITZ to supply CFB Biomass-fired Boiler Plant to Fortum Värme, Sweden

NUCLEAR

• South Korea plans to add 11 Nuclear Reactors by 2024 despite Public Fears
• EDF and China Guangdong Nuclear Power in talks to build UK Power Plants

BUSINESS 

• $69 Billion Market for Industrial Process Automation and Control in 2013
• $26 Billion Market for Mobile and Stationary Catalytic and Thermal Treatment
• It was the Warmest Year on Record - or was it Colder than the Average for the Last Decade?

HOT TOPIC HOUR 

• Oxy-fuel Combustion already Commercial --- Hot Topic Hour on Thursday January 10, 2013 at 10:00 am CST
• “Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at Coal-fired Power Plants” is the “Hot Topic Hour” for January 17, 2013
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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Lots of Water Papers at EUEC January 28-30, 2013

McIlvaine has a stand at EUEC and will be coordinating informal discussions on water intake design, boiler feedwater treatment, co-locating sewage and power plants as well as other water related subjects.

EUEC 2013 is the 16^th annual energy, utility and environment conference held the end of January of each year, in Arizona since 1995.

EUEC is the USA’s largest, longest-running, professional networking and educational event of its kind. Over 2,000 delegates network at eight lunches, receptions and breaks held in the 200 company exhibit area between technical sessions. Environmental business leaders, energy executives, NGO’s and government policymakers make presentations and discuss various issues in a 12-track program.  EUEC motivates clean renewable and alternate energy solutions to secure energy independence from foreign oil, while protecting our environment. Over 600 presentations are made by experts in 12 tracks shown in Program Agenda.

I4. 316B

I4.1 SELECTION OF BEST TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR 316(B) COMPLIANCE

David Bailey, Sr. Project Manager, EPRI

I4.2 EPA’S PROPOSED EFFLUENT GUIDELINES & 316(B) RULES – OPERATING IN THE MIDST OF UNCERTAINTY

Averil Edwards, Associate, Winston & Strawn LLP

I4.3 A NEW LOOK AT THE 316(B) COOLING WATER INTAKE RULE - NOW WHAT?

Manitia Moultrie, U. S. Power Sector Leader, Golder Associates

I4.4 WHAT DO EPA’S NEW 316(B) COOLING WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE REGULATIONS MEAN

TO EXISTING POWER GENERATION

Stephen Petron, Global Ecosystem Services Director, CH2M HILL; Christopher Wiggins

I4.5 STRATEGIES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH UPCOMING 316(B) REQUIREMENTS

Erik Heinen, Sr. Scientist, Environmental Consulting & Technology; Mark Gerath & Steve Cibik

I4.6 COMPARISON OF ENTRAINMENT AT ADJACENT INTAKES WITH & WITHOUT LARGE

SLOT-WIDTH WEDGE-WIRE SCREENS: A CASE FOR WEDGE-WIRE SCREENS TO REDUCE

ENTRAINMENT

Robert Blye, Vice President, Normandeau Associates, Inc; Paul L Harmon & Brian Lees,

Normandeau; Robert Matty, Exelon Power; Jason Kinnel, Veritas Economic Consulting

I5. WATER SUSTAINABILITY

I5.1 DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIAL GAME CHANGING COOLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR

POWER PLANT WATER CONSERVATION

Jessica Shi, Sr. Project Manager, Electric Power Research Institute; Sean Bushart

I5.2 USE OF NON-DISINFECTED MUNICIPAl EFFlUENT

John Oster, Water Engineer, CH2M HILL; Charlie Nichols

I5.3 COMMERICAL ENERGY EFFICIENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT & WATER REUSE – IMET TECHNOLOGY

Mehmet A. Gencer, CEO, IMET Corporation

I5.4 ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE FOR COMPLIANCE

Kristen Jenkins, Global Technology Lead - Industrial Water, CH2MHILL; Thomas Higgins

I5.5 NEW AERATOR FOR WASTE LAGOONS

Jim Dartez, President, Reliant Water Technologies

I5.6 USE MUNICIPAL RECLAIM WATER & HIGH CYCLES OF CONCENTRATION FOR COOLING TOWERS - SAVE WATER & ENERGY - BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE....

Ivan Cooper, Principal, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.

I6. WATER & ELECTRIC UTILITIES

I6.1 UNDERSTANDING THE ENERGY/WATER NEXUS & DEVELOPING CONSENSUS-BASED

SOLUTIONS

Mary Doyle Kenkel, Executive Director, Center to Advance Energy & Water Management

I6.2 MHI’S SIMPLE ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE SYSTEM FOR WET FGD

Shintaro Honjo, Research & New Technologies Engineering Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries America, Inc.; M. Ito, N. Inaba, & S. Sugita, MHI America, Inc.; T. Ushiku, T.

Nagayasu, T. Fukuda & S. Kagawa, MHI, Ltd.

I6.3 AN OVERVIEW OF THE WATER RESEARCH CENTER

Jeff Wilson, Principal Research Engineer, Southern Company; Richard Breckinridge EPRI; Jay

Wos SRI

I6.4 DESIGN & OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH CONDITIONING

Zachry Bahr, Mechanical Engineer, Burns & McDonnell

I6.5 WATER RISK & OPPORTUNITY FOR ELECTRIC UTILTIES

Peter Flaherty, Sr. Engineer, ERM; Skelly Holmbeck

I6.6 IMPINGEMENT MONITORING & MODELING AT 15 POWER PLANTS ON THE OHIO RIVER

Greg Seegert, Chief Ichthyologist, EA Engineering, Science, & Technology; Ron King, Joe

Vondruska, Doug Dixon

I6.7 ADDRESSING THE NEW EFFLUENT STANDARDS THROUGH PLANT-WIDE MANAGEMENT

Andrew Byers, Associate VP, Black & Veatch; Mike Preston

I7. WATER SUSTAINABILITY

I7.1 CALIFORNIA STORM WATER & RENEWABLE ENERGY & ELECTRIFYING MIX

S. Wayne Rosenbaum, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP

I7.2 ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (EPRI) FISH PROTECTION R&D REVIEW: FINE

MESH (=2.0 MM) TRAVELING WATER SCREENS & FISH RETURN SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

Douglas Dixon, Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute; Jon Black, Alden

Research Laboratory

I7.3 RECENT CHANGES IN STATES’ SUSTAINABLE WATER USE POLICY

David Van Wie, Associate, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure

I7.4 THE EVOLVING REGULATION OF THERMALDISCHARGES

Erik Heinen, Senior Scientist, Environmental Consulting & Technology; Mark Gerath, Steve

Cibik & Larry Danek

Progress with Smart Valves Will Lead to 10 Percent Higher Growth in the $55 Billion Valve Industry

McIlvaine Company has revised its forecast for growth in the industrial valve industry over the next five years. The current forecast is for 5 percent growth. This is being revised to 5.5 percent CAGR for the 2013-2017 period. The basis is the increased anticipated revenues from the sales of smart valves. This is the latest forecast in Industrial Valves: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

($ Millions)

The valve forecasts are defined to match the individual valve supplier revenues, so they include smart valve technology where it is sold by the valve supplier but not by an independent automation supplier.

The biggest growth will occur in Asia (including the Middle East and two of the BRIC countries (China and India).  The oil and gas sector is leading the way toward smart valves.  For sub-sea oil and gas, the use of intelligent control systems for valve trees is becoming a defining factor of intelligent well development.  All electric subsea production control systems are replacing industry standard electro-hydraulic control systems, with the aim of making them more reliable, more responsive and more cost effective.

The oil and gas industry is moving toward valve technology with embedded processor and networking capability to work alongside sophisticated monitoring technology coordinated through a central control station.  The goal has been to link control valves to an extended data network, coordinating control valve operation with the increasingly detailed data available on flow rates and operating conditions. Connecting valves to a network allows distributed control, which can enable operators to reconfigure piping and networking systems so that a field can continue producing even if there is a blockage in, or damage to, the pipeline network.

Another goal is to develop valves that consume less power to create systems that can be deployed in applications where conventional valves cannot be used due to the lack of power.

One manufacturer leading the way in smart valve development is Emerson Process Management.  The range of high-performance Fisher digital valves enabled the implementation of customized valve designs to cope with the pressure, flow capacity and temperature demands of the world's first twin-mega-train LNG plant.

The Yokogawa Exaquantum/SSP provides continuously updated subsea valve information from FMC Technologies SSH (Subsea Historian). This timely information enables users to take appropriate action if problems are detected, avoiding lost production.

For more information on Industrial Valves: World Markets, click on:

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71#n028

Pressurized Oxy-Combustion is Just One More Route to Clean Coal

Clean energy from coal is a multibillion dollar industry which will grow rather than shrink. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine in Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation: World Analysis & Forecast.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

One of the biggest drivers for clean coal will be use where it is greener than solar or wind.  This will occur when a combination of coal and biomass are burned in an oxy combustion system.   All the gases (CO₂) are sequestered and used for enhanced oil recovery.  There are no emissions and there is a net reduction in the world’s CO₂ in the atmosphere for every unit of energy generated.

The U.S. DOE as well as countries in Europe and Asia are funding programs to further oxy combustion. Two approaches in the U.S. include combustion at normal pressure and combustion at high pressure.  Recent research shows that if combustion takes place at the pressures experienced by separating the oxygen from the air, there are multiple benefits including total parasitic energy reduction. The energy to compress CO₂ is substantial, so eliminating this step is significant.

There is progress being made on ultra supercritical coal firing. This approach will significantly improve the conversion efficiency particularly when compared to older power plants operating in the U.S. and elsewhere.  The biggest and quickest impact to make coal cleaner would be to replace all old power plants with ultra supercriticals.  The capital cost would be more than offset by the 30 percent reduction in coal consumption.  This new generation of power plants could be retired in twenty-five years and still provide a more economic bridge to renewables than retaining the old coal fleet.

The steam plume associated with coal plants is testimony to inefficiency. This plume can be eliminated and the heat efficiently used to make ethanol or heat sewage sludge. In fact, the co-location of sewage treatment plants and coal-fired generators should be the wave of the future.  Existing coal plants can practice sewer mining and treat all the municipal sewage in the surrounding area. They can then use the treated wastewater for cooling and other purposes.

Coal complexes making power and liquid fuels are already a reality.  In fact, there are large numbers of plants under construction.  China is leading the way, but there are projects in many other countries.  At the present price of oil, it is economically attractive to make gasoline from coal.

Many of these technologies can be applied to existing power plants.  In fact many of the old coal-fired power plants are located in areas where there is a need to dispose of large quantities of municipal solid waste.  This waste can be gasified and used as a reburn fuel in coal-fired boilers. The net effect is a big reduction in emissions compared to alternatives.

Generation of useful byproducts can more than offset the emissions of alternative production of those byproducts. Rare earths can be extracted from flyash. Sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, magnesium hydroxide and gypsum can all be economically produced along with power

For more information on Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation: World Analysis & Forecast, click on:

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72#n043.

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