Granular Filter Market to Exceed $1.7 Billion Next Year
Sales of granular media filters to purify water will exceed $1.7 billion in
2015. This is the latest forecast in Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets
published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Granular Filter Market ($ Millions)
World Region 2015
Total 1,749
Africa 69
CIS 63
East Asia 724
Eastern Europe 37
Middle East 65
NAFTA 241
South & Central America 117
West Asia 280
Western Europe 153
East Asia will be the largest purchaser due to the investment in drinking and
wastewater facilities for the rapidly growing urban populations throughout the
region. West Asia will be the second largest regional purchaser with NAFTA close
behind.
Granular media filters are the first choice for drinking water plants around the
world. They are also used in wastewater plants. They are loaded with sand to
remove particulate. They can also be loaded with activated carbon to remove
contaminants which affect water taste. There is competition from membrane
filtration but granular media filter suppliers have held market share despite
the prediction that the more efficient membrane systems would greatly reduce the
granular media filter sales.
One of the biggest growth areas is in the purification of water in the oil and
gas industry. Conventional onshore oil and gas extraction requires much less
filtration than unconventional onshore and offshore extraction. One of the more
challenging applications is aboard offshore oil platforms where space and low
maintenance are of prime importance.
Another growing application is for tertiary filtration of wastewater being
discharged from municipal treatment plants. If this water is going to reused by
power plants, filtration is required. Large numbers of power plants are planning
to use treated municipal wastewater in the future.
For more information on: Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/118-n006.
Groundwater Remediation Market to Exceed $14 Billion Next Year
More than $14 billion will be spent in 2015 to remove metals, VOCs and other
contaminants from groundwater. This is the conclusion reached in Site
Remediation World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
VOCs are present at more than two-thirds of the Superfund, RCRA and DOD sites
and at almost half of the DOE sites. VOCs (in the form of BTEX) also are the
primary contaminants at underground storage tank (UST) sites. Of the twelve
contaminants most frequently found at Superfund and DOD sites, more than half
are metals, primarily arsenic, chromium, lead, zinc, nickel and cadmium.
The U.S. is the world leader and over the next few years will represent the
largest market for groundwater remediation.
The remediation of groundwater at the Japanese Fukushima site will be ongoing
and will represent 5 percent of the total groundwater remediation market.
Here are some examples of other activities around the world.
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of Australia has ordered the
chemical company Orica Australia Pty Ltd to clean up arsenic-contaminated
groundwater at its Kooragang Island manufacturing plant near Newcastle in New
South Wales (NSW). The pollution was caused by an outdated industrial process to
produce ammonia.
China recognizes the extent of its problems and is accelerating remediation
efforts. Results of the 2013 water quality report issued by the Chinese Ministry
of Land and Resources show a slightly downward trend compared to the previous
year. In 2012, 57.4 percent of the areas being monitored for water pollution
were rated as “relatively poor” or “very poor.” In 2013, nearly 60 percent of
the areas were found to have “relatively poor” or “very poor” groundwater
quality. In addition, the ministry monitored water quality at 4,778 points in
203 cities. Of those, 43.9 percent were rated “relatively poor” and 15.7 percent
were rated “very poor.”
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has ruled that IMP Group International, Inc. of
Halifax, Nova Scotia is responsible for cleanup of groundwater contaminated with
perchloroethylene (PCE) at its IMP Aerospace site in Halifax and twelve
properties nearby.
For more information on Site Remediation World Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/remediation
Headlines for Utility E-Alert – October 3, 2014
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1194 – October 3, 2014
Table of Contents
COAL – US
• EPA signs off on revised Plan for San Juan Generating Station
• Ameren plans to replace Two Coal-fired Power Plants with Gas and Renewables
• ANDRITZ to supply Equipment for Two Coal-fired Boilers at Sooner Power Plant
in Oklahoma
COAL – WORLD
• Chinese Consortium to build 1,000 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Nigeria
• NF Energy receives New Order from Shanxi Xinyou Group
• Hollysys Automation Technologies announces Contract for 2x800 MW Thermal Power
Plant DCS Reconstruction Project
GAS/OIL – US
• FERC approves Consumers Energy purchase of Gas-fired Power Plant in Michigan
• Exelon to build Two Combined Cycle Gas Turbines in Texas
• GE J920 FleXtra selected for New 50 MW Gas-fired Power Plant in Colorado
County, Texas
GAS/OIL WORLD
• 450 MW Combined Cycle Ashuganj Power Plant to become operational Next Year
• Ratchaburi Electricity and Rajburi Sugar Joint Venture to invest in 100 MW
Gas-fired Power Plant in Thailand
CO2
• SaskPower unveils First Commercial-Scale, Coal-fired Power Plant to capture
Carbon in Canada
NUCLEAR
• Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant set for Sellafield Site for $540 Million
BUSINESS
• PSALM turns over Naga Coal-fired Power Plant to SPC Power (Philippines)
• B&W Board of Directors evaluating separation of Businesses
• Donaldson completes acquisition of Northern Technical LLC
• $30 Billion NOx Control Market Centered in China
• Air and Water Monitoring Sales to Exceed $32 Billion in 2019
• Cenpower announces Financial close of Kpone IPP CCGT Power Plant in Ghana
HOT TOPIC HOUR
• Precipitators can be improved to meet MATS and MACT - Hot Topic Conclusion
Yesterday
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November
6 Coal-fired Power Plant NOx Reduction Innovations
13 Power Plant Cooling
December
18 Boiler Feedwater Treatment
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