Municipal Water and Wastewater Pump Sales Will Exceed $14 Billion This Year

Operators of municipal drinking water plants and wastewater treatment plants will spend $14 billion for new pumps in 2014.  This is the conclusion reached in Pumps World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than 50 percent of the municipal sales will be in Asia.  This is due to the large infrastructure expansion which is, in turn, a function of the rural to city migration patterns.  The oil, gas and refining industries will spend more than $4 billion this year.  This is one of the few sectors where the U.S. growth will be robust. Certain of the pumps used for hydraulic fracturing are still in short supply.

The power sector sales will be primarily in Asia due to the construction of coal-fired power plants. New gas turbine capacity in the U.S. with pumps for inlet fogging, condensate cooling, boiler feedwater treatment and even zero liquid discharge will create a substantial market as well.

Pump expenditures in the chemical industry will be up this year in all regions.  In Asia, the expenditures will be related to the desire to build chemical plants near the consumer.  In the U.S., a number of new chemical plants are underway due to the low cost of energy. Europe, on the other hand, will not benefit from either increased consumer demand or low energy cost.

Pumps for semiconductor and pharmaceutical applications must be manufactured from materials which will not contaminate the liquids being transported.  The big market for pumps for ultrapure water in semiconductor applications will be in Taiwan, Japan, China, Japan and South Korea.

For more information on Pumps World Market, click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/116-n019

 

 

Headlines for the February 21, 2014 – Utility E-Alert      

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1163 – February 21, 2014 

Table of Contents

COAL – US

§  US Attorney in Raleigh, NC expanding investigation of Dan River’s Coal Ash Spill 

§  AMEC to Decommission Consumer Energy’s Oldest Coal-fired Power Plants in Michigan

§  Duke Energy’s Exit Strategy for Midwest Commercial Generation Business

§  PSC approves modifications at EKPC Cooper Power Plant

§  Cayuga Power Plant and NYSEG Re-power Talks Stall

 

COAL – WORLD

 

GAS/OIL – US

 

GAS/OIL – WORLD

§  Alberta First Nation (Canada) to build 1,000 MW Gas-fired Power Plant

§  $453 Million Gas-fired Power Plant on Schedule in Ireland

§  Yokogawa to provide Control System for 520 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Uruguay

§  Samsung C&T wins $1.37 Billion Power Plant Contract in Algeria

 

NUCLEAR

§  DOE finalizes $6.5 Billion Loan Guarantee for New Plant Vogtle Nuclear Reactors

§  EDF awards Nuclear Power Lifetime Extension Projects

 

BUSINESS 

 

HOT TOPIC HOUR 

 

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See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours. We welcome your input relative to suggested additions.

DATE

SUBJECT

           

February 13, 2014

Impact of Ambient Air Quality Rules on Fossil-fueled Boilers and Gas Turbines                                      

Recording and power points available

February 27, 2014

NOx Catalyst Performance on Mercury and SO3 or Catalysts for Gas Turbine Exhausts                

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March 20, 2014

 

China Air Pollution Control

World’s Largest Market

March 27, 2014

Analysis Of Dry Scrubber Options

Top notch third party expert panelists and lots of background info

April 10, 2014

Mercury Chemicals In Fuel, Flue Gas and Scrubbing Liquor

Important alternative to sorbents

April 17, 2014

Measurement Of Gas Turbine Emissions Including NH3

Six different options

May 1, 2014

850oF  Particulate Removal With Ceramic Filter Media

Could change the whole back end

May 8, 2014

Sorbent Traps vs. Mercury CEMS

Sorbent traps are competitive

May 15, 2014

Gas Intake Filters: HEPA or Medium Efficiency

More           information

May 29, 2014

Stellite Delamination in Power Plant Steam Valves

More           information

June 5, 2014

Dry vs. Wet Cooling

Surprising number of ACC’S. Why?

June 12, 2014

HRSG Issues (Fast Start, Tube Failures)

Lots of challenges to cycle 200 X/yr

June 26, 2014

CCR

$ billions  Needed

July/August 2014

 

 Boiler Feedwater Treatment

 Condensate Polishing for Peaking Turbines

316 B Water Issues

Gas Turbine Permitting Issues

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