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Weekly selected highlights in flow control, treatment and combustion from the many McIlvaine publications.

• Gas Turbine Webinar to Cover Markets and IIoT on May 23^rd
• Power Industry will Spend over $1.5 billion for Gas Measurement in 2022
• $20 billion Market for Cartridges by 2024
• Lots of News as Pump Companies Merge and Reorganize

Gas Turbine Webinar to Cover Markets and IIoT on May 23^rd

A McIlvaine Webinar on May 23^rd will cover the factors shaping the gas turbine market. Some examples of current projects will be discussed along with the trends toward remote O&M and third-party operation To register for the May 23 webinar click on

Free Market Webinars

Power Industry will Spend over $1.5 billion for Gas Measurement in 2022

There will be substantial increases in purchase of gas measurement devices in the power industry over the next five years. The purchase of instrumentation will expand faster than the construction of new power plants due to the following factors.

• Increasing measurement and control at existing plants
• Expansion of coal fired capacity in Asia
• Expansion of gas turbine combined cycle plant capacity worldwide
• Development of better instruments which justify replacing existing instruments or use where instruments were not previously used
• Expansion of the regulatory requirements to measure stack emissions continuously
• Expansion in the number of pollutants to be measured
• Expansion of rules to measure fence line and other ambient pollutants
• Improvements of combustion efficiency with better in furnace gas measurements

The top 15 power companies will spend more than $750 million for gas measurement devices in 2022.  This includes analyzers to measure CO, CO₂, O₂, NO_x, NH₃, SO₂, SO₃, mercury and dust. The requirements for mass measurement of dust are boosting the market because their cost is considerably greater than the previously required opacity monitors.

For forecasts of gas measurement by industry and country click on N031 Industrial IOT and Remote O&M.

Each coal fired power plant project is tracked at 42EI Utility Tracking System.

Each gas turbine plant project is tracked at 59EI Gas Turbine and Reciprocating Engine Supplier Program.

$20 billion Market for Cartridges by 2024

The market for cartridges to purify liquids will continue to grow faster than GDP and will reach $20 billion worldwide by 2024. This is the latest prediction of the McIlvaine Company in N024 Cartridge Filters: World Market.

Commercial and residential purchasers will account for half the total market which includes membrane, non-woven, string wound and metal cartridges.  However in the membrane segment the pharmaceutical industry will be the largest purchaser followed by health care and then the chemical industry.

Membrane cartridge sales will increase faster than total cartridge sales due to the higher efficiency and improvements in membrane technology. The industry consolidation is expected to continue and to accelerate due to the utilization of remote monitoring technology to continually assess cartridge filter health and performance. The large filter companies such as Mann + Hummel, Parker Hannifin and Donaldson are investing heavily in remote monitoring systems.  This will allow them to provide comprehensive service and replacement programs. 

One division of Parker already supplies replacements for all the filters in a plant including those supplied by competitors.  Many plants have thousands of cartridges.  So the supply of replacements carries with it a high administrative cost relative to filter price. Blue tooth technology can be imbedded in pressure sensors attached to each filter at nominal cost.  When pressure levels reach a pre-determined point the replacement filters can be automatically ordered.

For more information on this forecast click on N024 Cartridge Filters: World Market.

Lots of News as Pump Companies Merge and Reorganize

Here are headlines in the Pump Market update last month.  More information on this report is found at N019 Pumps World Market

Company Reorganization

Ebara Combines Two Divisions into One

For Sale

Weir Puts Pump and Valve Businesses Up for Sale

New Facilities

Xylem Opens New Warsaw Facility

Gardner Denver Builds New Dubai Pump Facility

Ebara Opens New Plant in Italy

Finance

Sulzer Buys Back Shares from Russian Shareholder

People

Turbomachinery Lab Names New Director

BJM President Retires and New President Announced

Alfa Laval Inc.  Announces New President and CEO

Hydraulic Institute Adds New Officers for 2018-2019

New President for Tuthill Vacuum and Blower

Niels Due Jensen Steps Down as Chairman of Board for Grundfos Foundation

Projects

Pfeifer Vacuum Supplies Turbopumps to CERN

Framo Wins Several Offshore Orders

Energy Recovery Providing Pumps for Saudi Desalination Projects

Ebara Ships Large Submersible Pump to Vietnam

PG Flow Solutions Selling Hypochlorite Pump to Norway Offshore Platform

Sulzer Wins Large Pump Order from GE India

Andritz Supplying Pumps Turbines to Moroccan Pumped Storage

Sulzer Selling Pumps to Chinese Solar Plant

T-T Makes Split Case Pumps for Middle East Power Station Water Supply

New Products

Atlas Copco Adds High flow Pumps to Dewatering Line

Sundyne's Industrial Pumps Strengthen Suction Conditions in Boiler Feed Water Applications

SPX Flow's Waukesha Cherry-Burrell Releases New PD Pump

KSB Develops Gigantic Wastewater Pumps

Alfa Laval Expands Range of UltraPure Pumps

KSB Ties Pumps to IOT

GEA Develops New High-pressure Hygienic Pumps for Dairies

Finish Thompson Adds to AODD Series

LMI Expands Functionality of Chemical Metering Pumps for Industrial Water Treatment

Scot Pumps Expand Stainless Steel Centrifugal Pump Line

Tacmina Corporation Adds Pump Series for Manufacturing Transfer

Blackmer Unveils New Sliding Vane Pump Line