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Weekly selected highlights in flow control, treatment and combustion from the
many McIlvaine publications.
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World Air Pollution Control Market Growing but Shifting
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Refinery Decisions will be the Subject of the Webinar on January 10
World Air Pollution Control Market Growing but Shifting
Next year air pollution control system, product and service companies will
generate revenue in excess of $80 billion.
Of this total 40 percent will come from the power industry.
This is the latest conclusion in
Air Pollution Management published by the McIlvaine Company.
East Asian power sector purchases will be $20 billion. By contrast power segment
purchases in the U.S. and Europe will be modest.
This market shift has put great strains on B&W, GE-Alstom, Hamon, Clyde
Bergemann, CECO, Fuel Tech and other companies who prioritized combustion
applications. Those which have
focused on ambient filtration and modular units have not been adversely
affected.
The advent of IIoT and Remote O&M combined with a major geographical shift is
radically changing the air pollution control market. As the market shifts to
Asia, American and European suppliers face not only a shrinking market but the
creation of new competition.
Chinese companies now top the list of the largest air pollution control system
suppliers.
The market can be divided into engineered equipment generally associated with
large systems and small standard units.
Companies such as Donaldson make small units but have efficient
manufacturing plants around the world.
AAF who is also a leader in small units was acquired by Daikin and is
well situated to tackle the global market.
This market for small units exceeds $5 billion per year.
The sea change in the small unit market is the ability to monitor the
performance of each filter and offer total solutions contracts with filter
replacement as needed. Parker Hannifin is taking this to a new level with the
purchase of Clarcor. It has a
program to supply all filters to a plant including those of competitors.
Many automotive engine plants have elected to move away from central systems for
oil mist and grinding dust collection.
Instead a plant could have hundreds of small units.
The ability to monitor each unit economically and maintain it as needed
offers a big revenue opportunity for suppliers.
The market for remote monitoring and total solutions for small units is more
than the new equipment market and offers higher margins than the hardware.
Furthermore, hardware market shares will be impacted. Those with the
solutions capability will capture more of the hardware market.
The sea change in the large systems market will create a market of more than $20
billon in remote monitoring and operational support.
The challenge of air pollution control system suppliers is to leverage
third party process system experts who become more knowledgeable than the OEMs.
There are examples where this is happening. In one instance the process
subject matter ultra-experts (SMUES) have redesigned bag components to deal with
HCl and have licensed the design to major bag suppliers.
This sea change is discussed in a webinar conducted on October 8, 2017
and both the recording and PowerPoints are available as part of this
Air Pollution Management service.
This service includes a 40-page current market report, access to recordings and
a monthly newsletter. Here are the Headlines of the December Issue.
Air Pollution Management Newsletter
(Gold Dust)
TABLE OF CONTENTS - December 2017
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Indian Coal Plants Will Not Meet Emission Reduction Deadlines
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Korea Cottrell Is a Full-Service APC Supplier in Asia
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B&W Considering Strategic Alternatives for MEGTEC
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Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Power Plant Environmental Technology
Interconnection Will Expand Wisdom
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Longking Has Advanced Technology
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Zhejiang Feida is a Major Participant in the Asian APC Market
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Will GE Prioritize Coal-fired Boiler IIoT in Its Restructuring?
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Fuel Tech Revenues Rise, Operating Performance Improves
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CECO Reports Deepening Market Downturn Negatively Impacted Results
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Lydall Reports 15 Percent Sales Growth for the Quarter Primarily Driven by
Gutsche Acquisition
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Parker Reports Sales Increased 23 Percent to a First Quarter Record of 3.36
Billion Dollars
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Nederman Acquires NEO Monitors AS, a Leading Provider of Gas and Dust Analyzers
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Refinery Decisions will be the Subject of the Webinar on January 10
A
decision system matrix for refineries has been created and will be available
free of charge to everyone for three months after which it will be free only for
refineries. A webinar to initiate
the service is scheduled for January 10.
Some of the examples of focused decision subjects where development and
controversy are high include:
IIoT & Remote O&M, steam valves, molecular sieve switching valves, fugitive
emissions, fence line monitoring and reporting of ambient emissions, catalytic
cracking air pollution control with evaluation of catalytic filters vs scrubbers
and ozone injection.
There are many developments underway in fence line monitoring.
A new federal ruler requires fence line monitoring of benzene in January
2018. New rules in southern and
northern California require fence line monitoring of 15 toxic pollutants by
2020.
You can register for the webinar by clicking on
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article/28-energy/675-hot-topic-hour-info#weekly
You can obtain the 3-month free subscription by sending your email address and
title to Dina Mohr at
dmohr@mcilvainecompany.com.
However, if you sign up for the webinar you will automatically be
registered for the website.
Here are some of the articles appearing in the intelligence system which is the
foundation of the knowledge base.
Internal Data Search by Titles
(Listed by most current date)
Forestalling Fugitive Emissions with Two Critical Valve Concepts
For controlling fugitive emissions, perhaps the most crucial consideration in
valve selection is the stem seal design. Although traditional packing options
such as chevron (v-ring) or cup-and-cone styles can successfully combat most
fluid leakage, those options alone won't suffice in guarding against fugitive
emissions of highly hazardous chemicals in volatile applications with extreme
fluctuations in temperature and pressure. Therefore, processors needing valves
for such services should carefully assess stem seal design and materials. While
both rising-stem and quarter-turn valves can be susceptible to leaks, valve stem
movement through the packing in rising-stem valves makes them a more precarious
choice than their quarter-turn counterparts. To mitigate the leak potential with
rising-stem valves, a bellows-sealed design has proven highly effective compared
to alternatives. In selecting a bellows-sealed valve, users should look for the
following design features pertaining to fugitive emissions control: . Two-part
rising stem. This isolates the rotational movement of the stem and shields inner
components from the effects of torque. . Full-size safety gland packing made of
graphite or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). A safety backup enables continued
valve function, eliminating the need to shut down the plant in case of emergency
or failure. . Bonnet gasket with tongue-and-groove bonnet flanges. A valve that
utilizes a tongue-and-groove design focuses the force of the nuts and bolts on a
smaller area. Therefore, the gasket doesn't wear out or become dislodged due to
temperature swings, helping achieve leak tightness in volatile applications.
Despite the benefits of a bellows-sealed design for rising-stem valves,
processors often opt instead for quarter-turn valves for fugitive emissions
control to avoid potential leak paths created by the vertical movement of a stem
through packing. In this case, valves with redundant seals and side-load
protection offer the best defense against external leakage. Valve design,
materials and function can vary greatly among different valve types; therefore,
we'll focus only on considerations for process ball valves.
Revision Date:
12/13/2017
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries, Crane, Valve, Fugitive Emissions
PerkinsElmer Mass Spectrometer Cost effectively measures Benzene and a range of
VOCs and SVOCs
GC instrumental parameters are optimized so that VOCs, in addition to
semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), can be analyzed on the same
instrumentation enabling enhanced throughput and laboratory efficiency. The
instrumentation used in this study was a TurboMatrixTM Automated Thermal
Desorber (ATD) and a Clarus SQ8TM GC/MS system. (Both from PerkinElmer Inc.,
Shelton, CT). It should be noted that the method allows for flame ionization
detection (FID) or mass spectrometer (MS) detection. However, for this
particular study, MS was used to reduce the possibility of false positives being
reported. One of the criteria of this method is to meet the tuning
specifications for the compound 4-bromofluorobenzene (BFB) This study has
clearly shown that by optimizing GC/MS and TD instrumental parameters a suite of
VOCs, in addition to other semi-volatile compounds can be analyzed on the same
system, resulting in increased laboratory efficiency. This provides flexibility
in allowing the analysis of 325 and Semi-volatiles in the same sequence. In
addition, the data also demonstrates that by using the fast, resolved
chromatographic approach, EPA Method 325 performance criteria can be achieved,
while still maintaining high sample throughput.
Revision Date:
12/13/2017
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries, PerkinElmer, Mass Spectrometry, Benzene, Method
325
Golden Specialty provides Complete Program to meet
EPA 325 Fence Line Monitoring Requirements
Golden Specialty, Inc. has been in the air business for over 20 years delivering
air and industrial sample analysis. The company offers a complete service to
address fence line monitoring requirement 325.
Golden has several cost-effective solutions for your facility including all
necessary equipment, analysis, and project management and coordination,
including:
Sampling Locations: Site mapping
and planning of sampling locations Sheltered Sampling Stations:
Sampling stations, as well as installation of the stations.
Sampling Kits: Complete kits
which include passive sorbent tubes, caps, wrenches, gloves, and pre-printed
chain-of custody forms. In-house
analysis, and continuous replenishment with replacement kits is provided as the
project continues, readying the site for the next sample set.
Sampling: Tube distribution,
collection and replacement. Sample Analysis:
In-house accredited 325B analysis of sampled passive sorbent tubes.
Training: Training of
refinery personnel as needed. Data Management:
Assistance with data input and management including required calculations
of rolling averages using the new EPA guidelines.
Analyzing the raw data to subtract out background concentrations as
appropriate. Developing monitoring
plans to provide an alternate method for quantifying background concentrations.
On-Site Meteorological System:
Rental, Installation and maintaining meteorological equipment for on-site
ambient meteorological data, if not available.
Conducting a quality assurance audit of on-site meteorological monitoring
system. Correction Action:
Assistance in preparing root-cause analysis and corrective action plans to
submit to U.S. EPA if refinery exceeds concentration action level. Project
Management: Each client program has a dedicated Project Manager assigned to
answer any questions you have or provide any assistance needed.
Revision Date:
12/13/2017
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries, Golden Specialty, Laboratory, Fence Line,
Benzene, Method 325
Refinery Fence Line Monitoring to impact Petrochemical Operators
Gary Daves, technical services director of air quality for Providence
Engineering & Environmental Group LLC, advises chemical plants emitting benzene
near a refinery to initiate discussions with neighboring refineries to determine
possible impacts and to conduct independent benzene monitoring studies to
identify potential problems which could be revealed in the new method 325 fence
line monitoring program which will be implemented by refineries (the full
article is available in the intelligence system) US Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA) upcoming compliance deadline for refiners to measure and report
ambient benzene concentrations at their fence lines will put petrochemical
manufacturers with operations in close proximity to these refineries at risk for
increased scrutiny and enforcement action. Although EPA's "Petroleum Refinery
Sector Risk and Technology Review and New Source Performance Standards" (RTR)
rule covers only sources subject to refinery maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) regulations, the rule's fence-line monitoring provisions
require refiners to collect samples that represent fence-line ambient benzene
concentrations, which can include contributions from petrochemical units both on
and off a refinery's property (OGJ, Oct. 5, 2015, p. 40). In promulgating the
rule, EPA acknowledged these potential contributions from sources not subject to
Refinery MACT requirements and included specific provisions for refiners to
exclude contributions from these near-field interfering sources (NFSs) when
calculating a refinery's reportable ambient benzene concentration. To exclude
these NFS contributions, however, a refiner must submit a site-specific,
fence-line monitoring plan in which it individually identifies excluded NFSs as
well as quantifies their likely contributions to the refinery's ambient benzene
concentrations. Given that refining and petrochemical operations frequently are
sited in the same general part of a city or region, petrochemical plants
inevitably will be targeted as primary NFSs of benzene concentrations excluded
by nearby refineries. This article explores potential air-permitting and
enforcement implications of the refinery RTR rule's fence-line monitoring
requirements on petrochemical operations as well as considerations for operators
that may be identified as NFS in refinery site-specific fence-line monitoring
plans.
Revision Date:
12/13/2017
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries, Providence Engineering, Fence Line, Benzene,
Method 325
California Refinery Monitoring System
CARB has published details of the ambient monitors used for criteria pollutants,
toxics and TsP used at each refinery location in California
Revision Date:
12/13/2017
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries, Teledyne, Thermo Scientific, Fence Line,
Monitoring Devices
Bob
McIlvaine can answer any questions and can be contacted at
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
or 847-784-0012 ext. 112