McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

On Thursday at 10 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting on important energy and pollution control subjects. Power webinars are free for subscribers to either Power Plant Air Quality Decisions or Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System. The cost is $125.00 for non-subscribers. Market Intelligence webinars are free to McIlvaine market report subscribers and are $400.00 for non-subscribers.

 DATE

Non-Subscribers Cost

SUBJECT

 Webinar Type

February 28, 2013

$125.00

Implementation of the Utility MACT Rule      

 Power

March 7, 2013

$125.00

HRSG Design, Operation and Maintenance Considerations      

 Power

March 14, 2013

$125.00

Inlet Air Pretreatment for Gas Turbines      

 Power

March 21, 2013

$125.00

Industrial Boiler MACT Impact and Control Options      

 Power

March 28, 2013

$125.00

Mercury Measurement and Control      

 Power

April 4, 2013

$125.00

Fabric Selection for Particulate Control      

 Power

April 11, 2013

$125.00

Air Pollution Control for Gas Turbines     

 Power

April 18, 2013

$125.00

Multi-pollutant Control Technology      

 Power

April 25, 2013

$125.00

Control Technologies for Fine Particulate Matter     

 Power

May 2, 2013

$125.00

Flyash Pond and Wastewater Treatment Issues     

 Power

May 9, 2013

$125.00

Clean Coal Technologies     

 Power

May 16, 2013

$125.00

Power Plant Automation and Control     

 Power

May 23, 2013

$125.00

Cooling Towers      

 Power

May 30, 2013

$400.00

Air Pollution Control Markets (geographic trends, regulatory developments, competition, technology developments)     

   Market Intelligence

June 6, 2013

$125.00

Report from Power-Gen Europe (update on regulations, speaker and exhibitor highlights)     

 Power

June 13, 2013

$125.00

Monitoring and Optimizing Fuel Feed, Metering and Combustion in Boilers     

 Power

June 20, 2013

$125.00

Dry Sorbent Injection and Material Handling for APC     

 Power

June 27, 2013

$400.00

Power Generation Forecast for Nuclear, Fossil and Renewables      

   Market Intelligence

July 11, 2013

$125.00

New Developments in Power Plant Air Pollution Control     

 Power

July 18, 2013

$125.00

Measurement and Control of HCl     

 Power

July 25, 2013

$125.00

GHG Compliance Strategies, Reduction Technologies and Measurement

 Power

August 1, 2013

$125.00

Update on Coal Ash and CCP Issues and Standards     

 Power

August 8, 2013

$125.00

Improving Power Plant Efficiency and Power Generation      

 Power

August 15, 2013

$125.00

Control and Treatment Technology for FGD Wastewater     

 Power

August 22, 2013

$125.00

Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Programs and Technology     

 Power

August 29, 2013

$125.00

Pumps for Power Plant Cooling Water and Water Treatment Applications     

 Power

To register for the Hot Topic Hour, click on:

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Headlines for the February 15, 2013 – Utility E-Alert   

 UTILITY E-ALERT     

#1112– February 15, 2013

Table of Contents

 

COAL – US 

COAL – WORLD

GAS/OIL - US

NUCLEAR

BUSINESS

HOT TOPIC HOUR

For more information on the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72 

 

"Monitoring and Controlling Boiler Water/Steam Cycle Chemistry" Hot Topic Hour Recording Available

An 80 minute recording of the "Hot Topic Hour" yesterday is available from McIlvaine.

Safe, reliable and efficient operation of steam generating boilers and HRSGs requires the maintenance of physical and chemical conditions throughout the water/steam circuit that minimizes corrosion and deposit formation. This is especially true in the older plants that are prevalent in our electricity production network. Deposition of contaminants, scaling and corrosion are the cause of many forced outages resulting in lost power generation or product output costing billions of dollars per year. Frequent blow-downs required because of excessive contaminants in the water/steam also contribute to lost production. Inadequate cycle chemistry will cause boiler tube and turbine blade/disc failures and Flow-Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) throughout the circuit. Three presentations addressed the challenges and provide solutions.

Joe Zimmerman, Director of Marketing and Power Industry Sales Manager at Chemtrac, Inc., explained that the adverse effects of particulate material in steam cycle waters are frequently seen throughout the power generation process. Steam cycle corrosion products (transient metal oxides) can lead to deposition and equipment failure. This presentation introduced basic technologies used for continuous detection of insoluble particles at very low concentrations. When such monitoring methods are utilized, real-time corrosion product transport measurement can be implemented as a potential parameter for controlling the power plant cycle.

Online particle monitoring in contrast to turbidity measurement provides continuous tracking of insoluble metal oxides. The clear advantage over grab or compiste samplers was illustrated by using a movie as an example. Rather than one frame or a synopsis you see the whole movie with the particle monitoring system. This provides valuable information relative to system performance and allows immediate action when an event occurs 

Greg Thomas, Key Account Manager for Nuclear Power at Hach Ultra Analytics, compared the long time standard amperometric technology to the new optical technology for measurement of low level dissolved oxygen (dO2) in steam cycle water.

Optical instruments only require maintenance once per year vs. every six months for electrochemical. The optical instrument is not flow dependent. Both instruments can measure accurately to 1 ppm.  For certain nuclear applications where measurements in ppb is desirable, the electrochemical method is more accurate.

David M. Gray, Senior Product Manager at Mettler-Toledo Thornton, Inc., introduced us to Intelligent Sensor Management. Intelligent digital sensors incorporate the measuring circuit and make the digital conversion computation and even include the memory and basis for predictive maintenance. Online analytical measurements of conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, sodium and silica, incorporate digital sensors which provide improved performance and a wider range and predictive diagnostics. The digital conductivity sensor provides a 33 percent improvement in system accuracy.

This recording is available at no charge to subscribers to the McIlvaine Utility Environmental Tracking System, Power Plant Air Quality Decisions and Air & Water Monitoring World Markets.

 

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2014 Market for Liquid Cartridges Will Exceed $15 Billion

Non–woven, membrane, string wound and metal cartridges are used widely in industry as well as in commercial buildings and residences. There has been steady revenue growth worldwide.  In 2014, cartridge revenues will exceed $15 billion. This is the latest forecast in the online continuously updated McIlvaine report, Cartridge Filters: World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Liquid Cartridges Market ($ Millions)

Industry

2014

 Chemical

 688

 Commercial – Point-of-Entry

 880

 Commercial – Point-of-Use

 2,463

 Electronics

 485

 Food

 527

 Healthcare

 1,276

 Metals

 187

 Oil & Gas

 316

 Other Industries

 633

 Pharmaceutical

 2,119

 Power

 232

 Residential – Point-of-Entry

 797

 Residential – Point-of-Use

 3,984

 Wastewater

 267

 Water

 733

 Total

15,587

Residential point-of-use will continue to be the leading segment. Carbon, membrane and non-woven filters are used in portable water filters ice making systems. Cartridges are also used under the sink where municipal water quality is not acceptable. Not surprisingly there is a disproportionately high use in countries where the quality of municipal water is below world norms.

Commercial point-of-use includes vending machines, restaurants as well as the range of commercial buildings. The pharmaceutical industry is the biggest purchaser of the high quality membrane filters. The cartridges are often the heart of a product separation process. The chemical industry uses cartridges for processing as well as water purification.

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CARTRIDGE FILTER MARKET UPDATE

JANUARY 2013

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

COMPANY NEWS

Parker Hannifin Opens Green Field Manufacturing Facility at Chennai India

Parker Hannifin Seals Velcon Filters Purchase

Siemens Puts Water Technologies Unit Up For Sale

Graver Receives NSF Certification on High Flow Series Filters

Culligan Invests in Belarus

Adhesives Earn NSF Certification

 

FINANCIALS

Pall Corporation Reports First Quarter Sales Down

CLARCOR Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results

 

NEW PRODUCTS

Sartorius Stedim Biotech Lauches Sartoguard NF Prefilter Series

Sartorius Extends arium® Lab Water Family by Three New Product Lines

Donaldson Pressure Filtration for Hydraulic Fluid

DelStar Launches New Delnet Apertured Film Product

Xanofi Launches First Commercial XanoShear Nanofiber Machine

 

DESALINATION NEWS

San Diego Approves Landmark Seawater Desalination Project

Sumitomo Consortium Wins IWP Contract in Oman

  

Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in this Report’s Chapters.

 

CHEMICAL

OIL & GAS

FOOD

PHARMACEUTICAL

LNG

SEMICONDUCTOR

METALWORKING

TRANSPORTATION

 

GDP ANALYSIS

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President
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rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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