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2012

 

DATE

SUBJECT

 

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 October 5, 2012 – Utility E-Alert

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1095 – October 5, 2012

Table of Contents

COAL – US

§  Shaw awarded EPC Management Contract for 22 Coal-fired Power Plants

§  Coal-fired Unit repairs at Sherburne in Minnesota could cost $200 Million

§  Proposed Settlement with PNM to retire Units 1 and 2 at San Juan Power Plant (New Mexico)

§  GenOn closes Coal-fired Power Plant in Virginia

§  Progress Energy Carolinas retires 316 MW Cape Fear and H.B. Robinson Unit 1

§  Groups Sue Midwest Generation for Alleged Coal Ash Pond Leakage at Four Illinois Power Stations

COAL – WORLD

§  Fuel Tech awarded $7.6 Million Air Pollution Control Contract in Taiwan

GAS/OIL / US

§  EPA Permit issued for 132 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in Wyoming

 

GAS/OIL WORLD

§  GE to provide Natural Gas-fired Turbine to Power Plant in Poland

§  Thermax wins EPC Order for Power Project in India

§  New Gas-fired Power Station in Manchester (UK) could be One of Many

§  GE receives Contracts to supply Frame 9F 3-series Gas Turbines in Bangladesh

§  Genco to invest Rs59 Billion in Pakistan

CO2 

§  Utico and Shanghai Electric Launch US$400 Million Clean Coal Power Plant in UAE

NUCLEAR 

§  Small Modular Nuclear Reactors could be an Option for Idaho Project

BUSINESS

§  Wisconsin Public Service to buy Fox Energy Company

§  Honeywell to acquire Natural Gas Processing Technology Company

§  Calpine to buy 800 MW Gas-fired Power Plant from Bosque Power

§  Tokyo Gas considering Tie-up with TEPCO to rebuild Thermal Plants

§  World Needs to Efficiently Utilize its Finite Coal Reserves

HOT TOPIC HOUR 

§  "Coal-fired Boiler Optimization" is Hot Topic on October 11, 2012

§  Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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Water and Wastewater FGD Opportunities Shift toward East Asia

China is expanding its program to reduce SO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants at the same time the U.S. program is mired in battles over regulatory minutiae. The result is a slight increase in FGD revenues in 2013, but a reduced forecast for NAFTA.  This is the latest finding in FGD World Markets.

In the revised 2013 forecasts, the revenues will increase by $200 million to $7.8 billion. The NAFTA market is adjusted downward by $200 million while the East Asia market is adjusted upward by $400 million.

FGD Revenues ($ Millions)

 

World Region

 

      2013

   Original

 

2013

   Revised

Africa

451

 

 CIS

0

 

 East Asia

4,846

5,246

 Eastern Europe

343

 

 Middle  East

109

 

 NAFTA

1,122

922

 South & Central America

0

 

 West Asia

108

 

Western Europe

626

 

Total

7,605

7,805

 

One of the contributors to the East Asia increase is the Chinese program to upgrade efficiency of existing scrubber systems. In the U.S., the negative effect is the delayed implementation of some of the dry FGD systems which will remove both SO2 and HCl.

U.S. FGD Dry Lime System Revenues ($ Millions)

Subject

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

 Dry Lime

  146

 337

  212

 122

  168

 248

  337

  341

Lime companies are gearing up for the increased lime demand in the U.S.  Graymont is moving ahead with plans to add a state-of-the-art, low-emissions third kiln to its mining and production complex in Pleasant Gap PA to meet growing lime product market demands in Pennsylvania and surrounding region.

Graymont has applied to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) for the requisite air quality permit and is proceeding with detailed engineering and design work for the new gas-fired kiln.  The new kiln will feature the most environmentally friendly technology anywhere in the lime industry.

The company anticipates PADEP’s decision on the air quality plan approval and other regulatory approvals before year-end.  If approved, construction will be initiated before the end of 2012.

The addition of this high-tech, low-emissions third kiln will increase production capacity by some 25 percent at Graymont’s Pleasant Gap plant, which already ranks as the most modern lime plant in the region. Top-quality jobs will be added to Graymont’s existing local work force and the project will generate additional direct and indirect economic benefits for the State College and Bellefonte area.

"This latest investment reflects our continued confidence in the economic future of Pennsylvania and neighboring states, and will further enhance our ability to support the success of lime customers in the region" said Graymont President and CEO Stéphane Godin.  "Our track record for unsurpassed supply reliability and going the extra mile to meet customers’ needs has made Graymont the partner of choice for any application that utilizes lime to create added value."

Most of the Asian power plants will incorporate limestone FGD systems. The investment in pumps, valves, piping, belt filters, cyclones and treatment chemicals will be very significant.  Consider that a 1000 MW power plant discharges 4 million cfm. The recycle limestone slurry rate is 100 gpm/1000 cfm, so the recycle requirement is 400,000 gpm. This is 570 mgd. So when China adds 50,000 MW of FGD in one year, they are adding 28,500 mgd of recycle pump capacity. This is close to the entire flow through secondary treatment plants in the U.S.

The pumps, valves, piping and couplings are used in the ball mill recycle system, the scrubber recycle system and in the FGD wastewater treatment. There have been recent innovations in some of these products. Victaulic, has introduced the Style 296A coupling for fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) pipe. The coupling offers much more efficient installation than the alternative methods of butt-and-wrap and adhesive bell-and-spigot pipe joints. In addition to the FGD recycle piping, it is ideal for industrial applications such as fly ash, slurry systems, cooling water, waste water, condensate, mild acids/chemicals, oil lines and drainage systems.

McIlvaine visited the Victaulic stand at the Mega symposium and took this picture of the new coupling:

 

For more information on: FGD World Markets, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#N027

  

Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

Update

TABLE OF CONTENTS

September 2012

ALABAMA

Uniontown Receives $4.8 Million to Expand Wastewater Treatment System

ARIZONA

Cottonwood’s Terminates Contract for Wastewater Plant

Show Low Moving Forward with Wastewater Plant Project

$3.7 Million for Clarkdale WWTP

CALIFORNIA

San Mateo Requesting Bids for WWTP Project

Redding Requesting Bids for Wastewater Plant Project

Works Starts on $13 Million Nipomo Wastewater Project

Paso Robles Needs WWTP Upgrade

$44 Million for Western Riverside County WWTP Expansion

Delta Diablo Will Repair Aging WWTP

$2 Billion for California Water Districts to Help Pay for Stricter Wastewater Requirements

$44 Million for Corona Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Project

Sunnyvale-San Jose Recycled Water Project on Hold

CONNECTICUT

Coalition to continue Opposition to Phosphorus Limits

DELAWARE

Artesian Planning Wastewater Plant with Spray Irrigation

Millsboro Receives Funding to Improve WWTP

FLORIDA

New Plans for Dade City Wastewater Treatment Plant

Navarre Beach Wastewater Plant gets Rehab

Largo’s WWTP Has Odor Problem

Layne Christensen Announces $90.9 Million Islamorada Wastewater Project

Pembroke Pines Considers $40 Million WWTP Expansion

$5.6 Million for Dade City Wastewater Plant

GEORGIA

Jessup Plans New $11 Million WWQTP

IDAHO

Jerome Plans Wastewater Plant Improvements

Hailey Planning $2 Million Wastewater Project

ILLINOIS

Quincy Considers WWTP Upgrade

Hopedale to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Plant

INDIANA

Linton Receives $500,000 Grant for Wastewater Plant Improvements

Delaware County and Liberty Consider New WWTP

IOWA

Worth County Ok’s Treatment Plant Agreement, Bid

$2.1 Million for Joice Wastewater Treatment Project

KANSAS

$4.1 Million for Leavenworth Wastewater Project

KENTUCKY

Flemingsburg Requesting Bids for WWTP Project

Monticello Approves Bond Sale for Wastewater Plant Project

LOUISIANA

Thibodaux Must Raise Fees for New Wastewater Plant

MAINE

$3.2 Million Project to Combine Wastewater Treatment Facilities of St. Agatha, Frenchville

MASSACHUSETTS

Greater Lawrence Requesting Bids for Centrifuge Overhaul

Northbridge Requesting Bids for WWTP Plant Improvements

Weymouth Requesting Bids for Pump Station Rehab

Natick Requesting Bids for Water Station Rehab

Fitchburg Ordered to Make Improvements to Wastewater System

A New Way to Think about Wastewater in Sherborn

MICHIGAN

Saginaw Approves $2.9 Million for WWTP Improvements

$1.2 Million for Port Huron Wastewater Treatment Modifications

MINNESOTA

Plans for Wykoff's Wastewater Treatment Plant to be Finalized

Aging Wastewater Infrastructure Prompts MN 2020 to Call for Funding

Wykoff Gets Update on Wastewater Treatment Plant Project

MISSISSIPPI

Guntown to Send Wastewater to Saltillo for Treatment

Hattiesburg to Upgrade WWTP

Jackson Must Fix Wastewater System

MISSOURI

Independence Approves Loan for $37 Million Sewer Improvements

MONTANA

Anaconda Moving Forward with Wastewater Project

NEBRASKA

More than $500,000 for Hebron WWTP Project

NEW YORK

Environmental Group Unveils Wastewater Plan for Long Island Area

Lyndonville Receives $250,000 for Wastewater Treatment Upgrade

$2 Million for Dolgeville WWTP Project

$13 Million for Ellenville WWTP Project

Oneida County Wastewater Plant Expansion to Cost $138 Million

Suffolk County Tests Wastewater Treatment Technology for Sag Harbor

NORTH CAROLINA

Mebane Moves Forward with Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade

Richmond County Receives Grant for Wastewater Treatment Plant

Statesville Considers Loan for Repairs to Fourth Creek WWTP

$5.8 Million for Richmond County WWTP Project

NORTH DAKOTA

$30 Million for New Dickinson Wastewater Plant

Dickinson Breaks Ground on $30 Million WWTP

OHIO

Marietta Phase 2 Odor Control Project Ready for Bidding

Cardington Requesting Bids for Wastewater Plant Improvements

Tuscarawas County Ok’s Funding for WWTP Project

Massillon Considering $18 Million Upgrade to Wastewater Plant

OKLAHOMA

Dewey to Receive Report on Wastewater Plant Options

Comanche to Rebid Wastewater Project

PENNSYLVANIA

Littlestown Moves Forward on Wastewater Project

Scranton to Hold Public Hearing on $140 Million Wastewater Project

Abington Wastewater Authority Plans WWTP Upgrade

$5.5 Million for Chambersburg Wastewater Upgrades

Clearfield Continues Prep for Water/Wastewater Upgrades

SOUTH CAROLINA

Bids on St. Matthew’s Water/Wastewater Upgrades being Accepted

SOUTH DAKOTA

$16 Million for Joint Wastewater Facility for Ellsworth AFB and Box Elder

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga Requesting Proposals to Consolidate Area Water, Sewer, Water Quality Systems

Mosheim Awards $1 Million Wastewater Grant

TEXAS

Brownsville Planning $32 Million WWTP Upgrade

Harrison County Requesting Bids for WWTP Project

Bastrop Needs Equipment Replacement

UTAH

$9 Million for Cedar City Wastewater Project

VERMONT

Upgrades for Essex Junction Wastewater Facility Begin

VIRGINIA

Hanover County Requesting Bids for WWTP Clarifier

Front Royal Wastewater Plant Work Moves Forward

Roanoke Awards Wastewater Treatment Plant Bid

WASHINGTON

Yakima Planning Wastewater Plant Expansion

University Place Receives $2.25 Million for WWTP Expansion

Oak Harbor Selects Site for $93 Million WWTP

WISCONSIN

Reeseville Seeks to Upgrade WWTP

$3.2 Million for Reedsburg WWTP Upgrade

CANADA

Government Announces Funding for First Nation Water/Wastewater Project

BUSINESS NEWS

Major Advances in Generating Electricity from Wastewater

New Canadian Wastewater Regulations could Cost Cities Billions

Sechelt Requesting Bids for Wastewater Project

RECENT CHEMICAL BID REPORTS

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