• Power Plant to be built in Primorsk Region of Russia
• STX wins $150 Million Order for 4x125 MW Amara Power Plant in Iraq
• GE Gas Turbines for Yangon City Power Project in Myanmar
• Forge Group to develop 190 MW Yarima Power Plant in Western Australia
• Alstom to build Cogeneration Plant for RheinEnergie in Germany

• Annual Climate Talks Extend Kyoto Protocol until 2020
• California Oil & Gas Producer to Pay Fine for Failure to Obtain Greenhouse Gas Permit

NUCLEAR 

• Delivery of floating Nuclear Power Plant to Rosenergoatom (Russia)

BUSINESS 

• MET expands Portfolio with Addition of TKC’s SCR Technology
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries purchases Pratt & Whitney Power Systems
• ATCO adds HRSGs to Product Line
• Nigeria and Chinese firm (Sinohydro) to build 700 MW Power Plant in Niger State
• $61 Billion Flow Control and Treatment Market in 2016 in the Energy Sector
• Chinese Air Pollution Control Market to Approach $19 Billion in 2013
• $1.5 Billion Market for Roll Goods for Fabric Filter Dust Collectors
• Co-Firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass and Municipal Waste in Coal-fired Boilers was the subject of the Hot Topic Hour on Thursday
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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

Suppliers of catalyst for gas turbines such as Haldor Topsoe, Cormetech and BASF were very busy at Power-Gen this week. Suppliers of FGD dampers had only modest traffic at their stands. Those companies involved with fabric filters and direct sorbent injection were also busy.

Alstom reports a number of orders for seawater scrubbers in China and India. Marsulex has entered into an alliance with Termokimik of Italy to offer SCR in North America. Termokimik has 23,000 MW of SCR systems installed worldwide. 

China is issuing and enforcing Tough Standards 

McIlvaine held a breakfast meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the potential for China to use certain international technologies. The participants were: 

• John Schettler Global Sales Director Brominated Performance Products, Chemtura
• Go Iwata Sales Manager Power Systems, Yokogawa
• Ken Fairleigh, President, Paragon Air Heater
• Dale Betts, Central Regional Manager, Paragon Air Heater
• Bill Lowar, Vice President, Victaulic
• Scott Stirton, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Americas, Clear Edge
• Mark Daniel, CE Cerafil Sales Manager, Americas Clear Edge
• Dr. Jianchun (Joe) Wang, Longjing Environment Technology
• Jake Kershman, Neumann Systems
• Marilyn McIlvaine, Executive V.P., McIlvaine
• Bob McIlvaine, President, McIlvaine

Joe Wang gave a speech at the conference comparing U.S. and Chinese air pollution control activities and regulations. In the PRC, both existing and new plants have to meet particulate limits of 30 mg/Nm³. Both new and existing plants have to meet 100 mg/Nm³ for NO_x. Older plants have an SO₂ limit of 200 mg but new ones must meet the 100 mg limit. Mercury is

30 mg/Nm³. 

Joe indicated that existing precipitators are having a tough time meeting the particulate limits. He predicts that a number of fabric filters will be installed. Lonjing has a new design precipitator designated "BEH" that can meet the tougher standards. The company has also successfully installed hybrid fabric filter /precipitators by replacing the last field in the precipitator with a high flow fabric filter. Joe says the agglomeration effect of the precipitator assures that the baghouse can operate with low pressure drop even at the higher velocities. This combination is achieving emissions as low as 10 mg/Nm³.

Clear Edge has developed ceramic filter technology to remove both dust and NO_x at 850°F. SO₂ and SO₃ are also removed to the extent the cake contains alkaline compounds. It was concluded that this technology could have many applications in China both for retrofits and new installations. 

Neumann Systems has solved the sodium loss problem associated with dual alkali systems. The participants visualized a very high efficiency system with Chemtura bromine injection for mercury, the Clear Edge ceramic filter followed by the Neumann double alkali SO₂ scrubber. Yokogawa controls, Victaulic couplings and Paragon tight air heater seals would contribute to the higher efficiency.

Air Filters and NH₃ Slip are Variables affecting Gas Turbine Emissions 

Glen England of Environ answered questions about gas turbine particulate (PM) emissions at an informal discussion held at the Pneumafil stand.  Glen pointed out that emission limits are so tough in some areas that the particulate in the ambient air can become a factor in meeting the emission requirements. Pneumafil can offer filters with varying efficiencies. Normally the selection is dictated by maintenance concerns, but where the emission limits are very low the filter efficiency may have to be selected with the limits as the governing criterion.

Go Iwata of Yokogawa attended this session. Later McIlvaine visited the Yokogawa stand and learned about the tunable diode laser which can precisely measure NH₃ slip. This precise measurement and control is important to minimize emissions and ammonia consumption.

Municipalities around the world will spend $24.3 billion for wastewater flow control and treatment equipment in 2013. This is the latest forecast by the McIlvaine Company through aggregating data in a number of its market reports. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)