GTCC Valves is the “Hot Topic Hour” on June 4, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. CST

This webinar will be a discussion of the options and issues involving gas turbine and combined cycle valves.  It will be based on a continually evolving  GTCC Route Map and Summary We are requesting input from the industry to expand this route map prior to the meeting and then to discuss and debate the alternatives during the webinar.   Another purpose of the webinar will be to integrate this route map with the entire program.

The GTCC Route Map is going to be displayed in Power Plant Valves Decision Guide.  This decision guide provides direct links to detailed articles, white papers, recordings and other material needed for decision making. This intelligence is contained in two complete decision programs  44I Power Plant Air Quality Decisions (Power Plant Decisions Orchard) and Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Decisions.

The whole concept of the decision programs in power and the role of route maps, decision guides and decision orchards is explained at Power Plant Decisions.

Shifting in the Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Market

The Danaher acquisition of Pall, the acquisition of Howden by Colfax, and the Nalco acquisition by Ecolab are all product expansions in the air/gas/water/fluid treatment and control market.  This was a $323 billion market in 2012 and is now well above $350 billion.  This market is continually analyzed in  McIlvaine’s Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Market.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com Despite the acquisitions none of the companies commands a significant share of the total market.

Danaher, Teledyne, Xylem and B&W are all in the air and water monitoring market.  B&W and Teledyne are in the air segment.   Danaher, Teledyne and Xylem are in the water monitoring segment.  However, these three companies do not compete in most of the other segments.  So despite the acquisitions, no company covers all the major segments.

Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Market   ($ Billions)

Product

Power

Fluid

Municipal

Industrial and Other

Residential/
Commercial

Total

Flow (Water)

Pumps

3

8

14

20

8

53

Valves

7

13

7

39

20

86

Subtotal

10

21

21

59

28

139

Liquid Treatment

Cartridge

0

7

1

6

7

21

Sedimentation/Centrifugation

1

0

2

5

0

8

Cross-flow Membranes

2

0

4

3

1

10

Macrofiltration

1

0

2

4

0

7

Subtotal

4

7

9

18

8

46

Oxidation and Destruction (Water)

Biological/Oxidation/Destruction

1

0

8

4

2

15

Water/Wastewater Chemicals

5

0

9

10

0

24

Subtotal

6

0

17

14

2

39

Indoor Air Treatment

Filtration/Purification

1

2

0

3

5*

11

Stack Gas Treatment and Flow

Fabric Filter

1

0

0

5

0

6

Scrubber

0

0

1

5

0

6

Precipitator

7

0

0

1

0

8

FGD

7

0

0

0

0

7

DeNOx

6

2

0

1

0

9

Thermal/Catalytic

0

10

0

2

0

12

Fans and Compressors

4

2

2

12

5

25

Subtotal

25

14

3

26

5

73

Monitoring

Air

1

1

1

1

3

7

Water

1

1

3

2

1

8

Subtotal

2

2

4

3

4

15

Total

 

 

 

 

 

323

 

Key to Color Code

 

 

Danaher

 

Xylem

 

B&W

 

Teledyne

 

With the acquisition of Pall, Danaher is now in five segments, Xylem is in four segments,  B&W is in seven sub-segments but they are involved with stack gas. Teledyne is in just two of the segments. Danaher has now increased its market share to over one percent. The three others have shares below one percent.

For more information on Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Market, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/27-water/445-n064-air-gas-water-fluid-treatment.

$25 Billion Annual Market for Coal-fired Power Plant Air Pollution Upgrades

Thousands of coal-fired power plants around the world will need to upgrade or replace air pollution control equipment in the coming years.  This will result in an annual expenditure of over $25 billion.  This does not include consumables such as dust bags or reagents (lime, ammonia, etc.).  This conclusion was reached by aggregating information contained in a number of McIlvaine Company reports.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Major markets will be the U.S., Europe and China.  However, there will be significant expenditures in Russia, Chile, South Africa, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Australia.  The drivers will be:

·       New environmental regulations

·       Age and deterioration of existing air pollution control systems

·       Efficiency improvements

·       Availability of new technology

China will be the largest market due to its extensive fleet of coal-fired boilers, new tough regulations, and corrosion issues at existing power plants.  Over 100,000 MW of FGD systems will be upgraded.  Many of the existing precipitators will be upgraded or replaced with fabric filters.  In some cases, wet electrostatic precipitators will be placed downstream of existing scrubbers.

The U.S. has just implemented new air toxic rules.  The enforcement of ambient air quality rules in the individual states may result in the Los Angeles level of stringency.  Because it is impossible to site a new power plant, owners are upgrading old power plants. The cost of an upgrade is likely to be more than the air pollution control investment at a new power plant.

Europe is maintaining a base fleet of coal-fired power plants.  It continues to tighten emission limits. So upgrades are periodically required.  Russia, Chile and South Africa are among the countries which are tightening particulate limits and forcing power plants to install fabric filters.  Removal of the precipitator internals and their replacement with bags is becoming increasingly common.

There are NOx upgrades and replacements taking place in the U.S., China, Taiwan, Japan and Europe.  These are forecast in: N035 NOx Control World Market 

FGD upgrades and retrofits are also being undertaken in the same countries plus a few others.  The revenues for these upgrades are forecasted in: N027 FGD Market and Strategies      

The impact of new regulations impacting the use of fabric filters and electrostatic precipitators is analyzed in:   N021 World Fabric Filter and Element Market and N018 Electrostatic Precipitator World Market

The U.S. and China are leading the way in mercury control for coal-fired power plants. Many countries require mercury control at waste incinerators.  This market is analyzed in:  N056 Mercury Air Reduction Market

New continuous emissions monitoring and process control systems are replacing older ones at coal-fired power plants around the world.  Many countries now require mass particulate monitoring to replace the older opacity measurement systems.  This opportunity is analyzed in: N031 Air and Water Monitoring: World Market

All the specific projects are tracked at: 42EI Utility Tracking System

Headlines for Utility E-Alert –May 15, 2015

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1223 – May 15, 2015

Table of Contents

COAL – US

 

·        WV PSC staff requests Appalachian Power to justify planned Power Plant closures

·       Oak Creek Power Plant gets State OK for changes enabling burning of Wyoming Coal

·       Wisconsin Energy finalizes Deal to sell Wauwatosa Coal-fired Power Plant

·       Duke pleads Guilty in Federal Court for Coal Ash Crimes

 

COAL – WORLD

 

·       Coal-fired Power Plant tentatively planned for Arakan State, Myanmar

·       Indonesia to begin Mega Coal-fired Power Plant Project in Batang

·       More Power Projects for Davao, Mindanao in the Philippines

·       Poland to modernize existing Coal–fired Power Plants

·       Milhouse Engineering & Construction signs MOU with Federal Republic of Nigeria for Mini Coal-fired Power Plants

·       AES achieves Commercial Operation of 1,240 MW Coal-fired Mong Duong 2 Power Plant in Vietnam

·       Black & Veatch partners for Power Project expansion of Duyen Hai 3 in Vietnam

 

GAS/OIL – US

 

·       Braintree starts planning for New Natural Gas-fired Power Plant Unit

·       CPV receives approval from Connecticut Siting Council to construct Towantic Energy Center in Oxford

 

GAS/OIL – WORLD

 

·       MHPS receives Order for Combined Heat and Power Supply Plant from Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative in India

·       Alfa Laval wins $13 Million Order to supply Air-cooler Systems in the Middle East

·       Samsung interested in setting up a Gas-fired Combined Cycle Power Plant at Moheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

·       Wärtsilä receives Notice to Proceed for Power Plant in Mexico

·       Wärtsilä received Orders for two Power Plants from RAECO in Oman

 

NUCLEAR

·       Jacobs awarded Contract by EDF Energy to provide Project Management Resources to Eight Nuclear Power Stations and Two Technical Centers

·       More delays Possible for Georgia Nuclear Power Plant

·       Additional Nuclear Work for Lake Charles Fabrication Facility

 

BUSINESS

 

·       Fuel Tech awarded Air Pollution Control Orders totaling $8.3 Million

 

HOT TOPIC HOUR

 

 

 

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McIlvaine 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.

DATE

SUBJECT

DESCRIPTION    

May 21, 2015

Gas Turbine Intake Filters

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May 28, 2015

No webinar but on-site interviews at Industrial Valve Summit in Bergamo, Italy

 

June 4, 2015

Power Plant Valves

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June 11, 2015

SO3 Removal Options

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June 18, 2015

Hot Gas Filtration

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June 25, 2015

Mercury Removal Options

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Bob McIlvaine
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847-784-0012 ext 112
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