Mobile Devices and Route Maps Will Enrich Your Chem Show Experience
Route maps at the Chem Show next week provide links to very specific data which
should not only lead the visitor to the relevant stands, but provide him
preliminary information on how the product fits his application. We will be
updating the maps continuously during the show as well as in between now and
Tuesday.
Six applications oriented Route Maps allow you to determine which stands to
visit and even to arrange meetings by mobile phone. Just click on any
Decision Tree for the details.
Flow and Treatment Route Maps and Decision Stops for the Chem Show
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Cosmetics |
Organic,
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We will keep updating this Orchard during the show so be sure to keep checking.
You can also contact Bob McIlvaine during the show at mobile #847-226-2391 or
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com. Alternatively, you can reach Ross or
Denise at #847-784-0012.
Fabric Filter Innovations Keep Changing the Industry
Constant innovation of filters and media used to capture pollutants from exhaust
stacks results in many new products and new applications. These
innovations are continually analyzed and reported in the Fabric Filter
Knowledge System published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Innovations can be classified as:
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Expanding the range of pollutant types which can be captured
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Increasing efficiency of capture
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Decreasing balance of plant costs
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Decreasing the cost of ownership
The expansion of the range of pollutants captured has been a function of both
collector design and media. The biggest expansion has been to capture acid
gases. Reagents are injected ahead of the fabric filter. They react with
the acid gases to produce sulfates, chlorides and fluorides which can then be
captured in a downstream fabric filter. The waste-to-energy, aluminum and
power industries are now widely using this technology.
The collector innovations have been to handle the much larger quantity of
particulate which is being captured. The media developments have been to
find materials which will stand both the temperature and acidic conditions which
have been encountered. PPS has proven to be an answer.
The development of microfibers, nanofibers and films has allowed media to
capture sub-micron particles with modest pressure loss across the medium. With
the greater emphasis on regulating particles smaller than 2.5 microns in
diameter, these innovations are important.
The introduction of media which can operate economically at 850oF
creates opportunities to reduce total cost of operation for boilers and
furnaces. If the dust can be extracted at high temperatures, then conventional
heat exchangers can be used to extract the valuable heat. Thermal
efficiency can be greatly increased if the heat is utilized rather than being
converted to a steam plume exiting the stack.
The biggest balance of plant saving is the elimination of selective catalytic
reduction for NOx control. By embedding catalyst into the filter
media, the filter can provide both particulate control and NOx reduction.
Clear Edge and W. L. Gore are two companies developing this technology.
Decreasing the cost of ownership has been achieved by the improvement in
cleaning mechanisms and media. Filter bag life is extended and the average
pressure loss across the bag is reduced.
For more information on Fabric Filter Knowledge System, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/other/2-uncategorised/95-1abc
Every Region Is a Winner and a Loser in the Flow and Treatment Export Battle
Suppliers of flow control and treatment products including those dealing with
air, gases, water and other liquids are generating annual revenues of over $300
billion. Each region of the world is participating both in the manufacture
and consumption of these products. In
Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Market,
McIlvaine Company analyzes the production, imports and exports in each region
and country. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
China is now a major exporter of filter bags and filter media. Much of the
finished bag export is by local companies. However, the export of filter media
as roll goods is from Chinese factories owned by the big international media
companies such as Ahlstrom, Lydall, Hollingsworth & Vose, BWF and Andrew.
Europe is a major net exporter of sophisticated decanter and disc type
centrifuges used in municipal wastewater treatment as well as chemical and food
and beverage applications. Europe enjoys a lead in the export of
industrial and municipal pumps, although it should be noted that Flygt is part
of the U.S. based Xylem.
In terms of air pollution control systems for power plants, the Chinese dominate
the market but not the exports. The reason is the huge size of the domestic
market. It is anticipated that the Chinese air pollution companies will play a
significant role in Southeast Asia. This market is very international.
Alstom which is headquartered in France conducts its air pollution control
business from the U.S. Hitachi and Mitsubishi have large operations
in Europe and the U.S as well as in Japan.
The U.S. continues to enjoy the export lead in the valve segment. The top three
companies Pentair, Flowserve and Emerson are U.S. based and have ten percent of
the global market. Chinese companies are starting to play a bigger role.
Neway now has a major presence in Europe.
The U.S. also holds a slight edge over Europe in terms of exports of air and
water instrumentation. However, Thermo Fisher recently set up its main air
pollution research center in China. This initiative by Thermo Fisher lends
credence to the belief that the whole emphasis on national exports and imports
is outdated. International companies rather than national governments are
proving to be more influential in creating jobs and wealth than are any of the
individual countries in which they operate.
An example of this increasing importance of international companies is the
acquisition of Howden (UK) by Colfax. This U.S. company now operates the
world’s largest fan manufacturing facilities.
For more information on
Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Market,
click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/27-water/445-n064-air-gas-water-fluid-treatment
Renewable Energy Briefs
PNM Seeks Proposals for 2016 Renewable Energy Resources
PNM, a subsidiary of PNM Resources and New Mexico's largest electric utility,
issued a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable energy resources totaling
150,000 megawatt-hours produced and delivered to customers in 2016.
"We are looking for solid proposals that will help us provide affordable and
reliable power to meet state renewable energy requirements," said PNM Director
of Resources and Planning Pat O'Connell. "A robust, competitive bidding process
helps us identify the best options available to serve our customers with PNM's
expanding renewable portfolio."
PNM will consider cost-competitive offers for asset purchases,
design-build-transfer projects or purchased power agreements, in addition to
renewable energy certificate (or REC-only) bids. (RECs are certificates that
document that energy was generated by a renewable resource.)
Projects should be located in or deliver electricity to customers in New Mexico.
REC-only purchases must be from a facility located in New Mexico. Renewable
energy sources sought include wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower and biomass
technologies. Fossil fuel and nuclear resources will not be considered.
Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) Approves 300 MW Solar Project in
Partnership with Two U.S. Firms
Global Trade Development Consulting and its Project Development Partner, Energy
Ventures, both Maryland Companies, announced that they have been awarded the
contract by the Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy and the Board
of Directors of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation to build, operate, and
transfer three 100-MW solar farms in Eastern Ethiopia.
The Integrated energy policy of Ethiopia envisages electricity generation
installed capacity of more than 20,000 MW by 2020 and substantial contribution
would be from renewable energy, resource.
Ethiopia is in the initial set of countries in President Obama's "Power Africa"
initiative. In addition to the needed power generation capacity, this 300
Megawatt Solar Project will contribute to economic development resulting in the
creation of more than 2,000 construction jobs that would inject additional
revenue to the Ethiopian economy. Ongoing plant operations would yield several
hundred new jobs as well.
Duke Energy to Build Three Solar Projects in Eastern North Carolina
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, has begun
construction of three utility-scale solar power projects totaling 30 megawatts
(MW) AC in Eastern North Carolina.
The 20-MW Dogwood Solar Power Project is located in Halifax County, near
Scotland Neck. The company is also building two 5-MW projects, one in Bertie
County near Windsor, named Windsor Cooper Hill Solar. The other, Bethel Price
Solar, is in Pitt County, near Bethel.
Power from these projects will be sold through long-term, fixed price contracts.
SunEnergy1, a solar design, engineering and construction company based in
Mooresville, N.C., is building the photovoltaic (PV) projects, which are
projected to be complete by the end of 2013.
The 140,000 high efficiency Virtus II PV modules for the three sites are being
supplied by ReneSola. The projects consist of a mix of 72-cell 300-watt and
305-watt polycrystalline PV modules.
These projects, located in Dominion NC Power’s service territory, bring Duke
Energy Renewables’ wholly owned commercial solar farms to 20 across the U.S. In
addition to its 12.5- and 5-MW solar sites in Beaufort County and the 5-MW
Murfreesboro Solar Power Project, also in Eastern North Carolina, Duke Energy
Renewables owns six 1-MW solar facilities in the western part of the state.
Ex-Im Bank Approves $61.1 Million for Export of U.S. Made Wind Turbine
Generators to Costa Rica
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a $61.1
million direct loan to Inversiones Eolicas de Orosi Dos S.A. (Orosi), a
subsidiary of the leading Central American wind-generation company Globeleq
Mesoamerica Energy, for the purchase of wind-turbine generators manufactured by
Gamesa in Fairless Hills, PA.
The authorization, which represents Ex-Im Bank's first wind transaction in Costa
Rica and fourth utility-scale wind project overall, will support approximately
200 U.S. jobs, according to bank estimates derived from Departments of Commerce
and Labor data and methodology.
Nevis Island Partners with NREI to Develop Geothermal Energy Plant
The Nevis Cabinet announced that Nevis Renewable Energy International (NREI) is
their choice as the developer of its geothermal energy project.
This much anticipated project, spearheaded by Acting Premier, Hon. Mark A.G.
Brantley will reduce and eventually eliminate Nevis' need for existing
diesel-fired electrical generation and replace it with renewable energy.
"The use of geothermal energy will not only make Nevis a greener place in the
future, but also makes it less vulnerable to volatile oil prices, as the cost of
geothermal energy is stabilized under a long-term contract," stated Minister
Alexis Jeffers, Senior Minister in the Ministry of Utilities. He added that
Nevis currently needs to import 4,250,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year.
Beginning in January 2014, NREI will construct a geothermal power plant and
injection and production wells on 79 acres of Crown Land leased from the Nevis
Island Administration. In addition to providing lower cost, cleaner electricity
for Nevis, this can potentially be expanded to include St Kitts and other
islands in the future. With the support and expertise of NREI, the project will
utilize local resources as much as possible for site development, planning and
construction; create new economic opportunities for local businesses; and mentor
Nevisian government, educational and other organizations by providing technology
transfer and training in areas of geology, modeling, well design/drilling, power
plant development, operation, maintenance and technical/financial risk
assessment. In so doing, NREI will assist NEVLEC and NIA to design and implement
a geothermal program that will enable Nevis to develop the expertise needed to
serve as a center of excellence for geothermal development throughout the West
Indies.
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 the November 22, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY
E-ALERT
#1152– November 22, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL – WORLD
CO2
BIOMASS
NUCLEAR
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China to
finance Power Projects in Yemen
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Appeals Court suspends DOE collection of Nuke Fees
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Exxon Mobile to sell Majority Stake in Hong Kong Utility and a Power Storage
Firm for $3.4 Billion
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Emera buys 1,050 MW Combined Cycle Gas-fired Power Plants in New England for
$541Million
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Mobile Devices and Route Maps will enrich Your CHEM SHOW Experience
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Investment of $790 Billion in Fossil and Nuclear Plants this Year
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Power Plant Operators will spend $8.5 Billion on Precipitators Next Year
HOT TOPIC HOUR
For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/2-uncategorised/89-42ei
“Update on Gasification Projects and Technology” is the “Hot Topic Hour” on
December 12, 2013
With all of the talk in political and environmentalist circles about re-powering
America with natural gas and the huge gas reserves now proven and flowing from
the shale deposits, you might wonder if there is a future for gasification of
coal, biomass and waste such as sewage sludge. However, if natural gas prices
rise, and they will because of increasing international and industrial demand,
utilities and large industrial users will need to have alternate sources.
Gasification of coal, biomass and sludge is an alternate that can offer an
alternative to high priced natural gas and also offer environmental benefits.
Gasification of coal, our most abundant natural resource, can provide the power,
chemical and refining industries with an economically competitive and
environmentally conscious technology option to produce electricity, fuels and
chemicals. The gasification process basically removes 99 percent or more of the
pollutant materials such as sulfur, mercury and other heavy metals in coal
before combustion making it much easier to have almost “zero emissions” from the
combustion and power producing process. In addition, some of the gasification
processes can have as byproducts other important chemicals such as hydrogen
sulfide, elemental sulfur, sulfuric acid and nitrogen compounds such as ammonium
nitrate for fertilizer or other ammonia based chemicals. If necessary, it is
also cheaper and easier to capture CO2 during gasification prior to
the combustion process. With gasification, utilization of IGCC for power
production can also offer significantly greater combustion efficiency than
conventional combustion of coal or any other fuel – up to 50 or 60 percent
efficiency compared to 30 to 40 percent for other combustion power generation
technologies resulting in reduced GHG emissions.
Detractors say the gasification process is too expensive and environmentalists
protest any use of mined coal. However, a potential solution is underground coal
gasification. The advantages in the use of this technology are the low plant
costs (as no surface gasifiers are required), the absence of coal transport
costs and elimination of surface mining environmental affects.
Employing biomass as a feedstock to generate chemical feedstock or power has the
advantage of being carbon neutral or even becoming carbon negative, if carbon is
captured and sequestrated. However, there are many challenges to the
effective utilization of biomass wastes including seasonality and shortages of
suitable materials, transportation costs and for various reasons it can be
difficult to gasify along with coal.
The following speakers will update us on the status of gasification technology,
describe their experience with the permitting, design, construction, operation
and maintenance of gasification plants, and discuss the economic and
environmental performance of these plants especially the production of saleable
byproducts. We should also hear about new equipment designs, technology and
systems being developed to improve gasification and IGCC performance and
economics, discuss the research and development that must be conducted to
perfect this technology and address how the gasification of coal and biomass
coupled with IGCC for power production compares to re-powering with natural gas
relative to the risk, economics, ability to achieve “zero emissions” and ability
to reduce GHGs.
Keith Moore,
President of CastleLight Energy Corp., will discuss the field demonstrated
“hybrid of coal-gasification” coupled with recent developments in Coal
Beneficiation for significant reduction in operating costs and pollutant
emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Phil Amick,
Director, Gasification Business Development at CB&I
Jeff Phillips,
Senior Program Manager for Advanced Generation at EPRI, will discuss some of the
current worldwide gasification projects. The famous opening line of Charles
Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities would provide an appropriate description for the
current status of gasification technology: “It was the best of times; it
was the worst of times.” This presentation will review some of the current
projects that have generated good news about gasification and some projects that
have generated bad news. The bad news has come from the U.S. and Europe
while the good news has come from a wide swath of Asia.
Alison Kerester,
Executive Director of the Gasification Technologies Council
As the world's population continues to grow so does the demand for energy and
the amount of waste generated. Gasification can help convert that waste
and other materials, such as coal, petroleum coke and biomass into that needed
energy. Gasification is a thermal manufacturing process that converts
hydrocarbon materials into a "synthesis gas" consisting primarily of carbon
monoxide and hydrogen. The syngas can be burned in a turbine to generate power
or further processed to manufacture chemicals, fertilizers, transportation
fuels, hydrogen or substitute natural gas.
Dan Ripes
of PEAT International, Inc., will discuss “Plasma Gasification.”
To register for the December 12, 2013 “Hot Topic Hour” on “Update on
Gasification Projects and Technology” at 10:00 a.m. CST, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.
McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration
On Thursday at 10:00 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 $125.00
for non-subscribers.
Market Intelligence
webinars are free to McIlvaine market report subscribers and are $400.00
for non-subscribers.
DATE |
Non-Subscribers Cost |
SUBJECT |
Webinar Type |
December 12, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Update on Gasification Projects
and Technology |
Power |
December 19, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Selecting FGD Scrubber
Components |
Power |
January 9, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Air Preheaters & Heat Exchangers |
Power |
January 16, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Corrosion Issues and Materials
for APC Systems |
Power |
January 23, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Co-Firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass
and Municipal Waste |
Power |
February 6, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Review of EUEC |
Power |
February 13, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Impact of Ambient Air Quality
Rules on Fossil Fueled Boilers
and Gas Turbines
|
Power |
February 27, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Dry FGD: Spray Dry vs. CFB vs.
DSI
|
Power |
March 6, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Update on IGCC (Integrated
Gasification Combined Cycle) |
Power |
March 13, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Update on Oxy-Fuel Combustion |
Power |
March 20, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Improving ESP Performance |
Power |
March 27, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Mercury Control and Removal |
Power |
April 3, 2014 |
$125.00 |
HRSG Design, Operation and
Maintenance Considerations |
Power |
April 10, 2014 |
$125.00 |
|
Power |
April 17, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Measurement and Control of PM2.5
|
Power |
April 24, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Status of Carbon-to-Liquid
Projects and Technology |
Power |
May 1, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Renewable Energy, Status,
Options, Technology Update |
Power |
May 8, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Valves for Power Plant Steam and
Cooling Water |
Power |
May 15, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Water Treatment During Gas and
Oil Production |
Power |
May 22, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Advances in Coal Blending |
Power |
May 29, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Clean Coal Technologies |
Power |
June 5, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Material Handling in Fossil
Fueled Power Plants |
Power |
June 12, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Industrial Boiler MACT - Impact
and Control Options |
Power |
June 19, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Multi-emissions Control
Technologies |
Power |
June 26, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Next Generation of Coal
Combustion Technologies |
Power |
July 10, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Compliance Strategies for PM2.5
|
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To register for the “Hot Topic Hour”, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.
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President
847-784-0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
191 Waukegan Road Suite 208 | Northfield | IL 60093
Ph: 847-784-0012 | Fax: 847-784-0061