Hot Gas Filtration GdPS has been Updated
The Hot Gas Filtration GdPS HGF GdPS) has been updated with additional data and
information on a new panelist for the AFS Charlotte discussion. The HGF GdPS is
a route map and summary of information which appears in the Power Plant Decision
Orchard (PPDO).
Hot Gas Filtration Global Decisions Positioning System™ (GdPS)
On April 8 the following additions were made to the Hot Gas Filtration GdPS.
PPT # Subject
6 Panelists – addition – Filtration Group –John Eleftherakis and Steve Feeney,
Babcock & Wilcox
23 Mercury oxidation with fuel additives effective but creates filter materials
review ---B&W
39 B&W SDA units meeting MATS .03 lbs/filterable
60 Pleated bag Issues: key words: Pleated Bags
61 Pleated bags - membranes key words Midwesco Pleated Bags
Particulate and Condensable Removal - Pleated Products by Tom Anderson, TDC
Filter
63 Snap band seam-seal
link to full text in Power Plant Decision Orchard: key words NFM, bag, seam
64 Bottom bag Fused vertical seam
link to full text in Power Plant Decision Orchard. key words: NFM, bag, seam
65 PTFE tape woven glass with membrane
link to full text in Power Plant Decision Orchard: key words NFM. Bag, woven,
membrane
John Eleftherakis of the Filtration Group is an addition to the panel. He will
be discussing experience with ceramic and ceramic catalytic filter elements. The
uniform pore structure is less subject to plugging. John will be supplying data
for the PPDO and several ppt for the HGF GdPS.
Steve Feeney of B&W is now on the panel and offers the OEM perspective and the
integration of mercury removal with SO2 and particulate. B&W is the leading
supplier of SDA/bag filter systems.
Pleated bags are more expensive but are used in precipitator retrofits where
space is limited.
In PPT 61 there are links to the full text in the Power Plant Decision Orchard
(PPDO). This is accessible only by password. The subscription is free to any
power plant or hot gas filter end user.
PPTs 63-65 on seals are part of an NFM presentation which is presently being
posted to the PPDO.
Renewable Energy Briefs
Apex Clean Energy Secures $397 Million Construction Loan for the Kay Wind
Project
Apex Clean Energy, an independent renewable energy company, announced it has
reached financial close of a $397 million construction loan for the 299 MW Kay
Wind Project in Kay County, OK.
Bayerische Landesbank, New York Branch and Rabobank, New York Branch acted as
the Joint Lead Arrangers, Coordinating Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners for
the transaction. Additionally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, New York
Branch, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch, KeyBank National Association, and
Siemens Financial Services, Inc. acted as Joint Lead Arrangers. Rabobank is the
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and LC Issuing Bank.
The company believes that Kay Wind is expected to generate about $2.3 million
per year in tax revenues for local counties and school districts, $2 million per
year in royalty payments to local landowners, 150 local jobs during
construction, and more than a dozen high-quality long term jobs throughout
operations.
Apex Clean Energy secured long-term power purchase agreements with Westar Energy
and GRDA for Kay Wind, which will utilize 130 Siemens 2.3-MW turbines. Westar
Energy is based in Topeka, KS and GRDA is based in Vinita, OK. Upon completion,
Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power expects to acquire the project from
Apex. Apex will provide comprehensive asset management services led by an
on-site operations team and supported by Apex’s remote operations control center
located in Charlottesville, VA.
Duke Energy’s Ten Year Site Plan Calls for More Solar in the Sunshine State
Duke Energy is venturing into solar power in a big way with plans to add up to
500 megawatts of utility-scale solar in Florida by 2024.
"Innovative investments in solar energy will provide customers with more options
to use this resource, while diversifying our energy mix and continuing to meet
the needs of Florida's growing economy and population," said Alex Glenn, state
president, Duke Energy Florida.
The addition of solar was filed yesterday as part of the company's 2015 Ten-Year
Site Plan proposed to the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC).
Construction of the first site – up to five megawatts – will begin later this
year with 35 megawatts expected to be completed by 2018. These initial solar
energy facilities will enable Duke Energy Florida to evaluate costs, and to
monitor the effects of this resource on the electric grid infrastructure.
Inovateus Solar and GE Install Off-Grid Solar System for CuisinArt Resort to
Help Quell Caribbean Water and Energy Crisis
Inovateus Solar announced that it has completed the installation of a
1.0-megawatt (MW) solar power generation plant for the CuisinArt Golf Resort &
Spa in Anguilla, BWI, an island in the Caribbean east of Puerto Rico.
The solar system uses a battery backup system to store energy. This provides an
uninterruptible supply of energy to the Resort's Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant
throughout the day to create potable water to the residents on the island,
guests of the resort and irrigation water for the golf course.
The project has been designed to remain completely separate from the grid when
needed, yet has the ability of reconnecting partial loads, to continue to
desalinate water outside solar production hours. When the sun is down, the
system depends on the local Utility, Anguilla Electricity Company Ltd. (Anglec).
Upstate Renewable Energy Project to Power 1,800 Homes
Republic Services, Inc. announced its newest landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE)
project located at the Upstate Regional Landfill in Union County. The renewable
energy project consists of two reciprocating combustion engines that generate
3,200 kilowatts of energy for the local electric grid, or enough electricity to
power more than 1,800 area homes.
Republic Services' subsidiary, Republic Services of South Carolina, LLC,
partnered with Lockhart Bioenergy, LLC, an affiliate of Lockhart Power Company
and Pacolet Milliken Enterprises, Inc., to develop the Upstate Regional LFGTE
project. Lockhart Bioenergy will operate the plant, and its output is being
purchased by Duke Energy.
Plans Announced for Hydro Project on the Bighorn River
The Crow Nation and the U.S. Department of the Interior have announced they will
jointly develop a hydropower plant on the Bighorn River near Fort Smith, MT.
The project at Afterbay Dam, which is downstream of a larger hydroelectric plant
and dam, will cost an estimated $44.5 million, the March 31 DOI news release
said. The plant will generate about 9 megawatts of electricity, enough to power
about 1,500 homes, the statement added.
For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update please visit
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/Renewable_Energy_Projects_Brochure/renewable_energy_projects_brochure.htm
Headlines for Utility E-Alert –April 3, 2015
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1217– April 3, 2015
Table of Contents
COAL – US
• NV Energy seeks Projects to replace retiring 812 MW of Coal Power
• LG&E starts shutting down Cane Run Coal-fired Power Plant
• Burns & McDonnell and Bowen Joint Venture awarded Contract for Coal-to-Gas
Conversion at IP&L Harding Street Station
COAL – WORLD
• BHEL to develop 1,080 MW Manuguru Thermal Power Plant in India
• Reliance Power commissions 3,960 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project in India
• European Commission takes UK, Germany to EU Court over Power Project Issues
• Emerson to automate New High Efficiency Unit at TAURON Power Plant in Poland
• L&T awarded Order worth Rs.5,580 Crore from NTPC
GAS/OIL – WORLD
• E.ON announces Irsching 4 and 5 Gas-fired Power Stations to Close
• CFE (Mexico) awards Contract to Consortium to build Empalme I Combined Cycle
Power Plant
BIOMASS
• Consortium to build £194 Million Tilbury, UK Biomass Power Plant
NUCLEAR
• China restarts Nuclear Power Plant Construction
BUSINESS
• Donaldson acquires Middle East Gas Turbine Intake System Supplier
• $400 Billion Flow Control and Treatment Market analyzed and chronicled Daily
• Asian Valve Market to reach $31 Billion by 2019
• Fabric Filter Market to expand rapidly due to Precipitator Conversion
HOT TOPIC HOUR
• “Direct Sorbent Injection (DSI)” on April 9th Hot Topic Hour
• 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
“CEMS for MACT and MATS Compliance” is “Hot Topic Hour” on April 16, 2015
A new era in continuous emissions monitoring has arrived. Mercury, mass
particulate, and HCl must be continuously measured and reported. Furthermore
control approaches using expensive sorbents such as activated carbon and lime
are being utilized. This makes the monitoring systems a very valuable and
critical tool in process control.
Presenters for “CEMS for MACT and MATS Compliance” April 16, 2015
Kevin J. Crosby, Vice-President, Technical, Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.
Steve Baloga, P.E., Novinda Corporation
Ed McCall of PCME
Karl R. Wilber, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Tekran Instruments
Corporation
Derek Stuart, Product Manager - Combustion & Environmental, Land Instruments
International, AMETEK Process and Analytical Instruments
The webinar will build on our Power Plant Air Quality Decisions (PPAQA) website
data to further enlighten users and help guide them with their CEMS decisions.
We are now updating the site to reflect all the valuable efforts at EUEC. Here
is one article we wrote:
"There is still debate on the role of sorbent traps in mercury measurement.
Should they be used for compliance or should the mercury CEMS be used for both
process control and regulatory compliance reporting?
The era of particulate mass monitoring is about to begin. PCME is now a sister
company of Altech and part of Environnment. They have a wet stack PM mass
monitor which is in use by a number of U.S. power plants.
A number of approaches to HCl monitoring were discussed. ABB cites advantages of
Cavity Enhand Absorption Spectroscopy (CEAS) over TDL and FTIR. Both greater
accuracy and lower maintenance are claimed. Cemtek presented data on successful
use of TDL. CAI covered applications of FTIR in incineration, cement and power.
MKS also weighed in on advantages of FTIR. Altech provided reasons for its
choice of Tiger Optics Continuous Wave Cavity Ring-Down Specroscopy."
We are in contact with all the players in order to make this session a valuable
addition to PPAQA.
Click here to view schedule and register
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 16, 2015 CEMS for MACT and MATS Compliance
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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Bob McIlvaine, President
847-784-0012 ext 112
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