$3 Billion Ultrapure Water Market in Asia Next Year

The market for ultrapure water systems and consumables in Asia next year will reach $3.1 billion according to the latest forecast in Ultrapure Water: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

UPW Revenues ($ Thousands)

Industry 2013

Coal-fired Power 854,966

Electronics 921,446

Flat Panel 578,638

Gas Turbines 26,772

Industrial Power 156,998

Other Industries 74,196

Pharmaceutical 121,770

Asia will comprise more than 50 percent of the total world market in 2013 thanks to the big growth in coal-fired power and electronics in the region. China and India will build more coal-fired power plants than the rest of the world combined. Each power plant needs extensive systems to purify source water. This includes preliminary filtration followed by ion exchange and reverse osmosis. Electrodeionization (EDI) has carved out a niche at the expense of ion exchange. EDI avoids the use of cleaning chemicals and, therefore, is viewed as superior from an environmental standpoint. EDI also claims lower maintenance costs.

Washing the chips in a semiconductor operation requires the highest purity water. There are similar requirements in the manufacture of solar photovoltaic cells, flat panels and disk drives. Most of the new investment in all these electronics factories is in Asia. Expensive materials are needed to assure that pumps, piping and valves do not contaminate the ultrapure water.

Sophisticated monitoring is needed to ensure that dissolved oxygen and various contaminants are kept within acceptable operating limits.

The report also includes a new section on pure water which is cleaner than required for drinking water but does not meet the requirement for ultrapure operations. Water used in bottled water plants and beverages falls within this category. Ultraviolet radiation and reverse osmosis are often used in these operations. Cosmetics manufacturers and hospitals also need pure water.

For more information on Ultrapure Water: World Markets, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n029

Gas-to-Liquids to Generate $4 Billion in Annual Investment Over the Next Decade

More than $4 billion per year will be invested for plants to convert conventional and unconventional gas into liquids. These liquids will be used for fuel and chemicals. This is the latest forecast in Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects, an online report published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Converting natural gas into liquid fuels is now seen as a primary way to take advantage of the large shale gas reserves in the U.S. Sasol and Shell plants in Louisiana are slated to require an investment of over $24 billion. There are plants under consideration in Alaska, British Columbia and Pennsylvania.

The largest and longest running plant is operated by Sasol in South Africa. A second plant is under development at Mossel Bay. Additional plants are slated for Thailand, Nigeria, Uzbekistan and Brazil.

Liquids created from gas are high in purity. The diesel fuel emits fewer pollutants to the environment than diesel made from crude oil. There is also less engine wear.

Unconventional gas and coal will also be used as feed stocks. China is already operating plants using coal as a feed stock. Through indirect gasification technology coal is converted to gas and then in a further process converted to fuel or chemicals. There are a number of coal to chemicals plants in operation or planning. The Eastman plant in Tennessee has been making chemicals from coal for decades.

Coal bed methane and biomass are additional sources of gas which can be converted to liquids. An alternative process for making biodiesel is with indirect gasification.

The contribution of gas-to-liquids will be significant but will not compare to the liquids which are extracted along with conventional and unconventional gas. By 2015, condensates and other natural gas liquids will contribute fourteen million barrels per day of product.

The conversion of gas-to-liquids involves a large investment in pumps, valves and instrumentation. Extensive investments in air and water pollution control equipment are also required.

For more information on Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#n049

Here are the Headlines for the August 3, 2012 – Utility E-Alert

   

UTILITY E-ALERT

 

#1086 – August 3, 2012

 

Table of Contents

 

COAL – US

 

  • B&W PGG to install OFA at 450 MW Big Stone
  • Progress Energy to retire Cape Fear and H. B. Robinson in 2012
  • Wisconsin Power & Light to add FGD at Edgewater 5

 

COAL – WORLD

 

  • Bangladesh cancels Tenders for Five Coal-fired Power Projects
  • Sepco III/Pacific Holdings to build 1,200 MW Power Plant in Nigeria
  • Fuel Tech Awarded FGC Systems Order in China
  • Coal India agrees to Supply at least 80 Percent of Coal Needed by New Construction
  • Bosnia looking for Bidders to build 450 MW Tuzla Expansion
  • Philippines Supreme Court stops Construction at Subic Bay Freeport Power Project

 

GAS/OIL / US

 

  • Excelsior Energy still proposing Natural Gas-fired Power Plant
  • NEM to provide HRSG for 758 MW Temple Panda Power Project
  • Fluor Chosen as EPC Contractor for Dominion’s 1,300 MW Brunswick County Power Plant
  • Black Hills Power/Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power to build 132 MW Power Plant in Cheyenne
  • Alliant to build 600 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Marshallton

 

GAS/OIL WORLD

 

  • Alstom to supply Steam Turbine and Turbine for 650 MW East Delta Project
  • Alstom to renovate NTPC’s 657 MW Jhanor Gandhar Power Station Stage-1
  • Petronet in talks for a 1200 MW Power Plant in Kochi, Kerala, India
  • Ukraine, China sign $3.7 Billion Loan to switch Power Plants from Gas- to Coal-firing
  • Foster Wheeler awarded Contract for Waste Heat Recovery Unit plus SCR in Thailand
  • Gas-fired Power Stations planned for Mozambique
  • Namibia’s 900 MW Sitentu Power Plant in Environmental Impact Stage 

 

CO2

 

  • DOE Awards $7 Million to Eight Oxy-fuel Carbon Capture Projects
  • SoCalGas, Scripps Explore using Algae to Consume CO2 and Produce Biofuel

 

NUCLEAR

 

  • POSCO submits Plans for Nuclear Power Plant in Samcheok, Korea

 

BUSINESS

  • Aquatech to Supply Zero Liquid Discharge Equipment to Kemper County
  • Chicago Bridge and Iron will purchase The Shaw Group
  • ADA-ES signs Agreement to acquire Bulk Conveyor Specialist Inc.
  • Fuel Tech receives Multiple Orders for SNCR, ULTRA and Modeling
  • Global Power Equipment Group buys Koontz-Wagner Custom Controls Holdings
  • NRG and GenOn to Merge
  • Appeals Court rules EPA has ability to Partially Approve/Disapprove State SIP
  • Clean Air adds Saudi Arabia Office
  • Midwest Generation may be forced to Seek Bankruptcy
  • TransAlta will Pay Dividend despite fall in Share Price
  • J-Power, Damodar Valley Agreement to Transfer Technology
  • Hamon Research-Cottrell awarded ESP to FF Conversion Project at Pacificorp Hunter Unit 1

HOT TOPIC HOUR

  • Four Different Approaches to Removing the Mercury Presented in Hot Topic Hour August 2
  • "Materials for Corrosion Prevention in Power Plant and Boiler APC Systems" is Hot Topic Hour on August 9, 2012
  • Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

 

For more information on the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#42ei.

 

 

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