Wet Calcium FGD “Hot Topic Hour” On July 24
There is a big initial investment in wet FGD. Operation and
maintenance costs are also significant. Regulators in the U.S. and
China are putting pressure on operators to increase removal efficiency.
There are new challenges as regulations on mercury capture, wastewater and
solid waste can dictate changes in wet FGD operation and design.
A new website, Wet Calcium FGD-Continuing Analysis, is being created for
power plants that are making decisions about new or replacement systems as well
as improved operation of existing FGD systems. This site will be freely
accessed. It is part of a whole new wikinomics concept -
Continuous Analyses.
Periodic webinars will be free to utilities. The goal is to make this site
the default starting point for utility decision makers.
The first webinar on July 24 will be introductory. The comprehensive
information which has been transferred from the protected McIlvaine sites to the
free site will be reviewed.
With this e-mail we are also seeking input from others for this first webinar.
This input is in three categories:
1.
Introduction of neutral niche experts who will provide future insights on some
aspect of the decisions (EPRI, VGB, consultants and utility veterans).
2.
FGD system suppliers and others who can debate the important classifications,
e.g. are spray tower, tray tower and sump scrubber, the three major design
options. (We are arbitrarily calling the Chiyoda jet bubbling reactor and
the Alstom design sump scrubbers).
3.
Component suppliers to provide discussions of two components. One will
probably be blowers for calcium sulfite oxidation, but we are open to
suggestion. Over time we will be covering all the components.
So, if you fit one of the three categories above, we would like to hear from
you.
Specific Issues which will be continually analyzed include, but are not limited
to:
1.
Investment Decisions
a.
Why wet vs. dry
b.
Lime vs. limestone
c.
Forced vs. natural oxidation
d.
Tray tower, spray tower or sump scrubber
e.
Dewatering and wastewater
f.
Components
i.
Nozzles
ii.
Mist eliminators
iii.
Materials of construction (FRP, stainless, etc)
iv.
Fans
v.
Oxidation blowers and mixers
vi.
Dampers, valves and couplings
vii.
Belt filters, cyclones and other separators
viii.
Instrumentation and controls
2.
Operation and Maintenance Decisions
a.
Change from forced to natural oxidation
b.
Change reagent
c.
Reduce component cost by changing design of nozzles, belts, mist
eliminators and blowers
3.
Performance Decisions
a.
Remove mercury with chemical additives and also reduce mercury re-emissions
b.
Improve SO2 removal with baffles in the absorber or more nozzle banks
c.
Install HCl pre-scrubber
d.
Eliminate ball mill and buy powdered limestone
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$9 Billion Fabric Filter System Market Will Expand From 4% to 8%/yr
There are major variables which could boost the fabric filter system revenue
increases to as much as 8 percent per year over the next ten years. This is real
growth and, when inflation is added, current dollar growth could be as high as
12%/yr. It all depends on coal-fired power plants. This is the
conclusion reached by McIlvaine in
World Fabric Filter and Element Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
FABRIC FILTER WORLD MARKETS
($ Millions)
World Region |
2014 |
Total |
8,958
|
Africa |
352
|
CIS |
253
|
East Asia |
4,611
|
Eastern Europe |
257
|
Middle East |
256
|
NAFTA |
1,450
|
South & Central America |
442
|
West Asia |
671
|
Western Europe |
666
|
Coal-fired power plants account for the majority of stack exhaust gas. One
of the new 3000 MW Chinese coal complexes will exhaust 9 million cubic feet of
air per minute (cfm). This is the amount being exhausted by 300 asphalt
plants or 50 large cement plants and it is the amount exhausted from 9,000
welding operations. There are thousands of coal-fired boilers in China.
They discharge 3 billion cfm. U.S. coal-fired power plants exhaust 900
million cfm.
Nearly all this exhaust gas is cleaned with electrostatic precipitators.
Worldwide only 7 percent is cleaned by fabric filters. However, it is very
likely that many coal-fired power plants will be required to install fabric
filters. Both China and the U.S. have tightened limits on fine
particulate. It will be difficult to meet the new limits with
electrostatic precipitators. Fabric filters will more than meet the new
limits.
The switch to fabric filters is potentially driven by the need to remove mercury
and acid gases. Activated carbon requirements to remove mercury are less
if fabric filters are utilized. Dry scrubbing using lime and sodium
injection is accomplished best with fabric filters to capture the reaction
products.
McIlvaine is assessing the purchasing trends for each country and adjusting
long-range forecasts accordingly.
For more on:
World Fabric Filter and Element Market,
click on:
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Renewable Energy Briefs 06 25 14
SCE Seeks More Small Scale Renewable Generation Projects in Fifth Round of
Solicitations
Southern California Edison (SCE) has launched another round of solicitations for
small-scale renewable source projects, including solar, wind, geothermal and
biomass, with the goal of procuring up to 290 megawatts from smaller-scale
renewable projects through a Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM).
The request for offers is open to renewable electric energy-generating
facilities between 3 and 20 megawatts. SCE has obtained 530 megawatts of
renewable power for its customers through the previous four auctions.
RAM was adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission in December 2010
with the objective of lowering transaction costs and promoting the development
of small-scale, system-wide renewable distributed generation. The program
encourages development of resources that can use existing transmission and
distribution infrastructure, promote competition, elicit the lowest costs for
customers and contribute to the state’s renewables goals of 33 percent by 2020.
APS Seeks Renewable Energy Projects from Solar
Arizona Public Service Co. announces a Request for Proposal (RFP) from solar
developers and installers to construct two 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic
facilities – financed by APS through the company’s AZ Sun Program.
Projects must utilize commercially proven technology. When completed in 2015,
the new solar facilities – one located on Luke Air Force Base and the other to
be built in partnership with the City of Phoenix – will be owned and operated by
APS. These facilities will join seven other AZ Sun Projects that are already
online or under construction, totaling 170 MW of solar energy for Arizona –
enough to power more than 42,000 APS customers.
More Energy Execs Believe U.S. Can Achieve Energy Independence Within Fifteen
Years According to a KPMG Survey
More and more energy executives believe the United States can attain energy
independence within the next 15 years, eliminating the U.S. dependency for
foreign energy sources, according to the results of the 12th annual Energy
Industry Outlook Survey conducted by the KPMG Global Energy Institute.
KPMG's annual energy survey, which polled more than 100 senior executives in the
U.S. representing global energy companies, found that nearly three-quarters (73
percent) of energy executives believe the U.S. can attain energy independence by
2030, or sooner – up 10 percentage points from KPMG's 2013 survey. Of those 73
percent, 17 percent believe the U.S. could fully meet current energy demand with
only U.S.-based sources by 2020.
Other than the continued development of conventional and unconventional domestic
energy reserves, the KPMG survey found that 37 percent of executives cite the
development of energy transportation infrastructure such as pipelines and
transmission lines as the most important action they believe the U.S. should
take to attain energy independence. Twenty-three percent cite greater use of
renewable energy sources and 20 percent point to greater use of alternative
fuels for transportation, including natural gas, electricity and biodiesel.
InventivEnergy and NRG Energy Services Partner to Restart the Aspen Power
Biomass Plant
InventivEnergy, LLC has selected NRG Energy Services LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc., (NRG), to restart the Aspen Power biomass plant
in Lufkin, TX and operate and maintain the facility once online to provide
clean, renewable power for the Texas market. InventivEnergy is an asset
management firm that is overseeing the plant, which first began operation in
August 2011 as the first wood-based biomass power plant in the state.
The Aspen power plant has the capacity to deliver approximately 50 MW to the
grid and uses locally sourced clean wood-waste biomass as its fuel supply. The
plant employs a stoker type boiler with particulate emissions abatement and has
selective catalytic reduction for NOx control.
Work to restart the facility began in mid-May and commercial operations are
expected to be achieved by late July.
Aspen Power LLC commissioned the plant in August 2011. It can consume about
525,000 tons of logging debris and municipal wood waste per year. It was the
first major wood biomass power plant in the state.
Toshiba to Supply Lithium-Titanate Battery for 2 MW Energy Storage System
Project in the UK Led by the University of Sheffield
Toshiba Corporation announced that it has been selected to provide the battery
for the United Kingdom’s first 2 MW scale lithium-titanate battery based Energy
Storage System (ESS) to support grid management. The company’s 1 MWh SCiB™
battery will be installed in a primary substation in central England in
September.
Large-scale ESS is increasingly seen as a versatile solution in managing
electricity supply. Installed in wind and photovoltaic generation systems, ESS
can help to overcome intermittent output and frequency fluctuations, as well as
performing peak power buffering, and when connected to the grid they can support
grid stability and reinforcement. This role in grid management will be
investigated in the UK, in the Grid Connected Energy Storage Research
Demonstrator project, led by the University of Sheffield, funded by the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), with support from
both industrial and academic partners.
The ESS will be connected to the 11 kV grid at Western Power Distribution’s
Willenhall primary substation, near Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. When the
project starts operation in November this year, it will allow testing at
realistic levels, and allow assessment of both the technical and economic
potential of ESS in the grid.
For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update
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Headlines for June 20, 2014 – Utility E-Alert
#1180 – June 20, 2014
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
·
Yokogawa to supply Control Systems for Lara Supercritical Power Plant in India
·
Foster Wheeler Subsidiary awarded SCR Contract for SCR System by Turun Seudun
Energiantuotanto Oy in Finland
·
Siemens secures €208 Million Order to supply Turbine Island for Jaworzno III
Steam Power Plant in Jaworzno, Poland
GAS/OIL – US
GAS/OIL – WORLD
·
GE supplies Four Gas Turbines to Jacobsen Electro for New Facility in Kinyerezi,
Daar es salaam, Tanzania
·
Initial Tender announced for Oman’s 2,600 MW Gas-fired Power Project
·
Federal Government (Nigeria) and U.S. Investors sign MoU to construct Gas-fired
Power Plant
·
The Partnership Fund starts installation of Gas Turbines at Combined Cycle Power
Plant in Gardabani, Georgia
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
·
Coal Gasification could completely change Asian Energy Outlook
·
$24 Billion will be spent on NOx Control Systems and Consumables This
Year
·
GSE Environmental files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection for North American
Operations
·
Partnership provides Combustion Optimization Products
·
Exelon & Pepco file Merger requests with State and DC Regulators
·
Sime Darby sells Power Plants to B. Grimm Power in Chonburi province, Thailand
·
POSCO Energy acquires Tongyang Power (South Korea) for $431 Billion
HOT TOPIC HOUR
·
Coal Combustion Residue Hot Topic next Thursday
expanded to cover Chinese Coal-to-Gas and Coal-to-Chemical
·
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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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 $300.00
for non-subscribers.
See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours. We welcome your input
relative to suggested additions.
DATE |
SUBJECT |
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June 26, 2014 |
CCR and Effluents Decisions |
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July |
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10 |
Direct Sorbent Injection |
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17 |
Gas Turbine Emission Control |
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24 |
Wet Calcium FGD |
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31 |
Mercury Sorbent Options |
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August |
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7 |
MATS Timing and Technology
Options |
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14 |
Industrial Boiler and Cement
MACT Timing and
Compliance Options |
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21 |
MEGA Symposium |
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28 |
Demineralization and
Degasification |
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September |
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4 |
Hot Gas Filtration |
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11 |
Power Plant Pumps |
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18 |
Power Water Monitoring |
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25 |
Power Plant Water Treatment
Chemicals |
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