Hot Topic Hour for September 6, 2012 is
Material Handling in Coal-fired Power Plants
Operation of a modern power plant has become an exercise in material handling.
The modern power plant deals with the transportation, loading/unloading,
storage, sizing, blending and injection of fuels and other materials.
These include coal and various biomass products as well as lime, limestone or
gypsum, liquids such as ammonia or sulfuric acid and solids such as the various
forms of activated carbon. Many of these materials utilize very different
material handling equipment and have their own unique set of problems related to
their transportation and use. With coal switching and coal blending frequently
being used to take advantage of reduced fuel costs and to reduce air emissions,
the pulverizer, conveyor and injection equipment must be capable of handling a
wide range of coals with varying physical characteristics, moisture levels and
ash properties. Getting the materials to the proper place in the power plant in
the proper configuration is only part of the problem. The power plant also needs
to collect, condition, transport and stockpile or load the waste products from
the combustion process and air and water pollution control systems. Add to this
mix the need to improve plant efficiency by reducing energy used for these
material handling systems. Issues such as shortages of water, zero effluent
discharge regulations, the need to eliminate ash ponds and material handling
become critical to the efficient operation of the plant.
The following speakers will address the various material handling systems and
equipment available for all of the materials used in a coal-fired power plant;
the advantages or disadvantages of each; their operating experience with the
equipment; potential problems to avoid during design and operation and new
technology available to improve performance while reducing energy consumed and
maintenance.
Geoff Conroy,
President of Aumund Corporation, will discuss automated methods for coal
storage, handling and blending. He will discuss the most up to date methods of
coal handling for large stockpiles, multi-piles and reclaim applications to
achieve coal blending, both within the pile and from several piles.
Ron Grabowski,
Business Development Manager at Clyde Bergemann Malvern
Charles S. Alack,
President of Semi-Bulk Systems, Inc., will describe efficient in-line mixer
processes for handling and dispersing large volumes of pulverized limestone for
FGD scrubbers. Process options will be described for handling, dispersing and
injecting dry sorbent and chemicals into FGD scrubbers and in-furnace treatment
for SO2 and Hg removal. He will also describe the pulverized
limestone slurry processes recently supplied to Minnesota Power, Southern Power
and Ameren power plants.
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2012 |
|
DATE |
SUBJECT |
|
September 6 |
Material Handling in Coal-fired Power Plants |
Power |
September 13 |
Instruments and Technology for On-line Boiler
Monitoring |
Power |
September 27 |
Coal-fired Boiler Optimization – Part 1 |
Power |
October 11 |
Coal-fired Boiler Optimization – Part 2 |
Power |
October 18 |
Air Preheaters & Heat Exchangers
|
Power |
October 25 |
Instrumentation for air, gas, water, liquids
(forecasts, market shares, growth segments). |
Market Intelligence |
November 1 |
Cooling Towers and Cooling Water Issues |
Power |
November 8 |
FGD Scrubber Components |
Power |
November 15 |
Dampers and Expansion Joints for Coal-fired and
Gas Turbine Power Plants |
Power |
November 29 |
Catalyst Selection for NOx and Other
Gases |
Power |
|
|
|
December 6 |
Boiler Feed and Cooling Water Treatment |
Power |
December 13 |
Co-firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass and Municipal
Waste |
Power |
|
2013 |
|
January 10 |
Update on Oxy-fuel Combustion |
Power |
January 17 |
Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at
Coal-fired Power Plants
|
Power |
January 24 |
Gypsum Dewatering |
Power |
January 31 |
Filter media (forecasts and market drivers for
media used in air, gas, liquid, fluid
applications, both mobile and stationary). |
Market Intelligence |
February 7 |
Valves for Power Plants, Boilers and Water
Treatment Facilities |
Power |
Asia Will Account For 45 Percent of the Air and Water Monitoring Market Next
Year
In 2013 the worldwide sales of air and water monitoring equipment and services
will be $22 billion. Asia will account for 45 percent of the total.
Asian Sales of Air and Water Monitoring ($ Millions)
Industry
2013
Asphalt
33
Bioclean
12
Chemical
120
Commercial & Residential 2,446
Electronics
104
FGD
387
Food
112
Gas Turbines
78
Government & Academia 1,827
Incinerators
145
Metals
219
Mining
123
Oil & Gas
125
Other Industries
309
Pharmaceutical
31
Power
1,791
Pulp & Paper
257
Refining
319
Steel
91
Stone
219
Surface Coating
22
Municipal Wastewater
532
Municipal Water
801
Total
10,103
Air and water monitoring revenues include sales of laboratory, continuous and
portable instruments and systems. These include process gases and liquids as
well as exhaust gases and liquid waste streams. The values reported include
physical properties such as flow and temperature as well as chemical
constituents such as ammonia or cadmium.
Power is the largest industrial user of air and water monitoring equipment.
These plants extract more water than any other industry and discharge more gases
to the atmosphere than all the other industries combined. Process gas
instrumentation includes measurement of oxygen, carbon monoxide, temperature and
flow. It also includes related measurements such as fuel flow.
Laboratory equipment is also included. Often a solid e.g. filter catch is
measured to determine the constituents in the air or gas. Where the analysis of
the raw material is necessary for pollution control purposes, this is also
included. Many regulations affecting pollution control in coal-fired power
plants require measuring the sulfur or mercury in the coal being burned.
In the cement industry, the metals are measured in the limestone feed as well as
in the stack gas.
The power industry in Asia is investing more than the rest of the world combined
in boosting electrical capacity. Asia also leads in the expansion of municipal
water and wastewater. Municipalities in Asia will spend $1.2 billion for air and
water instrumentation next year. Most will be for water quality. However, odor
control is a big problem and will require a significant investment in portable
test equipment.
The trend is away from laboratory testing and towards continuous monitoring.
Municipalities presently have large investments in laboratories and considerable
operating expense devoted to periodic sampling. This will be sharply reduced as
these plants invest in systems which will continuously monitor and control the
processes.
For more information on Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106extsup1.asp
Large Treatment and Flow Control Companies Expect to Grow 5.2 Percent in 2013
Eighty major companies participating in the air, gas, water, fluid treatment and
control market expect their 2013 sales to be $114 billion up from $108 billion
in 2012 for an average gain of 5.2 percent. The mean gain is 5.6 percent (the
projected sales for the company ranked #41). The McIlvaine Company in its
report, Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets, is
projecting sales in this market to increase worldwide from $323 billion in 2012
to $339 billion (in non-inflated 2010 dollars).
Many of the companies participating in this market derive the majority of their
sales from products outside the scope of this forecast. These 80 larger
companies generate only 15 percent of the revenues in this market. The
conclusion is that the larger companies will be growing at the same rate as the
total market.
Companies headquartered in Asia (with the exception of Japan) will in general be
growing faster than companies headquartered in Europe and the Americas.
Future sales forecasts of each of the 80 companies are an aggregate of forecasts
by the companies or by the analysts who follow their stocks most closely.
Individual forecasts ranged from a negative 3 percent to a positive 22 percent.
Low Growth Companies (Revenues $ Millions)
Company |
2011 |
2011 % Increase |
2012 |
2012 % Increase |
2013 |
2013 % Increase |
Thermax |
1,069 |
55.83% |
1,018 |
-4.77% |
984 |
-3.34% |
Ebara |
5,129 |
-17.14% |
5,250 |
2.36% |
5,100 |
-2.86% |
Umicore |
16,302 |
38.36% |
17,218 |
5.62% |
16,991 |
-1.32% |
Johnson Matthey |
12,270 |
27.37% |
14,775 |
20.42% |
14,687 |
-0.60% |
In the case of companies projecting lower sales in 2013, the reason is
exceptionally high increases in 2011 or 2012.
High Growth Companies (Revenues $ Millions)
Company |
2011 |
2011 % Increase |
2012 |
2012 % Increase |
2013 |
2013 % Increase |
Cameron International |
6,959 |
13.43% |
8,140 |
16.97% |
9,217 |
13.23% |
Sulzer Ltd.
|
3,238 |
-4.96% |
3,544 |
9.45% |
4,043 |
14.08% |
Fuel Tech |
94 |
14.63% |
98 |
4.26% |
112 |
14.29% |
Veolia |
36,211 |
-14.78% |
29,304 |
-19.07% |
35,856 |
22.36% |
The companies projecting higher sales ranged from those with steady high growth
to companies which expect to rebound from low or negative growth.
For more information on: Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control:
World Markets click on:
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The Market for Fabric Filter Systems and Replacement Elements Will Exceed $8.7
Billion in 2013
Purchases of fabric filter systems and replacement elements will exceed $8.7
billion next year. This is the latest forecast in World Fabric Filter and
Element Market published by the McIlvaine Company.
Fabric Filter Revenues
($ Millions)
Subject
2013
Bags
2,589
Equipment 2,813
Media
1,449
Systems 6,189
The equipment category includes the collector or housing with a cleaning
mechanism and the elements. However, the average contract between filter
supplier and purchaser has some additional items such as ductwork, fans and/or
support structure. This is represented by the systems category.
The bags or elements are replaced every three to four years. They represent only
about 10 percent of the value in the original sale, but provide a substantial
continuing opportunity. Prior to 1960, the equipment supplier also sold
the replacement bags. However in the last fifty years, the role of the
independent bag makers has grown to the point at which they dominate the sales
of replacement bags. The market for bags in 2013 will be close to $2.6 billion.
This market is growing steadily unlike the equipment market which is much more
volatile.
Filter media revenues include the sales by the manufacturer of roll goods to the
bag makers. In some cases, these are one and the same. More frequently the bag
maker is using roll goods from a number of suppliers. The value of the media
represents as little as 10 percent to as much as 60 percent of the value in the
finished bag depending on the material used. Polyester non-wovens are on
the low end whereas PTFE is at the top.
Membranes are increasing their penetration of the market due to higher
efficiency and better cake release. U.S. EPA calculated the cost of its new air
toxic regulation for cement plants is based on a switch to membrane bags to meet
the standards.
There are continuing innovations in media which will shape the industry in the
future. One of the most important is the high temperature ceramic element
containing catalyst. High particulate and DeNOx efficiency are
obtained at 850oF. This lowers the footprint and provides the
opportunity for more heat exchange and better energy conversion efficiency.
For more information on World Fabric Filter and Element Market, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n021.
Here are the Headlines for the August 24, 2012 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1089 – August 24, 2012
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL / US
GAS/OIL WORLD
§
KBR picked to manage construction of 242 MW Diamantina in Australia
CO2
BIOMASS
NUCLEAR
§
Darlington Nuclear Power Project in Canada receives Site Preparation License
BUSINESS
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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Military Turns to Renewables
The military is employing renewables to provide energy security. These
activities are tracked in McIlvaine’s Renewable Energy Projects and
Update.
Interior and Defense Departments Join Forces to Promote Renewable Energy on
Federal Lands
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar have
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that encourages appropriate
development of renewable energy projects on public lands withdrawn (set aside)
for defense-related purposes, and other onshore and offshore areas near military
installations.
The MOU sets out the guiding concepts for the Renewable Energy Partnership Plan,
the departments’ roles and responsibilities under the agreement, and how they
will work together to carry out the initiative. A major goal of the partnership
is to harness the significant proven solar, wind, geothermal and biomass energy
resources on or near DoD installations across the country.
DoD is aggressively pursuing the development of renewable energy on its
installations both to improve the energy security of the installations and to
reduce the Department’s $4 billion-a-year utility bill. Together with advanced
microgrid technology, which DoD is testing, renewable energy will allow a base
to maintain critical functions for weeks or months if the commercial grid goes
down. With these operational goals in mind, each of the Military Services has
committed to deploy 1 gigawatt of renewable energy on or near its installations
by 2025.
DoD installations encompass roughly 28 million acres in the U.S., of which 16
million acres previously managed by Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
were withdrawn for military use by Executive Order, congressional legislation or
departmental regulations. About 13 million acres of these withdrawn lands are
located in the west and are high in wind, solar and geothermal resources.
Offshore wind also is an abundant renewable energy resource available to many
DoD installations on the Atlantic coast, Pacific coast, Gulf of Mexico and in
Hawaii. Offshore Atlantic winds alone could produce an estimated 1,000 gigawatts
of energy.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through its Engineering and Support Center,
Huntsville, has issued a Multiple-Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) Request for
Proposal (RFP) for $7 billion in total contract capacity to procure reliable,
locally generated, renewable and alternative energy through power purchase
agreements. The $7 billion capacity would be expended for the purchase of
energy over a period of 30 years or less from renewable energy plants that are
constructed and operated by contractors using private sector financing.
It is the intent of the government only to purchase the energy that is produced,
and not to acquire any generation assets. The contractors will finance, design,
build, operate, own and maintain the energy plants. The government will
contract to purchase the power for up to 30 years in accordance with the terms
and conditions stipulated in site or project specific agreements resulting from
task orders awarded under multiple Indefinite Delivery (ID)/Indefinite Quantity
(IQ) contracts. Project locations may be on any federal property located
within the U.S. including Alaska, Hawaii, territories, provinces or other
property under the control of the U.S. government for the duration of contract
performance.
The Army is moving forward to address the challenge of energy security and
sustainability to ensure the Army of tomorrow has the same access to energy,
water, land and natural resources as the Army of today. The DoD has the
goal to produce or consume 25 percent of its total energy use from renewable
sources by year 2025.
In an effort to increase awareness about the Department of the Navy’s surge
toward “Energy Independence,” CleanTECH San Diego and the San Diego Military
Advisory Council (SDMAC) co-hosted an inaugural event on July 26 at the Port
Pavilion on Broadway Pier. The event featured keynote remarks from Rear Admiral
Dixon Smith, Commander, Navy Region Southwest and the Honorable Mayor Jerry
Sanders, delivered to more than 300 stakeholders.
In 2010, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced his commitment that 40
percent of the Department of the Navy’s total energy consumption will come from
alternative sources by 2020. San Diego’s cleantech cluster — comprising more
than 800 companies from startups to large multinational enterprises — will play
an integral role in satisfying this mandate.
“The Department of the Navy has a long history of leading energy
transformations, from sail to coal to oil to nuclear power,” said SDMAC
President Rear Admiral Jim Johnson, USN (Ret.). “This event will showcase the
Navy’s long term vision for energy security and how they will transform energy
vulnerabilities into mission advantages.”
The defense industry and the San Diego region have enjoyed a long tradition and
strong history around research, innovation and economic development. According
to a recent SDMAC economic impact study, the military accounts for 25 percent of
all San Diego jobs and the region boasts the largest concentration of military
forces in the world with 67 percent of the nation’s military training airspace
located in the Southwest. The military is a powerful force for the local
economy, generating more than $32 billion in gross regional product annually.
Top military officials and renewable energy businesses and organizations met at
the second forum in the multi-part series hosted by the American Council on
Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), in order to clarify
the Department of Defense’s (DoD) renewable energy priorities, and overcome
roadblocks to achieving the military’s goals.
The forum series, being held throughout 2012 in collaboration with the DoD seeks
to increase U.S. military effectiveness through the integration and deployment
of renewable energy solutions on base and in the battlefield. The Department of
Defense is the biggest single energy user in the U.S. and is expected to spend
$150 billion on fuel and electricity over the next decade. In order to increase
the energy security of its installations, DoD has embarked on an ambitious
program of expanded renewable energy generation on base, coupled with focused
development in enabling technologies such as microgrids.
The second forum focused on outlining the specific technology and project
priorities of each of the military services and the opportunities for integrated
systems for renewables and on-site energy management; illuminating the
procurement processes intended to reduce the cost of base and operational energy
projects and facilitate renewable energy deployment; and leveraging private
sector finance to allow the DoD to use both proven and innovative finance models
to reach beyond its budgetary boundaries.
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