50 Companies Buy Half the Electrostatic Precipitator Systems and Parts

Sales of electrostatic precipitator (ESP) systems and repair parts for coal-fired power plants will reach $7 billion in 2016.  This represents 70 percent of the ESP purchases by stationary sources.  Seven companies will account for 44 percent of the purchases by coal-fired power plants and 31 percent of the purchases by all stationary sources.

The five largest Chinese suppliers are among the top seven ESP system operators in the world.  These seven companies will buy 31 percent of the ESP products in 2016. The next 10 companies, most of whom are U.S.-based, will account for 12 percent of the ESP purchases by power plants and 8 percent of all the ESP purchases by stationary sources.

ESP owners are facing substantial investments to upgrade or replace ESPs to meet new emission limits. These limits ratchet down the allowable emissions. Emissions are measured not only over long periods, but typically each hour.  This means that electrodes, rappers and other parts which continue to operate but cause emission increases over time now have to be replaced more often.

The concentration of ESP purchases by this small group of companies means that suppliers can sell directly throughout the world.  There are efficiency, reliability and other unique features which allow suppliers to obtain higher prices and margins.  McIlvaine has developed a program to help suppliers focus on the large purchasers. Detailed Forecasting of Markets, Prospects and Projects.

This program combines the following:

N018 Electrostatic Precipitator World Market

42EI Utility Tracking System

44I Power Plant Air Quality Decisions

Industrial Air Plants and Projects

$7.4 Billion Air Filter Market Next Year

Sales of air filters for HVAC in residences, industry, commercial and government facilities will exceed $7.4 billion in 2016.  This is the conclusion of the McIlvaine Company in the continually updated N022 Air Filtration and Purification World Market. 

Electronic filters are the smallest segment.  They are used in more expensive residential and commercial buildings.  The low efficiency (G1-4) filters are used as pre-filters as well as final filters.  However, home owners have been upgrading to the more efficient M5-6 filters. In China there is increasing penetration for the high efficiency H10-U17 filters due to the very high levels of pollution in the ambient air.

Gas turbine power plants filter large quantities of ambient air used to provide the mass which drives the turbine. Owners have found that upgrading to the H10-U17 high efficiency filters reduces turbine maintenance and justifies costs several times those of less efficient filters.

There is increasing concern regarding volatile organic compounds (VOCs).  Plastic furniture and utensils can emit low quantities of VOCs.  Due to the relatively closed environments in most buildings, the concentration can exceed healthy levels. Gas phase filters are used to remove these VOCs.  Activated carbon particles can be attached to the particulate filter media for removing modest amounts of VOCs.  For heavier concentrations, a separate carbon bed adsorber is selected.

The growing wealth and ambient pollution in Asia will combine to provide substantial growth in air filtration sales over the next decade.  New technical developments in membranes, nanofibers and adsorbents present high margin opportunities for suppliers.

For more information on N022 Air Filtration and Purification World Market, click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/108-n022.

Related reports from McIlvaine are:

N008 Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets

N021 World Fabric Filter and Element Market

59EI Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Supplier Program

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Bob McIlvaine
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