GE Competing with Ecolab, Flowserve, Xylem and Pentair for Top Spot in Fluid
Treatment Market
The Ecolab/Nalco and the Pentair/Tyco mergers underline the growing realization
that the flow control and treatment market can be pursued in entirety. No one
company has as much as two percent of this $330 billion market. Five companies
with over a one percent market share are GE, Ecolab, Flowserve, Xylem and
Pentair. These market shares are included in the McIlvaine report,
Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com) GE boosted its market presence with the acquisition
of Dresser. It has a number of divisions which participate in many product and
application segments.
GE Product Segment Activity
Product Power Fluid Municipal Industrial and Other Residential/
Commercial
Pumps
Valves
Cartridge
Sedimentation/ Centrifugation
Cross Flow Membranes
Macrofiltration
Biological/Oxidation/Destruction
Water/Wastewater Chemicals
Filtration/Purification *
Fabric Filter
Scrubber
Precipitator
FGD
DeNOx
Thermal/Catalytic
Fans and Compressors
Air Monitoring
Water Monitoring
* includes vacuum bags and face masks as well as HVAC
Current coverage
Purchased as part of EPC activity
Areas recently withdrawn from due to sale of precipitator and air monitoring
divisions
As shown in yellow it is a full participant in many areas. In others, it acts as
an engineering, procurement and construction contractor and purchases equipment
from others. For more information on Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control:
World Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71
Clarifiers will Contribute 43 Percent to the Sedimentation/Centrifugation World
Revenues Next Year
In 2014, suppliers of sedimentation and centrifugation equipment will generate
revenues of just under $7.6 billion. Forty-three percent of that revenue will
consist of clarifiers and thickeners.
$ Millions
Subject 2014
Clarifier 3,288
Decanter 802
Disk 1,424
Dissolved Air Flotation 730
Hydrocyclone 493
Other Centrifuges 858
Total 7,595
Clarifiers and thickeners have different purposes but similar design. In both
designs, the solids settle and are captured from the bottom of the vessel,
whereas the purified liquid overflows the top of the vessel. Rakes or chains
with flights are typically used to remove the solids from the bottom of the
vessel. Another alternative is pumping. In the case of the clarifier, the goal
is to improve the purity of the discharge water. The purpose of the thickener is
to concentrate the solids. Thickeners are typically used within the process and
the overflow liquid is subsequently treated in another device.
Clarifiers and thickeners are used extensively in municipal wastewater treatment
and in mining. Their energy consumption is low. The disadvantage is the size.
Hydrocyclones can accomplish similar results, but with higher energy
consumption. However, hydrocyclones occupy much less space. Dissolved air
flotation is more cost effective when the nature of the particles makes them
more easily removed by creating bubbles and floating them out the overflow.
Many companies make small clarifiers and thickeners. Only a few companies make
that large clarifiers and thickeners whose diameter can exceed one hundred feet.
There are very few companies making disk centrifuges and relatively few
companies making decanter centrifuges. The reason is the capital investment to
manufacture centrifuges is considerably greater than to manufacture clarifiers.
In fact, the vessel walls for clarifiers can be constructed of concrete onsite,
so often the supplier is only furnishing the internals.
For more information on Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/119-n005.
Headlines for the May 17, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1125 – May 17, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
Portland to stop using Coal by June 2014
Wolverine/We Energies to install APC at Presque Isle
DP&L to retire Hutchings
COAL – WORLD
Harbin Electric to build 2640 MW Power Plant in Turkey
Alstom to build 2x1000 MW Polonoc Power Plant in Poland
Aboitiz to Finalize Funding on Mindanao and Luzon Power Projects in the
Philippines
DMCI may build Small Coal-fired Power Plants in Masbate, Palawan and Mindoro,
Philippines
RWE using its Coal-fired Power Plants More
KEPCO to build 250 MW Power Plant at Bargny Sendou, Senegal
GAS/OIL - US
Hickory Run gets Air Permit
Footprint Power Selects GE’s FlexEfficiency Technology for New Plant in
Massachusetts
Xcel to build 430 MW Peaking Power Plant near Hankinson, ND
GAS/OIL – WORLD
North Energy to build Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in Manzanillo, Dominican
Republic
METKA, General Electric to build 368 MW Gas-fired Power Plant in Algeria
COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY
Emerson’s Ovation System Selected by Europlasma for Innovative Waste-to-Energy
Plant in France
CO2
400 ppm CO2 Milestone Recorded Using Picarro Analyzers
NUCLEAR
Belarus to start Construction of Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear License Challenge for 2,200 Vogtle Expansion thrown out in Federal
Appeals Court
Mitsubishi Electric Digital Instrumentation and Control System for Nuclear
Power Plants in Fujian Province, China begins Operations
BUSINESS
Egat could build Power Plants in Myanmar and Cambodia and export the Power to
Thailand
Fuel Tech awarded APC Orders Totalling $10.5 Million
Fuel Cost and Environmental Regulations are Causing Changes in Industrial
Boiler Design and Operation
Lots of New Developments in $11.2 Billion World Market for Fabric Filters and
Bags
HOT TOPIC HOUR
Hot Topic Hour May 16 was Automation, Instrumentation and Electric Power
Highlights
“Power Plant Cooling Towers and Cooling Water Issues” is the Subject of the
Hot Topic Hour on May 23, 2013. This webinar will be free to all Participants
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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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
May 30 Air Pollution Control Markets (geographic trends, regulatory
developments, competition, technology developments) Market Intelligence
June 6 Report from Power-Gen Europe (update on regulations, speaker and
exhibitor highlights) Power
June 13 Monitoring and Optimizing Fuel Feed, Metering and Combustion in Boilers
Power
June 20 Dry Sorbent Injection and Material Handling for APC Power
June 27 Power Generation Forecast for Nuclear, Fossil and Renewables Market
Intelligence
July 11 New Developments in Power Plant Air Pollution Control Power
July 18 Measurement and Control of HCl Power
July 25 GHG Compliance Strategies, Reduction Technologies and Measurement Power
August 1 Update on Coal Ash and CCP Issues and Standards Power
August 8 Improving Power Plant Efficiency and Power Generation Power
August 15 Control and Treatment Technology for FGD Wastewater Power
August 22 Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Programs and Technology Power
August 29 Pumps for Power Plant Cooling Water and Water Treatment Applications
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
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