Granular Media Filters Will Account For 26 Percent of the $6.6 Billion Liquid
Filtration Market In 2015
Sales of macrofiltration equipment and consumables will reach nearly $6.6
billion in 2015. The granular media segment will generate revenues of $1.7
billion or 26 percent of the total, this is the conclusion reached by the
McIlvaine Company in
Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
The largest use of granular media filters is in drinking water plants.
However, they are used for pre-filtration of intake water at many industrial
plants. They are also used to purify wastewater. The second most
popular filter type will be filter presses. This design is used to dewater
products and waste. Filter presses are capable of converting 5 percent
slurry to moisture levels below 10 percent. The presses are widely used in
the chemical industry where the substance dewatered is the chemical product.
Automatic backwash filters represent the category with the largest growth over
the last twenty years. These units are capable of removing particles as small as
25 microns in diameter. Amiad and Eaton are leading suppliers of this
filter type.
Belt filter presses are primarily used to dewater municipal sludge. Small
numbers are also used in coal mining. The food industry also uses these presses
to dewater wastes. Bag filters are used where small particles must be
removed from liquids which contain relatively small quantities of solids.
Unlike the other filter types, the bags are not cleanable.
For more information on
Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets,
click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/118-n006
Asia Will Account For 43 Percent of the Air and Water Monitoring Market Next
Year
Sales of instrumentation and controls to monitor air and water will exceed $23
billion in 2015. Asia will account for 43 percent of the total. This
is the conclusion reached in
Air and Water Monitoring: World Market
published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
China will account for 25 percent of the total expenditures. This may be one
reason that the world air pollution control research center for Thermo Fisher is
located in this country. The biggest growth segment within the Chinese market is
associated with coal. The amount of air and water monitoring equipment purchased
in association with coal-to-chemicals and coal-to-syngas plants in China will
exceed the total monitoring expenditures for conventional petrochemical plants
in any other country of the world.
The projects converting coal-to-syngas will consume large quantities of water.
This requires intake and process monitoring. Monitoring of wastewater
quality, pH and other parameters are also necessary. These projects generate
pollutants which must be monitored. They also require sophisticated process
controls in the gas stream.
In the large coal-to-chemicals program, both air and water monitors are
required. China is also the largest producer of cement where both air
pollution and gas process controls are needed. As a leading semiconductor
producer, China buys expensive monitors to precisely measure minute quantities
of contaminants in the ultrapure water needed to wash the chips.
The Chinese government is increasing its enforcement activities and requiring
more extensive use of continuous monitors both for air and water. The highly
polluted air and water throughout the country will continue to be a big driver
of the market.
For more information on
Air and Water Monitoring: World Market,
click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/106-n031.
Headlines for Utility E-Alert – July 11, 2014
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1182 – July 11, 2014
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL - WORLD
GAS/OIL – US
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Navasota to build three 543 MW Gas-fired Peaking Power Plants in Texas
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EPA finalizes Greenhouse Gas Permit for Golden Spread Electric in Hale County,
TX
GAS/OIL – WORLD
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PMFG, Inc. awarded New SCR System Orders for Taiwan valued at More Than $10
Million
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Uzbekistan intends to construct Two Combined Cycle Power Plants at Syrdarya TPP
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Firms to build 5,715-MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plants in the Philippines
CO2
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World's Largest CO2 Emitters sign Deals on Clean Energy
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Drax wins €300 million EU Grant to trap and store CO2
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
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Avista closes Deal to buy Juneau Utility
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Chesapeake Energy selling Marcellus Shale assets for $336 Million
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Global Power Equipment Group awarded over $30 Million in Orders
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POWER Engineers, Inc. announces acquisition of Burns and Roe Enterprises
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Calpine completes sale of Six Power Plants to LS Power Affiliate
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Chinese Coal-to-Liquids and Gas Program Could Completely Change the World Energy
Markets
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Large Gas Turbine Aftermarket
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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DSI was Hot Topic Agenda June 10
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“Gas Turbine Emission Control” Webinar on July 17th will focus on NOx,
CO and Toxics
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Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/2-uncategorised/89-42ei
“Wet Calcium FGD” is the “Hot Topic Hour” On July 24, 2014
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 which 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.
This first webinar will be introductory, but will be enhanced with insights from
the following panelists.
Scott D. Miller,
PE, Director of Engineering Technology, Advatech - A URS & MHPSA Company
Scott Fraley, Sr.,
Technical Specialist, FGT Markets, Carmeuse Lime & Stone Technology Center
Pete Klipfel,
Gardner Denver (In DB as IDEX Fluid & Metering/ Versa-Matic Pump Company)
Gordon Maller,
Manager, Projects, URS Corp.
Specific Issues which will be continually analyzed include, but are not limited
to:
For the complete Hot Topic schedule and registration information see below.
The webinar on July 24 is free to power plant operators and McIlvaine
subscribers. There is a charge for others.
To register for the “Hot Topic Hour”, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=675
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.
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Mercury Sorbent Options |
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August |
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MATS Timing and Technology
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14 |
Industrial Boiler and Cement
MACT Timing and
Compliance Options |
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MEGA Symposium |
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Demineralization and
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Hot Gas Filtration |
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Power Plant Pumps |
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Power Water Monitoring |
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Power Plant Water Treatment
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Click here for the
Subscriber and
Power Plant
Owner/Operator
Registration Form
Click here for the
Non-Subscribers
Registration Form
Click here for the Free
Hot Topic Hour Registration
Form
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Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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