Granular Media Filters Will Account For 26 Percent of the $6.6 Billion Liquid
Filtration Market In 2015
Sales of macrofiltration equipment and consumables will reach nearly $6.6
billion in 2015. The granular media segment will generate revenues of $1.7
billion or 26 percent of the total, this is the conclusion reached by the
McIlvaine Company in Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
The largest use of granular media filters is in drinking water plants. However,
they are used for pre-filtration of intake water at many industrial plants. They
are also used to purify wastewater. The second most popular filter type will be
filter presses. This design is used to dewater products and waste. Filter
presses are capable of converting 5 percent slurry to moisture levels below 10
percent. The presses are widely used in the chemical industry where the
substance dewatered is the chemical product.
Automatic backwash filters represent the category with the largest growth over
the last twenty years. These units are capable of removing particles as small as
25 microns in diameter. Amiad and Eaton are leading suppliers of this filter
type.
Belt filter presses are primarily used to dewater municipal sludge. Small
numbers are also used in coal mining. The food industry also uses these presses
to dewater wastes. Bag filters are used where small particles must be removed
from liquids which contain relatively small quantities of solids. Unlike the
other filter types, the bags are not cleanable.
For more information on Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/118-n006
Asia Will Account For 43 Percent of the Air and Water Monitoring Market Next
Year
Sales of instrumentation and controls to monitor air and water will exceed $23
billion in 2015. Asia will account for 43 percent of the total. This is the
conclusion reached in Air and Water Monitoring: World Market published by the
McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
China will account for 25 percent of the total expenditures. This may be one
reason that the world air pollution control research center for Thermo Fisher is
located in this country. The biggest growth segment within the Chinese market is
associated with coal. The amount of air and water monitoring equipment purchased
in association with coal-to-chemicals and coal-to-syngas plants in China will
exceed the total monitoring expenditures for conventional petrochemical plants
in any other country of the world.
The projects converting coal-to-syngas will consume large quantities of water.
This requires intake and process monitoring. Monitoring of wastewater quality,
pH and other parameters are also necessary. These projects generate pollutants
which must be monitored. They also require sophisticated process controls in the
gas stream.
In the large coal-to-chemicals program, both air and water monitors are
required. China is also the largest producer of cement where both air pollution
and gas process controls are needed. As a leading semiconductor producer, China
buys expensive monitors to precisely measure minute quantities of contaminants
in the ultrapure water needed to wash the chips.
The Chinese government is increasing its enforcement activities and requiring
more extensive use of continuous monitors both for air and water. The highly
polluted air and water throughout the country will continue to be a big driver
of the market.
For more information on Air and Water Monitoring: World Market, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/106-n031.
Headlines for Utility E-Alert – July 11, 2014
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1182 – July 11, 2014
Table of Contents
COAL – US
Alabama Power invests $380 Million at Gorgas Coal-fired Power Plant
Ameren Missouri plans to close Meramec Coal-fired Power Plant by 2022
Alliant Energy and its Partners launch Second Major Environmental Investment
at Columbia Power Plant in Wisconsin
New York DEC prohibits burning Coal at Danskammer in Newburgh, NY
Update from Duke Energy on cleanup of Coal Ash along Dan River
Black & Veatch selected as EPC Contractor for Air Quality Control Project in
Alaska
COAL - WORLD
Siemens wins Instrumentation Contract at Indian Coal-fired Power Plant in
Bihar, India
Korean Firms to break Ground for Coal-fired Power Plant in Subic, Philippines
GAS/OIL – US
• Navasota to build three 543 MW Gas-fired Peaking Power Plants in Texas
• EPA finalizes Greenhouse Gas Permit for Golden Spread Electric in Hale County,
TX
GAS/OIL – WORLD
• PMFG, Inc. awarded New SCR System Orders for Taiwan valued at More Than $10
Million
• Uzbekistan intends to construct Two Combined Cycle Power Plants at Syrdarya
TPP
• Firms to build 5,715-MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plants in the Philippines
CO2
• World's Largest CO2 Emitters sign Deals on Clean Energy
• Drax wins €300 million EU Grant to trap and store CO2
NUCLEAR
Toshiba and GDF SUEZ complete NuGen Nuclear Energy Project at Moorside,
England
BUSINESS
• Avista closes Deal to buy Juneau Utility
• Chesapeake Energy selling Marcellus Shale assets for $336 Million
• Global Power Equipment Group awarded over $30 Million in Orders
• POWER Engineers, Inc. announces acquisition of Burns and Roe Enterprises
• Calpine completes sale of Six Power Plants to LS Power Affiliate
• Chinese Coal-to-Liquids and Gas Program Could Completely Change the World
Energy Markets
• Large Gas Turbine Aftermarket
HOT TOPIC HOUR
DSI was Hot Topic Agenda June 10
“Gas Turbine Emission Control” Webinar on July 17th will focus on NOx, CO and
Toxics
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
“Wet Calcium FGD” is the “Hot Topic Hour” On July 24, 2014
There is a big initial investment in wet FGD. Operation and maintenance costs
are also significant. Regulators in the U.S. and China are putting pressure on
operators to increase removal efficiency. There are new challenges as
regulations on mercury capture, wastewater and solid waste can dictate changes
in wet FGD operation and design.
A new website, Wet Calcium FGD-Continuing Analysis, is being created for power
plants which are making decisions about new or replacement systems as well as
improved operation of existing FGD systems. This site will be freely accessed.
It is part of a whole new wikinomics concept - Continuous Analyses. Periodic
webinars will be free to utilities. The goal is to make this site the default
starting point for utility decision makers.
This first webinar will be introductory, but will be enhanced with insights from
the following panelists.
Scott D. Miller, PE, Director of Engineering Technology, Advatech - A URS &
MHPSA Company
Scott Fraley, Sr., Technical Specialist, FGT Markets, Carmeuse Lime & Stone
Technology Center
Pete Klipfel, Gardner Denver (In DB as IDEX Fluid & Metering/ Versa-Matic Pump
Company)
Gordon Maller, Manager, Projects, URS Corp.
Specific Issues which will be continually analyzed include, but are not limited
to:
For the complete Hot Topic schedule and registration information see below. The
webinar on July 24 is free to power plant operators and McIlvaine subscribers.
There is a charge for others.
To register for the “Hot Topic Hour”, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=675
McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration
On Thursday at 10:00 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 Tracking
System. The cost is $300.00 for non-subscribers.
See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours. We welcome your input
relative to suggested additions.
DATE SUBJECT
July
24 Wet Calcium FGD
31 Mercury Sorbent Options
August
7 MATS Timing and Technology Options
14 Industrial Boiler and Cement MACT Timing and Compliance Options
21 MEGA Symposium
28 Demineralization and Degasification
September
4 Hot Gas Filtration
11 Power Plant Pumps
18 Power Water Monitoring
25 Power Plant Water Treatment Chemicals
Click here for the Subscriber and Power Plant Owner/Operator Registration Form
Click here for the Non-Subscribers Registration Form
Click here for the Free Hot Topic Hour Registration Form
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Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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