·        Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals Market to Exceed $25 Billion in 2014

·        Oil and Gas Project Tracking is Available at a Discount to Water, Wastewater Treatment Chemicals  World Market  Subscribers

·        Analysis of Water/Wastewater Treatment Chemicals  Competitors by Industry and Geography is Aided by Conference Analyses

·        Chemistry in Power Plants 2012 Focused on European Power Plants

Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals Market to Exceed $25 Billion in 2014

Suppliers of water and wastewater treatment chemicals will generate revenues of over $26 billion in 2014 up 4.5 percent from 2013. This is the latest finding in the McIlvaine report, Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Treatment Chemicals ($ Millions)

East Asia expenditures for chemicals will be just under $9 billion. Power plants in the region will spend over $2 billion. Municipal drinking water and municipal wastewater treatment plants will spend over $3 billion. Refinery purchases will exceed $600 million. East Asian microelectronics plants will spend more for treatment chemicals than all the other regions combined.

Chinese purchases in the power sector will be in excess of $1 billion. The country will also lead in the municipal water and wastewater segment. In microelectronics, there is a more even distribution among other East Asian countries such as Japan, Taiwan and Korea.

In NAFTA and Western Europe, most of the purchases of chemicals will come from plants that have been in operation for several years or more. The growth in these regions is less than Asia. The one exception is the unconventional oil and gas activity in the U.S. Hydraulic fracturing and other technologies applied to unconventional oil and gas are generating significant new revenues for treatment companies.

In the Middle East, treatment chemicals used in desalination are among the leading applications. Chemicals are required for both thermal and reverse osmosis approaches.

In South America, mining is one of the largest applications for treatment chemicals.

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Oil and gas project tracking is available at a discount to Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals World Market Subscribers

Treatment chemicals are an important addition to most oil and gas processes. Access to details on the worldwide oil and gas projects is provided at a substantial discount to Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Markets report subscribers.  Here are the titles of intelligence entered over few days in Mid-April.
 

Internal Data Search by Titles
(Listed by most current date)

·         PBF Energy Enters Supply Agreement with Continental Resources for Bakken Oil  (Article  Dated:  4/17/2013)

·         Phillips 66 Signs Agreements to Raise Supplies of North American Crude Oil  (Article  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         Northern Tier Energy Plans MN Refinery Work and Expansion for April, October  (Article  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         Proposed $10 Bln SD Hyperion Refinery Hits another Delay  (Permit  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         CHS to Boost Refining Capacity with $327 Mln Expansion of Kansas Refinery  (Project  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         Petrobras Says Comperj Project Still on Track  (Project  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         North Dakota Prairie Refinery Starts Construction  (Project  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         Rising Oil Production and Demand in North Dakota Spurs Two New Refineries  (Article  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         KBR Announces Suncor Turnaround Contract  (Contract  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         Framework Agreement a Big Boost for South Africa Refinery Plan  (Project  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         Western Refining Begins Delaware Basin Logistics Project Start-up  (Project  Dated:  4/16/2013)

·         Asylum Township Combined Cycle-Moxie Energy  (Project  Dated:  4/15/2013)

·         Mitchell Combined Cycle Plant-FGE Texas  (Project  Dated:  4/15/2013)

·         Angola Invites Petrovietnam to Bid for Onshore and Offshore Oil Blocks  (Article  Dated:  4/15/2013)

·         Singapore’s Crude Oil Refinery Capacity and Beyond  (Analysis  Dated:  4/15/2013)

·         Ten Year Plan Upgrades Natural Gas Infrastructure in Central and Southern Illinois  (Article  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         Aquatech Awarded Permit to Operate Water Treatment Facility In PA for Shale Gas Producers  (Permit  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         SNC-Lavalin Wins HFG Engineering Contract for Statoil's North Sea Gina Krog Field  (Contract  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         Chiyoda and Consolidated Contractors Establish JV Company to Target Middle East Market  (Article  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         Perupetro Announces International Bidding Round for Nine Offshore Blocks  (Article  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         Use of Private Frack Water Treatment Expanding in Marcellus Shale  (Overview  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         Russia Combines Fracking with Horizontal Drilling to Revive Soviet Oil Fields  (Article  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         Tokyo Gas to Buy Stake in Texas Shale Gas Project from Quicksilver Resources  (Purchase  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         Petrobras $3.5 Bln Oil Services Contract Awarded to SBM-Led Group  (Contract  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         Statoil Awarded Fifteen Leases in U.S. Gulf of Mexico  (Article  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         EPA Selects Fracking Industry Peer Review Panel  (Article  Dated:  4/12/2013)

·         EMAS AMC Wins $165 Mln Offshore Pipelay Contract for Aasen Field  (Contract  Dated:  4/11/2013)

·         Cairn Energy Expects to Participate in Two UK North Sea Field Development Plans  (Article  Dated:  4/11/2013)

·         ABB Wins $8.2 Mln E-house Natural Gas Plant Project in Bolivia  (Project  Dated:  4/11/2013)

·         ABB Wins $15 Mln MEC Oil and Gas Contract at Ichthys Oil and Gas Field Australia  (Contract  Dated:  4/11/2013)

For more information on Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects, click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=72#n049

Analysis of water /wastewater treatment chemicals competitors by industry and geography is aided by conference analyses

Here are some of the conferences being held in a nine-week period. McIlvaine is compiling data on which water/wastewater treatment chemicals companies’ exhibit at each of these conferences:

The tabulation of exhibition participation is an ongoing process which reveals which industries and which geographies are targeted by the exhibiting companies. Here is a search on Kemira in the system:

Data Search on: Kemira

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The company is participating in municipal wastewater treatment shows in Europe and pulp and paper shows in the U.S.

Chemistry in Power Plants 2012 focused on European Power Plants

The power industry is an important market for chemicals suppliers.  Nalco and some other suppliers participated in Chemistry in Power Plants 2012

Event Start Date: 2012.10.24 Event Start Time: 9:00 Event End Date: 2012.10.25

This VGB annual Conference took place at the CCH-CONGRESS CENTER HAMBURG, Germany.
The conference is a forum for operators of energy utilities and industrial power plants.

The following major items were presented at the conference:

·         Conditioning of water steam cycles and cooling water cycles

·         Methods of water preparation and waste water treatment

·         Chemical aspects of co-firing secondary fuels

·         Chemical aspects of flue gas cleaning methods and CO₂ separation 

·         Analytic and quality assurance 

·         Chemistry in nuclear power plants

The conference was accompanied by a Foyer Exhibition, the exhibitors were:

AGIR Dreherei & Filter, Plochingen, Germany
Aquis Wassertechnik GmbH i.G., Butzbach, Germany
Ashland Water Technologies, Krefeld, Germany
Berkefeld/VWS Deutschland GmbH, Celle, Germany
BK Giulini GmbH BKG Water Solutions, Düsseldorf, Germany
Centec GmbH, Maintal, Germany
Chemische Fabrik Wocklum Gebr. Hertin GmbH & Co. KG, Balve, Germany
Chemische Fabrik Wibarco GmbH, Ibbenbüren, Germany
CWB Wasserbehandlung GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Deutsche METROHM GmbH & Co. KG, Filderstadt, Germany
Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH, Schwalbach, Germany
ElringKlinger Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Endress + Hauser Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Weil am Rhein, Germany
EPSCO Ltd., Perth, Scotland
FINEX OY, Kotka, Finland
GBT Bücolit GmbH GmbH, Marl, Germany
Georg Fischer GmbH, Albershausen, Germany
Ing. Büro Gronowski, Berlin, Germany
Grünbeck Wasseraufbereitung GmbH, Höchstadt, Germany
HACH LANGE GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
Hager + Elsässer GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Hamm Chemie GmbH, Oberhausen, Germany
HAW LININGS GmbH, Bockenem, Germany
Gebr. Heyl Vertriebsgesellschaft für innovative Wasseraufbereitung mbH, Hildesheim, Germany
Infracor GmbH, Marl, Germany
JNW CleaningSolutions GmbH, Bochum, Germany
Knick Elektronische Messgeräte GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany
Kurita Europe GmbH, Viersen, Germany
LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany
LECO Instrumente GmbH, Möchengladbach, Germany
Dr. Leye GmbH, Geringswalde, Germany
Mettler-Toledo GmbH Prozessanalytik, Gießen, Germany
MionTec GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany
Nalco Deutschland GmbH, Marl, Germany
ORBEN Wasseraufbereitung GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, Germany
OSMO Membrane Systems GmbH, Korntal-Münchingen, Germany
Pall Industrial, Saint Germain-en-Laye, Frankreich
PANalytical GmbH, Kassel, Germany
ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
Purolite (Deutschland) GmbH, Ratingen, Germany
r-concept - Dr. Bernhard Ruchti, Laupheim, Germany
ROKA GmbH, Butzbach, Germany
Swan Systems AG, Hinwill, Switzerland
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Idstein, Germany
DR. THIEDIG + CO, Berlin, Germany
Voigt GmbH, Wernau, Germany
WALTRON B.V.,  Panningen, The Netherlands
WAT-Membratec GmbH & Co. KG, Erkrath, Germany
H. Wösthoff Meßtechnik GmbH, Bochum, Germany
WP-ARO GmbH, Alzenau, Germany

The Electricity Chemistry Workshop will be in Champaign, IL on June 11-13, 2013

The Electricity Chemistry Workshop is now in its 33rd year. This comprehensive program features state-of-the-art information on controlling corrosion, improving operation efficiency, and meeting environmental challenges in fossil- and nuclear-fueled power plants. This year’s program is geared toward improved training and continuing education of personnel responsible for electric utility cycle and environmental chemistry.

More than 3,000 chemists, consultants, and power plant administrators have attended the workshop since its inception in 1981. The 2013 program has been developed by a committee of representatives from Midwestern Electric Utilities, the Illinois State Water Survey, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and consultants serving the power industry.

Exhibitors include the following:

Advanced Sensors
Aquatech International Corporation
AVANTech, Inc.
Baker Hughes PMG
CHEMetrics, Inc.
Chemtrac, Inc.
Conco Systems Inc.
Day & Zimmermann
GE Power & Water
Graver Technologies
Hach
Illinois Water Technologies
Industrial Analytics Corp
LANXESS Sybron Chemicals Inc.
Layne Christensen
Martek Instruments, Inc.
Mettler-Toledo Thornton
Nalco Company
Ovivo Water
Plastocor, Inc.
Plymouth Tube Co.
Process Solutions, Carmel IN
Process Solutions, Inc., Campbell, CA
Sentry Equipment
Siemens Industry, Inc.
Solutions Inc
Swan Analytical USA
Thermo Fisher Scientific Water Analysis Instruments
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies
Waltron L.L.C.
Waters Equipment
Wolcott Water Systems, Inc

There will be some valuable presentations on treatment chemicals. Here are some of the abstracts:

Troubleshooting an Ion Exchange Unit Mixed Bed
Don Downey, Purolite
In the water treatment plant the Ion exchange mixed units can be your best friend or worst enemy. Mixed bed can provide very high quality water, for days, weeks or even months without regeneration. This means less hand on by operations allowing more time for other task. Compared to normal demin trains that could regenerate up to twice/day, operators do not retain the day to day routine of regenerating a mixed bed can become unfamiliar with how to trouble shoot problem. When a mixed bed unit does not work properly – it could take months or even years to get it back into proper operation. This paper will discuss some of the author’s +35 years of experience with trouble shoot and repairing various mixed bed system in North America. It will cover cases involving resin problems, mechanical failure inside the vessels and changes in feed water quality

Evaluating the Use of Condensate Polishers: Economic and Operational Considerations
Colleen M. Layman, HDR Engineering Inc
Today’s power plant steam-water cycles are subjected to more strenuous chemistry challenges than ever. Guidelines developed by EPRI, ASME, VGB and other organizations recommend stricter control of condensate, feedwater, and boiler/HRSG operating chemistry limits to prevent corrosion and deposition in the steam/water cycle. The power delivery market requires many units, including some that were not initially designed for such, to operate on a cycling basis and often also necessitate quick startup times. Water management practices have driven operators to cool the turbine exhaust steam with recycled water sources or increase cycles of concentration in fresh water towers. Factors such as these can make condensate polishers valuable tools in power generating facilities today. However, condensate polishers can be costly to install. They incur significant operating and maintenance costs, generate a wastewater stream which must be treated and disposed of, and require trained staff to maintain. The question of “to polish or not to polish” can be a complicated and difficult one. This paper will provide an overview of condensate polishing technologies and configurations, including the pros and cons associated with each technology and configuration. It will also provide a risk-based cost-benefit analysis to assist owners/operators in determining whether they should consider implementing condensate polishing at a new or existing facility. The paper will address situations in which each of the various types of polishers are best suited for application and discuss basic criteria for proper polisher technology selection and implementation at a power generating facility.

Manganese-Induced Pitting of Stainless Steel Piping and Heat Exchanger Tubing
George J. Licina, Structural Integrity Associates
Many power plant heat exchangers and piping systems have experienced severe degradation due to pitting beneath manganese-rich deposits.  Such failures occurred in heat exchangers tubed with copper based alloys and especially with stainless steels.  Such failures continue today. Plants that have been plagued with this problem have generally been confounded by it.  Often, the problem is incorrectly diagnosed as microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), based upon the morphology of the pits, however, the same tunneling pit morphology that is often associated with MIC of stainless steel can be produced when manganese rich deposits contact chlorinated water, whether bacteria are present or not.  As such, chlorination or increased chlorination to address a supposed MIC problem will simply exacerbate situations where manganese-induced pitting by producing an even more aggressive underdeposit environment. This paper will provide an overview of manganese-induced pitting, discuss the operative mechanisms, and provide recommendations for diagnosis and control.

Photosynthesis-Inhibiting Biocide Solves Algae Fouling Problems in Recirculating Water Systems
Jeffrey Kramer, BWA Water Additives
Cooling tower systems offer the ideal conditions for microbiological fouling: warm heat transfer surfaces, exposed to the open air, complete with sunlight.  Algae growth can accumulate on wet cooling system surfaces, particularly during the prime cooling season, thereby impeding heat transfer, leading to increased energy consumption.  Algae growth can also cause cooling tower surfaces to be slippery, creating a work safety hazard.  Even in closed loop systems where treated sanitary wastewaters and recirculating cooling water ponds are utilized to remove and dissipate unwanted heat from heat exchangers and other plant processes, it can be challenging to control algae. Many common industrial biocides applied do not offer adequate protection against algae, which is difficult to remove, particularly if low flow conditions exist in parts of the distribution system.  One specialty algaecide, terbuthylazine (TBZ), has been particularly successful at resolving algae issues in power plant cooling towers and holding ponds due to its ability to inhibit photosynthesis.  This paper will examine a field application of TBZ and the resulting impact on cooling system operations.

Novel Biocide Program Maintains Condenser Cleanliness for Power Plant
Chris Baron, Ashland Water Technologies
A zero liquid discharge power plant in New England had historically been challenged with maintaining condenser cleanliness and maximum power production as an apparent result of high iron and manganese in the cooling tower make-up. Additionally, the cooling tower operated at 40 cycles of concentration, exceeding saturation indices. Under these operating conditions, the plant had been shutting down 2 to 3 times per year to clean the condenser with significant lost efficiency in between and during cleaning cycles. Past treatment focused on inorganic oversaturation of silica, iron, and calcium.  Ashland sought to understand the fouling mechanism through the use of the OnGuard™ 2-plus analyzer, a proprietary monitoring and control system. This technology accurately simulates the steady state conditions in plant heat exchangers while revealing differentiation among various causes of fouling (e.g., sedimentation, scaling, microbiological, etc.).  This diagnostic tool was essential in validating the response to the treatment program changes before they could impact plant efficiency.  As a result, it was discovered that fouling rates were dependent on Oxidation-Reduction-Potential (ORP) and not mineral saturation.  Although traditional bio-assay slides suggested good bacterial control, the OnGuard 2-plus analyzer results indicated that the fouling mechanism was biological in nature. Based on this information, Ashland recommended a new biocide, Biosperse™ XD3899 Microbiocide.  The active, Bromide-Activated Chloramine (BAC), performs at much lower ORP relative to traditional strong oxidizers and not only stabilized, but effectively reversed the established condenser fouling.  This paper will present data correlating the optimization of the BAC treatment program with a reduction in fouling.  The plant is now setting power generating records and shows no indications of condenser fouling after six months.

Optimization and Successful Chemical Cleaning of a Supercritical Boiler
Christopher Hegger, Ameren Missouri
Since changing boiler chemistries to oxygenated treatment in the mid-90's, the once through supercritical boilers at Ameren's Sioux Energy Center have struggled with obtaining adequate boiler chemical cleans. This paper describes the procedural and equipment modifications made to the boiler chemical cleaning process, which lead to a successful clean in 2012.

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