Membranes Will Comprise 30 Percent of $15 Billion Cartridge Revenues In 2014
The market for cartridges to separate contaminants from liquids will exceed
$15.5 billion in 2014. Those with membrane filtration media will
comprise 30 percent of the total. This is the conclusion reached by the
McIlvaine Company in Cartridge Filters: World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Cartridge Revenues $ Millions
Subject |
2014 |
Total |
15,547
|
Carbon |
6,732
|
Membrane |
3,893
|
Metal |
208
|
Non-Woven |
4,498
|
String Wound |
216
|
Cartridges are defined as full flow filters. All the liquid to be purified
passes through the cartridge. These devices are further defined as
non-cleaning. The McIlvaine RO/UF/MF report covers the cross-flow filters. The
McIlvaine report, Liquid Filtration and Media World Market, covers automatic
backwash filters.
Membrane cartridges have higher removal efficiency than the other types. The
pore size can be adjusted to capture sub-micron particles. However, the
pressure loss and/or surface area is directly disproportional to the particle
diameter to be captured.
Membrane cartridges are extensively used in the semiconductor industry to purify
the chip wash water. However, they are preceded by a cross-flow system
which does the major purification. The cartridges are located at the end of the
distribution piping to capture any particles which might have been generated
in-transit.
Membrane cartridges provide the water-for-injection (used in drugs which are
injected into humans) in the pharmaceutical industry. They are also used
to separate products in biotechnology applications.
The chemical industry uses membrane cartridges to purify process water and
process chemical solutions. There are large applications in healthcare as
well as in residential and commercial applications.
The power industry uses cartridges in conjunction with the purification of water
used to generate steam.
For more information on Cartridge Filters: World Market, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=71#n024.
RO Equipment and Membranes Will Comprise 50 Percent of the Cross-flow Membrane
Market Next Year
Sales of cross-flow membrane equipment and replacement modules will exceed $10.4
billion in 2014. The reverse osmosis (RO) segment will comprise more than 50
percent of the total. This is the latest finding in the continually
updated RO, UF, MF World Market published by the McIlvaine Company
www.mcilvainecompany.com.
($ Millions)
Subject |
2014 |
|
Total |
10,426
|
|
Micro Equipment |
2,015
|
|
Micro Membranes |
505
|
|
RO Equip |
3,929
|
|
RO Membranes |
1,139
|
|
UF Equipment |
2,182
|
|
UF Membranes |
656 |
|
Cross-flow membrane filtration differs from full low filters in that only a
portion of the liquid is filtered. The remainder continues across the membrane
and is discharged or recycled. The advantage of the cross-flow technique
is its ability to resist plugging. The disadvantage is the loss of product.
In the case of desalination, the loss is not significant. However, for juices or
pharmaceutical products there is a need to recycle the lost liquid.
There are four efficiency levels depending on the pore size in the membranes.
Reverse osmosis is the most efficient. Nanofiltration is next. In the
McIlvaine analysis, nanofilration revenues are included with ultrafiltration
which is the next most efficient. Microfiltration is least efficient, but still
compares well with granular media filters and other non-membrane alternatives.
There is presently a $1.3 billion market for replacement RO membranes. Most of
the market is in desalination of seawater. However the electronics,
pharmaceutical and chemical industry are also major purchasers.
Ultrafiltration is utilized as pre-filtration for RO systems but also by itself
for many applications. The food industry is using higher temperature resistant
ultrafilters on processes where cooking and similar processes are involved.
Microfiltration is also used for pre-filtration with RO systems. Another
major use is in municipal drinking water plants. It has proven more efficient
than the granular media filters which have been traditionally used.
For more information on RO, UF, MF World Market, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=71#n020
Headlines for the August 30, 2013 Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1140 August 30, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL US
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Oklahoma Attorney General will appeal Regional Haze Decision
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Mercury Control Project approved for Petersburg and Harding Street
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Clyde Bergemann to refurbish ESP at Lon D. Wright 8
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Duke Energy reaches Settlement on Edwardsport Power Plant Air Permit
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GAS/OIL US
GAS/OIL WORLD
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
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Market Intelligence
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Non-Subscribers Cost |
SUBJECT |
Webinar Type |
September 12, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Solar & Wind Strategies,
Projects and Technology
Developments
|
Power |
September 19, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Air Pollution Control for Gas
Turbines
|
Power |
September 26, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Multi-pollutant Control
Technology
|
Power |
October 3, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Update on Coal Ash and CCP
Issues and Standards
|
Power |
October 17, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Air Pollution Control in China
|
Power |
October 31, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Chinese FGD/SCR Program and
Impact on the World
|
Power |
November 21, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Wet vs Dry ESP
|
Power |
December 5, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Update on Gasification Projects
and Technology
|
Power |
December 12, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Selecting FGD Scrubber
Components
|
Power |
December 19, 2013 |
$125.00 |
Application of U.S. Mercury
Control Technology in Other
Countries
|
Power |
January 9, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Improving ESP Performance
|
Power |
January 16, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Corrosion Issues and Materials
for APC Systems
|
Power |
January 23, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Co-Firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass
and Municipal Waste
|
Power |
January 30, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Impact of Ambient Air Quality
Rules on Fossil Fueled Boilers
and Gas Turbines
|
Power |
February 6, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Review of EUEC
|
Power |
February 13, 2014 |
$125.00 |
NOx Catalyst Performance on
Mercury and SO3
|
Power |
February 20, 2014 |
$125.00 |
CFB Technology and Clean Coal
(Update on CFB Reactor
Technology)
|
Power |
February 27, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Dry FGD: Spray Dry vs. CFB vs.
DSI
|
Power |
March 6, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Update on IGCC (Integrated
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|
Power |
March 13, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Update on Oxy-Fuel Combustion
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Power |
March 20, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Air Preheaters & Heat Exchangers
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Power |
March 27, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Mercury Control and Removal
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Power |
April 3, 2014 |
$125.00 |
HRSG Design, Operation and
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Power |
April 10, 2014 |
$125.00 |
|
Power |
April 17, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Measurement and Control of PM2.5
|
Power |
April 24, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Status of Carbon-to-Liquid
Projects and Technology
|
Power |
May 1, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Renewable Energy, Status,
Options, Technology Update
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Power |
May 8, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Valves for Power Plant Steam and
Cooling Water
|
Power |
May 15, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Water Treatment During Gas and
Oil Production
|
Power |
May 22, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Advances in Coal Blending
|
Power |
May 29, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Clean Coal Technologies
|
Power |
June 5, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Material Handling in Fossil
Fueled Power Plants
|
Power |
June 12, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Industrial Boiler MACT - Impact
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|
Power |
June 19, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Multi-emissions Control
Technologies
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Power |
June 26, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Next Generation of Coal
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Power |
July 10, 2014 |
$125.00 |
Compliance Strategies for PM2.5
|
Power |
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