GE Competing with Ecolab, Flowserve, Xylem and Pentair for Top Spot in Fluid Treatment Market

The Ecolab/Nalco and the Pentair/Tyco mergers underline the growing realization that the flow control and treatment market can be pursued in entirety.  No one company has as much as two percent of this $330 billion market.  Five companies with over a one percent market share are GE, Ecolab, Flowserve, Xylem and Pentair. These market shares are included in the McIlvaine report, Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets.  (www.mcilvainecompany.comGE boosted its market presence with the acquisition of Dresser.  It has a number of divisions which participate in many product and application segments.

 

GE  Product Segment Activity

Product

Power

Fluid

Municipal

Industrial and Other

Residential/
Commercial

Pumps

 

 

 

 

 

Valves

 

 

 

 

 

Cartridge

 

 

 

 

 

Sedimentation/ Centrifugation

 

 

 

 

 

Cross Flow Membranes

 

 

 

 

 

Macrofiltration

 

 

 

 

 

Biological/Oxidation/Destruction

 

 

 

 

 

Water/Wastewater Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

Filtration/Purification

 

 

 

 

*

Fabric Filter

 

 

 

 

 

Scrubber

 

 

 

 

 

Precipitator

 

 

 

 

 

FGD

 

 

 

 

 

DeNOx

 

 

 

 

 

Thermal/Catalytic

 

 

 

 

 

Fans and Compressors

 

 

 

 

 

Air  Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

Water  Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

* includes vacuum bags and face masks as well as HVAC

 

Current coverage   

      

 

Purchased as part of EPC activity      

   

 

Areas recently withdrawn from due to sale of precipitator and air monitoring divisions

 

As shown in yellow it is a full participant in many areas.  In others, it acts as an engineering, procurement and construction contractor and purchases equipment from others.  For more information on Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71

 

 

Clarifiers will Contribute 43 Percent to the Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Revenues Next Year

In 2014, suppliers of sedimentation and centrifugation equipment will generate revenues of just under $7.6 billion.  Forty-three percent of that revenue will consist of clarifiers and thickeners.

$ Millions

 Subject

2014

 Clarifier

 3,288

 Decanter

 802

 Disk

 1,424

 Dissolved Air Flotation

 730

 Hydrocyclone

 493

 Other Centrifuges

 858

 Total

7,595

Clarifiers and thickeners have different purposes but similar design.  In both designs, the solids settle and are captured from the bottom of the vessel, whereas the purified liquid overflows the top of the vessel. Rakes or chains with flights are typically used to remove the solids from the bottom of the vessel.  Another alternative is pumping. In the case of the clarifier, the goal is to improve the purity of the discharge water.  The purpose of the thickener is to concentrate the solids. Thickeners are typically used within the process and the overflow liquid is subsequently treated in another device.

Clarifiers and thickeners are used extensively in municipal wastewater treatment and in mining. Their energy consumption is low. The disadvantage is the size.  Hydrocyclones can accomplish similar results, but with higher energy consumption. However, hydrocyclones occupy much less space. Dissolved air flotation is more cost effective when the nature of the particles makes them more easily removed by creating bubbles and floating them out the overflow.

Many companies make small clarifiers and thickeners. Only a few companies make that large clarifiers and thickeners whose diameter can exceed one hundred feet.  There are very few companies making disk centrifuges and relatively few companies making decanter centrifuges.  The reason is the capital investment to manufacture centrifuges is considerably greater than to manufacture clarifiers. In fact, the vessel walls for clarifiers can be constructed of concrete onsite, so often the supplier is only furnishing the internals.

 

For more information on Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/119-n005.

 

 

 

 

Headlines for the May 17, 2013 – Utility E-Alert   

UTILITY E-ALERT   

#1125 – May 17, 2013

Table of Contents

 

COAL – US

 

COAL – WORLD 

 

GAS/OIL - US

 

GAS/OIL – WORLD

 

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

 

CO2 

NUCLEAR 

 

BUSINESS 

 

HOT TOPIC HOUR 

 

 

 

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2013

 

DATE

SUBJECT

 

May 30

Air Pollution Control Markets (geographic trends, regulatory developments, competition, technology developments)     

Market Intelligence

June 6

Report from Power-Gen Europe (update on regulations, speaker and exhibitor highlights)     

Power

June 13

Monitoring and Optimizing Fuel Feed, Metering and Combustion in Boilers     

Power

June 20

Dry Sorbent Injection and Material Handling for APC     

Power

June 27

Power Generation Forecast for Nuclear, Fossil and Renewables      

Market Intelligence

July 11

New Developments in Power Plant Air Pollution Control     

Power

July 18

Measurement and Control of HCl     

Power

July 25

GHG Compliance Strategies, Reduction Technologies and Measurement

Power

August 1

Update on Coal Ash and CCP Issues and Standards     

Power

August 8

Improving Power Plant Efficiency and Power Generation      

Power

August 15

Control and Treatment Technology for FGD Wastewater     

Power

August 22

Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Programs and Technology     

Power

August 29

Pumps for Power Plant Cooling Water and Water Treatment Applications     

Power

Sept. 5

Fabric Selection for Particulate Control

 

Power

Sept. 19

Air Pollution Control for Gas Turbines

Power

Sept. 26

Multi-Pollutant Control Technology

 

Power

 

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