McIlvaine is preparing route maps which will allow attendees to organize their time to obtain the application insights on:

•           Gas turbine air treatment

•           Coal-fired boiler fabric filters

•           HVAC filtration

•           Oil and gas filtration

Resources to be coordinated at the show include the speakers, exhibitors, and attendees.  All three groups are likely to have questions and answers. We encourage attendees and exhibitors to notify us in advance of their interest in the four GDPS subjects we will be pursuing.

It will be particularly advantageous to have cell phone numbers for attendees who wish to participate. There is no other easy way to locate them during the show. Exhibitor personnel with specific insights in any of the 4 areas should also supply cell #s in advance.  For those who cannot ask questions of the speakers immediately following their speeches it will be important to have their mobile numbers as well.

We have picked 4 applications where there is a lot of development and interest. So networking during the show will be of great value.  The route maps will be: 

Filtration 2013 will be very helpful in assisting suppliers of media and end users as to the best media and filtration devices to use for gas turbine particulate and droplet removal.  Here is a road map to help attendees organize their time at the conference. The Gas Turbine Air Treatment Global Decisions Positioning System^™ (GDPS) can be used to determine which stands and which papers will be of importance.

There are three of the Air Treatment Decision Trees relevant to Filtration 2013.

Pre-filtration, final filtration and coalescing are the three most relevant Decision Trees. However, suppliers need to understand the relationship between filtration and SCR catalyst choices as well as the relationship between filtration choices and performance. 

A European Turbine Network Working Group 3 consisting of Tumbull of AAF, Clement of Donaldson, and Ekberg of Camfil has put together the position paper "Gas Turbine Combustion Air Filtration, Its Impact on Compressor Efficiency and Hot End Component Life".

As you can see from the following table, they conclude that by spending 2-4 times as much for filters you end up reducing annual costs.  If they can verify these results then it changes the decision making for the power plant operators.  So it will be desirable for people at the air filter stands to be able to address this finding.

 4th Decision Tree Stop:  Pre Filtration

Ahlstrom - Stand 1002

Hollingsworth & Vose – Stand 202

Fiberweb – Stand 702

Sandler – Stand 115

Ahlstrom introduces Flow2Save(TM), a new media for high efficiency air (HEA) filtration applications at the Filtech exhibition in Germany during October 22 - 24, 2013. The innovative, patent-pending filtration media is based on a gradient structure combining different advanced technologies.

The key value-add is how easily air can flow through the media.

"Ahlstrom Flow2Save(TM) has significantly better pressure drop characteristics than other commercial HEA filtration media, meaning it is much easier for the ventilation system to push air through the filter. This allows significant energy savings throughout the life time of the filter. Its sustainability credentials are compelling; cleaner indoor air quality, lower energy consumption and lower costs," explains Fulvio Capussotti, EVP, Advanced Filtration. http://www.ahlstrom.com/flow2save

5th Decision Tree Stop:  Coalescers

Media is used to capture fine droplets caused by fogging nozzles, cooling, or weather.

Hollingsworth & Vose – Stand 202

6th Decision Tree Stop:  Final Filtration

Based on the analysis shown above and industry trends more of the final media is now capable of HEPA efficiencies. Of the three filter companies participating in the white paper shown above only Donaldson has a stand. However a number of exhibitors provide media in this efficiency range.

Donaldson - Stand 602

Hollingsworth & Vose – Stand 202

Sandler – Stand 115

Regulations in the U.S. will require utilities, industrial boiler owners and cement plants to improve particulate removal efficiency. China is also following the U.S. lead.  In both countries it is likely that fabric filters will replace many of the existing precipitators. This will create a huge new market for fabric filter media.  In fact these regulations could result in doubling the existing market. Several of the alternatives include woven bags with reverse air cleaning, non woven bags with pulse cleaning, membrane film on non woven substrate with pulse cleaning, pleated non wovens with or without membrane films.

Several media suppliers are exhibitors.

Donaldson Membranes - Stand 602

Southern Felt – Stand 502

The oil and gas industry is booming in the U.S. and is expanding around the world. There are many liquid and air applications for filtration.

Almost all types and variations of filters are used in the oil and gas industry.  The trend toward unconventional oil and gas recovery is resulting in filtration expenditures at least twice as high per barrel of oil or cubic ft of gas extracted.  The reason is that unconventional recovery includes many complex processes not the least of which is fracking.

Tightening of limitations on the quality of water discharges is also leading to more filtration opportunities. Zero Liquid Discharge Systems are often required.  This results in the use of membranes for final purification and dewatering devices such as filter presses.

One of the largest filtration opportunities in the oil and gas industry is for coalescing filters.  High efficiency media is required to remove coalesced droplets from gas.  Another application is to remove water from the oil product or oil from the discharged water.

There are some applications for metallic filters to remove the larger particles.  So many Filtration 2013 exhibitors supply media for this market.

Filter Press Media

·         Southern Felt – Stand 502

Metal Media

Coalescer media

·         Hollingsworth and Vose – Stand 202

The Link Between The New Oil/Gas Boom And Woven/Nonwoven Backings
Wednesday, November 13, 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Upen Bharwada
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer,
Hydration Technology Innovations

Co-produced water from the domestic oil boom is creating an attractive growth opportunity for polymeric membranes which, in turn, will drive demand for woven and nonwoven backings.

Wednesday, November 13, 9:50 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

Magda Avramescu, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist – P&AD,
Lydall Solutech

Our paper presents a new family of modified Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene membranes prepared by using a patented novel technology. The developed technology is flexible and offers the possibility to easily adjust the membrane pore size and porosity, as well as the functionality of the membrane surface.

Sandler – Stand 115

Fiberweb – Stand 702

Air Tutorial (Separate Fee Required) Tuesday, November 12, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Chris Zaker
National Sales Manager,
Glasfloss Industries

Filtration and How It Beats Ventilation for Health
Air Tutorial (Separate Fee Required) Tuesday, November 12, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Harry Allen
VP – Sales & Marketing, AllergyZone LLC

Air Tutorial (Separate Fee Required) Tuesday, November 12, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Jim Rosenthal
CEO, Air Relief Technologies, Inc.

Thursday, November 14, 9:00 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.

Dr. Wayne Thomann
Director, Occupational and Environmental Safety,
Duke University Medical Center

There continues to be increasing interest in both the potential impact and control of particulates within the indoor environment. The US EPA and other agencies have, or are considering, changing the range and/or concentrations of contaminants in both the outdoor/indoor environment. Additionally, groups, such as ASHRAE SSPC 62.1, are proposing more stringent requirements for filtration efficiency on HVAC systems. This presentation will provide updated information regarding both the potential health effects of particulates and some new proposed exposure limits or control efficiencies.

Thursday, November 14, 9:25 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

David Y.H. Pui, Ph.D.
Distinguished McKnight University Professor–LM Fingerson/TSI Inc. Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Director of Particle Technology Laboratory,
University of Minnesota

With the wide applications of nanomaterials in an array of industries, more concerns are being raised about the occupational health and safety of nanoparticles in the workplace, and implications of nanotechnology on the environment and living systems. Studies on environmental, health and safety (EHS) issues of nanomaterials play a significant role in public acceptance, and eventual sustainability, of nanotechnology. Research results on three aspects of the EHS studies will be presented: characterization and measurement of nanoparticles, nanoparticle emission and exposure at workplaces, and control and abatement of nanoparticle release using filtration technology.

Thursday, November 14, 9:50 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Brent Stephens, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, CAEE, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering,
Illinois Institute of Technology

This presentation will describe a methodology for estimating the impact of recirculating HVAC particle filters on the control of size-resolved infectious aerosols in indoor environments. We used a modified version of the Wells-Riley model for predicting risks of infectious disease transmission with various levels of HVAC filtration. Discover what the results were when HVAC filtration and outdoor air ventilation were modeled and compared.

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Municipal wastewater plants will spend $1.6 billion for instruments and controls to monitor air and water pollutants next year. This is the latest forecast in Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

East Asia will be the largest purchaser and account for more than one third of the total. This is due to the many new treatment plants being built to accommodate the urban migration in the region.

In the U.S. and Western Europe, most of the expenditures are related to efforts to automate and increase plant performance.  For example, instruments to measure sludge dryness are allowing operators to reduce polymer costs along with providing a more consistent sludge. This results in lower fuel consumption in the sludge incinerator.

Municipal wastewater plants are served with sewer systems often stretching for many miles. Remote monitoring provided by Pentair Environmental and other suppliers helps avoid plugging, overflow and other problems.  Monitoring is utilized for:

·         Wastewater network investigations

·         Pump station control

·         Pipeline condition assessment

·         Overflow alarming

·         Source tracing

·         Leak detection

Most of the investment will be in water-related monitoring. However 10 percent of the total will be for air monitoring.  Odor control is a major problem for wastewater plants. This requires periodic monitoring of the air emissions. Sewage sludge incinerators are equipped with stack gas continuous emissions monitors.

For more information on Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106extsup1.asp.

Headlines for the October 18, 2013 – Utility E-Alert      

UTILITY E-ALERT  

• New Jersey and Maryland cannot subsidize New Power Plants
• MA Energy Facilities Siting Board OKs 692 MW Footprint Power Plant
• 735 MW Pinecrest Energy Center applied for Air Permit in Texas

• BGR to construct 4x125 MW Power Plant in Nasiriya, Iraq

• No New Nuclear Power Plants in Ontario, Canada
• UK, EDF may reach deal on New Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Plant

• Japan to start up 14 Gas- and Coal-fired Power Plants by End of 2014
• Power Plants planned in Haryana State, India, Include Coal, Gas and Nuclear
• Free Service on Gas Turbine Air Treatment Available to Operators
• China Has Large New Flow Control and Treatment Opportunities
• Clyde Bergemann Power Group establishes Two New Companies in Turkey and India

• China will be both a Major Supplier and Purchaser - Hot Topic Hour October 17
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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