Hot Gas Filtration GdPS has been Updated

The Hot Gas Filtration GdPS HGF GdPS) has been updated with additional data and information on a new panelist for the AFS Charlotte discussion.  The HGF GdPS is a route map and summary of information which appears in the Power Plant Decision Orchard (PPDO).     

Hot Gas Filtration Global Decisions Positioning System™ (GdPS)

On April 8 the following additions were made to the Hot Gas Filtration GdPS.

John Eleftherakis of the Filtration Group is an addition to the panel.  He will be discussing experience with ceramic and ceramic catalytic filter elements.  The uniform pore structure is less subject to plugging.  John will be supplying data for the PPDO and several ppt for the HGF GdPS.

Steve Feeney of B&W is now on the panel and offers the OEM perspective and the integration of mercury removal with SO₂ and particulate.  B&W is the leading supplier of SDA/bag filter systems.

Pleated bags are more expensive but are used in precipitator retrofits where space is limited.

In PPT 61 there are links to the full text in the Power Plant Decision Orchard (PPDO).  This is accessible only by password.  The subscription is free to any power plant or hot gas filter end user.

PPTs 63-65 on seals are part of an NFM presentation which is presently being posted to the PPDO.

Renewable Energy Briefs

Apex Clean Energy Secures $397 Million Construction Loan for the Kay Wind Project

Apex Clean Energy, an independent renewable energy company, announced it has reached financial close of a $397 million construction loan for the 299 MW Kay Wind Project in Kay County, OK.

Bayerische Landesbank, New York Branch and Rabobank, New York Branch acted as the Joint Lead Arrangers, Coordinating Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners for the transaction. Additionally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, New York Branch, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch, KeyBank National Association, and Siemens Financial Services, Inc. acted as Joint Lead Arrangers. Rabobank is the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and LC Issuing Bank.

The company believes that Kay Wind is expected to generate about $2.3 million per year in tax revenues for local counties and school districts, $2 million per year in royalty payments to local landowners, 150 local jobs during construction, and more than a dozen high-quality long term jobs throughout operations.

Apex Clean Energy secured long-term power purchase agreements with Westar Energy and GRDA for Kay Wind, which will utilize 130 Siemens 2.3-MW turbines. Westar Energy is based in Topeka, KS and GRDA is based in Vinita, OK.  Upon completion, Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power expects to acquire the project from Apex.  Apex will provide comprehensive asset management services led by an on-site operations team and supported by Apex’s remote operations control center located in Charlottesville, VA.

Duke Energy’s Ten Year Site Plan Calls for More Solar in the Sunshine State

Duke Energy is venturing into solar power in a big way with plans to add up to 500 megawatts of utility-scale solar in Florida by 2024.

"Innovative investments in solar energy will provide customers with more options to use this resource, while diversifying our energy mix and continuing to meet the needs of Florida's growing economy and population," said Alex Glenn, state president, Duke Energy Florida. 

The addition of solar was filed yesterday as part of the company's 2015 Ten-Year Site Plan proposed to the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC).

Construction of the first site – up to five megawatts – will begin later this year with 35 megawatts expected to be completed by 2018. These initial solar energy facilities will enable Duke Energy Florida to evaluate costs, and to monitor the effects of this resource on the electric grid infrastructure. 

Inovateus Solar and GE Install Off-Grid Solar System for CuisinArt Resort to Help Quell Caribbean Water and Energy Crisis

Inovateus Solar announced that it has completed the installation of a 1.0-megawatt (MW) solar power generation plant for the CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa in Anguilla, BWI, an island in the Caribbean east of Puerto Rico.

The solar system uses a battery backup system to store energy. This provides an uninterruptible supply of energy to the Resort's Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant throughout the day to create potable water to the residents on the island, guests of the resort and irrigation water for the golf course.

The project has been designed to remain completely separate from the grid when needed, yet has the ability of reconnecting partial loads, to continue to desalinate water outside solar production hours. When the sun is down, the system depends on the local Utility, Anguilla Electricity Company Ltd. (Anglec).

Upstate Renewable Energy Project to Power 1,800 Homes

Republic Services, Inc. announced its newest landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) project located at the Upstate Regional Landfill in Union County. The renewable energy project consists of two reciprocating combustion engines that generate 3,200 kilowatts of energy for the local electric grid, or enough electricity to power more than 1,800 area homes.

Republic Services' subsidiary, Republic Services of South Carolina, LLC, partnered with Lockhart Bioenergy, LLC, an affiliate of Lockhart Power Company and Pacolet Milliken Enterprises, Inc., to develop the Upstate Regional LFGTE project. Lockhart Bioenergy will operate the plant, and its output is being purchased by Duke Energy.

Plans Announced for Hydro Project on the Bighorn River

The Crow Nation and the U.S. Department of the Interior have announced they will jointly develop a hydropower plant on the Bighorn River near Fort Smith, MT.

The project at Afterbay Dam, which is downstream of a larger hydroelectric plant and dam, will cost an estimated $44.5 million, the March 31 DOI news release said. The plant will generate about 9 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 1,500 homes, the statement added.

For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update please visit http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/Renewable_Energy_Projects_Brochure/renewable_energy_projects_brochure.htm

Headlines for Utility E-Alert –April 3, 2015

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1217– April 3, 2015

Table of Contents

COAL – US

·       NV Energy seeks Projects to replace retiring 812 MW of Coal Power

·       LG&E starts shutting down Cane Run Coal-fired Power Plant

·       Burns & McDonnell and Bowen Joint Venture awarded Contract for Coal-to-Gas Conversion at IP&L Harding Street Station

COAL – WORLD

·       BHEL to develop 1,080 MW Manuguru Thermal Power Plant in India

·       Reliance Power commissions 3,960 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project in India

·       European Commission takes UK, Germany to EU Court over Power Project Issues

·       Emerson to automate New High Efficiency Unit at TAURON Power Plant in Poland

·       L&T awarded Order worth Rs.5,580 Crore from NTPC

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·       E.ON announces Irsching 4 and 5 Gas-fired Power Stations to Close

·       CFE (Mexico) awards Contract to Consortium to build Empalme I Combined Cycle     Power Plant

BIOMASS

·       Consortium to build £194 Million Tilbury, UK Biomass Power Plant

NUCLEAR

·       China restarts Nuclear Power Plant Construction

BUSINESS

·       Donaldson acquires Middle East Gas Turbine Intake System Supplier

·       $400 Billion Flow Control and Treatment Market analyzed and chronicled Daily

·       Asian Valve Market to reach $31 Billion by 2019

·       Fabric Filter Market to expand rapidly due to Precipitator Conversion

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·       “Direct Sorbent Injection (DSI)” on April 9th Hot Topic Hour

·       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

“CEMS for MACT and MATS Compliance” is “Hot Topic Hour” on April 16, 2015

A new era in continuous emissions monitoring has arrived.  Mercury, mass particulate, and HCl must be continuously measured and reported. Furthermore control approaches using expensive sorbents such as activated carbon and lime are being utilized.  This makes the monitoring systems a very valuable and critical tool in process control.

Presenters for “CEMS for MACT and MATS Compliance” April 16, 2015

Kevin J. Crosby, Vice-President, Technical, Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.

Steve Baloga, P.E., Novinda Corporation

Ed McCall of PCME

Karl R. Wilber, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Tekran Instruments Corporation

Derek Stuart, Product Manager - Combustion & Environmental, Land Instruments International, AMETEK Process and Analytical Instruments

The webinar will build on our Power Plant Air Quality Decisions (PPAQA) website data to further enlighten users and help guide them with their CEMS decisions.  We are now updating the site to reflect all the valuable efforts at EUEC.  Here is one article we wrote:

"There is still debate on the role of sorbent traps in mercury measurement. Should they be used for compliance or should the mercury CEMS be used for both process control and regulatory compliance reporting?

The era of particulate mass monitoring is about to begin.  PCME is now a sister company of Altech and part of Environnment. They have a wet stack PM mass monitor which is in use by a number of U.S. power plants.

A number of approaches to HCl monitoring were discussed. ABB cites advantages of Cavity Enhand Absorption Spectroscopy (CEAS) over TDL and FTIR. Both greater accuracy and lower maintenance are claimed.  Cemtek presented data on successful use of TDL.  CAI covered applications of FTIR in incineration, cement and power.  MKS also weighed in on advantages of FTIR.  Altech provided reasons for its choice of Tiger Optics Continuous Wave Cavity Ring-Down Specroscopy."

We are in contact with all the players in order to make this session a valuable addition to PPAQA.

Click here to view schedule and register

McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

On Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting on important energy and pollution control subjects.  These Webinars are free of charge to owner/operators of the plants. They are also free to McIlvaine Subscribers of Power Plant Air Quality Decisions and Utility Tracking System.  The cost for others is $300.00 per webinar.

See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours.  We welcome your input relative to suggested additions

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