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2012

 

DATE

SUBJECT

 

September 27

Coal-fired Boiler Optimization – Part 1

Power

October 11

Coal-fired Boiler Optimization – Part 2

Power

October 18

Air Preheaters & Heat Exchangers

Power

October 25

Instrumentation for air, gas, water, liquids (forecasts, market shares, growth segments).

Market Intelligence

November 1

Cooling Towers and Cooling Water Issues

Power

November 8

FGD Scrubber Components

Power

November 15

Dampers and Expansion Joints for Coal-fired and Gas Turbine Power Plants

Power

November 29

Catalyst Selection for NOx and Other Gases

Power

December 6

Boiler Feed and Cooling Water Treatment

Power

December 13

Co-firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass and Municipal Waste

Power

 

2013

 

January 10

Update on Oxy-fuel Combustion

Power

January 17

Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at Coal-fired Power Plants                  

Power

January 24

Gypsum Dewatering

Power

January 31

Filter media (forecasts and market drivers for media used in air, gas, liquid, fluid applications, both mobile and stationary).

Market Intelligence

February 7

Valves for Power Plants, Boilers and Water Treatment Facilities

Power

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Here are the Headlines for the September 28, 2012 – Utility E-Alert

  UTILITY E-ALERT

#1094 – September 28, 2012

Table of Contents

COAL – US

COAL – WORLD

GAS/OIL / US

GAS/OIL WORLD

BIOMASS

NUCLEAR

BUSINESS

HOT TOPIC HOUR

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World Needs to Efficiently Utilize Its Finite Coal Reserves

The world’s supply of fossil energy is finite and must be utilized in the most economically and environmentally beneficial manner. This dictates construction of coal-fired power plants where enhanced oil recovery (EOR) provides a use for CO2.  In parallel gas which would otherwise be used for power generation in the EOR areas is converted to LNG and liquids and used in other regions.  Also in parallel large energy consuming industries expand in EOR areas such as the U.S. and Middle East/Africa.  This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in its report, Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation: World Analysis & Forecast, click on:  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#n043.

Coal is one of the world’s most valuable energy resources. Over the next century it will all be consumed along with the remaining gas and oil. In the twenty second century, fossil fuels will not be available and we will have to solely depend on nuclear, solar, wind, biomass and other renewable resources.  In the meantime, we need to utilize the fossil resources most appropriately.  Each of the fossil fuel resources has unique uses and advantages. Here are the advantages of coal:

·         Coal is the lowest cost fuel for power generation.

·         Coal is the cheapest source of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery

·         Clean Coal technology can deliver any cleanliness needed.

·         A coal-fired boiler with 20 percent biomass and 80 percent coal with 90 percent CO2 capture is a net reducer of greenhouse gases

The potential to utilize coal most efficiently would result in:

·         Greater gas utilization  for residential heating and chemicals production

·         Extend the date at which  biomass becomes the only source for  plastics and  organic chemicals

 

The plan to make this happen must be global and take into account all the long-range environmental and economic consequences. There are a number of facts which are often overlooked but are important to the initiative:

·         The economic life of a coal-fired power plant need only be twenty-five years

·         Enhanced oil recovery makes coal-fired generation green and economically attractive

·         The cost to transport coal long distances by ship is less than to transport it short distances by rail

·         Large energy consumers such as aluminum smelters  will be built where energy costs are the lowest

·         Energy complexes greatly increase energy efficiency and  make use of the heat otherwise  wasted in the visual steam plume from the cooling tower

·         Gas can be economically transferred long distances if converted to LNG or liquids

·         Greenhouse gases are a global problem and require a global solution

Background

It has been estimated that there are over 847 billion tons of proven coal reserves worldwide. This means that there is enough coal to last us around 118 years at current rates of production according to the World Coal Association. In contrast, proven oil and gas reserves are equivalent to around 46 and 59 years at current production levels.

The coal demand in Asian countries is soaring.  McIlvaine projects 2700 GW of coal-fired capacity in the world in 2017.  This could rise at 3%/yr to 3970 GW by 2030. At this rate, the world only has a eighty year supply of coal   Advanced Resources International estimates that there is the potential through enhanced oil recovery to create an additional 500 to 1000 billion barrels of oil and to store 320 billion metric tons of CO2 at the same time.. This storage would accommodate 4300 GW of coal-fired capacity for forty years.

The U.S. could store 34 billion tons of CO2.  Canada and Mexico could utilize and store another 9 billion tons.  This is enough to sequester all the coal-fired power CO2 generation for 25 years.

The biggest potential (125,000 billion tons) is in the Middle East and North Africa. The Asia –Pacific region would have a need for only 8 billion tons of CO2.

 Proven Reserves of Oil, Coal and Gas

(Figures from World Coal Association)

World Energy Council estimates of proved recoverable reserves (hard coal and lignite) at end-2008 (Billion Metric Tons) such as the U.S. and Middle East/Africa.

Region

Recoverable Reserves

Share of Recoverable Reserves

US and Canada

243.9

28.3%

Russian Federation

157.0

18.2%

China

114.5

13.3%

Europe (incl. Turkey)

110.4

12.8%

Australia

76.4

8.9%

India

60.6

7.0%

Kazakhstan

33.6

3.9%

South Africa

30.2

3.5%

All Other

34.3

4.0%

World Total

860.9

100%

For more information on:  Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation: World Analysis & Forecast, click on:  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#n043.

Desalination is a Growth Market for Flow Control and Filtration

The 2013 market for flow control and filtration equipment and consumables for desalination will exceed $5.7 billion according to the latest aggregated forecasts in McIlvaine market reports.

2013 Market for Flow Control and Filtration Equipment and Consumables in Desalination

Product

Capital Revenues

($ millions)

Consumables and Replacement

Cross-flow Membrane Systems and Modules

1,900

1,000

Cartridges

 

   110

Macrofilters and Media

  200

   100

Pumps

  600

   300

Valves

  300

   100

Instrumentation

  250

   100

Sedimentation/Centrifugation Equipment

   90

    20

Treatment Chemicals

 

   700

Total

3,340

2,430

The major market has been the Middle East but other areas of the world are finding that desalination is a viable alternative. The most recent example is in San Diego where Poseidon Resources has landed a contract to build a 50 million gallon/day desalination plant. This will be the largest in the western hemisphere.

The amount of water being pumped in desalination systems is presently only about one percent of the amount being pumped for all the world’s drinking supplies. On the other hand, the high pressure pumps needed for reverse osmosis are an order of magnitude more expensive than those used for drinking water transport. Prefiltration for the reverse osmosis systems and initial purification of water which will be evaporated in thermal systems is accomplished with liquid macrofiltration and cartridges. Automatic back wash filters and sand filters are frequently used. Liquid wastes are dewatered in filter presses.

Cartridges are used to remove particles which are too small to be captured in liquid macrofiltration equipment, but too large and plentiful to be handled by cross-flow membranes. There has been a high replacement frequency on cartridges.

An alternative to liquid macrofiltration is sedimentation.  Clarifiers and dissolved air flotation systems are selected for a number of systems. The desalting takes place in either thermal systems where the water is evaporated or by separation with cross-flow membranes. Reverse osmosis (RO) does the final separation. Macro or ultrafilters are often used to pre-filter and protect the RO membranes.

For more information, click on:  Cartridge Filters: World Market:   http://www.mcilvainecompany.com//brochures/water.html#nO24

Industrial Valves: World Markets: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n028

Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n006

Pumps World Markets: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#N019

RO, UF, MF World Market: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#no20      

Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n005                                                                                              

Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#NO26

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

 

 East Asia Liquid Macrofiltration Market to Exceed $2.6 Billion in 2013

The market for filtration equipment and media to remove particles larger than one micron from liquids will exceed $6.6 billion in 2013.  East Asia will account for 39 percent of the total. This is the conclusion reached in Liquid Filtration and Media World Market published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Liquid Filtration Revenues ($ Millions)

Bottom of Form

World Region

2013

 Africa

 246

 CIS

 188

 East Asia

 2,620

 Eastern Europe

 182

 Middle East

 217

 NAFTA

 1,204

 South & Central America

 484

 West Asia

 540

 Western Europe

 956

 Total

6,637

 

 

This category of filtration includes sand filters, bag filters, belt filter presses, gravity belt filters and recessed chamber filter presses. It also includes the rapidly growing automatic backwash filter segment. Macro filtration equipment is extensively used in municipal wastewater and drinking water plants.  Eastern Asia has a very large program to provide drinking water and sewage treatment for its citizens.

These types of filters are also utilized in pulp and paper, chemical, refining, power, mining, iron and steel and other industries.  The growth of these industries in East Asia is higher than elsewhere in the world.

There are thousands of suppliers of the filtration equipment.  International suppliers are penetrating the East Asian market, but there is also a strong and growing domestic manufacturing capability. There is more international participation in media such as filter cloths, belts and bags.  International media suppliers have built plants in China and other Asian countries and are using these facilities to support regional activities. Chinese media suppliers are also becoming exporters.

North America is benefiting from a surge in industrial investment and the continuing expansion of municipal facilities.  The mining industry is providing growth in the South and Central America region.

 

For more information on: Liquid Filtration and Media World Market: click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n006.

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