Power-Gen Networking In Six Areas
McIlvaine has created and will update six route maps at Power-Gen up to and even
throughout the show. These route maps will be easily accessed by mobile phone.
Phone numbers and e-mails are provided, so you can arrange meetings. We will
also be introducing subjects for discussion. There are lots of important
developments in each of the areas.
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your CCR and Effluent
Guidelines Decisions
There are some good speeches on the coal residue wastewater cleanup. The
e-mails and phone numbers of speakers and panelists are provided. There
are a number of exhibitors at each decision stop. It is estimated that the
CCR alone will cost the utility industry $12 billion, so it is an important
route. There are at least five different ways to eliminate your ash ponds.
One is mix flyash with lime and your FGD sludge and provide a chemically fixed
product. URS is offering this technology.
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your Drive Selection
Decisions
There is only the one ABB speech, but there are lots of exhibits which can help
you reduce energy costs and improve reliability with your inverter, gear box and
motor choices. Several Siemens people will be contributing to this
networking initiative.
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your Gas Turbine Air
Treatment Decisions
There are some good speeches and lots of exhibits covering aspects of the whole
treatment train from the weather protection through the filtration and
coalescing, CO and NOx reduction and silencers. One of the hot issues
is whether to use the H12 or high efficiency air filters on the inlet.
Donaldson, Camfill Farr and AAF say the much higher filter cost is more than
offset by energy and maintenance savings.
The single cycle NOx control is another area of debate. Do you
use a high temperature catalyst or tempering air?
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your MATS Decisions
Lots of speeches and lots of exhibits at the many decision tree stops on this
route. There is more focus on circulating dry scrubbers than on
limestone wet FGD. How times have changed. If you are interested in
the Chinese market, you may want to track down Joe Wang of Longking. He
was a speaker last year, but is roving this year.
At the Neumann stand you can learn about recovery of sorbent in the DSI process.
This could make DSI more competitive.
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your Pump Decisions
We have a matrix with exhibitors for many applications within Power. The
big FGD pumps are major purchases for utilities. The boiler feedwater
pumps are critical items and huge energy consumers.
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your Valve Decisions
There is a matrix with exhibitor stand listings for many power applications for
valves. We had hoped to also add live links to more specific application
information for each exhibitor. We are encouraging the valve companies to
provide this over the next few days. So keep checking the site even during the
show.
Networking At Filtration on Fabrics for Coal-Fired Boilers and Gas Turbine Inlet
Filters
Filtration 2013 will be held at the same time as Power-Gen. Two of the
four route maps at Filtration will be on power-related subjects. We are
also innovating with an integration of the route maps with the social media
discussion groups created by the organizer. Visitors will be able to ask
or answer questions and debate issues during the show.
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GDPS route maps to be created for Filtration 2013 Nov.
12-14
$12 Billion Fabric Filter Market in 2014
Sales of fabric filter bags and systems will be just under $12 billion in 2014.
This forecast appears in World Fabric Filter and Element Market published
by McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Fabric Filter Sales ($ Millions)
Subject |
2014 |
Bags |
2,825
|
Equipment |
4,074
|
Media |
1,593
|
Systems |
8,964
|
The media manufacturers will generate roll goods revenues of $1.6 billion.
Nearly half this total will be intracompany. In Europe and Asia, the roll goods
supplier also makes the bags or sub-contracts the bag sewing. In the U.S.
the two functions are generally separate. Some international companies
such as Andrew will sell the roll goods in the U.S. but the finished bags in
other parts of the world.
The equipment manufacturers can sell just the fabric filter or they can supply
complete systems with ductwork, fans and dust removal. The average
installed price is more than four times the equipment price. However, the
typical system sale includes only part of the total system. On the average this
amounts to 2.2 times the equipment sales revenue.
Smaller collectors used in wood working, metal grinding and for various nuisance
dust applications are typically sold as equipment units. However, the fan and
motor may be included and the package shipped on a skid.
Larger applications for coal-fired boiler exhausts are typically bid as complete
systems. Alstom and Babcock &Wilcox are two major boiler manufacturers who are
also fabric filter system suppliers. The fabric filter systems are often
sold as part of a complete boiler package. FLSmidth is both a cement kiln
producer and a fabric filter system supplier. It typically will sell a
fabric filter system as part of a new kiln package.
China is the biggest growth market. Tough particulate regulations will guarantee
double-digit growth in this country.
For more information on: World Fabric Filter and Element Market, click
on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/110-n021
Dry Scrubber Industrial Market to Exceed $500 Million This Year
The market for dry scrubbers applied to industrial processes is projected to
exceed $500 million next year and then to grow to double-digit rates over the
next five years. This is the forecast by the McIlvaine Company in
Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
($ Millions)
Industry |
2014 |
Total |
532
|
Chemical |
25
|
Electronics |
10
|
Incinerators |
361
|
Metals |
58
|
Other Industries |
78
|
The wet scrubbers now dominate the $6.8 billion market. But new technology
promises to change the balance. Dry scrubbers have been used routinely in
waste-to-energy plants. However, they have not been widely used in other
industrial applications.
One advancement will increase the market penetration has been the circulating
dry scrubber of CDS. This all dry option competes with spray drier absorbers
(SDA) and has one big advantage. The SDA quantitative removal is limited
by acid dew point. Since a slurry is injected and then evaporated, there is a
limited amount of slurry which can be utilized without causing condensation of
acids in the gas stream. The CDS relies on separate humidity control.
The removal is a function of the solids in suspension. This allows higher
quantitative removal of acid gases.
Another innovation has been the development of higher reactive lime sorbents.
These sorbents can be used in a third process known as dry sorbent injection of
DSI. High acid gas removal can be achieved without the investment of a
scrubber. The sorbent is injected ahead of the fabric filter.
There are more than 600,000 industrial boilers in China that must face new
regulations. Industrial boilers and cement plants in the U.S. are facing
stringent air toxic regulations including the reduction of hydrogen chloride
emissions. These two countries will be major purchasers of dry scrubbers
over the next five years.
For more information on Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets, click
on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/services-drop-down
Renewable Energy Briefs
TVA Breaks All Time Record for Power Generation from Its Dams
More electricity was generated from the Tennessee Valley Authority's 29
hydroelectric dams in fiscal year 2013, which ended Sept. 30, 2013, than any
year in the agency's 80-year history.
The dams provided 18.5 million megawatt-hours of clean, renewable energy,
breaking the previous record set in 1973 by 122,000 MWh. That is enough
electricity to serve more than 1.2 million homes in the TVA service area for an
entire year.
Above average rain and runoff fueled the increase in hydro generation. The
Tennessee Valley received almost 62 inches of rainfall and almost 30 inches of
runoff in fiscal 2013, which were 121 percent and 136 percent of normal,
respectively. Runoff is the amount of rainfall that actually reaches streams and
creeks, and eventually the Tennessee River, its tributaries and TVA's dams.
While some of TVA's dams are as old as the agency, TVA has continued to upgrade
and modernize their components. Since 1992, TVA has upgraded 55 of its 109
conventional hydro generating units, gaining 442 megawatts of capacity for the
system. In August, the TVA board of directors approved $350 million for
additional hydro modernizations to 51 units that will increase their capacity by
184 megawatts.
During an average year, TVA's reservoir operations avert approximately $250
million in flood damage. TVA estimates it has averted nearly $7 billion in flood
damage since it completed its first dam, Norris Dam, in 1936.
Metso’s Automation to Run Asia’s Largest Capacity Biomass Power Plant
GS Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (GS E&C), has chosen Metso to supply
automation for the Dangjin 4 Biomass Power Plant, currently under construction
in Dangjin City, about 70 km southwest of Seoul in South Korea. Once completed
in 2015, the 105 MW plant will be the largest of its kind in Asia.
The plant will be fueled with a mix consisting of 80 percent palm kernel shells
and 20 percent coal. With Metso’s advanced automation applications, it is
possible to control even difficult fuel mixes with varying fuel ratios.
Metso’s delivery scope includes a Metso DNA automation system (DCS) for the
whole power plant, including the CFB boiler, Balance of Plant and electric
network. It also includes a Plant Performance Application and systems for
thermal stress monitoring and vibration monitoring – all integrated into the
control system. Commissioning of the new plant is planned for August 2015.
Abengoa’s Solana, the First Large Scale Solar Plant with a Thermal Energy
Storage System in the U.S., Begins Commercial Operation
Abengoa has announced that Solana, the world´s largest parabolic trough plant
with a total installed capacity of 280 MW (gross) and also the first solar plant
in the U.S. with thermal energy storage, has successfully passed commercial
operation tests. This milestone marks a major accomplishment for Abengoa and the
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) industry.
Solana is the first solar plant in the U.S. with a thermal energy storage system
that is able to generate electricity for six hours without the concurrent use of
the solar field, which is a turning point for renewable energy in this country,
being a tangible demonstration that solar energy can be stored and dispatched
upon demand.
Solana, located near Gila Bend and about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, AZ,
began construction in 2010 and on October 7, 2013 successfully fulfilled
production forecasts required to date and testing for commercial operation.
These tests included operating at the turbine’s full capacity while charging the
thermal storage system, continuing to produce electricity after the sun went
down, and starting up the plant and producing 6 hours of electricity using only
the thermal storage system. These tests successfully demonstrated the various
operation modes of the plant’s operation.
Abengoa’s first utility-scale solar plant in the U.S. employs parabolic trough
technology. This technology consists of parabolic shaped mirrors mounted on
structures that track the sun and concentrate the sun’s heat, later transforming
water into steam and powering a conventional steam turbine. This mature
technology has additional value since the heat can also be stored and used to
produce clean electricity after the sun goes down or during a transitory period.
Lockheed Martin and Reignwood Group Sign Contract to Develop Ocean Thermal
Energy Conversion Power Plant
Lockheed Martin and Reignwood Group have signed a contract to start design of a
10-megawatt Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant, which, when
complete, will be the largest OTEC project to date.
Lockheed Martin is the industry leader in the development of OTEC technology,
holding 19 related patents. The Lockheed Martin-Reignwood 10-megawatt plant is
considered to be a crucial step in the full commercialization of OTEC.
Under this initial contract, Lockheed Martin will provide project management,
design and systems engineering services.
In addition to the contract signing, Lockheed Martin also joined Reignwood Group
in celebrating the ribbon cutting of Reignwood’s new Innovative Technology
Center, located at their corporate Beijing headquarters. The Innovative
Technology Center is designed after Lockheed Martin’s Energy Solutions Center in
Arlington, VA, which showcases new ideas for alternative energy generation and
energy infrastructure.
Ameresco Completes New Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project
Ameresco, Inc., joined with local California officials and energy industry
leaders to commemorate the completion of its 1.4 megawatt (MW) landfill
gas-to-energy (LFGTE) project at the Johnson Canyon Landfill in Gonzales, CA.
Ameresco designed, permitted, constructed and now operates the LFGTE facility at
the Johnson Canyon Landfill in Gonzales, which is owned by SVSWA. Ameresco
Johnson Canyon, LLC has a gas agreement with SVSWA to purchase the landfill gas
for use in their plant, and signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with
the City of Palo Alto for the renewable energy. A portion of the revenues
from the sale of that power will be returned to the SVSWA for the duration of
the contract.
Ameresco’s LFGTE plant safely diverts landfill gas through extraction wells and
pipes it to a landfill gas-to-energy plant, where it is cleaned before
specialized engines convert it to electricity for sale to the electrical
marketplace. The LFGTE facilities also improve greenhouse gas compliance and
provide revenue for landfill owners while providing end users with a clean,
renewable option for their energy.
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 1, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1149– November 1, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL – US
GAS/OIL – WORLD
BIOMASS
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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The Huge Chinese Investment in FGD and SCR will Change the Air Pollution
Industry
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Market Intelligence
webinars are free to McIlvaine market report subscribers and are $400.00
for non-subscribers.
DATE |
Non-Subscribers Cost |
SUBJECT |
Webinar Type |
November 21, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Wet vs Dry ESP
|
Power |
December 5, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Update on Gasification Projects
and Technology
|
Power |
December 12, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Selecting FGD Scrubber
Components
|
Power |
December 19, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Application of U.S. Mercury
Control Technology in Other
Countries
|
Power |
January 9, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Improving ESP Performance
|
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 |
January 30, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Impact of Ambient Air Quality
Rules on Fossil Fueled Boilers
and Gas Turbines
|
Power |
February 6, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Review of EUEC
|
Power |
February 13, 2014 |
$125.00 |
NOx Catalyst Performance on
Mercury and SO3
|
Power |
February 20, 2014 |
$125.00 |
CFB Technology and Clean Coal
(Update on CFB Reactor
Technology)
|
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 |
Air Preheaters & Heat Exchangers
|
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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