Update on Oxy-fuel Combustion is the Hot Topic Hour for January 10, 2013
Oxy-fuel combustion may offer the fossil fueled power producing utility industry the solution to a number of significant problems – mandated GHG reduction, regulations requiring near zero emissions of a growing number of pollutants, high capital costs of flue gas cleaning equipment and increasing fuel and operating costs. When used in a pulverized coal-fired boiler, the oxy-fuel process produces a concentrated stream of CO2 which may allow the CO2 to be captured for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects or underground storage in a more cost effective manner compared to post combustion capture of CO2 from an air-fired boiler. In addition, when the process is optimized, it could significantly reduce the emissions of all regulated pollutants from the stack gases. The oxy-fuel technology is less complex than other clean coal technologies and the process can be retrofit to existing coal-fired power plants or incorporated into new power plant designs. In either case, the adoption of oxy-fuel combustion could be more cost effective and require less capital than a conventional power plant with all of the extra air pollution control equipment required to meet current and future emission limits. Also if oxy-fuel combustion is combined with circulating fluidized bed technology, it should allow the combustion of a wide range of fuels including co-firing of all forms of biomass, sludge and waste with coal or as the only fuel.
The following speakers will update us on the status of oxy-fuel combustion technology, describe their experience with the design, construction and operation of new or retrofit fossil fueled power plants utilizing oxy-fuel combustion and discuss the costs and benefits associated with utilization of oxy-fuel combustion in both retrofit of existing power plants and new construction and how these costs and benefits related to fuel type. They will also describe any new equipment designs, technology and systems being developed to improve oxy-fuel combustion, discuss the research and development that must be conducted to perfect this technology and address how the oxy-fuel technology compares to other technologies under development and testing to achieve “zero emissions” and reduce GHGs.
Robert Gagliano, Combustion Group Manager at Air Liquide - Delaware Research and Technology Center or Chendhil Periasamy, will present an “Update on Oxy-fuel Combustion System Design for Natural Gas-fired Power Plants with Flue Gas Recirculation”. They will describe the latest developments on oxy-fuel combustion system design for power plants firing natural gas. Key design considerations for burner and combustion system of the boiler island will be discussed. The role of flue gas recirculation ratio in reducing NOx will also be highlighted. The use of computer modeling in supporting burner design and pilot scale testing will be explained.
Keith L. Pronske, President and Chief Executive Officer at Clean Energy Systems
Richard Axelbaum, Ph.D., Director of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization and Professor of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, will present “Staged Pressurized Oxy-Combustion for Next Generation Carbon Capture and Storage”. His talk will describe a novel system for carbon capture and storage (CCS) wherein coal and oxygen are combusted in stages under pressure. This approach increases plant efficiency and is expected to reduce the cost of electricity as it addresses a number of the challenges associated with traditional oxy-combustion for carbon capture.
Robert (Bob) Marrs, ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC
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DATE SUBJECT
2013
January 10 Update on Oxy-fuel Combustion Power
January 17 Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at Coal-fired Power Plants Power
January 24 Gypsum Dewatering Power
January 31 Filter media (forecasts and market drivers for media used in air, gas, liquid, fluid applications, both mobile and stationary). Market
Intelligence
February 7 Valves for Power Plants, Boilers and Water Treatment Facilities Power
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UTILITY E-ALERT
Headlines for the December 21, 2012 – Utility E-Alert
#1105– December 21, 2012

Next E-Alert January 4
Table of Contents
POWER GEN
 Power-Gen Exhibition Traffic was Heavy
COAL – US
 New PM 2.5 NAAQS is 12 µg/m3
 Grand River Dam Authority considers Options to replace Coal-fired Unit 1 in Chouteau
 KBR to install Fabric Filters, ACI, and Lime Injection at Ghent
 Kemper County Project survives another Court Challenge
 Santee Cooper to Close Jefferies and Grainger by End of 2012
 800 MW Big Sandy 2 to Close
COAL – WORLD
 Tata Power to adapt Trombay 6 Power Plant in India to also fire Coal
 Malaysia’s Energy Commission floats Tender for Two Coal-fired Power Plants (1,000 MW and 2,000 MW)
 E.ON shuts UK 1,940 MW Kingsnorth Power Station, warns of Generating Gap
 Sumitomo to build 2 x 30 MW Power Plants for Antam in Indonesia
 Videocon cancels 1200 MW Power Plant at Jamuria, West Bengal, India
 Coal will rival Oil as Top Source of Energy: IEA
 Alstom to retrofit the Low Pressure Steam Turbines at Eskom’s Kriel in South Africa

GAS/OIL - US
 Siemens to supply H-Class Gas Turbines for Port Everglades Upgrade
 GE contracted for Golden Spread Electric Coop. Texas Power Plants
 Consumers Energy plans New 700 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in Michigan

GAS/OIL – WORLD
 Wärtsilä to build 175 MW Power Plant in Mozambique
 TransCanada plans 900 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in Ontario, Canada
 InterGen Completes Financing on 205 MW San Luis de la Paz Power Plant in Mexico
 APR Energy to provide Temporary Power Solutions in Uruguay
 GE to install Advanced Gas Path System at South Korea’s Pusan Power Plant
 GE to provide Cogeneration Equipment to Izmit Tupras Refinery in Turkey
 Kerala, India Combined Cycle Power Projects looking for Gas Allocation
 IDB supports 530 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Uruguay
NUCLEAR
 UAE signs Nuclear Cooperation Deal with Russia
 Shandong Province (China) to build Second Nuclear Power Plant
BUSINESS
 Middle East to Spend $1.4 Billion for Air Pollution Control in 2013
 $44 Billion Industrial Air Pollution Control Market in 2013
 Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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$80 Billion Market to Upgrade Old U.S Coal-fired Power Plants
Over the next ten years operators of coal-fired power plants will spend $80 billion to upgrade their existing power plants. This is the prediction in the McIlvaine report, Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation: World Analysis & Forecast. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
The U.S. upgrade market will be driven by the following factors:
• Coal will again become the low cost power option
• Building new coal-fired power plants will be difficult
• Automation will reduce operating costs
• Environmental rules will require more air pollution control
• Water quality issues will require cooling and treatment investments
Estimates range from 200,000 to 250,000 MW of coal-fired capacity remaining in place as opposed to the 300,000 MW in place in 2005. A conservative estimate is for 200,000 MW of capacity to spend a minimum of $400/kW for upgrades. This is only 15 percent of the cost of a new coal-fired power plant and will therefore be an attractive option.
Coal will become the low cost alternative because gas prices in the U.S. will rise to international levels which in turn will be set by the price of oil. If the extraction cost of gas remains low, it will be converted to LNG or liquids, so low cost gas for power generation is temporary.
The U.S. will apparently remain the only country which will regulate to prevent new clean coal-fired power plants while continuing to operate the older power plants. But this oddity means that there will be a big investment in these old power plants.
Operators will be motivated to cut operating costs including the amount of coal consumed per unit of power produced. Optimization, automation and the most modern digital control systems will provide not only increased energy efficiency but reduced labor costs and many other enterprise management benefits.
Upgrades to decrease air emissions will continue to be driven by a series of regulations. Over the next ten years, the older power plants will find themselves subject to the same stringency level as new power plants. Most power plants will make a series of investments over this period. Some will be obsolesced by the next stringency level. This will raise the total cost of compliance.
Older power plants with ponds will be forced to invest in technologies resulting in dry solid wastes. Those with once-through cooling will be required to invest in cooling towers and recirculation systems.
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Custom Sales Leads in Oil and Gas
Internal Data Search by Titles
(Listed by most current date)
• GE to Supply Equipment and Services for Refinery Upgrade in Turkey (Article Dated: 12/28/2012)
• Petrotrin Awards Two-year Refinery Contract to GE Water (Contract Dated: 12/28/2012)
• KNPC Awards Foster Wheeler PMC Contract for Kuwait $500 Mln Clean Fuels Refineries Project (Contract Dated: 12/27/2012)
• Pakistan State Oil Unveils Major Development with Plans for New Refinery (Article Dated: 12/27/2012)
• Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise Selected for Ichthys LNG Project (Project Dated: 12/27/2012)
• Jacobs Selected for Upstream Santos GLNG Project In Australia (Project Dated: 12/27/2012)
• Alfa Laval Wins Compact Heat Exchangers Order for Australia LNG Plant (Product Description Dated: 12/27/2012)
• Cameron LNG Files Federal Permit Application to Expand Its Existing LNG Terminal (Project Dated: 12/27/2012)
• Cheniere and Total Sign LNG SPA for LNG Exports that Commences with Fifth Train at Sabine Pass (Article Dated: 12/27/2012)
• BHP Agrees to Sell Browse LNG Stake to PetroChina for US$1.63 Bln (Project Dated: 12/26/2012)
• Gorgon LNG will Add Fourth Train (Project Dated: 12/26/2012)
• RINA Group Wins Greek LNG Terminal Expansion Contract (Contract Dated: 12/26/2012)
• Linde AG to Build LNG Terminal for Skangass near Gothenburg, Sweden (Project Dated: 12/26/2012)
• Singapore Exploring Construction of Second Regas Facility while Malaysia Develops Pengerang Terminal (Article Dated: 12/26/2012)
• Arctic Yamal LNG Ahead of Schedule According to Officials (Project Dated: 12/26/2012)
• PETRONAS Awards Linde Major Contract for Malaysia LNG Plant (Contract Dated: 12/26/2012)
• Abu Dhabi's Dolphin Energy Awards $250 MLN EPC Contract to Larsen & Toubro for Ras Laffan Expansion (Contract Dated: 12/21/2012)
• CB&I Receives $550 Mln Esso Longford Gas Conditioning Plant Contract (Contract Dated: 12/21/2012)
• IEA Says Iraq's Oil Output to Double this Decade (Analysis Dated: 12/21/2012)
• Exxon, BHP to Spend over $1 Bln for New Gas Conditioning Plant at Longford Facility (Project Dated: 12/21/2012)
• FMC Technologies Receives $152 Mln Subsea Equipment Order for Statoil's Oseberg Delta 2 Project (Project Dated: 12/21/2012)
• FMC Technologies Receives $39 Mln Subsea Equipment Order for Statoil's Tyrihans Field (Project Dated: 12/21/2012)
• Technip Secures EPCI Contract from BG International for Starfish Field (Contract Dated: 12/21/2012)
• CB&I Awarded $110 Mln Storage Contract in the Middle East (Contract Dated: 12/21/2012)
• Fluor CEO Sees Shale Gas Reviving U.S. Industries (Article Dated: 12/20/2012)

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North America Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People Headlines
December 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARIZONA
Goodyear WWTP Upgrade to Cost $1.6 Million
CALIFORNIA
Malibu Moves Forward with WWTP Project
Santa Clarita Fined for High Chloride Levels
Davis to Consider WWTP Project with Woodland
Regulators Find Violations at South County Sewage Treatment Plant
COLORADO
Boulder WWTP to Debut New UV Disinfection System
CONNECTICUT
$250 Million for New Phosphorous Regulations across State
Greenwich Requesting Bids for Wastewater Project
Norwich Plans $96 Million WWTP Project
FLORIDA
$30 Million for St. Petersburg WWTP Project
GEORGIA
North Hall Treatment Plant Would Cost $3.2 Million
IDAHO
Hayden Requesting Bids for WWTP Improvement Project
ILLINOIS
Savanna Pursues Funding for $9.9 Million WWTP Project
INDIANA
Buchanan Needs WWTP Upgrade
KANSAS
Leavenworth Plans to Address Sewer Inflow, Infiltration
Lawrence WWTP Needs Upgrade
MAINE
Bucksport to Build New Wastewater Plant
MARYLAND
$75 Million to Help Upgrade Patapsco WWTP
Emmitsburg to Receive $5 Million More for Wastewater Project
MASSACHUSETTS
Assabet River facilities Find way to meet Water Quality Standards
Marlborough could cut Sewer Tie with Northborough
Harwich Wastewater Treatment to cost $180 to $230 million
MICHIGAN
$5.6 Million for Kalamazoo Water/Wastewater Upgrades
East Jordan Considers Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements
MISSISSIPPI
Meeting to Address Hattiesburg Wastewater Treatment System
Jackson Agrees to Spend $400 Million to Rebuild Sewage System
Hattiesburg Wastewater Treatment Project Moves Forward
MISSOURI
Higher Limits Help Sedalia save Money on Water Plant
New Wastewater Treatment Plant Discussed for Sunrise Beach
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Over $1 Million in DPW Project Bids Approved
EPA Releases Permit for Exeter’s WWTP
NEW JERSEY
Hurricane Sandy Delivered a Body Blow to Several NJ Sewage Plant
NEW MEXICO
Cimarron Seeks Funds for $4 Million WWTP Project
NEW YORK
$1 Million to Study Expanding Sewer Treatment Capacity in Southern Orange County
Norwich Receives $3.6 Million for Water Treatment Upgrades
Holtsville WWTP Project Authorized to Seek Design Bids
OHIO
Knox County Will Rebid Wastewater Project
OREGON
Gold Hill Needs New WWTP
SOUTH DAKOTA
$9.1 Million for Alpena WWTP Project
TENNESSEE
Clarksville Requesting Bids for $55 Million WWTP Project
Report Highlights Needs at Morristown WWTP
TEXAS
South Laredo Wastewater Treatment Plant Groundbreaking
VIRGINIA
McDonnell Proposes $5 Million for Hopewell Wastewater Treatment
WASHINGTON
Othello Raises Sewer Rates for New WWTP
$16.3 Million for Port Angeles WWTP Project
Contractor Approved for Upgrade to Central Kitsap WWTP
CANADA
Toronto Requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrade
$738 Million Victoria Wastewater Project Moving Forward
Medications, Pesticides Still Seep into River from Montreal WWTP
Regina Clarifies Cost for New Wastewater Treatment Plant
BUSINESS NEWS
Aquatech Expands Wastewater Treatment Solutions Portfolio with New, Operator-Friendly Aqua-EMBR Enhanced Membrane Bioreactor
United Water and KKR Sign Utility Partnership with Bayonne, NJ
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