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Areas recently withdrawn from due to sale of precipitator and air monitoring divisions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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2013
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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
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Sept. 26 Multi-Pollutant Control Technology
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