FGD and DeNOx
NEWSLETTER
January 2015
No. 441
Table of Contents
HOT TOPIC
• NOx Innovations Were Discussed in Hot Topic Hour November 6, 2014
MARKETS
• Huge But Changing Power Plant Air Pollution Market in China Has $100-Billion
Potential
• The New Approach to Market Forecasting For Flow Control and Treatment Products
• Total FGD Market Much Bigger Than $3.4 Billion Forecast
• The Global Warming Debate Can Be Resolved At Least Temporarily With a Plan to
Please Everyone
• Huge Air Pollution Market Shift Away From OECD
INDUSTRY NEWS
• EPA Proposes SO2 Reductions in Texas
• Supreme Court Will Review Mercury and Air Toxics Rules
• TVA Preliminary Report Says FGD and SCR at Shawnee 1 and 4 is Preferable to
Closure
• EPA Proposing 65 to 70 ppb Ozone Standard
• Massive Number of Comments to EPA’s Plan to Limit CO2 from Power Plants
• Fate of Cayuga Power Plant Still in Limbo
• Alstom to Build SCR System for 210-MW Plomin 2 in Croatia
• MET Announces Licensee WFGD Award in China
• Court Affirms Minnesota Decision on New Air Controls for Boswell 4
• Power4Georgians Gets 18-month Extension on Coal-fired Power Plant Air Permit
• DTE Completes SCR and FGD Projects at Monroe Power Plant in Michigan
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Dry Scrubbing Market Growing in Many Directions
Most of the market for coal-fired power plant flue gas desulfurization (FGD) is
served by wet limestone systems which produce wallboard quality gypsum. However,
according to the analysis in FGD Market and Strategies published by the
McIlvaine Company, dry scrubbers are starting to gain traction. There are a
number of reasons:
• Concern about water usage particularly in arid areas in the U.S. and China,
• Ability to scale systems up to 500 MW in a single module,
• New methods of converting the flyash/gypsum mixture into salable byproducts,
• Saturation of the gypsum market,
• Concerns about capturing other pollutants such as SO3,
• Regulations which dictate minimal capital investment (U.S.).
The U.S. has the most dry scrubber installations. Most are of the spray drier
design. But the recent Dry Fork installation of a circulating dry scrubber
proved its ability to perform at the 300 MW scale in one module. There are less
than 80,000 MW of dry scrubbers on power plants worldwide. The U.S. has more
than 25,000 MW. China now as an equally large number of units.
Chinese Dry Scrubber Systems by Supplier
Company Dry FGD MWx 1000
Fujian Longking 10
Wuhan Kaidi 4
Wuhan Jingyuan 3
Guandong Electric Power Design 2
Zhejiang Feida 2
Zhejiang Atmosphere EPG 1
Others 5
Total 27
The other development is dry sorbent injection (DSI). More than 50 power plants
in the U.S. have opted for DSI primarily for SO2 removal. This is a high
operating low capital cost solution. It is unique to the U.S. due to
environmental regulations which discourage new power plants and raise concern
about the future of existing power plants.
A number of plants use DSI just for SO3 removal ahead of the air heater. This
allows greater heat reduction in the air preheater as well as limiting
corrosion.
The need for DSI was in part caused by installation of selective catalytic
reduction (SCR) units for NOx control. They convert 0.5 to 1 percent of the SO2
in the flue gas to SO3. Since SCR is now widely utilized, the demand for DSI has
risen.
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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECTS HEADLINES
This includes only projects where there was an update during the month. There
are thousands of projects in the database.
New power generation projects are tracked in two publications. Fossil and
Nuclear Power Generation includes both market forecasts and project data. World
Power Generation Projects has just the project data.
START-UP DATE: Online
Location Location Comment Project Title
AL West Jefferson Co. J.H. Miller 4-Alabama Power
AL West Jefferson Co. J.H. Miller 3-Alabama Power
AZ Springerville Springerville 2-Alamito Co.
CA Bakersfield Constellation/Ultrasystems 1
CA Bakersfield Constellation/Ultrasystems 2
Canada Alberta, Genesee Genesee 1-Edmonton Power
Canada Alberta, Genesee Genesee 2-Edmonton Power
Canada Nova Scotia, Trenton Trenton 6-Nova Scotia Power
Finland Seinajoki Vaskiluodon Voima Senajoki Plant
France Electricite de France
GA Forsyth Scherer 4-Georgia Power
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 5 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 1 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 2 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 3 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 4 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 6 Jaenschwalde
Germany West Berlin Moabit-Bewag/Berlin
IN Rockport Rockport 2-Indiana & Michigan Electric
India Bombay Trombay 5-Tata Electric Companies
Indonesia near Jakarta Cikarang Industrial Estate power plant expansion
Indonesia West Java, Ciligon Suralaya 1 Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara
Indonesia West Java, Ciligon Suralaya 2 Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara
Kenya Nairobi diesel plant
KY Trimble Co. Bedford Trimble Co. 1-Louisville Gas & Electric
LA Willow Glen 3-Gulf States Utilities
MD Anne Arundel Co. Brandon Shores 2-Baltimore Gas & Electric
NC Buxton 1-5-North Carolina Elec. Mem. Corp.
OH Moscow Zimmer 1-Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Philippines Calaca Calaca-National Power Corp.
Taiwan Taichung Harbor Taichung Harbor 1-Taiwan Power
Taiwan Taichung Harbor Taichung Harbor 2-Taiwan Power
Thailand Lampang Mae Moh 9-EGAT
TX Robertson Co. Hammond/Calvert TNP One 1-Texas/New Mexico Power
TX Robertson Co. Hammond/Calvert TNP One 2-Texas/New Mexico Power
WI Port Washington Port Washington 4-Wisconsin Electric Power
WI Port Washington Port Washington 1-Wisconsin Electric Power
WI Port Washington Port Washington 3-Wisconsin Electric Power
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