$1 Billion/yr. Market for Belt Filter Presses and Replacement Belts

Belt filter presses were developed in the 1970s and became popular just as the McIlvaine Company published the first issue of the Liquid Filtration Newsletter in 1980.  This design rapidly replaced drum filters for many dewatering applications from sewage sludge dewatering to sludges in food, mining and other industries.  Over the years the number of operating units has increased to more than 40,000.  Each of these units regularly needs to replace belts.  These belts are the heart of the operation and are relatively expensive.   As a result, the annual market for new units and belts is over $1 billion/yr. worldwide. This is the latest forecast in the McIlvaine Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

There are 16,000 municipal wastewater plants in the U.S.  They are operating more than 5,000 belt presses. Individual installations are tracked in the McIlvaine North American Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People Database.

China is the fastest growing purchaser of belt presses.  International suppliers such as Andritz have been active in the area for several decades. Despite spending more on building treatment facilities than any other country, they still are behind the U.S. and Europe in terms of the percentage of waste receiving secondary treatment.

Belt presses compete with centrifuges and filter presses.  Centrifuges are more competitive where unit volumes are large.  Filter presses are more expensive and must operate on a batch basis but do achieve drier solids.

One of the highest growth markets for belt filter presses is the livestock industry. Manure generation from this industry is larger than that generated by people. Many countries are enacting tighter effluent limitations for this industry.

The biggest driver is the growth in Asia of municipal waste treatment facilities.  This growth is caused by higher standards of living and expectations as well as the migration of over one billion people to the cities from rural environments.

For more information on Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/118-n006

For more information on North American Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities & People Database, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/2-uncategorised/114-62ei-2.

Chinese Air Filter Sales Reach $1 Billion/yr.

Sales of HVAC air filters in China have reached $1 billion/yr. This does not include room air purifiers but only filters in ducts in commercial and residential buildings. It also includes the filters used in gas turbine intakes. This forecast as well as forecasts for all other countries are contained in the continually revised McIlvaine Air Filtration and Purification World Market.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

With the construction boom and poor quality of ambient air, the market in China is potentially much larger than in any other country.  International suppliers of fibers and media have been present in the country and are among the industry leaders.  However, there has been rapid growth among domestic suppliers as well as an improvement in quality.  The local demand for medium efficiency filters (F5-9) is growing faster than for the less expensive less efficient (Gl-G4).

There has been accelerated growth in the high efficiency segment (H10-17).  The semiconductor industry in China is a major purchaser of the high efficiency filters (HEPA).  Many generic pharmaceutical plants are now operating in China. They are also major HEPA filter purchasers.

The ambient air in many Chinese cities contains dangerous levels of particles smaller than 2.5 microns. Citizens with asthma, pregnant women and those in other high risk categories are being advised to install high efficiency filters in their living space. The market is impacted by the increased price of high efficiency filters but also the fact that they need more frequent replacement in the higher pollution environment.

For more information on Air Filtration and Purification World Market, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/108-n022.

Headlines for Utility E-Alert – January 16, 2015

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1206 – January 16, 2015

Table of Contents

COAL – US

·       Project to reduce NOx Emissions from Columbia Coal-fired Power Plant in Wisconsin

·       Dynegy to keep most of Edwards Coal-fired Power Plant open, retire 80-MW Unit

COAL – WORLD

·       India will be increasing Coal Use and Will Need Lots of Scrubbers

·       SaskPower's Boundary Dam (Canada) SO₂ and CO₂ Scrubbers Now Operating

·       NTPC to invite Tenders for $1.2 Billion Coal-fired Bangladesh Joint Venture Power Project

GAS/OIL – US

·       Salem's Footprint Power Plant secures financing for Gas-fired Power Plant

·       Toyota Tsusho joining Salem Harbor Construction Project

·       Construction on New 114 MW Holland Natural Gas-fired Power Plant to begin Next Month

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·       Siemens and POSCO E&C complete the Ansan Power Plant in South Korea

·       Abengoa chosen for 924 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Project in Mexico

·       BHEL receives Contract from Karnataka Power for 370 MW Gas-fired Combined Cycle Power Project at Yelahanka, Bengaluru City, Karnataka, India

NUCLEAR

·       Armenian Nuclear Power Project to break Ground in 2018

·       South Korea has deals for Four New Nuclear Units

BUSINESS

·       E.ON to divest its Italian Coal and Gas Generation Assets to Czech Energy Company

·       Multi-Billion Dollar Mercury Air Emission Market is Taking a New Path

·       Wet Precipitators Could Capture 20 Percent of the Market in the Next Five Years

·       CSIRO investigating Micronized Coal in Diesel Engines

·       Three FGD Papers will be presented at Electric Power

·       EUEC will have a Full Program of FGD & DeNOx Papers

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·        “FGD Blowers and Compressors” – Hot Topic Hour on January 22, 2015 at 10 a.m. CST

·       Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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Hot Topic Hour Registration

On Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting on important energy and pollution control subjects.  These Webinars are free of charge to owner/operators of the plants. They are also free to McIlvaine Subscribers of Power Plant Air Quality Decisions and Utility Tracking System.  The cost for others is $300.00 per webinar.

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

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Bob McIlvaine
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rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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