New Route to Market Will Be Launched Next Week in Charlotte
McIlvaine, International Filtration News, and AFS are collaborating to provide a
unique new way for owners to select water purification products and services.
The AFS spring conference will be focused on power. Last week you received a
link to the IFN pre-show issue with articles by Ovivo and others. Peter
Cartwright will be conducting a half day course on reverse osmosis. Dan Oberle
will be discussing adhesives for spiral wound membranes. Membrana will be
providing insights on gas contactors.
What is new is the portion of the conference focused on hot gas filtration and
air inlet filters. There will be a 90-minute session devoted to each. Eight to
ten experts will debate and discuss a number of the issues and options which are
displayed in DECISION GUIDES. All the details are shown at: Power Plant
Decisions.
This same powerful approach will be utilized with Decision Orchards in each
major water using industry and hundreds of Decision Guides e.g. cross-flow
membranes for coal-fired power plants. AFS, IFN and McIlvaine will be initiating
some of this at the fall AFS oil and gas conference. McIlvaine will have a
decision guide on coalescing filters. For more on this whole program, contact:
Bob McIlvaine at 847 784 0012 ext.112 - rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com.
Expenditures for Cleanrooms Will Exceed $5.6 Billion By 2020
Expenditures for modular and engineered cleanrooms will exceed $5.6 billion by
2020 according to the McIlvaine Company latest forecasts in World Cleanroom
Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Totals include walls, floors, ceilings, HVAC, filters and control systems
installed in ultra clean space. Cleanrooms are needed in the semiconductor, flat
panel display, pharmaceutical, food and other industries where small particles
could damage the product or micro-organisms could cause harm to human, plant or
animal health.
The continued growing demand for electronic products in China continues to drive
investment in expanding the nation’s domestic chip-making capabilities. Total
world semiconductor unit shipments are forecast to top one trillion units for
the first time in 2017. The chip demand for mobile devices is predicted to grow
robustly throughout the remainder of the decade.
One of the trends over the last decade is to remove the human from the cleanroom
environment. This requires expensive robots and automation systems to substitute
for human labor. This is possible in high volume semiconductor facilities and in
some pharmaceutical and food operations. However, it is not economic or possible
to make this substitution for most operations.
Where automation is possible the expense of automation is offset by the smaller
cleanroom size. The amount of air filtered can be reduced by an order of
magnitude.
The nano technology movement is creating new applications for cleanrooms.
Typically the smaller the product the more sensitive it is to harm from
particles in the air. In a world where miniaturization of electronic devices is
a priority, the cleanroom market will continue to grow.
For more information on World Cleanroom Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/474-n6f-world-cleanroom-markets.
Headlines for Utility E-Alert –April 17, 2015
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1219– April 17, 2015
Table of Contents
COAL – US
• Plant Branch Coal-fired Power Plant Closes
• FirstEnergy closes Ashtabula Coal-fired Power Plant
COAL – WORLD
• Fortum to invest in a CHP Plant in Poland
• Opposition over Central Java Coal-fired Power Plant
• Power China to build Coal-fired Power Plant outside Karachi
• Conco Systems Pty re-tubing Coal-fired Stanwell Power Station in Queensland,
Australia
• AGL Energy will not extend the Life of Loy Yang A Power Station in Australia
GAS/OIL – US
• TVA purchases Ackerman Natural Gas-fired Power Plant
• Proposal in the Works to build Two Natural Gas-fired Power Plants in
Follansbee, WV
GAS/OIL – WORLD
• Mitsubishi to refurbish Hartha Power Unit in Iraq
NUCLEAR
• Maine Governor wants Nuclear Power Back on Energy Table
BUSINESS
• B&W and Magotteaux form Strategic Alliance to market Advanced Coal and
Industrial Pulverizer Solutions
• InterWebviews™, Decision Guides, Hot Topic Hours, Coordinated Conferences and
Decision Orchards combine to provide you with a New Unique Route to Market
• Difficult Complex Decisions for Coal-fired Power Plant Operators
• World NOx Market to Reach $21 Billion this Year
HOT TOPIC HOUR
• “CEMS for MACT and MATS Compliance” was Hot Topic Hour on April 16, 2015
• 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
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
April 23, 2015 No Webinar but on-site interviews at Electric Power in Chicago.
April 30, 2015 MACT Update
May 7, 2015 Wet Calcium FGD
May 14, 2015 Gas Turbine Intake Filters
May 21, 2015 Power Plant Valves
May 28, 2015 No webinar but on-site interviews at Industrial Valve Summit in
Bergamo, Italy
Click here for the Subscriber and Power Plant or Cement Plant Owner/Operator
Registration Form
Click here for the Non-Subscribers Registration Form
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You can register for our free McIlvaine Newsletters at:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_rsform&formId=5
Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
www.mcilvainecompany.com