February 2015 - Fabric Filter - Precipitator Insights 44

Filter Fibers and Media for Hot Gas Filtration Will Be Discussed and Compared At AFS Coal Charlotte, April 28-29, 2015

Should you use PPS, P84, fiberglass or some other fiber? Should you use laminates with membrane films. What is the advantage of tailored fiber combinations of nonwovens? Are the sewing holes large enough to cause compliance problems with the 5 mg/Nm³ limits? What about a radical choice of an 850^oF ceramic element with embedded catalyst coupled with heat recovery to reduce greenhouse gases? All these subjects will be addressed at the conference. Bob McIlvaine will be chairing a Q and A session to probe the issues. If you have information to contribute or just want to participate, email: rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com, for details on the conference, click on: http://www.afssociety.org/.

A small percentage of coal-fired power plants use fabric filters. Most utilize precipitators. However, tough new regulations in all the regions of the world are creating a big market for fabric filters. They will be used on many new boilers as well as being retrofitted into existing power plants. In many instances the bags are installed in the existing precipitator casing. The market is regulatory driven. The extent of the switch in the U.S. and China will have the biggest impact. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine in World Fabric Filter and Element Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

The 2017 market for coal-fired boiler fabric filter systems could be as small as $1.5 billion or as large as $5 billion. The total market for fabric filter systems could be as low as $8.5 billion or as large as $12 billion.

Both the U.S. and China have tough new standards which will be difficult to meet with existing dry precipitators. The use of wet precipitators downstream of the existing dry precipitators will provide the required efficiency. However, fabric filters provide an equally efficient and, in most cases, a lower cost solution. This is particularly true when the existing precipitator casing can be used.

Traditionally, the U.S. and Australia were the main proponents of fabric filters. Now Italy, Russia, China and Chile are among the countries utilizing fabric filters for their coal-fired boilers. South Africa has a very large retrofit program.

Oil and Gas Project Tracking is available at a discount to Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market or World Fabric Filter and Element Market subscribers.

Treatment chemicals are an important addition to most oil and gas processes. Access to details on worldwide oil and gas projects is provided at a substantial discount to Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market or World Fabric Filter and Element Market subscribers.

Energy Transfer Partners and Regency Energy Partners to Construct Third Fractionation Facility at Mont Belvieu

The Other Oil Sands Fight in Utah with Possible Solution to Lower Environmental Impact

Oilsands Lead not seeping into Rivers According to University of Alberta Lab Tests

Canada’s Oil Sands Industry Goes on Offensive after Facing Escalating Pushback

ICA Fluor Awarded Fabrication Contract for Shell's Carmon Creek Heavy Oil Extraction Project

Propylene Unit Reaches Capacity in Russia due to UOP C3 Oleflex™ Process Technology

Chevron Phillips Says Petchem Industry Should Enhance Connectivity with Social Media

Venture Global LNG Announces Calcasieu Pass Export Facility in Southwestern Louisiana

Freeport LNG Closes Financing, Begins Construction of Initial Two Liquefaction Trains

LNG Canada Selects GE Oil & Gas LMS100 Gas Turbine-Compressor Technology for Proposed Kitmat Facility

5th and final installment: Exclusive Platts Series on China’s Shandong “Teapot” Oil Refineries

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.

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

World Fabric Filter System Revenues 2017 ($ Millions)
Application	Minimum	Maximum
Industrial	7,000	7,000
Coal-fired Utility Power	1,500	5,000
Total	8,500	12,000