GE Competing with Ecolab, Flowserve, Xylem and Pentair for Top Spot in Fluid Treatment Market
The Ecolab/Nalco and the Pentair/Tyco mergers underline the growing realization that the flow control and treatment market can be pursued in entirety. No one company has as much as two percent of this $330 billion market. Five companies with over a one percent market share are GE, Ecolab, Flowserve, Xylem and Pentair. These market shares are included in the McIlvaine report, Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets. (
www.mcilvainecompany.com) GE boosted its market presence with the acquisition of Dresser. It has a number of divisions which participate in many product and application segments.
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Areas recently withdrawn from due to sale of precipitator and air monitoring divisions
As shown in yellow it is a full participant in many areas. In others, it acts as an engineering, procurement and construction contractor and purchases equipment from others. For more information on Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71
Clarifiers will Contribute 43 Percent to the Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Revenues Next Year
In 2014, suppliers of sedimentation and centrifugation equipment will generate revenues of just under $7.6 billion. Forty-three percent of that revenue will consist of clarifiers and thickeners.
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Clarifier |
3,288 |
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Decanter |
802 |
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Disk |
1,424 |
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Dissolved Air Flotation |
730 |
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Hydrocyclone |
493 |
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Other Centrifuges |
858 |
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7,595 |
Clarifiers and thickeners have different purposes but similar design. In both designs, the solids settle and are captured from the bottom of the vessel, whereas the purified liquid overflows the top of the vessel. Rakes or chains with flights are typically used to remove the solids from the bottom of the vessel. Another alternative is pumping. In the case of the clarifier, the goal is to improve the purity of the discharge water. The purpose of the thickener is to concentrate the solids. Thickeners are typically used within the process and the overflow liquid is subsequently treated in another device.
Clarifiers and thickeners are used extensively in municipal wastewater treatment and in mining. Their energy consumption is low. The disadvantage is the size. Hydrocyclones can accomplish similar results, but with higher energy consumption. However, hydrocyclones occupy much less space. Dissolved air flotation is more cost effective when the nature of the particles makes them more easily removed by creating bubbles and floating them out the overflow.
Many companies make small clarifiers and thickeners. Only a few companies make that large clarifiers and thickeners whose diameter can exceed one hundred feet. There are very few companies making disk centrifuges and relatively few companies making decanter centrifuges. The reason is the capital investment to manufacture centrifuges is considerably greater than to manufacture clarifiers. In fact, the vessel walls for clarifiers can be constructed of concrete onsite, so often the supplier is only furnishing the internals.
For more information on Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/119-n005.
Headlines for the May 17, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1125 – May 17, 2013
Table of Contents
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COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL - US
GAS/OIL – WORLD
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CO2
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2013 |
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DATE |
SUBJECT |
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May 30 |
Air Pollution Control Markets (geographic trends, regulatory developments, competition, technology developments) |
Market Intelligence |
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June 6 |
Report from Power-Gen Europe (update on regulations, speaker and exhibitor highlights) |
Power |
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June 13 |
Monitoring and Optimizing Fuel Feed, Metering and Combustion in Boilers |
Power |
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June 20 |
Dry Sorbent Injection and Material Handling for APC |
Power |
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June 27 |
Power Generation Forecast for Nuclear, Fossil and Renewables |
Market Intelligence |
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July 11 |
New Developments in Power Plant Air Pollution Control |
Power |
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July 18 |
Measurement and Control of HCl |
Power |
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July 25 |
GHG Compliance Strategies, Reduction Technologies and Measurement |
Power |
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August 1 |
Update on Coal Ash and CCP Issues and Standards |
Power |
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August 8 |
Improving Power Plant Efficiency and Power Generation |
Power |
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August 15 |
Control and Treatment Technology for FGD Wastewater |
Power |
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August 22 |
Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Programs and Technology |
Power |
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August 29 |
Pumps for Power Plant Cooling Water and Water Treatment Applications |
Power |
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Sept. 5 |
Fabric Selection for Particulate Control
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Power |
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Sept. 19 |
Air Pollution Control for Gas Turbines |
Power |
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Sept. 26 |
Multi-Pollutant Control Technology
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Power |
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