·        Continuous Analyses of Energy and Environmental Subjects Now Available

·        Liquid Macrofiltration Market to Exceed $6.6 Billion In 2015

·        Top Ten Air and Water Monitoring Companies Had A 20 Percent Market Share Last Year

·        Headlines for the March 14, 2014 - Utility E-Alert

·        McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

Continuous Analyses of Energy and Environmental Subjects Now Available

McIlvaine is launching a series of websites covering Industry Options.  Each contains one or more continuing analyses of the decisions which the designer and operator have to make.

The websites already launched are:

·         Gas Turbine Air Filtration – Continuous Analyses

·         Gas Turbine Emission Control - Continuous Analyses

·         Dry Scrubbing - Continuous Analyses

·         Mercury Removal - Continuous Analyses

Websites under construction are:

·         Drinking Water Filtration - Continuous Analyses

·         Secondary Wastewater Treatment - Continuous Analyses

·         Steam Valves - Continuous Analyses

Access to each website is free to anyone.   The intelligence system with all the background information is also free with no password required.  Additional papers, presentations, etc. are invited. This includes text in other languages as long as an English summary is included.  A special emphasis will be given to capturing the intelligence being generated in China.

The background information will be evaluated and Continuous Analyses prepared. These Continuous Analyses will provide independent evaluation of the life-cycle costs and performance of all the various system and component options.  Access to these analyses will be free to owner/operators, but will require a subscription for others.

Suppliers can choose to have McIlvaine conduct an Application Audit.  This audit is a white paper with third party experts making independent evaluations. The niche experts making these evaluations will be encouraged to focus on a very narrow area to ensure that they have unsurpassed knowledge of the subject.  The Application Audits will be posted and free to anyone.

There will be periodic webinars on each subject. For example, there will be several continuing analyses under Gas Turbine Emission Control.  One will deal with CEMS. A webinar will be held on April 17 to debate six different approaches to measuring NH₃.  This follows previous webinars on the subject and a feature article in Air Pollution Control magazine.  Two webinars relative to Continuing Analyses on Mercury Reduction are also scheduled.

Webinars are free to plant owner/operators, but there is a charge for others.  Here is the near-term schedule:

For more information on this program, contact Bob McIlvaine at: rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com

Liquid Macrofiltration Market to Exceed $6.6 Billion In 2015

The market for equipment and media to separate larger particles from liquids will exceed $6.6 billion next year. This is the latest forecast in Liquid Filtration and Media: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

($ Millions)

The equipment included in this forecast are gravity belt filters, belt filter presses, drum filters, leaf filters, granular media filters and bag filters. These devices are separating particles between 1-100 microns in various liquids from water to wine. Dewatering of sewage sludge and other slurries is a major use.

East Asia will dominate the market next year for several reasons. The first is the large investment in belt filter presses to dewater sewage sludge, mining ores and coal slurries. The large investment in flue gas desulfurization (FGD) will be accompanied by significant investment in belt filters to dewater gypsum. Granular media filters will purify much of the water needed for cooling in coal-fired power plants.

NAFTA will benefit from a substantial expansion of oil and gas processing plants. Hydraulic fracturing is creating the need for treatment of the flow-back liquid which contains sand, shale particles and high levels of dissolved solids.  Treatment of produced water is another expanding application.  The use of automatic backwash filters in treatment of ballast water is another growth segment.

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

Top Ten Air and Water Monitoring Companies Had A 20 Percent Market Share Last Year

The top ten companies in the air and water monitoring market had 2013 revenues of $4.7 billion representing 20 percent of the $23 billion market. This ranking analysis has just been posted to the McIlvaine report, Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

The market share is down slightly from a similar analysis last year. This is in part due to the growth of Asian suppliers.

There are many thousands of companies participating in this market with sales of less than $100 million. The total market includes those companies providing periodic sampling. They often consist of a handful of people with a modest investment in portable test equipment.

At the other end of the spectrum is Emerson which has complete automation systems for air and water monitoring and control.  It is also a major supplier of combustion analyzers including oxygen and carbon monoxide. The forecasts include distributed control systems and PLCs used in the monitoring process. For this reason the top ten list includes not only Emerson but Yokogawa, Siemens, Invensys and ABB.

Endress + Hauser and Thermo Fisher have the widest assortment of instruments, but they are not at the top of the rankings because they do not supply extensive software.

The automotive test system portion for Horiba is included because it is centered on measuring the impurities in the gas discharged from engines. This is a substantial portion of Horiba sales and, thus, elevates the company to the top ten rankings.

There are several segments of the market growing at double-digit rates.  One is the market for continuous emission monitoring systems for gas turbines. Another is the monitoring of shale gas and oil extraction and processing. The highest rate of growth is for continuous emissions monitoring systems for coal-fired boilers in China. Much of these revenues are captured by Chinese companies even though the instruments are purchased internationally. This growth has been another factor in the slight market share decline by the largest companies.

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

Headlines for the March 14, 2014 – Utility E-Alert      

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1166 – March 14, 2014 

Table of Contents 

COAL – US 

• WPS shutting down Green Bay Pulliam Power’s 5 and 6
• Footprint ready to launch $800 Million Redevelopment Plant to replace Coal-fired Power Plant at Salem Harbor, MA

COAL – WORLD

• EVN starts construction of Vinh Tan 4 Coal-fired Power Plant in Vietnam
• Egypt signs Power Plant Electrical Operations Contracts
• Contract signed for 300 MW Mozambique Coal-fired Power Project

GAS/OIL – US

§  Calpine Corporation acquires 1,050 Combined Cycle Power Plant in Texas

§  Contract Negotiations approved for New, Natural Gas Power Plant at Carlsbad, CA

GAS/OIL – WORLD 

• MHI joins 520 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Project in Turkey
• EmberClear announces Partnership with Tyr Energy for its Two Gas-fired Power Plants in Porter Twp., PA
• Hyundai Engineering Wins EPC Contracts for Gas-Fired Power Projects in Algeria

CO₂ 

• RWE to mothball Lingen CCGT Power Plant during Summer 2014

NUCLEAR

• South Africa Nears Decision on $100 Billion Nuclear Program
• Russia agrees to build New Nuclear Reactors in Iran
• Energy Northwest wins $19.3 Million against DOE in spent Nuclear Fuel Lawsuit
• Areva to offer Cable Rejuvenation Technology to Nuclear Industry
• NRC seeks comment on Ohio Nuclear Reactor License Renewal

BUSINESS 

• Continuing Analysis of Dry Scrubbers is the First of Many
• Continuing Analysis of Gas Turbine Air Treatment is One of Many on GTCC
• U.S. Stationary Source Catalyst Sales Will Exceed $300 Million in 2014

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “China Air Pollution Control Outlook” is the Hot Topic Hour for March 20, 2014
• Tank Material Selection Webinar slated for April 8
• 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.

To register for the “Hot Topic Hour”, click on:

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=675

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Bob McIlvaine
President
847 784 0012 ext 112

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com

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