June 2015 - Fabric Filter - Precipitator Insights 51

Hot Gas Filter Discussion Will Be Continued On July 2

Twelve experts weighed in on hot gas filtration options at the Power Conference held by AFS in Charlotte eight weeks ago. This discussion will be continued on July 2 at 10:00 a.m. The purpose will be to help decision makers determine the options which are available and guide them to select the option which best fits their unique needs.

The discussion will be a constructive review and new additions for the following decision guide route map and summary http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/images/Hot_Gas_Filter_Decision_Guide_April_30_2015.pdf

The decision guide starts with a clean slate. Why place the SCR ahead of the particulate collector? Why use a rotary air heater with 10 percent leakage and a discharge temperature of 320^oF? Why use multiple devices for particulate filtration, NO_xreduction, and acid gas absorption? Why not combine all the technologies in one device?

There are two options which are fully explored. One is the conventional option which results in particulate filtration at 320^oF. The other is the catalytic filter with filtration at 850^oF.

The 320^oF option has two routes. One is to use a dry scrubber and fabric filter. The other is to use an electrostatic precipitator. This decision is dependent on the dust limit and the ability of the precipitator to meet it. It is dependent on decisions about by-products. In fact there are many factors which need to be considered. How will each option deal with mercury? Are there water use and pollution concerns? What space is available? What is the age and condition of the existing air pollution control system? As you can see, all these are addressed in the guide. However, there was a difference of opinion on:

· Achieving 5 mg/Nm³ particulate continuously with a dry precipitator

· Bag designs for the filter alternative

· Media designs

· Fiber selection

· Method of cleaning

The greatest differences of opinion related to the 850^oF option, should metallic elements be used and followed by an SCR? Two variations are available: sintered metal fibers and sintered powdered metal. Alternatively, why not use a ceramic catalytic filter element? Both choices can be accompanied with DSI. If the catalytic filter is the choice, then there are a number of related questions:

· Will the catalytic filter element prove as good in large coal-fired boiler applications as it has in industrial boilers, glass plants, mining operations, etc?

· Who will supply and guarantee the systems using catalytic filter elements?

· Who will supply the elements?

· Who will supply the catalysts and ceramic bundles?

One of the potential benefits of these expert discussions is the holistic analysis. The question of pleated bags vs. tubular bags needs to take into account the potential to vary the cleaning design. A more robust pulse cleaning system and the pleated design may have to be matched against a less robust cleaning design and the tubular bag.

There are billions of dollars being spent to improve the particulate removal performance at coal-fired power plants in China, the U.S., South Africa, Europe, Chile and even Russia. Cement plants and operators of industrial boilers are also facing upgrades of their particulate removal systems at the same time they are required to capture acid gases and reduce NO_x. So this discussion is an important one for combustor operators around the world.

Participants for Discussion on Hot Gas Filtration on July 2, 2015

Reid E. Thomas, Technical Director, Menardi-Filtex

Dr. John McKenna, Principal, ETS International, Inc.

Charles (Chuck) Capps, VP Sales & Marketing, FL Smidth Airtech, Advanced Filtration Technologies

George Moeke, Regional Manager, North Mid-west, Clean Air Systems, Pentair, Goyen Valves LLC

Rod Gravley, Technology Director, Tri-Mer Corporation and Kevin D. Moss, Business Development Director, Advanced Technologies

Clint B.Scoble, Jr., President, Testori USA, Inc.

Manfred Salinger, Rath Group

Details on the webinar are found at: Click here to view schedule and register

Providing the Interface between End Users and Suppliers

The McIlvaine Company has a number of initiatives to create high level discussions among end users and suppliers. The purpose is to enhance the decision making process. McIlvaine participated in a global sourcing panel discussion at the Industrial Valve Summit in Italy last month. The major oil companies and consultants all referenced the loss of experienced personnel and the need to rectify this continuing loss of knowledge.

The panelists included some of the most knowledgeable valve experts who make or influence decisions on many projects around the globe.

0.00 Round Table: Global sourcing in the changing energy industry
Room: Caravaggio

Keynote:
Robert McIlvaine,
CEO, McIlvaine Company

Panelist

Bader M. Al-Jarallah,
Valve Engineering Specialist, Saudi Aramco

Ray Bojarczuk,
Senior Engineering Advisor, Exxon Mobil Corporation

Are Halvorsen,
Managing Director, Nordic Valve Services AS

Ron Merrick,
Director of Piping Material Engineering, Fluor Enterprises

Jean-Michel Rivereau,
Head of the Piping, Valves and Vessels Department, Technology Division, Total E&P

Yusuke Sakurai,
Managing Director, Jgc Italy

Chaired by

Maurizio Brancaleoni,
Valve Campus

This live discussion in Italy was followed two weeks later by a recorded webinar on power plant valves with various problems resulting from fast cycling of gas turbine HRSGS and the next week with a discussion of the whole wet limestone FGD system options. Three valve suppliers debated butterfly vs. knife gate valves for slurry control.

McIlvaine webinars in the past have been two thirds presentations and one third discussions. However beginning two months ago the webinars are 80% discussion and only 20% presentations. The visual background each discussion is a decision guide with as many as 90 power point displays. As the discussion progresses the relevant information is displayed. The schedule of upcoming hot topic is available at: Click here to view schedule and register

FABRIC FILTER NEWSLETTER HEADLINES

June 2015

GAS TURBINE INTAKE FILTERS

Experts Present Their Views at AFS in Charlotte
Discussion Continues in Hot Topic Hour on May 21

MARKETS

Cement Industry Will Spend Over 3.8 Billion Dollars on Air Pollution Control Equipment in 2015
$25 Billion Annual Market for Coal-fired Power Plant Air Pollution Upgrades
Market for Mercury Reduction Expanding Beyond the US
Thousands of Air Pollution Control Projects at Chinese Coal-fired Power Plants
Shifting in the Air, Gas, Water, Fluid Market
How to Make Coal Plants Greener

PRECIOUS METALS

Sabine Metal Adds Electric Arc Furnace and Baghouse at Refining Facility

CEMENT

FLSmidth to Supply Largest Cement Plant in South East Asia

ASPHALT

CWMF Completes Large Portable Units

COMPANY NEWS

Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Produces Strong First Quarter Revenues and Income
Donaldson’s Third Quarter Adjusted EPS of 36 Cents Was in Line with Guidance
CECO Revenues Up 41.6 Percent from the Same Period Last Year
New Orders of 84.2 Euros for Hamon in the First Quarter
Nederman Reports Good Organic Growth and Strong Profitability
Lydall Announces Adjusted EPS of $0.42 per Share, Up 5 Percent on Sales of $127 Million
Valmet Inaugurates the Expansion of its Filter Fabric Production and R and D Center in Ovar, Portugal

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GDP UPDATE

June 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AMERICAS

United States

o Second Estimate of GDP for the First Quarter of 2015: FIVE KEY POINTS IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Brazil
Colombia

ASIA

India
Japan

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

Kyrgyzstan
Turkey
Romania
Switzerland
United Kingdom

AMERICAS

United States

Second Estimate of GDP for the First Quarter of 2015: FIVE KEY POINTS IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

1. Real gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.7% at an annual rate in the first quarter of 2015, according to the second estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The decline follows an increase of 3.6% at an annual rate during the second half of 2014. First-quarter growth was likely affected by a number of factors including especially harsh winter weather in the first quarter (see point 3) and a spike in personal saving (see point 4). A decline in the trade balance was another major contributor, partially reflecting the continued drag on U.S. exports from the slowdown in foreign growth. Indeed, net exports subtracted nearly 2 full percentage points from quarterly GDP growth. Structures investment subtracted about 0.7 percentage point from GDP, likely reflecting reduced oil mining in the wake of last year’s decline in oil prices.

Real private domestic final purchases (PDFP) — the sum of consumption and fixed investment — rose 1.2% at an annual rate in the first quarter, a faster pace than overall GDP. Real PDFP growth is generally a more stable and forward-looking indicator than real GDP, as it excludes volatile components like inventories, net exports, and government spending. PDFP is a better predictor of next-quarter GDP than GDP itself. The year-over-year growth rate of PDFP rose this quarter to 3.4%.

2. The entire downward revision to first-quarter GDP can be accounted for by downward revisions to two especially volatile components of economic output: inventory investment and net exports. Inventories and net exports subtracted a combined 1.1 percentage points from annualized GDP growth relative to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ first estimate. At the same time, business investment added 0.2 percentage point more than originally estimated. Other small revisions to the contributions of personal consumption expenditures and residential investment offset one another.

3. Over the past decade, first-quarter GDP growth has averaged a considerably slower pace than the other three quarters. Economists have debated whether this gap reflects a problem with the algorithms used to seasonally adjust GDP data (“residual seasonality”), especially harsh winter weather in recent years, or noise. The seasonal adjustment process should remove the growth effects of “normal” winter weather, but particularly harsh winters will still reduce seasonally adjusted output. And weather in the first quarter was especially harsh: Q1 was only the fourth quarter in 60 years on record with three or more snowstorms sufficiently severe to be rated by the National Climatic Data Center’s Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS). The historical relationship between weather and first-quarter growth suggests that weather may have reduced annualized growth by about a full percentage point this quarter, and by about 0.6 percentage point on average over the past decade. That effect accounts for much, but not all, of first-quarter underperformance since 2005. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

ASIA

India

India, with an expected growth rate of 7.5% this year, is set to surpass China and for the first time is leading the World Bank's growth chart of major economies.

China is projected to grow at 7.1% this year.

Developing countries are now projected to grow by 4.4% this year, with a likely rise to 5.2% in 2016, and 5.4% in 2017, the report said.

In China, the carefully managed slowdown continues, with growth likely to moderate to a still robust 7.1% this year. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan's economy has demonstrated steady growth in January to May, 2015.

The GDP amounted to 140 billion soms (approximately $2.36 billion) in the first five months of this year, which is up by 6.9% compared to last year.

Inflation ratio rose by 1.2% in the country, according to the head of the statistical information in National Statistical Committee, Chinar Turdubaeva.

The increase in GDP was ensured through the development of service, industry and agriculture sectors.

The service sector had the largest contribution to the GDP, holding over 51% of overall figure. The industry and agriculture sectors held 20 and 9% respectively, while the building sector amounted to 6 percent.

Turdubaeva noted that the industrial production increased by 21.5% to 76 billion soms ($1.29 billion) in this period. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

A complete analysis of GDP and monthly updates for individual countries are included as part of Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market or World Fabric Filter and Element Market.

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