Filter Media Selection for Dry FGD and Particulate Control
is Hot Topic Hour on August 11, 2011
The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, that replaces and strengthens the 2005 Clean
Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), (SO2 and NOx); the Regional
Haze Rule (SO2, NOx, PM); NAAQS Revisions (PM2.5,
Ozone, SO2, NO2); the revisions to New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS) coming soon and the Utility MACT or Air Toxics Rule to be
finalized in November (Hg, Acid Gases, Non-Hg Metallic HAPs and Organic HAPs)
will all act to drive SO2/SO3 and total particulate
emissions limits for coal-fired power plants to near detection levels. Many
power plants already have wet or dry FGDs in place to meet the current SO2
and particulate limits and many others will be installed over the next few years
to meet the future limits. Although many believe that wet FGD is the best choice
considering the particulate control also required, plant engineers will be
looking closely at dry FGD because of water use and disposal issues. Power
plants that currently have dry FGD systems will likely need to improve their
particulate collection and power plants considering dry FGD will also need to
consider particulate emissions at the same time. Addition of a fabric filter
after the FGD will be one of the more important technologies utilized by
utilities to achieve the reductions in fine particulate emissions soon to be
mandated.
The following speakers will discuss their current experience with particulate
control at power plants utilizing dry FGDs with and without fabric filters and
address the advantages or disadvantages of the various fabric filter options
available to reduce fine particulate emissions to the soon to be mandated limits
for specific applications and site conditions. They will also address capital
and operating costs and factors to consider when selecting a particular control
strategy.
Tom Anderson,
Vice President for Pleated Products at Midwesco/TDC, will discuss matching the
appropriate element/media to specific applications and developing pleated bag
applications/conversions as a solution to collector operation problems.
Zachary Arndt,
Environmental Associate with Sargent & Lundy LLC, will discuss the Sargent &
Lundy approach to selecting the appropriate baghouse fabric filter bags when
high temperatures, oxygen concentrations, and chemical agents are present in the
inlet gas flow. These heightened factors need to be properly addressed to ensure
that bag life warranties and emission guarantees are met for each and every
client.
Terry Wanta,
Pristyne® Filter Media Business Leader at W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., will
discuss the impact a dry injection system or dry scrubber can have on the filter
media, the various filter material choices available, and how ePTFE membrane
media may improve operations while meeting the required regulatory limits.
Dry flue gas scrubbers or dry injection systems are options to control acid
gases (SOx and HCl). Adding a dry scrubber upstream of an existing
baghouse will change the operating conditions. In some cases, the existing
filter media will provide acceptable performance under these new conditions; in
other cases the baghouse performance will suffer. ePTFE membrane bags are
capable of handling a wide range of gas and dust conditions. The attributes of
membrane filtration can provide plant personnel with more flexibility in overall
operations.
G. Keith Ogilvie, Jr.
of Hamon Research-Cottrell
To register for the "Hot Topic Hour" on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 10:00 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 July 29, 2011 – Utility E Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1035 – July 29, 2011
Table of Contents
COAL – US
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SWEPCO settles some Lawsuits against 600 MW John W. Turk Project
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Duke to convert Lee to Natural Gas
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Mayor Emanuel, Aldermen send Message to Chicago Coal-fired Power Plants
COAL – WORLD
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Pre-qualified Firms to tender for Coal-fired Power Projects in Kenya
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2x800 MW Power Plant at Bansagar in Madhya Pradesh, India
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125 MW Lignite-fired Power Plant in the Surat District, Gujarat, India
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Punj Lloyd has Contract for Civil Work at Bongaigaon Power Project in Assam,
India
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Power Ministry asks Andhra Pradesh (India) Government to look into stalled
Krishnapatnam UMPP
GAS / OIL – WORLD
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Alstom to revise Severnaya Gas Turbines
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Tokyo to build Gas-fired Power Plant to help with Shortage of Electricity
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Bandel Peaking Power Project looking for Source of Natural Gas
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Granting of Pembroke Power Station Environmental Permit Halted
CO2
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British Report Promotes Government Funding for Carbon Capture and Utilization
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Montana Launches $85 Million Carbon Storage Project
BIOMASS
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STEAG Energy Services regenerates Biomass Fueled SCR Catalyst
GASIFICATION
NUCLEAR
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Jordan Ready to receive Bids for 1,000 MW Nuclear Power Plant
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Third Potential Partner for Summer Nuclear Power Project in South Carolina
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India begins construction of 2x700 MW Indigenously Designed Nuclear Power Plants
at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan
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Taiwan expects Nuclear Power Plant to be in Operation in 2014
BUSINESS
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MET to provide Wet Limestone and Ammonium Sulfate FGD in China
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$6.1 Billion Precipitator Market This Year
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Report says Bhel’s Equipment may cost more than its Chinese Counterpart but it
is competitive in Lifecycle Cost
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Acorn Energy agrees to sell CoaLogix for $101 Million
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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Retrofitting Old Coal-fired Power Plants, Retirement, or Replacement were Three
Options Analyzed in Hot Topic Hour on July 28
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Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
For more information on the Utility Environmental
Upgrade Tracking System, click on:
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Thousands of Energy and Environment Exhibitions Each Year with Hundreds of
Thousands of Exhibitors
There are on the average more than three energy and environment conferences and
exhibitions underway every day somewhere in the world. Hundreds of thousands of
exhibitors and sponsors are participating each year. In its free Global
Knowledge Orchard the McIlvaine Company is displaying information on each event
and in many cases each exhibitor.
Here are events tracked in just 20 days last month:
Exhibitions from July 4 to July 24, 2011
7/24/2011
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AACC Annual Meeting and
Clinical Lab Expo 2011 |
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7/24/2011
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Int'l Conf. on Mercury as
Global Pollutant 2011 |
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7/24/2011
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Meeting of Society for
Industrial Microbiology |
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7/19/2011
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HydroVision International 2011 |
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7/19/2011
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Oil Sands Heavy Oil Conference
and Exhibition |
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7/18/2011
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American Glovebox Society
Conference |
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7/18/2011
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AMTA / SEDA 2011 Joint
Conference & Exposition |
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7/17/2011
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ASHE 48th Annual Conference &
Technical Exhibition |
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7/12/2011
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ASME Power Conference 2011 |
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7/12/2011
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Intersolar North America 2011 |
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7/12/2011
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SEMICON West 2011 |
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7/10/2011
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Air Pollution Control Round
Table |
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7/10/2011
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Food Pro 2011 |
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7/10/2011
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PREP 2011—24th International
Symposium |
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7/6/2011
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UK Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas
2011 |
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7/4/2011
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Singapore Water Week Expo |
There were more than 600 exhibitors at Singapore Water Week Expo. Filter
exhibitors included 3M, Aquatech, Calgon Carbon, Pentair, Dow, Siemens, Koch
Membranes, Nitto Denko, Membrana, Veolia and more than 30 others.
AECOM, Black & Veatch, CDM, CH2M Hill and MWH were among the
consultant exhibitors. There were a number of pump and valve exhibitors as well.
Pall Corporation is one of the most prolific exhibitors. Here is a list just of
their exhibitions where the title starts with an “A”:
Pall exhibition participation just for titles starting with “A”
Exhibition:
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AACC
Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab
Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, July
24-28, 2011 |
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American Society for
Microbiology (ASM) Conference
2011, New Orleans, LA, May
21-24, 2011. |
Exhibition:
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American Society of Brewing
Chemists 2011, Fort Meyers, FL,
June 11-15, 2011 |
Exhibition:
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ASHE
48th Annual Conference &
Technical Exhibition, Seattle,
WA, July 17-20, 2011 |
Exhibition:
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You can see all the latest exhibition information in the McIlvaine Global
Knowledge Orchard at:
Free
News and Analyses.
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Solar
Panels Are Sprouting Everywhere
Solar Panels are sprouting everywhere. Here are just a few of the installations
described in McIlvaine’s Renewable Energy Updates.
Chevrolet is harnessing the power of the sun to install solar-powered
electric charging stations for its
Volts at dealerships in North America. The Green Zone initiative will
generate electricity equivalent to 12 full vehicle charges per day and excess
electricity created will help supplement the dealership's power needs.
American Chevrolet in Modesto, Calif., and
Al
Serra Auto Plaza in Grand Blanc, Mich., are the first U.S.
dealerships to complete their solar charging capability by installing Green
Zones on their property.
"The question isn't whether to install a solar canopy, it's where and how many,"
said Joe Serra, president of Serra Automotive.
The Chevy Green Zone Initiative is part of GM Ventures' recent announcement to
invest $7.5 million in
Sunlogics, a solar panel manufacturing and development company that
will supply the panels and install the dealer charging stations.
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and Matrix Development Group cut
the ribbon on a new rooftop solar installation at a Matrix-owned building in
South Brunswick, NJ. The 3.0-megawatt (MW) project is part of
PSE&G's Solar 4 All™ program, the utility's flagship solar effort to help New
Jersey reach its solar energy goals while creating jobs and fostering economic
development.
Solar 4 All™ is a nationally recognized program that will over three years
develop 80 solar megawatts – enough power to serve about 13,000 average-sized
New Jersey homes. The program is structured so the financial benefits – the
value of the solar credits (SRECs), federal tax credits and the sale of the
solar energy and capacity– are returned to customers by offsetting the overall
cost of the program.
In addition to the South Brunswick site, Matrix also hosts a 2.8-megawatt solar
system in Perth Amboy that has been in service since January 2011. Both Matrix
projects are part of the "centralized" half of Solar 4 All™ – PSE&G owns and
maintains the grid-connected solar systems and leases the roof space from
Matrix.
The solar system is comprised of 12,684 crystalline solar panels. The panels
cover more than 318,000 square feet of roof space in total and are connected
directly to the electric grid for the benefit of all PSE&G electric customers.
They will produce enough solar electricity to power about 500 average-size
homes.
In addition to the two Matrix sites, PSE&G has built solar systems at five
Newark schools totaling 2.7 MW and a 1.7 MW solar system on a CenterPoint
Properties warehouse in Bayonne. PSE&G has also installed solar systems at it
own facilities – a 0.9 MW system at its Central Division Headquarters in
Somerset, NJ and a 0.7 MW system at its Edison Training and Development Center,
which includes roof, ground, carport and pole-attached installations.
Independent Energy Solutions, Inc. (IES), a leading solar energy development and
construction firm, announced completion and "powering-up" of a 213 kW (dc) solar
electric (photovoltaic) carport / shade structure installation at the Marine
Corps Air Ground Combat Center in 29 Palms, California. The large-scale system
is capable of generating about 312,000 kilowatt-hours of clean, green
electricity annually while providing shade and cover for parked cars.
The new largest solar installation in a U.S. national park features
high-performance solar panels from
SolarWorld in roof-mount, parking-canopy and wall-mount systems at Yosemite
National Park
Showcasing the work of U.S. tradesmen and factories, the 672-kilowatt project at
the park’s administrative and maintenance center comprises a 500-kilowatt
parking canopy offering cover for center employees and visitors; a 100-kilowatt
roof-mount system atop a warehouse; and a 72-kilowatt system on a sloped wall of
an office building. The park estimates the solar installation will supply about
12 percent of the park’s total power consumption.
Somerset Tire Service, Inc. (STS), the largest independent tire and automotive
service company in the Northeast US, has installed a one megawatt DC solar
electric (photovoltaic) system on the roof its distribution center in
Bridgewater, NJ. The solar array includes 5,488 185-watt solar modules
manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric and installed by Advanced Solar Products
(ASP).
The system, which uses solar modules with 100-percent lead-free solder, is
estimated to produce 1,197 MWh of electricity per year, nearly eliminating the
company’s power bill and output of greenhouse gases. Since going live in early
April the system has surpassed its expected production of electricity.
The project is financed in part by the federal renewable energy treasury grant,
and the sale of New Jersey solar renewable energy credits (SRECs), which will be
generated by the system over 15 years.
Visitors to Arizona State University’s (ASU) Tempe campus soon will be shaded
when parking in a lot adjacent to Sun Devil Stadium by an innovative,
patent-pending solar structure design that generates 2.1 megawatts (MW) of
electricity.
This groundbreaking solar installation project marks the first partnership
between ASU and NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. which is expanding
its portfolio of solar renewable energy projects in Arizona.
The 5.25-acre PowerParasol™ design will cover 800 covered parking spaces in lot
59, the university’s largest blacktop surface parking lot adjacent to Packard
Stadium. Within the 25-year, $10.5-million agreement, NRG will own and operate
the PowerParasol™, and in exchange, ASU will pay flat electricity rates during
the term. Within three to four years, the university should experience reduced
electricity rates.
The initial PowerParasol™ project is the vision of Arizona-based Strategic Solar
Energy, LLC. Construction on the structure is slated to begin in mid-August,
2011 and to be completed before the end of 2011.
In addition to shaded parking, the 24-foot-high PowerParasol™ also provides
nighttime lighting for better security and allows some natural light to shine
through, creating areas for landscaping and a comfortable, functional
environment. Cell phone antennas, security cameras, and vehicle electrical
charging stations also can be incorporated into the PowerParasol™ design.
For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update please
visit:
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