Insights of the Week
IIoT and Remote O&M is going to have a major impact on the flow control and treat industry. As part of the program N031 Industrial IOT and Remote O&M, we are providing IIoW (Wisdom) support which includes various Decision Guides. They are described at DECISIONS. Guides for high performance valves are now being compiled on a collaborative basis. Five specific Decision Guides are being prepared. Four of the guides are on valves used in specific oil and gas applications: choke valves, high pressure gate valves, rising stem ball valves, and molecular sieve switching valves. In the power industry, all high-performance steam valves are being analyzed. This includes details on valves in each aspect of the steam cycle and variations between coal, combined cycle gas turbines, and nuclear. High Performance Valves and IIoT
Big Asian Coal Fired Market There are many new coal fired projects to follow. Here are ones we covered in the Utility E-Alert last week.

. Assam plans 1,600 MW Thermal Power Plant
. BHEL commissions 250 MW Coal-based Power Plant in Assam, India
. 1,320 Hubco Project in Pakistan is now under construction
. 2,000 MW Tanjung B receives financing from Japan
. Valmet will supply Boiler, Baghouse and NOx Control to Kushiro Thermal
Your subscription options are 41F Utility E-Alert for $950/yr or the complete tracking system 42EI Utility Tracking System for $3020/yr.
U.S. Gas Export Projects: Gas export opportunities are more attractive with the new administration in Washington and some confidence that gas can be piped to ports for export. Eagle LNG is construction an LNG Export Terminal in Jacksonville FL. The facility will be owned and operated by Eagle LNG, a consortium of Clean Energy, GE Ventures, GE Energy Financial Services and Ferus Natural Gas Fuels.
Earlier conceived as a facility serving domestic markets, the proposed project plans to supply LNG to Caribbean and other overseas destinations. It will also provide fuel to ships cruising along the East Coast and other domestic commercial vehicles, making it the first terminal in the US to provide fuel for cargo ships. Natural gas will be received and liquefied at the facility and LNG will be temporarily stored before being transported by ocean-going vessels, trucks and containers for export purposes and marine bunkering trade.
Construction on the project is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2017 and commissioning is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018. Expected operational life of the project is 30 years.
Daily tracking of oil, gas, and refining projects is provided in N049 Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects
Filtration & Separation IIoT Webinar on Thursday
Filtration and separation involves many variables. The applications are frequently critical to successful manufacturing of products and delivery of clean water. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) empowered by the Industrial Internet of Wisdom (IIoW) will have a $10 billion impact on the market size by 2026 and will divert another $10 billion through different market routes. Sales of filtration and separation equipment and consumables will exceed $95 billion in 2026. Of this total $20 billion will be attributable to the impact of IIoT and Remote O&M. This is the latest forecast in the Mcilvaine publication IIoT and Remote O&M.
Filtration & Separation IIoT & Remote O&M Market
Segment $ billions
Traditional Route to Market 75
New Route to Market 10
New Smart Revenues 10
Total 95
IIoT Impacted Market 20
There is already a substantial market in certain industries such as oil and gas, pulp and paper, and food processing. The IIoT & Remote O&M segment of the market will be growing by 13% per year over the next decade compared to just 3% for the rest of the industry.
There has been a great deal of analysis relative to the convergence of information technology and operations technology. Smart sensors, open platforms and improved data analytics are creating the equivalent of millions of continually updated white papers on the performance of individual components, sub systems, and systems. The use of subject matter experts has typically been addressed without regard to the importance of innovation.
This avalanche of white papers is going to justify an army of experts each able to focus on a very narrow niche. It is also going to dictate interconnection between individuals at each plant within the organization operating the filtration and separation systems. It is going to dictate interconnection between the end users, associations, and suppliers to an extent commensurate with the increase in available knowledge.
This interconnection is occurring partly through acquisitions. Suez is purchasing GE Water. It has a remote monitoring center in France. It also owns and operates municipal water and wastewater plants throughout the world. It is operating 40% of the municipal plants in Chile. It can monitor centrifuge performance and then add GE Betz chemicals to improve dewatering from the remote monitoring center.
Some industries can light the way for others. Andritz automation has created FiberVision and can remotely measure particle size of the fibers in the pulp slurry in a pulp and paper mill. The system measures other parameters in all the processes and provides guidance for the operators. Andritz is also offering predictive control algorithms to better operate thickeners, flotation devices, and filters in mining applications.
A number of centrifuge suppliers have comprehensive monitoring and control systems. GEA has Wewatch®. Centrisys remotely monitors 32 key operating parameters and offers to log in and make non-critical adjustments to help optimize the process. Alfa Laval Octopus monitors and controls all aspects of the dewatering process.
A number of the filter vendors are moving forward aggressively in the IIoT space. Mann & Hummel has a new IIoT laboratory in Singapore where it has 10 projects in the pipeline. Donaldson remotely monitors bulk filtration systems for fuel. Restaurant Technologies monitors fryer filter health in restaurants. Aqua Clear monitors RO and nanofilter systems for industrial and commercial facilities. The Evoqua Wallace & Tiernan division has extensive process monitoring systems with intelligent visualization.
There has been a move to higher efficiency filters for gas turbines. The increased filter cost is justified by lower maintenance. AAF combines remote monitoring with a maintenance package including inventory management. This comprehensive approach provides an opportunity to provide the lowest total cost of ownership.
There are some power generation companies operating hundreds of gas turbines. One company with a large number of gas turbines is BHE Energy. Mcilvaine has created a beta site to demonstrate the value of IIoW to empower IIoT. BHE also has coal fired plants and wind turbines. So it would have thousands of lubrication systems. A new kidney shaped filter at one of their plants has proved superior in a pulverizer application. Cuno string wound filters are specified at most of their plants but due to particulate contamination related to air cooling the condensate filter needed to be replaced at one plant with a Pall 25-micron filter. When case histories and the knowledge of the plant operators and suppliers are pooled for a company such as BHE, the impact of IIoT becomes more cost effective.
The IIoT forecasts for filtration along with strategies to help filter companies collaborate with other players are provided at: N031 Industrial IOT and Remote O&M
This opportunity will be discussed in an hour-long webinar on March 30. To register click on: Weekly IIoT Webinars
Market reports on individual filtration and separation subjects are found at: Markets
Decision systems to support filtration and separation IIoW are found at:
4S01 Berkshire Hathaway Energy Supplier and Utility Connect
44I Coal Fired Power Plant Decisions
59D Gas Turbine and Reciprocating Engine Decisions
$31 billion Municipal Water and Wastewater IIoT Market by 2026
Municipal water, wastewater treatment and distribution facilities are embracing automation and remote operation and monitoring. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) empowered by the Industrial Internet of Wisdom (IIoW) will have a $15 billion impact on the market by 2026 and will divert another $16 billion through different market routes. Sales of all flow control and treatment for these plants will exceed $100 billion in 2026. Of this total $31 billion will be attributable to the impact of IIoT and Remote O&M. This is the latest forecast in the McIlvaine publication Industrial IOT and Remote O&M.

Segment Wastewater Drinking Water Total Municipal
Traditional Route to Market 35 34 69
New Route to Market 8 8 16
New Smart Revenues 8 7 15
Total 51 49 100
IIoT Impacted Market 16 15 31
This potential is illustrated by the role that Suez is playing in Chile. The company operates 40% of the water and wastewater plants in the country. Suez has a remote-control center in France and is monitoring key parameters at water and wastewater facilities throughout the world. It also owns Degremont who has furnished much of the equipment at these plants. If the guidance from the remote-control center is not sufficient then the equipment supplier who also has the cloud connection can provide advice.
Suez has just announced the acquisition of GE Water. This adds additional equipment expertise but also a substantial treatment chemical capability with the Betz operations. So, the operator and the remote center can also benefit from the expertise of the treatment chemicals experts and can change the quantities and types of chemicals remotely.
Xylem has moved forward aggressively with the purchase of smart meter firm Sensus. It also acquired Viscenti which provides data analytics to predict pipe breakage problems as well as providing analytics of the smart meter data.
The smart water metering market emerged in the 2000s as water utilities responded to global trends of using detailed and near real time data and analytics to deliver more predictive and proactive services. The backbone of this effort is advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology. AMI can provide a remote and constant two-way data link between utilities, meters and consumers. Communications are delivered through various technologies including power line communications (PLC), telephony, broadband, fibre optic cable, wireless radio frequency and cellular transmissions.
The revenue in smart meters already exceeds $2 billion/yr. worldwide. This market segment will grow at near double digit rates over the forecast period.
One of the biggest opportunities for IOT and Remote O&M is the control of dissolved oxygen used in aeration in the biological treatment step. The is a tendency for operators to use excess oxygen. This can increase wastewater plant energy costs by 25% or more. Proper sensing and remote control can provide substantial savings.
There is a big opportunity for water treatment chemical companies who are in reality selling a service. The Nalco 360 Expert Center operates 24/7 to ensure someone from Nalco is always watching each system. The expert center will routinely make recommendations for operational improvements and will also take immediate action on alarms. All the expert center professionals hold degrees in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering and have real world experience in water treatment. Eighty years of water treatment expertise drives comprehensive, on-going training program, resulting in a team of highly
trained specialists.
Details on this new McIlvaine service are found in Industrial IOT and Remote O&M
A webinar to discuss IIoT and Remote O&M in municipal water and wastewater will be held on April 6th at 10AM. for more information click on Weekly IIoT Webinars

Bob McIlvaine
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