Thirty New Municipal Wastewater Projects Per Week in North America
There are more than 30 new municipal wastewater projects initiated per week in
the U.S. and Canada according to the McIlvaine Company who tracks these projects
in North America Municipal Wastewater
Treatment Facilities and People. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Many of these projects are active for five years or more. This results in
thousands of active projects at any one point in time. These projects
range from modifications to small plants to construction of new large 400 mgd
facilities. The new facilities are generally located in the south
and west and are to meet the population expansion. However, new plants are
being slated to replace older plants in regions where the population is not
growing.
One major project is to replace a plant which is more than 100 years old and has
only been modified to extend its life. In general, replacing old plants
with new ones results in the lowest overall cost. Many old plants do not have
the modern digital controls which can provide greater efficiency. Newer
equipment designs such as membrane contactors have only been available for the
last twenty years.
Odor control is another aspect which is much more cost effectively accomplished
with a new plant. The cost of odor control is more a function of the air volume
treated than the concentration of contaminant. Older plants require
much more capture air than new ones which are designed with air minimization as
a goal.
In the future there will be more projects directed at reusing municipal treated
wastewater. There are at least ten current projects where combined cycle
power plants are being built with the intention of using the discharge from the
local MWTP.
One area where the projects are mostly at a small scale is the analysis and
removal of contaminant of emerging concern (CEC). There is work going on to
evaluate pharmaceuticals and personal care products.
Southern California is concerned about the environmental impact of more than one
billion gallons of treated wastewater which is discharged daily into the ocean
from municipalities.
For more information on North
America Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People:
click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71#62ei.
Cleanroom Hardware Sales to Exceed $4.3 Billion Next Year
Sales of modular cleanrooms, walls, floors, filters, devices and other cleanroom
hardware will exceed $4.3 billion in 2014. This is the most recent forecast
appearing in World Cleanroom Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
($ Millions)
Subject |
2014 |
Total |
4,349
|
Devices |
756 |
Engineering & Design |
449
|
Floors |
318
|
HVAC |
1,587
|
Monitoring |
290
|
New & Prefilters |
289
|
Replacement Filters |
372
|
Walls |
288
|
The market for devices is growing faster than the other segments. The reason is
that mini-environments are continuing to take market share away from the
ballroom cleanrooms. There is considerable penetration in the semiconductor
industry and a growing interest for this concept in the pharmaceutical industry.
The minienvironment encloses the product. The cleanroom workers are
outside the enclosure and, therefore, are not a source of contamination.
The result is a much cleaner space and the use of less air and energy.
The limitations of this approach are the requirements to automate the process,
so that the worker does not have to be in contact with the product during
processing.
For more information on World Cleanroom Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73.
Controlling Dissolved Gases in Power Plant Water
Systems with Gas Transfer Membranes Webinar on
August 28, 2013
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|
Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactor technology can optimize water processes in power
plants by cost-effectively controlling dissolved gases. Fred Wiesler, Global
Sales Director at Membrana will be discussing performance, operating costs,
efficiency and other key benefits of using Liqui-Cel® Contactors compared to
traditional technologies.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT (8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. PDT)
Key Take-Aways:
For more information, click on:
http://www.globalspec.com/events/upcomingevents
Headlines for the August 16, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1138 – August 16, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
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MoU signed to set up 6,000 MW of Power Plants in the Sindh State, Pakistan
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Alstom involved in Plan to build Polish 2 x 900 MW Opole Power Plant
§
300 MW Bhushan Energy Power Plant in Odisha, India shut for Environmental
Reasons
§
GRDA approved $357 Million 400 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant near Chouteau,
OK
§
Russian Firm ready to invest in 500-600 MW Coal-fired Projects in Pakistan
§
Fortum to shutter Inkoo Coal-fired Power Plant in Finland
GAS/OIL – US
GAS/OIL – WORLD
BIOMASS
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration
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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 |
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DATE |
SUBJECT |
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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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Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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