Market for Gas Turbine Air Treatment to Exceed $10 Billion In 2014
In 2014 operators of gas turbines will spend $10 billion for air treatment. This
includes treatment expenditures for 90,000 MW of new systems. It also includes
service and consumables for 1.4 million MW of turbine systems in place. These
are conclusions reached in a special study conducted by the McIlvaine Company.
Gas turbines are increasingly used for power generation by large utilities. They
are also used for power and steam generation by a number of industries.
Expenditures for air treatment have been rising at close to double-digit rates.
One reason is the successful competition with coal. Another is the willingness
of operators to obtain better filtration of the inlet air. The third factor is
tougher regulations on NOx, particulate, VOCs and CO.
The market includes the following products and services:
Gas Turbine Air Treatment Products and Services
Capital
Operating and Maintenance
Intake Housing
Weather Protection
Conditioning Nozzles
Pre-filtration Filters
Coalescers Coalescers
Final Filtration Filters
Tempering Air System (Single Cycle) Dampers, Drives, Fan Parts, Seals
Duct Burner (Combined Cycle) Burner Parts
Ammonia Injection Grid Nozzles, Ammonia
CO Reactor Catalyst
SCR Catalyst
Process Controls Sensors, Valves, Seals, Gaskets
CEM Rata Testing, Protocol Gases, Instruments
Silencer Silencer Parts
Stack
For more information on this special study contact: editor@mcilvainecompany.com.
Complex Mercury Decisions for Power, Cement and Waste-to-Energy Plants Are
Simplified With GDPS
The U.S. and China have new laws requiring power plants to reduce mercury. Many
countries have laws governing mercury reduction from waste-to-energy power
plants and certain other sources. The U.S. has also just issued requirements for
industrial boilers and cement plants.
The technology selection necessitates utilization of a number of decision trees
and a route which includes some back tracking. Obtaining the right sequence and
utilizing decision trees with all the needed fruit will ensure the best
decision.
Mercury Reduction Global Decisions
Positioning System™ (GDPS)
The Mercury Reduction Global Decisions Positioning System™ (GDPS) is a route map
to the right sequence of decision trees in the Global Decisions Orchard. The
potential cost of mercury reduction forces a decision as to whether to retire
the plant. The next decision tree stop will be Particulate. The reason is that
any mercury decision involves the particulate control technology. This is so
complex that even U.S. EPA is confused.
Because uncontrolled mercury emissions are virtually all gases, the regulation
only requires stack measurement of mercury gas emissions. Many of the control
schemes rely on converting mercury to a particulate form and then capturing it.
The result is that significant percentages of the emissions are in the
particulate state.
There are considerations relative to the parallel need to reduce SO2, HCl, NOx
and cadmium. There are implications relative to wastewater quality and solids
by-products.
The Mercury Reduction GDPS is a continually updated system which is designed for
the power plant decision maker. Mercury Air Reduction Markets is a guide and
strategic planning tool for suppliers.
If you are an employee of a power, waste-to-energy, or cement plant and would
like free access to the Mercury Reduction GDPS, just provide your title and
e-mail and send to; editor@mcilvainecompany.com with this message. “Please
provide access to the Mercury Reduction Global Decisions Positioning System™”.
For more information on Mercury Air Reduction Markets, click on:
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Renewable Energy Briefs
Siemens Inaugurates New, State-of-the-Art Wind Service Training Center in
Orlando
Siemens Energy has formally inaugurated its new, state-of-the-art wind service
training center in Orlando, FL.
Siemens currently provides service and maintenance for more than 3,000 installed
turbines in the Americas region and 6,800 globally, with a combined generating
capacity of 15 gigawatts (GW). As more wind energy projects come online in the
U.S. and across the region, highly skilled technicians will be needed to provide
the long-term service and maintenance required to help insure the turbines
operate at peak production, availability and reliability levels. The new Orlando
training center contributes to that long-term need, providing trainees with the
industry’s highest level of safety training and equipping them with the advanced
technical skills needed to service and maintain wind turbines. Siemens will also
train the technicians who work on the installation of wind turbines in the
Americas, with training specifically designed to address the installation
process and related safety requirements. In addition, the advanced training at
the center will be made available to technicians from Siemens’ wind power
customers.
Built based on LEED Gold green-building standards, the new 40,000-square-foot
building is located close to the global headquarters of Siemens’ Energy Service
division and features the latest Siemens’ wind technologies which are used in
the hands-on safety and technical training. Two full-size nacelles (the
generator portion of a wind turbine), three 30-foot high climbing towers, ladder
structures, electrical and hydraulic modules, and a service crane station are
located within the center, making training, safety and rescue simulations as
realistic as possible. A number of technologically equipped training labs and
flexible space to accommodate varying class sizes are also available at the
training center.
The new center will host more than 2,400 trainees annually from the U.S. and the
Americas and is located close to Orlando International Airport, allowing for
easy access for visiting technicians.
1,700 Dutch Households Jointly Buy Their Own Wind Turbine and Set New
Crowdfunding World Record
Within a record time of just thirteen hours, all 6,648 shares in a Dutch wind
turbine were sold to 1,700 households. The transaction, facilitated by the
Windcentrale, raised €1.3 million in an astounding new crowdfunding world
record. For the next 12 years, these new 'wind-sharers' will receive their own
sustainable energy from a modern large-scale wind turbine. In total, the
Windcentrale has facilitated more than 6,900 Dutch citizens to jointly share
wind turbines. Waiting lists for additional aspiring Wind-sharers are
accumulating rapidly.
The wind shares were sold for €200 each and households bought single shares or
blocks of shares. Each share corresponds to approximately 500 kWh of electricity
per year (the annual average household consumption in the Netherlands is 3500
kWh).
The Windcentrale was founded in 2010 and aims to accelerate the switch to
sustainable energy in the Netherlands. With the Windcentrale setting up
cooperatives that own a wind turbine, participating wind-sharers become the
joint owners of the wind turbine, and consume their own electricity. A dedicated
smartphone App allows every owner to see wind speeds and electricity production
levels 'real time'. In this crowd-funded investment, wind-sharers bought a
Vestas V80 2MW turbine from 2005 that will provide them with clean electricity
for the next 12 years. Next to the price of the wind-share, they will pay an
annual turbine maintenance fee of €23 per year. Even if electricity prices do
not increase structurally over the next 12 years, the wind shares will still
enjoy lower electricity costs than traditional energy consumers. With
electricity levels likely to rise however, the wind-sharers will enjoy
significant annual cost savings.
Energy Capital Group Announces 300 MW Solar Plant in Millard County, Utah
Energy Capital Group, LLC (ECG) is developing ECG Utah Solar 1 a 300 MW solar
plant adjacent to the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP). This will be one of the
largest solar projects built and cost an estimated $600 million. ECG is leasing
1754 acres from the Utah School and Institutional Trust Land Administration
(SITLA). The location is ideal as the infrastructure includes a HVDC
transmission line going directly to California.
The project will create approximately 200 construction jobs, power an estimated
80,000 homes, generate substantial tax revenue for local & state government,
will benefit Utah’s K-12 grade school children through lease payments to SITLA
and provide clean affordable energy.
Ex-Im Bank Approves $34 Million to Finance the Export of U.S. Solar-Related
Products to Spain and South Africa
As part of its renewable-energy push, the Export-Import Bank of the United
States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a pair of direct loans totaling $33.6 million
to Abengoa of Seville, Spain, that will facilitate the export of American
heat-transfer fluid produced by The Dow Chemical Company for use in solar
projects in Spain and South Africa.
Ex-Im Bank's financing will support approximately 200 U.S. jobs, according to
bank estimates derived from Departments of Commerce and Labor data and
methodology.
Power Africa is a new initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan
Africa. In its initial phase, the U.S. has already committed more than $7
billion in financial support to this effort.
DOWTHERM™A heat-transfer fluid from Dow is a Key component of the steam-heating
process in concentrated solar power plants and replaces conventional fossil-fuel
boilers.
Abengoa is an international company based in Seville, Spain, that applies
innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment
sectors. The company operates two parabolic-trough solar plants in Logrosan,
Spain, and is currently building two plants in the Northern Cape Province of
South Africa with the Industrial Development Corporation. The two plants in
Spain and one of the two in South Africa will rely upon DOWTHERM A.
Andritz to Supply Major Equipment for Mjölby Biomass Power Plant in Sweden
Andritz Energy & Environment (AE&E), part of international technology Group
Andritz, has received an order from energy utility Mjölby-Svartadalen Energi
(MSE) to supply a biomass-fired combined heat and power plant for the town of
Mjölby, Sweden. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2015.
The scope of supply comprises an EcoFluid bubbling fluidized bed boiler with a
capacity of 35 megawatts, the fuel handling and flue gas cleaning systems, as
well as a steam turbine with all auxiliary systems. The high efficiency of the
Andritz boiler plant and the modern technology to enhance environmental
protection were decisive in the award of this order.
The new biomass power plant will supply renewable, clean energy for the district
heating supply to the town of Mjölby (26,000 inhabitants) in southern Sweden.
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 September 20, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1143 – September 20, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
EPA proposes Carbon Standards for New Power Plants
Appeals Court refuses Request to Delay installing Emissions Control at Cholla,
Coronado and Apache
Foresight Energy proposes paying for FGD System at Newton, in exchange for
Long-term Contract for Illinois Coal
Jeffrey Energy Center to Upgrade NOx Control System
AEP to retire entire Tanners Creek Plant in Indiana
COAL – WORLD
PLN (Indonesia) to build More Coal-fired Power Plants
Locals stall $4 Billion Indonesia Power Plant
National Hydro Electric Power to take over 1,320 MW Sarguja Power Project in
Chhattisgarh, India
Construction starts in Indonesia for MicroCoal’s Commercial Coal Upgrading
Facility
GAS/OIL – US
WPS looking at New Gas-fired Power Plant
Johnson Matthey supplies CO Oxidation Catalyst to 4x200 MW Marsh Landing Gas
Turbine Power Plant
GAS/OIL – WORLD
MHI to supply M701F4 Gas Turbines for Talimarjan Power Plant in Uzbekistan
Meaford Energy proposing Combined Cycle Power Plant in Staffordshire, UK
Siemens Energy to supply Gas Turbines to Edo Cement in Nigeria
Jamaica announces Preferred Bidder for 360 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant
NUCLEAR
Japan shuts down Last Nuclear Reactor – for Now
BUSINESS
Wood Group GTS to supply GE LM6000 Controls System to 615 MW Apache
Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. to locate Pilot Plant at Oklahoma Power Plant
Air Quality IX October 21-23 will aid in your MATS Decisions
Liquid and Air Filter Element Sales will exceed $34 Billion this Year
The World Market for Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) Systems, Repair Parts
and Service will exceed $16 Billion in 2014
HOT TOPIC HOUR
Air Pollution Control (APC) for Gas Turbines - Hot Topic Hour September 19,
2013
“Multi-pollutant Control Technology” will be the Hot Topic on Thursday
September 26, 2013 and again on Friday September 27, 2013 both starting at 10
a.m. CDT
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72.
“Update on Coal Ash and CCR Issues, Standards and Solutions” is the of the “Hot
Topic Hour” on October 3, 2013
On July 26, 2013 the House of Representatives voted 265-155 to allow States to
regulate coal-fired power plant byproducts (commonly referred to as Coal
Combustion Residues or CCRs). This legislation would halt the EPA's effort to
regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste. The bill, sponsored by West Virginia
Republican David McKinley, would set minimum federal standards for the
management and disposal of CCRs. The EPA would be responsible for certifying
state programs and states could implement standards more stringent than those
set at the federal level. The Senate, however, has failed to pass any comparable
legislation.
Therefore, if the EPA adheres to their schedule, new proposed regulations for
CCRs will be issued in October. CCRs include bottom ash and flyash, boiler slag
and SO2 scrubber waste. The EPA's original proposal outlined two options for
regulation: one approach would regulate coal ash as a "hazardous waste" under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), while the other
approach would involve regulating coal ash as a nonhazardous waste under RCRA
Subtitle D. Which it will propose next month is yet unknown. All of the
discussion about regulating CCRs as hazardous waste has attached a stigma to
beneficial re-use. After growing for ten years to a level where in 2009, 44.3
percent of CCRs were recycled to industry as raw materials, the rate is now
declining.
Although the future is very uncertain, the increasing cost of disposing of the
approximately 130 million tons of CCRs generated annually and lawsuits by
environmental organizations and others are causing coal-fired power plant
operators to look for ways to reduce CCRs generated and to convert more of them
to beneficial income producing uses rather than waste. For many years, power
plants have been successfully selling flyash for use in Portland cement,
concrete and concrete products, road base and structural fill material and soil
stabilization and selling FGD gypsum for making wallboard and as an agricultural
soil amendment and source of plant nutrients, calcium and sulfur. And new uses
for CCRs continue to be developed.
The following speakers will address the status of proposed EPA regulations,
congressional actions and state regulations and the lawsuits related to them,
the potential impacts of the eventual regulations on the coal-fired power plant
industry and technology to reduce the volume of CCRs generated by plant
processes as well as the issues related to beneficial use of coal combustion
byproducts such as economics, regulatory or other impediments, potential GHG
reductions, market situation and potential uses for coal-fired power plant
wastes, the available technology for production of beneficial byproducts,
present case histories of successful operations and ongoing research and
development of technology to produce or market byproducts of coal combustion.
Ron Grabowski, Vice-president Business Development at Clyde Bergemann Power
Group Americas, Inc., Materials Handling Product Division, will discuss the
handling of bottom ash. Today's coal-fired power plants are faced with aging
bottom ash systems and uncertain environmental regulations look to the industry
for solutions. This presentation will examine the options available to handle
bottom ash without the use of ash pond storage.
Dale Timmons, R.G., Business Development Program Manager at NAES Corporation,
will discuss Circumix Dense Slurry System (DSS) technology. The EPA's proposed
rule changes for Coal Combustion Residues (CCR) and Effluent Limitations
Guidelines (ELG) are changing how coal-fired power plants need to handle
combustion byproducts and wastewater. NAES Corporation and GEA EGI have teamed
to deploy Circumix Dense Slurry System (DSS) technology in North America. DSS is
a proven and commercially deployed technology that uses wastewater (including
FGD water) to stabilize ash products. The process results in: 1) zero discharge
of transport water, 2) a non-dusting product, 3) a solid product exhibiting low
hydraulic conductivity, high compressional strength and satisfies all of the
challenges presented by the proposed CCR and ELG rules. This process is less
expensive than traditional "dry" ash management systems and facilitates use of
existing plant infrastructure for ash management conversion. Details regarding
the historical use, performance data and processing details will be discussed.
Douglas J. Dahlberg PE, Project Associate II at Sargent & Lundy LLC, will
present “Proposed U.S. EPA Coal Combustion Residual Regulations - Maximize and
Transition Your Existing Disposal Site.” The electrical generating community is
well aware of the 2010 U.S. EPA-proposed first-time nationwide regulations for
disposal of CCRs. Since the proposed rule was published, a flurry of bills
introduced in the U.S. Congress are steering the final rule to classify CCRs
under Subtitle D, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), similar to
Municipal Waste. The June 7, 2013 Code of Federal Regulations, Effluent
Limitations Guidelines (ELG) and Standards for the Steam Electric Power
Generating Point Source Category Proposed Rule stated: “reliance on (current)
data… coupled with the ELG proposed requirements could provide strong support
for a conclusion that regulation of CCR disposal under Subtitle D would be
adequate.” Speculation on final regulation publishing timing ranges from October
2013 to the end of 2014.
We know new disposal site construction requirements and estimated costs. The
critical question for a power plant is “how do you transition your current
disposal operation with minimum impacts and expense?” Timely budget planning,
decisions and actions are necessary to ensure a smooth transition. Whether your
current disposal operation is wet or dry bottom/flyash/FGD byproducts, above or
below grade, permanent disposal or transfer, your basic choices include:
• Close and cap your current disposal operation
• Transition the existing site to comply with new requirements
• Develop a separate new compliant disposal facility. Regardless of whether your
existing disposal site is lined, monitored or impacts groundwater, the best
option may be to combine the disposal options.
This presentation will present an up-to-the moment rule status summary, critical
points of the CCR proposal with regard to existing operations and offer
engineering solutions available for compliance and plant transition, and
suggestions as to how best utilize your existing disposal site. Each site is
unique and so will be your disposal decision.
To register for the October 3, 2013 “Hot Topic Hour” on “Update on Coal Ash and
CCP Issues and Standards” at 10:00 a.m. CDT, 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
October 3, 2013 $125.00 Update on Coal Ash and CCP Issues and Standards Power
October 17, 2013 $125.00 Air Pollution Control in China Power
October 31, 2013 $125.00 Chinese FGD/SCR Program and Impact on the World Power
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
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