Chinese Valve Purchases to Exceed $10 Billion Next Year
Industrial valve purchases for use in China next year will again grow robustly
and surpass $10 billion for the first time. This is the conclusion in
Industrial Valves: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Chinese Industrial Valve Revenues ($ Millions)
Industry |
Classification |
2014 |
Chemical |
Control |
233 |
Chemical |
OnOff |
768 |
Electronics |
Control |
6 |
Electronics |
OnOff |
25 |
Food |
Control |
46 |
Food |
OnOff |
183 |
Iron & Steel |
Control |
274 |
Iron & Steel |
OnOff |
819 |
Metals |
Control |
53 |
Metals |
OnOff |
161 |
Mining |
Control |
108 |
Mining |
OnOff |
363 |
Oil & Gas |
Control |
81 |
Oil & Gas |
OnOff |
473 |
Other Electronics |
Control |
3 |
Other Electronics |
OnOff |
13 |
Other Industries |
Control |
270 |
Other Industries |
OnOff |
759 |
Pharmaceutical |
Control |
30 |
Pharmaceutical |
OnOff |
84 |
Power |
Control |
807 |
Power |
OnOff |
2,050 |
Pulp & Paper |
Control |
205 |
Pulp & Paper |
OnOff |
531 |
Refining |
Control |
88 |
Refining |
OnOff |
252 |
Wastewater |
Control |
174 |
Wastewater |
OnOff |
515 |
Water |
Control |
232 |
Water |
OnOff |
578 |
Total |
|
10,184 |
On/Off valves for the power industry will be the biggest segment. Control valves
for the power industry will be the third largest segment and nearly equal to
On/Off valves for the iron and steel industry.
The Chinese five-year plan, which will add nearly 45,000 MW/yr of new coal-fired
power plants supplemented by an ambitious nuclear program, will result in this
very large power segment market.
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Pump Companies Are Expecting a Strong Year In 2013
Industrial pump company revenue growth is predicted to be 3.7 percent this year
according to the latest forecasts in the continuously updated McIlvaine report,
Pumps World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Continent |
2012 |
2013 |
% |
Total |
37,012
|
38,423
|
3.7 |
Africa |
1,440
|
1,519
|
4.9 |
America |
9,965
|
10,219
|
2.5 |
Asia |
16,932
|
17,905
|
5.9 |
Europe |
8,675 |
8,780
|
1.2 |
Growth in Asia will exceed that of other continents. The lowest growth will be
in Europe. However, it should be noted that this is growth in consumption
and not production. The pump companies exporting from Europe are expecting
higher growth.
In general, the larger pump companies are expecting growth considerably above
the mean.
Rankings |
Company |
2013 Growth % |
1 |
Xylem |
11 |
2 |
Flowserve |
7 |
3 |
Grundfos A/S |
? |
4 |
Sulzer Ltd. |
8 |
5 |
Weir Group |
5 |
6 |
KSB |
11 |
Two of the top six pump companies are expecting double-digit growth. Analysts
expect Xylem sales to increase 11 percent this year. Last year sales were
flat but were up 18 percent in 2011 and 12 percent in 2010. However, sales were
down 13 percent in 2009. Flowserve sales are expected to rise over 7
percent this year following sales increases over 5 percent last year and 12
percent in 2011. Sales were down over 7 percent in 2010.
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$700 Million Market to Measure Particles in Air
Sales of devices to measure particles in the air exceed $700 million. This is
the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in its continuously updated
Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
The market is very fractured. There are many applications and many types of
measurement instruments.
Category |
Recent Annual
Revenues
$ Millions |
Opacity monitors-stack |
150 (optical measurement) |
Mass monitors-stack |
100 with $300
million bubble coming |
Process gas particulate
continuous monitors |
40 (measure mass) |
Broken bag detectors |
30 (determine particulate
escaping due to broken
filter bags) |
Portable method 5 particulate
sampler trains |
40 (measure weight by
collecting sample) |
Ambient particulate monitoring
stations |
50 (measure weight) |
Cleanroom particulate
network systems |
60 (count particles) |
Cleanroom portable
particle counters |
40 (count particles) |
Continuous indoor air
particulate monitoring |
50 (count particles) |
Printer and other device
particulate monitoring |
20 (count particles) |
Portable particulate
monitors-indoor air |
60 (count particles) |
Biological viable particulate
monitors-portable |
50 (capture particles for
later culture) |
Engine test centers (particulate
segment) |
70 (particulate segment) |
Total |
760 (plus mass CEM surge) |
The biggest segment is a more sophisticated version of the London smoke chart
developed over 900 years ago. The smoke inspector determined whether the
stack plume was black, some shade of grey or white. The digital version of
the device today is the opacity monitor.
Many applications need more accurate measurement. Mass monitors determine the
weight of particulate in the gas stream. New U.S. EPA requirements for power
plants, cement plants and industrial boilers are requiring mass measurement.
This will create a several hundred million dollar surge in sales.
A very clean exhaust gas stream still contains millions of particles. In fact,
clean normal ambient air contains about 500,000 particles per cubic foot.
Semiconductor cleanrooms must maintain an air quality of less than one particle
per cubic foot. There is no mass measurement method that is of sufficient
sensitivity. So particle counting is the only option in cleanrooms and indoor
work spaces.
There is a great deal of complexity relative to the definitions. The
reported measurements are based on particles of a certain size (generally 0.5 to
as low as 0.1 micrometers). This means that particles below 100 nanometers
are not measured. Generally these small particles are not sufficient in
quantity to be considered. However, with nano technology gaining in popularity,
there is the potential for the number of nano particles to be significant.
Another problem is the distinction between discrete and total particulate.
New EPA and State rules take into account condensible as well as discrete
particles and call the aggregate “total particulate.“ There are challenges in
making the measurements and challenges in supplying air pollution control
equipment to reduce total particulate to the required levels.
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Headlines for the August 2, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1136 – August 2, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
•
Power Plants Requesting MATS Extensions
•
Southern committed to 582 MW IGCC Kemper Power Plant
•
Navajo wants to shut One Unit, add SCR to Other Two by 2030
•
Sixteen States Cited for High SO2 Levels
COAL – WORLD
•
Toyo Ink Group to develop 2000 MW Song Hau 2 in Vietnam
•
China to build Four Power Plants in the Gadani Power Park, Pakistan
•
Pakistan to convert Diesel-fired Power Plants to Coal-firing
•
Poyry is Owner’s Engineer for 1,320 MW Phong 1 Power Plant
•
Botswana’s African Energy Resources proposes 300 MW Power Plant associated with
Coal Mine
•
MHI to supply Boilers and Steam Turbines for 1320 MW Chhabra Power Plant in
India
•
Meralco proposes 50-80 MW Power Plant for Philex Mining Corp. in Philippines
•
Sri Lanka exploring Locations for 50 MW Power Plant
•
Sepco to build 318 MW Power Plant in Jerada, Morocco
•
Ultra Mega Power Projects at Cheyyar and Bedabahal in India should be Awarded in
Early 2014
•
Ayala to build 3x135 MW Power Plant at Lanao de Norte, Philippines
GAS / OIL – US
•
Gemma Power Systems enters into an EPC Agreement with Moxie Patriot LLC for a
Gas-fired Power Plant
•
Genesee Power Plant in Thetford Township, MI gets Air Permit
•
Mitsubishi Gas Turbines for 1000 MW Wildcat Point
GAS / OIL – WORLD
•
100 MW Power Plant for Purcellsinch, Ireland
•
Drax could Invest in Gas-fired Power Plants
CO2
•
U.S. Appeals Court Rejects States’ Challenge of EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rules
NUCLEAR
•
Duke cancels Crystal River (Levy County) Nuclear Project
•
4,800 MW Akkuyu Nuclear Power Project in Turkey Delayed
•
India Railways could turn to Nuclear Power Plants to Supply Power for Electric
Locomotives
•
Belarus, Russia negotiate on new Nuclear Power Plant Project
•
NRC Decision on Duke Nuclear Power Project Delayed
BUSINESS
•
MPSA’S Large Scale SCR System at 800 MW Marsh Landing Simple Cycle Power Plant
•
Virginia SCC approves APCo Purchase of Amos 3
•
Cogeneration, Fuel Switching, and Upgrades Are All Choices for U.S. Industrial
Boiler Operators
•
Stationary NOx Catalyst market to Reach $2 Billion in Next 4 Years
HOT TOPIC HOUR
•
“New Developments in Air Pollution Control Technology - Part 2” – Hot
Topic Hour on August 1, 2013
•
“Improving Power Plant Efficiency and Power Generation” is the Hot Topic Hour on
Thursday, August 8, 2013
•
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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“Control and Treatment Technology for FGD Wastewater” will be the Hot Topic on
August 15, 2013
On April 19, 2013, EPA proposed revisions to the effluent limitations,
guidelines and standards that would strengthen the existing controls on water
discharges from steam electric power plants. The rules would require power
plants to install pollution control technology and implement waste-treatment
procedures in a phased approach between 2017 and 2022. The EPA must finalize the
rules by May 22, 2014. The rules apply to all water discharged from steam power
plants, but a particular concern is FGD wastewater. The pollutants of concern
include mercury, arsenic, selenium, nitrogen and total dissolved solids.
Over the next few years, plant operators will be upgrading their existing SO2
control systems and installing new systems to meet the new emission limits posed
by the utility MATS and CASPR (when finalized). The great majority of
existing systems are wet FGDs and it is likely that most new FGDs will be wet
because it is difficult for a dry system to meet the new emission limits. These
wet FGDs utilize large quantities of water with limestone to remove the SO2.
The proposed water discharge rules as well as increasing regulations limiting
the availability and use of water will be of great concern to operators of
existing wet FGDs and those power plants considering installation of new FGDs.
It is not an easy task to design an FGD wastewater treatment system that meets
or exceeds discharge regulations because the quantity and composition of FGD
discharge water varies widely based on the boiler rating, scrubber type, the
efficiency of flyash removal, the efficiency of the dewatering system and the
composition of the coal, limestone and make-up water used. Most FGDs discharge
purge or wastewater that is a slurry of water, dissolved solids and suspended
solids laden with heavy metals and salts.
The following speakers will describe the options available to plant operators
utilizing or considering wet FGDs to achieve the discharge limits and reduce
water usage and discuss their experience with developing, testing, designing and
troubleshooting treatment technologies for FGD wastewaters, the advantages and
disadvantages of the currently available options including capital and operating
costs and the latest state-of-the-art technologies for treating, minimizing or
eliminating the wastewater that is generated by wet FGD systems.
Paul Chu,
Project Manager at the Electric Power Research Institute, will present the work
EPRI has been doing to evaluate wastewater treatment options. EPA recently
proposed numeric limits for selenium, mercury, arsenic and nitrate/nitrite for
FGD wastewaters. As power plants require cost-effective and reliable treatment
options, EPRI has been conducting treatment evaluation studies in the
laboratory, pilot and full-scale. EPRI’s work has focused upon
physical/chemical precipitation and adsorption based technologies as well as
biological reduction approaches.
Norikazu Inaba,
Manager of Process Engineering at MHIA /Advatech (A URS & MHIA Company), will
discuss “Simple Zero Liquid Discharge System for FGD Wastewater.” MHI has
developed low CAPEX/OPEX technology for truly achieving zero liquid discharge
(ZLD) from wet FGD to meet the stringent effluent limits. The Wastewater Spray
Dryer (WSD) that eliminates a purge stream from the wet FGD process is easy to
retrofit and requires no chemicals and significantly less energy than the
conventional brine evaporator.
Gordon Maller,
Principal Project Manager and Business Development Manager for URS Corporation –
Process Technologies Office, will present “Wastewater Treatment and Zero Liquid
Discharge Technologies – Overview and New Technology.” New effluent limitation
guidelines (ELG) have been proposed by the EPA which will require utilities to
provide significantly higher levels of treatment prior to discharge for a number
of wastewater streams in contact with coal combustion residuals (CCR) including
FGD wastewater. This presentation will provide an overview of the new rules as
well as an overview of existing and emerging WWT and ZLD technology to comply
with the new rules. New technology and strategies for plants to operate as ZLD
at a much lower cost, optimize water usage, and accomplish necessary
improvements such as closing waste impoundments will also be discussed.
William A. Shaw,
Senior Process Engineer for HPD® Evaporators and Crystallizers at
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies North America,
will present “Zero Liquid Discharge Systems for FGD Wastewater.”
In light of proposed EPA Effluent Limit Guidelines, many coal-fired power plants
are considering ways to reduce their water discharges. Zero liquid discharge
(ZLD) processes are being studied in anticipation of even more restrictions on
water discharges in the future. Closing the loop by adopting a ZLD treatment
scheme will usually involve consideration of evaporation and crystallization
technologies as these have had and will continue to play an important role in
the recovery and re-use of water from industrial wastewater streams.
However, ZLD systems can be very expensive from both a capital and operational
perspective. New approaches to evaporator system design, especially the
recently patented CoLD® crystallization technology, provide
additional options to power plants which are looking for methods to effectively
and economically reduce or eliminate their water discharges from FGD scrubbers.
To register for the August 15 “Hot Topic Hour” on “Control
and Treatment Technology for FGD Wastewater” at 10:00 a.m. DST,
click on:
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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.
|
2013 |
|
DATE |
SUBJECT |
|
August 15 |
Control and Treatment Technology
for FGD Wastewater |
Power |
August 22 |
Pumps for Power Plant Cooling
Water and Water Treatment
Applications
|
Power |
August 29 |
Status of Carbon Capture and
Storage Programs and Technology |
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 |
Oct. 3 |
Update on Coal Ash and CCP
Issues and Standards
|
Power |
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