$3.2 Billion Centrifuge and Clarifier Market in East Asia In 2015
The market for centrifuges, clarifiers, hydrocylones and gravity type oil
separators will exceed $7.3 billion in 2015. East Asia will lead the way with
purchases of $3.2 billion. This is the conclusion reached in the latest update
to Sedimentation and Centrifugation World Markets published by the McIlvaine
Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Sedimentation and Centrifugation Revenues ($ Millions)
World Region 2015
Total 7,348
Africa 288
CIS 180
East Asia 3,204
Eastern Europe 196
Middle East 277
NAFTA 1,217
South & Central America 542
West Asia 598
Western Europe 847
East Asia is building large numbers of municipal wastewater treatment plants.
These plants use decanter centrifuges, thickeners and clarifiers. The power
industry uses clarifiers both on the intake as well as the wastewater.
Hydrocyclones are used to separate the FGD gypsum in the scrubber systems
utilized with coal-fired power plants.
A number of international suppliers are taking advantage of the large Asian
market. Centrifuge suppliers such as Alfa Laval and GEA are quite active in
Asia.
The mining industry is a large purchaser of sedimentation and centrifugation
equipment. The markets in South & Central America and Africa are
disproportionately high in mining projects. However, Asia is also booming. Under
a recently signed €20 million contract, Siebtechnik has begun delivery of a set
of 40 large-capacity centrifuges to a Chinese potash producer.
The chemical industry in East Asia is growing faster than in other regions.
Various Chinese adipic acid manufacturers are buying Ferrum pusher centrifuges
for these processes.
GEA is selling disk stack centrifuges in the growing oil and gas industry. These
centrifuges can separate water in heavy oil emulsions. They are also used for
purifying produced water.
For more information on Sedimentation and Centrifugation World Markets, click
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Power, Water and Wastewater Are Three Big Water Treatment Chemicals Markets
The power industry will buy 20 percent of the water treatment chemicals
purchased by industries around the world in 2015. This is the conclusion of the
McIlvaine Company in its Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market
($ Millions)
Industry 2015
Oil & Gas 1,170
Power 5,080
Pulp & Paper 1,962
Refining 2,919
Wastewater 4,776
Water 5,378
Within power the biggest sector will be coal-fired power. Treatment chemicals
are needed for boiler feedwater, cooling, wastewater and flue gas treatment. Gas
turbine combined cycle plants represent the fastest growing sector. There are
many new plants under construction. Also a number of peaking plants are being
converted to combined cycle operation.
Power plants are frequently opting for wastewater treatment systems with no
discharge to waterways. These zero liquid discharge systems use lots of
treatment chemicals as well as heat for evaporation.
Municipal wastewater and drinking plants will purchase chemicals totaling $10
billion in 2015. The biggest growth is in Asia where many new plants are being
constructed.
There are many chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas
extraction. However, these are not included as water treatment chemicals. If
they were included the $1 billion oil and gas sector would be much larger.
Paper making chemicals are not included in the pulp and paper segment, otherwise
this segment would also be much larger.
For more information on Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market,
click on:
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Game Changers for the Air/Water Treatment and Flow Market
There are a number of industry and technology variables which will impact the
markets for treatment and flow of air, gas, water and other liquids. Some of
these game changers can affect the annual market by billions of dollars per
year. This is the conclusion of the McIlvaine Company in Air/Gas/Water/Fluid
Treatment and Control: World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
The energy industry has created a number of game changers. The most recent is a
decision by China to convert massive amounts of coal into synthetic natural gas
and gasoline. Over 200 billion cubic meters of synthetic gas per year could be
created in the western and northern coal fields and sent to Beijing and other
large cities to provide clean burning fuels.
An equal amount of syn gas will be further processed into chemicals such as
methanol and into high quality gasoline. The impact on equipment markets is
illustrated by a cooling tower order for $50 million which SPX received last
week for one of the coal liquefaction plants. This plant will use only 0.2
percent of the coal envisioned for the entire program. So the total cooling
tower market alone will be $25 billion.
Much of this program is very embryonic. It is possible that only a portion will
be implemented. But based on previous Chinese initiatives, the goals are likely
to be achieved.
Extraction of gas and oil by unconventional means continues to be another game
changer. Shale gas/oil extraction in the U.S. continues to be a booming market.
The question is whether other countries will follow suit and when will they do
so.
Subsea processing is very dynamic with high pressures creating engineering
challenges and many opportunities for suppliers of valves, pumps and materials.
There are many technology game changers. The cooling tower design used by SPX
for the liquefaction plant is a new design with minimum water loss. Wet, hybrid
and dry options are now available. Air cooled condensers consume lots of energy
but do not require water.
Another game changer is the catalytic filter. Removal of sulfur oxides, nitrogen
oxides and particulate all takes place in one vessel. The heat from the clean
hot gas can then be economically extracted.
Direct sorbent injection has been a game changer in the U.S. air pollution
market. It will reduce the expenditures for capital equipment but increase the
market for the sorbents.
For more information on Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Market,
click on:
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Headlines for Utility E-Alert –September 5, 2014
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1190 – September 5, 2014
Table of Contents
COAL – US
• Springfield, MO Coal-fired Power Plant will invest $21 Million to meet MATS by
April 2015
• IPL plans to retrofit Five Units to meet MATS requirements
• DTE helps further development of Mercury Emission Control Technology
• Extension of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Compliance Deadline for
Muskingum River Coal-fired Power Plant
• More than 100 MATS Extensions
• Georgia Power asking Permission from State Regulators to shut down 15
Coal-fired and Oil-fired Generators
• Costs of Coal-fired Power Plant Proposal challenged in New Mexico
COAL – WORLD
• Toshiba Consortium wins EPC Contract for Two 1,000 MW Steam Turbine and
Generators in Malaysia
• China to use Oasys Water Technology to treat Coal-fired Power Plant’s
Wastewater from FGD
• SBI, Japanese Bank Ink Deal for Uttar Pradesh Power Plant
• Hubco to invest $1Billion in Coal-fired Power Plant in Karachi Sindh, Pakistan
• $50 Million SPX Cooling Tower Order for Chinese Liquefaction Market shows the
Huge Potential
GAS/OIL - US
• Dominion, Duke, others form JV to build Natural Gas Pipeline
• Aventine upgrades Illinois Cogeneration Facility, replaces Boilers
GAS/OIL – WORLD
• Siemens to equip 902 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in South Korea
• Benco Energy to assist Federal Government of Nigeria in building a 700 MW
Power Plant
CO2
• FutureGen Project approved to sequester Carbon Underground in Illinois
NUCLEAR
• China will support New Nuclear Power Plant in Argentina
• Cavendish Fluor takes over 12 Nuclear decommissioning Sites in the UK
• Finnish Nuclear Power Plant further delayed until 2018
BUSINESS
• Mercury Removal Market to Exceed $1 Billion/yr by 2015
• China Air Filter and Fabric Filter Markets are competing
• Revenue Potential for Outsourcing of Fossil-Fired Power Plant Processes is
More than $20 Billion/yr
HOT TOPIC HOUR
• Catalytic Filter is More and More Attractive for Power and Cement - Hot Topic
Hour Yesterday
• “Power Plant Pumps” is the “Hot Topic” on September 11, 2014
• 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
“Monitoring for Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plants” - Hot Topic Webinar on
September 18 at 10 a.m. Central
This webinar will be both organizational and informative. It is all part of a
whole knowledge system for gas turbine combined cycle plant operators--Gas
Turbine and Combined Cycle Decisions . The free website and periodic webinars
empower the operators to buy the best products rather than the most familiar or
least expensive.
The webinar on the 18th will try to answer the question: What are the most
important and difficult decisions you will have to make regarding air and water
monitoring equipment and services?
Panelists for Water Monitoring for Combined Cycle Plants on Sept. 18, 2014
Kai D. Rondum, Product Manager for Boiler Water Treatment at Ashland Water
Technologies
Joe Zimmerman, Director of Marketing at Chemtrac Systems, Inc.
Ken Kuruc, Manager of Industry Accounts, Fossil at Hach Ultra Analytics
David M. Gray, Senior Product Manager at Mettler-Toledo Thornton, Inc.
On August 28 we conducted a webinar on Degasification and Demineralization. One
of the discussions was “Critical Measurements” by Jean Holz of Hach. She
described which measurements were needed at each point in the boiler feedwater
and condensate return system. When asked about optical vs. electrochemical
choices, she replied that the range of choices depend on the point at which you
are measuring and whether you need to measure a few ppb or some higher number.
She observed that dissolved oxygen is measured in three accepted methods:
Winkler Titration, Clark Cell Electrodes and Luminescence-based Optodes. LDO has
proven to be the best choice except where you need to measure at very low
levels.
These are the types of pertinent questions that the operators want answered.
Others would be:
With fast start HRSGS and constant cycling what instrumentation solutions will
counter some of the negative consequences of this operating mode?
What are the water chemistry issues facing GTCC operators which are unique to
this type of power generation? Which require continuous measurement and which
can be measured periodically?
What are the monitoring needs if zero liquid discharge technology is mandated?
What other questions are GTCC operators asking?
This webinar is free for power plant owners and operators.
Click here to view schedule and register.
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.
SUBJECT
September
18 Power Water Monitoring
25 Power Plant Water Treatment Chemicals
October
2 Precipitator Improvements
16 Power Plant CEMS
23 Sediment Removal and Remediation
30 Coal-fired Power Plant NOx Reduction Innovations
November
6 Power Plant Cooling
13 Boiler Feedwater Treatment
December
18 Power Plant Pump Innovations
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