GTCC Valves is the “Hot Topic Hour” on June 4, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. CST
This webinar will be a discussion of the options and issues involving gas
turbine and combined cycle valves. It will be based on a continually evolving
GTCC Route Map and Summary. We are requesting input from the industry to expand
this route map prior to the meeting and then to discuss and debate the
alternatives during the webinar. Another purpose of the webinar will be to
integrate this route map with the entire program.
The GTCC Route Map is going to be displayed in Power Plant Valves Decision
Guide. This decision guide provides direct links to detailed articles, white
papers, recordings and other material needed for decision making. This
intelligence is contained in two complete decision programs 44I Power Plant Air
Quality Decisions (Power Plant Decisions Orchard) and Gas Turbine and Combined
Cycle Decisions.
The whole concept of the decision programs in power and the role of route maps,
decision guides and decision orchards is explained at Power Plant Decisions.
Shifting in the Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Market
The Danaher acquisition of Pall, the acquisition of Howden by Colfax, and the
Nalco acquisition by Ecolab are all product expansions in the
air/gas/water/fluid treatment and control market. This was a $323 billion market
in 2012 and is now well above $350 billion. This market is continually analyzed
in McIlvaine’s Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Market.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com) Despite the acquisitions none of the companies
commands a significant share of the total market.
Danaher, Teledyne, Xylem and B&W are all in the air and water monitoring market.
B&W and Teledyne are in the air segment. Danaher, Teledyne and Xylem are in the
water monitoring segment. However, these three companies do not compete in most
of the other segments. So despite the acquisitions, no company covers all the
major segments.
Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Market ($ Billions)
Product Power Fluid Municipal Industrial and Other Residential/
Commercial Total
Flow (Water)
Pumps 3 8 14 20 8 53
Valves 7 13 7 39 20 86
Subtotal 10 21 21 59 28 139
Liquid Treatment
Cartridge 0 7 1 6 7 21
Sedimentation/Centrifugation 1 0 2 5 0 8
Cross-flow Membranes 2 0 4 3 1 10
Macrofiltration 1 0 2 4 0 7
Subtotal 4 7 9 18 8 46
Oxidation and Destruction (Water)
Biological/Oxidation/Destruction 1 0 8 4 2 15
Water/Wastewater Chemicals 5 0 9 10 0 24
Subtotal 6 0 17 14 2 39
Indoor Air Treatment
Filtration/Purification 1 2 0 3 5* 11
Stack Gas Treatment and Flow
Fabric Filter 1 0 0 5 0 6
Scrubber 0 0 1 5 0 6
Precipitator 7 0 0 1 0 8
FGD 7 0 0 0 0 7
DeNOx 6 2 0 1 0 9
Thermal/Catalytic 0 10 0 2 0 12
Fans and Compressors 4 2 2 12 5 25
Subtotal 25 14 3 26 5 73
Monitoring
Air 1 1 1 1 3 7
Water 1 1 3 2 1 8
Subtotal 2 2 4 3 4 15
Total 323
Key to Color Code
Danaher
Xylem
B&W
Teledyne
With the acquisition of Pall, Danaher is now in five segments, Xylem is in four
segments, B&W is in seven sub-segments but they are involved with stack gas.
Teledyne is in just two of the segments. Danaher has now increased its market
share to over one percent. The three others have shares below one percent.
For more information on Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Market,
click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/27-water/445-n064-air-gas-water-fluid-treatment.
$25 Billion Annual Market for Coal-fired Power Plant Air Pollution Upgrades
Thousands of coal-fired power plants around the world will need to upgrade or
replace air pollution control equipment in the coming years. This will result in
an annual expenditure of over $25 billion. This does not include consumables
such as dust bags or reagents (lime, ammonia, etc.). This conclusion was reached
by aggregating information contained in a number of McIlvaine Company reports.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Major markets will be the U.S., Europe and China. However, there will be
significant expenditures in Russia, Chile, South Africa, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
and Australia. The drivers will be:
• New environmental regulations
• Age and deterioration of existing air pollution control systems
• Efficiency improvements
• Availability of new technology
China will be the largest market due to its extensive fleet of coal-fired
boilers, new tough regulations, and corrosion issues at existing power plants.
Over 100,000 MW of FGD systems will be upgraded. Many of the existing
precipitators will be upgraded or replaced with fabric filters. In some cases,
wet electrostatic precipitators will be placed downstream of existing scrubbers.
The U.S. has just implemented new air toxic rules. The enforcement of ambient
air quality rules in the individual states may result in the Los Angeles level
of stringency. Because it is impossible to site a new power plant, owners are
upgrading old power plants. The cost of an upgrade is likely to be more than the
air pollution control investment at a new power plant.
Europe is maintaining a base fleet of coal-fired power plants. It continues to
tighten emission limits. So upgrades are periodically required. Russia, Chile
and South Africa are among the countries which are tightening particulate limits
and forcing power plants to install fabric filters. Removal of the precipitator
internals and their replacement with bags is becoming increasingly common.
There are NOx upgrades and replacements taking place in the U.S., China, Taiwan,
Japan and Europe. These are forecast in: N035 NOx Control World Market
FGD upgrades and retrofits are also being undertaken in the same countries plus
a few others. The revenues for these upgrades are forecasted in: N027 FGD Market
and Strategies
The impact of new regulations impacting the use of fabric filters and
electrostatic precipitators is analyzed in: N021 World Fabric Filter and Element
Market and N018 Electrostatic Precipitator World Market
The U.S. and China are leading the way in mercury control for coal-fired power
plants. Many countries require mercury control at waste incinerators. This
market is analyzed in: N056 Mercury Air Reduction Market
New continuous emissions monitoring and process control systems are replacing
older ones at coal-fired power plants around the world. Many countries now
require mass particulate monitoring to replace the older opacity measurement
systems. This opportunity is analyzed in: N031 Air and Water Monitoring: World
Market
All the specific projects are tracked at: 42EI Utility Tracking System
Headlines for Utility E-Alert –May 15, 2015
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1223 – May 15, 2015
Table of Contents
COAL – US
• WV PSC staff requests Appalachian Power to justify planned Power Plant
closures
• Oak Creek Power Plant gets State OK for changes enabling burning of Wyoming
Coal
• Wisconsin Energy finalizes Deal to sell Wauwatosa Coal-fired Power Plant
• Duke pleads Guilty in Federal Court for Coal Ash Crimes
COAL – WORLD
• Coal-fired Power Plant tentatively planned for Arakan State, Myanmar
• Indonesia to begin Mega Coal-fired Power Plant Project in Batang
• More Power Projects for Davao, Mindanao in the Philippines
• Poland to modernize existing Coal–fired Power Plants
• Milhouse Engineering & Construction signs MOU with Federal Republic of Nigeria
for Mini Coal-fired Power Plants
• AES achieves Commercial Operation of 1,240 MW Coal-fired Mong Duong 2 Power
Plant in Vietnam
• Black & Veatch partners for Power Project expansion of Duyen Hai 3 in Vietnam
GAS/OIL – US
• Braintree starts planning for New Natural Gas-fired Power Plant Unit
• CPV receives approval from Connecticut Siting Council to construct Towantic
Energy Center in Oxford
GAS/OIL – WORLD
• MHPS receives Order for Combined Heat and Power Supply Plant from Indian
Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative in India
• Alfa Laval wins $13 Million Order to supply Air-cooler Systems in the Middle
East
• Samsung interested in setting up a Gas-fired Combined Cycle Power Plant at
Moheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
• Wärtsilä receives Notice to Proceed for Power Plant in Mexico
• Wärtsilä received Orders for two Power Plants from RAECO in Oman
NUCLEAR
• Jacobs awarded Contract by EDF Energy to provide Project Management Resources
to Eight Nuclear Power Stations and Two Technical Centers
• More delays Possible for Georgia Nuclear Power Plant
• Additional Nuclear Work for Lake Charles Fabrication Facility
BUSINESS
• Fuel Tech awarded Air Pollution Control Orders totaling $8.3 Million
HOT TOPIC HOUR
Lots of Wet Calcium Issues and Options – Hot Topic Hour May 14, 2015
Gas Turbine Intake System Improvements will be discussed on the May 21 Hot
Topic Hour
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/2-uncategorised/89-42ei
McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration
On Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting
on important energy and pollution control subjects. These Webinars are free of
charge to owner/operators of the plants. They are also free to McIlvaine
Subscribers of Power Plant Air Quality Decisions and Utility Tracking System.
The cost for others is $300.00 per webinar.
See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours. We welcome your input
relative to suggested additions.
DATE SUBJECT DESCRIPTION
May 21, 2015 Gas Turbine Intake Filters More Information
May 28, 2015 No webinar but on-site interviews at Industrial Valve Summit in
Bergamo, Italy
June 4, 2015 Power Plant Valves More Information
June 11, 2015 SO3 Removal Options More Information
June 18, 2015 Hot Gas Filtration More Information
June 25, 2015 Mercury Removal Options More Information
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Bob McIlvaine
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