See McIlvaine in Houston at Valve World Registration on the 25th and
26th and hear McIlvaine in the Speakers Corner
After the successful premiere in 2011, the second staging of Valve World
Americas Expo & Conference is at a larger venue to accommodate the unprecedented
demand for space. The event will be held at the George R. Brown Convention
Center in Houston, TX from June 25 – 26, 2013.
At the conference and expo, attendees will get an extensive overview of
technical innovations concerning valves, valve-related products and
valve–related piping products, seals and sealing materials as well as
engineering, LDAR (Leak Detection and Repair) software, S.I.S and services.
McIlvaine Company will have a table top display next to registration and will
also be providing four presentations as follows:
Speakers Corner Schedule
Robert McIlvaine is the CEO of the McIlvaine Company - a market research,
publishing and consulting company which publishes Industrial Valves: World
Markets. In his presentation, Exploring the Future for the Industrial Valve
Industry, McIlvaine will provide forecasts for the valve industry in the
future segmented by industry, geography and valve type. Major factors affecting
the growth will be analyzed. They include - Disparate regional growth,
Environmental regulatory trends, Safety and other regulatory trends, Energy
sources of the future, Growth through consolidation, Impact of China as both a
purchaser and supplier, Expansion of “smart valve” revenues, New pressure,
temperature and corrosion prevention needs and New applications from ballast
water treatment to shale gas. The presentation will be divided into four topics:
·
Fossil and Nuclear Power Valve outlook at 2 p.m.,
·
Oil and Gas Valve outlook at 2:30 p.m.,
·
Water-Wastewater Valve Outlook at 3 p.m.,
·
High growth Valve markets at 3:30 p.m.
For information about attending the conference at Valve World Americas
Conference 2013, contact KCI Publishing, Mr. Christian Borrmann, Tel. +31 575
585-276; e-mail:
c.borrmann@kci-world.com
$532 Billon Coal-fired Retrofit and Upgrade Market in the U.S. and Europe
Improving efficiency, reducing operating costs and meeting environmental
regulations will result in a huge retrofit and upgrade investment at coal-fired
power plants in the U.S. and Europe. This is the conclusion reached by the
McIlvaine Company in it Utility Tracking System. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Region |
2013 Installed MW
X 1000 |
2020 Installed MW
X 1000 |
Investment to Extend Life
$ Billions |
Europe |
380 |
385 |
308 |
U. S. |
310 |
280 |
224 |
Total |
690 |
665 |
532 |
Despite the low cost of natural gas at present, DOE predicts the U.S. will burn
more coal in 2035 than at present. Coal consumption at European utilities is up
substantially this year. Coal is proving much more economical than alternatives
in Europe. Therefore, there is a great incentive to burn coal cleanly and
economically.
The fact that France has just contracted to upgrade three 600 MW coal-fired
boilers and to extend the life for another twenty-five years is testimony to the
new European commitment to coal. Eastern Europe depends on coal. There is an
ongoing program to reduce environmental emissions.
In both the U.S. and Europe, the largest expenditures will be to improve
combustion efficiency. The average U.S. plant emits more than 30 percent
for CO2 and uses 30 percent more coal than a new ultra-supercritical
plant. Upgrades will not be able to fully duplicate a new ultra-supercritical
plant, but they can improve efficiency by 10 percent or more.
Already many European plants have switched from volumetric to gravimetric
feeders. Controlling the variation in fuel flow by itself can improve
efficiency by several percent. The smart valves and pumps available today
increase performance and reduce maintenance costs.
The biggest expenditures will be in monitoring and automation. Monitoring
the conditions at a number of specific points in the boiler and then varying
fuel, the air flow through individual burners will be one upgrade. The
automation of the operation is necessary because of the complex trade-offs
between efficiency and NOx emissions.
Neural networks which use empirical knowledge to optimize operations will be
another important addition to the upgrades. These, in turn, will operate
better by replacing today’s sensors with smart sensors which digitally convey
the intelligence to the transmitter rather than just send an analog signal.
For more information on Utility Tracking System,
click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72
NOx Control Expenditures of $8.7 Billion will Account for 18% of 2014
Air Pollution Market
Power plants, incinerator operators and chemical plants will spend $8.7 billion
in 2014 for NOx control systems. This will represent 18 percent of a
total world market of $48.9 billion. This is the latest forecast in Air
Pollution Management, an online report published by the McIlvaine Company.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
World Air Pollution Control
Revenues 2014 |
|
Technology |
Revenues
$ Millions |
Fabric Filter |
11,700 |
Industrial Scrubbers and
Adsorbers |
6,800 |
Electrostatic Precipitators |
7,600 |
Air Monitoring |
4,600 |
Power Plant Flue Gas
Desulfurization |
7,500 |
NOx Control |
8,700 |
Stationary Thermal and Catalytic
Treatment |
2,000 |
Total |
48,900 |
Power plants will be the biggest purchasers. They will account for more than 50
percent of all the purchases. No other industry will account for a large share.
The chemical, refinery, oil and gas, steel, mining and cement industries will be
among the other purchasers.
The air monitoring revenues will exceed $4.6 billion. A significant percentage
of this total is instruments used to improve combustion efficiency rather than
measure stack gas emissions.
The totals include the equipment as well as consumables. The largest
consumables categories are replacement catalyst for SCR systems and replacement
bags for fabric filters.
China will be the largest purchasing country. Its purchases will exceed that of
the entire European Union. The country is building a number of new coal-fired
power plants. It has also reduced emission limits on SO2 and NOx.
As a result, every new power plant will have both SO2 and NOx
control equipment.
For more information on Air Pollution Management, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48#n5ab
Renewable Energy Briefs
Ershigs Provides Fiberglass Composite Tower for First North American Offshore
Wind Turbine
Ershigs, Inc, division of Denali Incorporated, provided a 1/8th scale
fiberglass composite tower for launch recently into the Penobscot River near
Brewer, ME. The 65 foot tall turbine prototype named VolturnUS 1:8 is the first
offshore, grid connected floating wind turbine deployed off the coast of North
America. Ershigs is one of 30 industrial members of the team led by University
of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center that participated in a
launch ceremony May 31st into the Penobscot River near Brewer, ME.
The VolturnUS 1:8 is a scale model of a full sized, 6 MW turbine with a 423-foot
rotor diameter design on top of a 270’ fiberglass composite tower.
“Not only is the project the first offshore grid connected turbine in North
America,” said Steve Hettick, Ershigs C.P. Manufacturing, “this deployment is
the first ever in the world, either on land or offshore, to utilize a fiberglass
composite approach for the turbine’s tower. This project represents an excellent
application for our fiberglass technology due to the significant weight savings
and corrosion resistance offered with composites vs. steel, which are
critical cost and lifecycle benefits for an offshore floating, salt water
environment.
The floating wind turbine technology is part of the New England Aqua Ventus
project and is the culmination of more than five years of research and
development conducted by the DeepCwind Consortium. This consortium research
program, which is led by Dr. Habib Dagher, P.E. and Director of the advanced
Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, is a unique
public-private partnership funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National
Science Foundation-Partnership for Innovation, the Maine Technology Institute,
the State of Maine, the University of Maine and more than 30 industrial
partners.
Sioux Tribes of South Dakota Announce Wind Power Initiative at CGI America
Former President Bill Clinton and leaders from six Sioux Indian Tribes announced
a new wind power initiative that will harness South Dakota's greatest natural
resource and spur long-term development in the economically depressed region.
The initiative, which is receiving critical legal and public policy counsel from
Arent Fox LLP, was announced as a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action
during the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting.
Through the project, the Tribes stand to infuse up to $3 billion directly into
the South Dakota economy, an amount roughly equal to the impact of the entire
manufacturing sector in South Dakota in a given year. The planned project could
generate 1-2 gigawatts of power annually. Measured conservatively, that's more
than enough power to electrify the homes in Denver, CO for the next 20 years,
the typical useful lifespan of the wind turbines.
The majority of the project's funding will come through the sale of bonds by a
Multi-Tribal Power Authority, which are expected to be made available to
investors in about two years, following a critical planning and preparation
stage.
Global Green USA Announces Commitment at Clinton Global Initiative to Bring
Solar Power to Communities Devastated by Hurricane Sandy
Speaking to a global audience at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI
America) meeting, Global Green USA announced its Commitment to Action to
implement its catalytic ‘Solar For Sandy’ program, which will equip five or more
community facilities serving low income residents in New York and New Jersey
neighborhoods devastated by Hurricane Sandy with grid-tied, back-up solar energy
systems. Global Green’s first, full-scale ‘Solar for Sandy’ project installation
will take place this Fall in Red Hook, NY, in collaboration with IKEA, the
world’s largest home furnishings retailer.
When Hurricane Sandy struck, many neighborhoods went without power for weeks and
lacked up any back up energy capacity. While many Red Hook residents went
without power for days, Global Green’s new solar installation will help mitigate
future power blackouts and provide expanded emergency services to the location
selected. The new system will not only enable lighting, mobile phone charging,
and other basic services, but will also be designed to provide critical services
such as refrigeration for medicine and basic heating or cooling. Furthermore,
the solar system will produce energy every day, and lower energy bills, allowing
savings to go to critical services for the local neighborhood.
Kyocera to Supply and Construct 30 MW of Solar Power at Agricultural Facilities
Across Japan
Kyocera Corporation announced that it is supplying approximately 30 megawatts of
solar power generating systems to one of the largest solar power projects in
Japan which is being implemented by the National Federation of Agricultural
Cooperative Associations (herein Zen-Noh) and Mitsubishi Corporation. Within the
project, Kyocera Solar Corporation will be in charge of supplying, engineering,
constructing, and maintaining a total of 30 MW of solar power generating systems
to be installed at roughly 80 of the Zen-Noh Group's facilities (livestock
barns, distribution centers, parking lots, etc.) around the country. The Kyocera
order is worth approximately 8.5 billion yen (approximately 89 million U.S.
dollars), and comprises the initial phase of the project.
Aiming for the reinvigoration of the agricultural sector and local farming
towns, as well as the further spread of renewable energy use, Zen-Noh and
Mitsubishi are planning to build one of the country's largest scale solar power
projects by installing a total of 200 MW of solar power generating systems on
farmers' and Zen-Noh Group's facilities nationwide by the end of fiscal year
2015. The two companies have established JAMC Solar Energy Company to operate
the solar power project, and will sell the power generated from the
installations to the regional utility power companies under Japan's feed-in
tariff program.
Energy Answers Resource Recovery Project in Arecibo Puerto Rico Receives EPA Air
Permit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 issued the first
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permit for a Resource Recovery /
Waste‐to‐Energy
Project in the U.S. Island territory of Puerto Rico. Energy Answers
International, based in Albany, New York, with project offices in Puerto Rico,
is developing the project which will accept 2,100 tons per day of municipal
solid waste and produce 77 MW of renewable energy and recover hundreds of tons
per day of recyclable and reusable materials. The project will provide
communities with environmentally sound waste management services at a
significantly lower cost than at other compliant facilities now available and
will generate renewable energy at a lower cost than other power plants in Puerto
Rico.
For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update
please visit:
Headlines for the June 14, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1129 – June 14, 2013
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COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
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HOT TOPIC HOUR
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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.
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2013 |
|
Date |
Subject |
|
July 11 |
New Developments in Power Plant
Air Pollution Control |
Power |
July 18 |
Measurement and Control of HCl |
Power |
July 25 |
GHG Compliance Strategies,
Reduction Technologies and
Measurement |
Power |
August 1 |
Update on Coal Ash and CCP
Issues and Standards |
Power |
August 8 |
Improving Power Plant Efficiency
and Power Generation |
Power |
August 15 |
Control and Treatment Technology
for FGD Wastewater |
Power |
August 22 |
Status of Carbon Capture and
Storage Programs and Technology |
Power |
August 29 |
Pumps for Power Plant Cooling
Water and Water Treatment
Applications |
Power |
Sept. 5
|
Fabric Selection for Particulate
Control
|
Power |
Sept. 19 |
Air Pollution Control for Gas
Turbines |
Power |
Sept. 26 |
Multi-Pollutant Control
Technology
|
Power |
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rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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