Join McIlvaine at Valve Summit in Bergamo, Italy on May 27-28

Industrial Valve Summit will bring together decision makers involved in valve technologies and flow control solutions. The event was created to attract the entire supply chain of the valve industry and will be held every two years. If you are looking for growth in the valve technologies market, then IVS 2015 is a marketing solution to consider. Over 100 companies confirmed their participation at the fair, with more than 6,000 square meter of occupied floor space. The A-C section of the exhibitors includes:

·        ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY VALVE SPA – Stand N: 120

·        AIR TORQUE SPA - Stand N: 57

·        ARI-ARMATUREN ITALIA SRL & C. SAS – Stand N: 24

·        ASTEC LAM PLAN SRL – Stand N: 37

·        AUMA ITALIANA SRL - Stand N: 26

·        AVV ADDED VALUE FOR VALVES SRL - Stand N: 7

·        AZZALIN SRL – Stand N: 41

·        B.F.B. SRL – Stand N: 157

·        B.F.E. SRL – Stand N: 93

·        BALLUFF AUTOMATION SRL – Stand N: 87

·        BBD SRL – Stand N: 161

·        BERNARD CONTROLS ITALIA SRL – Stand N: 85

·        BOSCH REXROTH SPA – Stand N: 150

·        BREMER VALVES SRL – Stand N: 159

·        BRUNO PRESEZZI SPA – Stand N: 147

·        BUROCCO INDUSTRIAL VALVE SRL – Stand N: 181

·        C.S.C. SPA – SPECIALSTEELSTOCK – Stand N: 5

·        CARBOLINE ITALIA SPA - Stand N: 78

·        CARRARA SPA – Stand N: 16

·        CHUN & VOLLERIN SRL - Stand

Click here for the details on the conference and exhibition:
www.industrialvalvesummit.com

Cross-flow Membrane Equipment and Consumable Revenue to Top $19 Billion In 2019

The sales of cross-flow membrane equipment and consumables will grow robustly over the next four years and reach $19 billion in 2019.  This is the prediction of the McIlvaine Company in RO, UF, MF World Market. There are a number of drivers for the growth not only in reverse osmosis (RO) but also microfiltration, nanofiltration and ultrafiltration.

·       Reduced available water per capita.  The world population continues to grow. Industry and agriculture consume more water.  Due to pollution and other factors, the amount of available potable water is not increasing.

·       Decreasing costs of desalination as opposed to alternatives.

·       Growth in ultrapure water demand at power, semiconductor and pharmaceutical plants.

·       Tougher wastewater discharge limits.

·       Continuing population shifts to more arid regions.

Countries with the lowest amounts of rainfall per capita are among the fastest growing. Within countries there is a continuing population shift to more arid regions e.g. shrinkage in the Northeast U.S. and growth in the Southwest.  There are two sources of additional water supply.  If the region abuts the sea, desalination becomes an increasingly attractive option.  Water reuse is often the most economical option. The average power plant is near enough to a municipal wastewater treatment plant to economically utilize the discharge. However, cross-flow membrane technology is required to bring the water up to the quality needed.

The fastest growing market for cross-flow membranes revolves around gas turbine combined cycle plants.  Low cost gas is making these generators the choice for the majority of power plants.  The cross-flow membrane technology is needed to provide the ultrapure boiler feedwater and also to purify the wastewater from cooling and other processes.

There are some very attractive niche areas. The use of cross-flow membranes in biotechnology and other pharmaceutical processing is increasing. The membranes provide product separation.  The food industry also uses cross-flow membranes in dairy, wine and other production operations.  The oil and gas industry has increased its cross-flow membrane use due to the need for hydraulic fracturing in the extraction process.

For more information on N020 RO, UF, MF World Market, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/120-n020.

Headlines for Utility E-Alert – January 23, 2015

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1207 – January 23, 2015

Table of Contents

COAL – US

·       Kansas City Power & Light will stop using Coal at some of its Generating Units

COAL – WORLD

·       Hubco to set up 1,320 MW Coal-fired Power Plants

·       B&W to design and manufacture Supercritical Coal-fired Boiler and SCR for Duyen Hai 3 in Vietnam

·       Mega-power Plant planned for Central Java, Indonesia

GAS/OIL - US

·       GE to provide Natural Gas Turbines for Allen Power Plant in Memphis, TN

·       Construction begins on Gas-fired GRDA Unit 3 in Oklahoma

·       Wisconsin Public Service applies for Gas-fired Power Plant Permit

GAS/OIL – WORLD

·       Repower signs Contracts with GE and Iberdrola for CHEMPARK Leverkusen, Germany Combined Cycle Power Plant

NUCLEAR

·       J Power Safety Checks begin at MOX-fueled Nuclear Power Project in Japan

·       Cavendish Nuclear Continues Work on EDF Energy Gas-cooled Reactors

BUSINESS

·       Surge in Demand for PPS for Hot Gas Filtration may cause Supply Problems

·       U.S. Utilities will spend more than $20 Billion/yr for New Gas Turbine Facilities

·       $9 Billion NOx Control Market in 2019

·       Business Customers object to Wisconsin Energy-Integrys Deal

·       APS seeking Proposals for expansion of Ocotillo Power Plant in Tempe, Arizona

·       Sale of Australia's Alinta Energy draws interest from Asia

·       RWE exploring sale of Power Plants

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·       FGD Agitators and Blowers Options were analyzed in the Hot Topic Hour Yesterday

·       “MATS Status and Compliance Options” will be the Hot Topic on January 29

·       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

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.

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
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
www.mcilvainecompany.com