Filter Fibers and Media for Hot Gas Filtration Will Be Discussed and Compared
At AFS Coal Charlotte, April 28, 29, 2015
Should you use PPS, P84, fiberglass or some other fiber? Should you use
laminates with membrane films. What is the advantage of tailored fiber
combinations of nonwovens? Are the sewing holes large enough to cause compliance
problems with the 5 mg/Nm3 limits? What about a radical choice of an 850oF
ceramic element with embedded catalyst coupled with heat recovery to reduce
greenhouse gases? All these subjects will be addressed at the conference. Bob
McIlvaine will be chairing a Q and A session to probe the issues. If you have
information to contribute or just want to participate, email:
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com, For details on the conference, click on:
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Coal-fired Power Plants around the World Are Switching to Fabric Filters
A small percentage of coal-fired power plants use fabric filters. Most utilize
precipitators. However, tough new regulations in all the regions of the world
are creating a big market for fabric filters. They will be used on many new
boilers as well as being retrofitted into existing power plants. In many
instances the bags are installed in the existing precipitator casing. The market
is regulatory driven. The extent of the switch in the U.S. and China will have
the biggest impact. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine in World Fabric
Filter and Element Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
The 2017 market for coal-fired boiler fabric filter systems could be as small as
$1.5 billion or as large as $5 billion. The total market for fabric filter
systems could be as low as $8.5 billion or as large as $12 billion.
World Fabric Filter System Revenues 2017 ($ Millions)
Application Minimum Maximum
Industrial 7,000 7,000
Coal-fired Utility Power 1,500 5,000
Total 8,500 12,000
The two largest variables are:
• Compliance with stringent particulate emission standards
• Competition from wet precipitators and upgraded dry precipitators
Both the U.S. and China have tough new standards which will be difficult to meet
with existing dry precipitators. The use of wet precipitators downstream of the
existing dry precipitators will provide the required efficiency. However, fabric
filters provide an equally efficient and, in most cases, a lower cost solution.
This is particularly true when the existing precipitator casing can be used.
Traditionally, the U.S. and Australia were the main proponents of fabric
filters. Now Italy, Russia, China and Chile are among the countries utilizing
fabric filters for their coal-fired boilers. South Africa has a very large
retrofit program.
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FABRIC FILTER NEWSLETTER HEADLINES
January 2015
MARKETS
• Oil Price Fall Will Boost Gas Turbine Purchases
• Huge But Changing Power Plant Air Pollution Market in China has 100-Billion
Dollar Potential
STEEL
• Big River Steel and SMS Group to Build Most Eco-friendly Steel Mill in the USA
• CBMM Orders Submerged Arc Furnace from SMS Siemag
GASIFICATION
• Porvair Receives Extension to Gasification Filtration Contract
MINING
• Macrotek Awarded Major Air Pollution Control Contract for Hemerdon Tungsten
Project in Southern England
COMPANY NEWS
• Spencer Acquires TIGG Corporation, Specialty Manufacturer in Air and Water
Treatment
• Hollingsworth and Vose Announces Details of Floyd Expansion for Technostat
Media
• Freudenberg Filtration Acquires MeadWestvaco’s Global Air Purification
Business
• Toray to Expand Filter Output
REGULATIONS
• New Compliance Requirements Proposed for Primary Aluminum Plants
• No Revisions to the Numeric Emission Standards for Secondary Aluminum Plants
Proposed
• EPA Proposes That All Major Sources in the Brick and Structural Clay Products
and Clay Ceramics Manufacturing Meet the MACT Standards for Mercury
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
• Subsidiaries of the World’s Largest Fertilizer Producer to Reduce Harmful Air
Emissions at Three North Carolina Plantster in Muscatine’s Air
• EPA Approves Iowa’s State Implementation Plan for Reducing Particulate Matter
in Muscatine’s Air
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PRECIP NEWSLETTER HEADLINES
December 2014
HOT TOPIC HOURS
• Precipitators Can Be Improved to Meet MATS and MACT ‒ Hot Topic Conclusion
• CDS Versus SDI Versus SDA in Dry Scrubber Hot Topic Discussion on October 23,
2014
COAL-FIRED BOILERS
• ANDRITZ to Supply Equipment for Two Coal-fired Boilers at Sooner Power Plant
in Oklahoma
• Chinese Consortium to Build 1,000-MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Nigeria
• NF Energy Receives New Order from Shanxi Xinyou Group
• Hollysys Automation Technologies Announces Contract for 2x800-MW Thermal Power
Plant DCS Reconstruction Project
• SaskPower Unveils First Commercial-Scale, Coal-fired Power Plant to Capture
Carbon in Canada
• Calaca Coal-fired Power Plant Expansion in Batangas, Philippines Delayed
• Aboitiz Power Targets 2,000-MW Expansion in the Philippines Over Five Years
• BHEL Awarded Rs 7,800 Crore Contract for Power Project in Tamil Nadu, India
• Balingian CFB Coal-fired Power Plant First of Its Kind in Malaysia
• Marubeni to Develop 1,800–2,000 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Myanmar
• Samsung to Develop $2.5 Billion Thermal Power Plant in Central Vietnam
• Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions (TBWES) Wins Rs. 339 Crore Export
Order
COPPER
• Hayden Plans Environmental Upgrades
COMPANY NEWS
• AECOM Completes Acquisition of URS Corporation
• Foster Wheeler Closes Acquisition of MDM Engineering Group Limited
• B&W Evaluating a Separation of its Businesses
RESEARCH
• LSU Professor Studying X-ray to Combat Air Pollution
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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES
January 23, 2015
Oil and Gas Project Tracking is available at a discount to Electrostatic
Precipitators: World Market or World Fabric Filter and Element Market
subscribers.
Treatment chemicals are an important addition to most oil and gas processes.
Access to details on worldwide oil and gas projects is provided at a substantial
discount to Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market or World Fabric Filter and
Element Market subscribers.
(Listed by most current date)
Oil Spills in Yellowstone River after Pipeline Leak
Revision Date: 1/23/2015
More than $150 Bln of Oil Projects Could be Deferred in 2015
Revision Date: 1/23/2015
Enterprise to Move Forward with Panola NGL Pipeline Expansion
Revision Date: 1/23/2015
Energy Transfer Partners and Regency Energy Partners to Construct Third
Fractionation Facility at Mont Belvieu
Revision Date: 1/23/2015
Riskiest Oil Fields Affected by Plunging Oil Prices Crippling Future Growth
Revision Date: 1/22/2015
STW Water Demonstrates Its Salttech Water Reclamation Technology
Revision Date: 1/22/2015
Status of U.S. Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Discoveries
Revision Date: 1/20/2015
Canadian Natural Resources Defers Kirby Oil Sands Thermal Project
Revision Date: 1/19/2015
In Situ Oilsands Production Reaches Record High in October
Revision Date: 1/16/2015
Oil's Plunge Threatens Suncor's Fort Hills Development
Revision Date: 1/16/2015
Canada’s Oil-Sands Operators Dig in for Long Haul as Oil Prices Go Below $50
Revision Date: 1/16/2015
ICA Fluor to Build Delayed Coker at Pemex Hidalgo Refinery
Revision Date: 1/16/2015
The Other Oil Sands Fight in Utah with Possible Solution to Lower Environmental
Impact
Revision Date: 1/16/2015
Emerson Awarded $27 Mln Contract to Automate Long Lake Oil Sands Project
Revision Date: 1/15/2015
Oilsands Lead not seeping into Rivers According to University of Alberta Lab
Tests
Revision Date: 1/15/2015
Canada’s Oil Sands Industry Goes on Offensive after Facing Escalating Pushback
Revision Date: 1/15/2015
Kearl Oilsands Project to Suspend Output for Several Weeks after Malfunction
Revision Date: 1/15/2015
New Alberta Oil Sands $1.3 Bln Contract Awarded to Fluor Corp
Revision Date: 1/15/2015
EU Vote Puts Canadian Tar Sands Label Back on the Agenda
Revision Date: 1/15/2015
Oilsands Tailings Ponds Emit Pollutants into the Air, Study Confirms
Revision Date: 1/15/2015
Canada Sticks to its Line on the Oil Sands at UN Climate Summit
Revision Date: 1/14/2015
Canada’s Oil Sands Producers Promise Steps to Cut Pollution
Revision Date: 1/14/2015
Cenovus Gets Approval for Alberta Telephone Lake Oil Sands Project
Revision Date: 1/14/2015
ICA Fluor Awarded Fabrication Contract for Shell's Carmon Creek Heavy Oil
Extraction Project
Revision Date: 1/14/2015
Iran to Inaugurate Petrochemical Plant in Its Northwest
Revision Date: 1/13/2015
Saudi Arabia to Invest $91 Bln to Spur Petrochemical Industry
Revision Date: 1/13/2015
BMI Report Says Malaysia Petrochemicals Capacity to Undergo Major Increase
Revision Date: 1/13/2015
Report Says Iran to Triple Petrochemical Production to 180Mln Tons by 2022
Revision Date: 1/12/2015
Petkim to Float Paraxylene Tenders in January after 6 Months Gap
Revision Date: 1/12/2015
Iran to Resume Exporting Petrochemicals after U.S. Ban
Revision Date: 1/12/2015
Propylene Unit Reaches Capacity in Russia due to UOP C3 Oleflex™ Process
Technology
Revision Date: 1/12/2015
Alfa Laval Wins Heat Exchanger Order for South Korea Petrochemical Plant
Revision Date: 1/12/2015
U.S. Chemical Industry Set to Outpace Overall Economic Growth
Revision Date: 1/9/2015
Chevron Phillips Completes Sweeny Ethylene Expansion
Revision Date: 1/9/2015
China Commissions UOP C3 Oleflex™ Process Technology for Propylene Unit
Revision Date: 1/8/2015
Sasol Announces Financing Milestone for Louisiana Project
Revision Date: 1/8/2015
Japan to Shut Four Naphtha Crackers for 2015 Turnaround
Revision Date: 1/8/2015
Vietnam to Grant License for $22 Bln Refinery, Petchem Complex Early in 2015
Revision Date: 1/8/2015
Versalis Inks Agreement to Transfer Sarroch Plants in Sardinia to Sarlux
Revision Date: 1/7/2015
Etileno XXI Plant Could Revive Mexico's Petrochemical Sector
Revision Date: 1/7/2015
Asia Key Driver in Qatar Petrochemicals Expansion
Revision Date: 1/7/2015
Saudi's Yansab to Shut Ethylene Glycol Plant in April for Maintenance
Revision Date: 1/6/2015
Weatherford Sells Chemicals, Drilling Fluids Units to Lubrizol for $750 Mln
Revision Date: 1/6/2015
Ineos, Sasol Break Ground on Texas HDPE Project
Revision Date: 1/6/2015
German Chemicals Sector Sees 1.5 Pct Sales Growth in '14 and '15
Revision Date: 1/6/2015
Linde Installs Gasifier Vessel at Texas Facility
Revision Date: 1/6/2015
Chevron Phillips Says Petchem Industry Should Enhance Connectivity with Social
Media
Revision Date: 1/6/2015
India's BPCL to Invest Over $741 Mln in Petrochemicals Business
Revision Date: 1/6/2015
Westlake Chemical to Add Ethylene Capacity in Lake Charles
Revision Date: 1/5/2015
Saudi's SABIC, Shell Shelve Petchem Plant Expansion in Jubail
Revision Date: 1/5/2015
Dow Chemicals to Cut $1 Bln in Costs Over 3 Years
Revision Date: 1/5/2015
North Dakota Group, Badlands NGL Plans $4 Bln Chemical Plant
Revision Date: 1/5/2015
Chemtura Expands Antioxidant Capacity for Auto Industry Demand Growth
Revision Date: 1/5/2015
U.S. Manufacturing Exports Surging due to Shale Gas
Revision Date: 1/5/2015
Ineos Plans $1 Bln Investment in UK Shale Gas Exploration
Revision Date: 1/5/2015
Sasol Gives Go-ahead to $8.1 Bln U.S. Ethane Cracker
Revision Date: 1/5/2015
Louisiana Ethane Cracker Project Goes to Fluor-Technip JV
Revision Date: 1/4/2015
Petchems Are Benefiting from Cheap Feedstocks
Revision Date: 1/4/2015
Gulf Coast Growth Spurs Demand for Cleaning, Environmental Services
Revision Date: 1/4/2015
Williams Partners Louisiana Plant Should Start Producing Ethylene in November
Revision Date: 1/3/2015
Catalytic Processes Could Yield Alternatives to Refineries, Ethane Crackers
Revision Date: 1/3/2015
European Petchem Group's Re-branding: More Than A New Name
Revision Date: 1/3/2015
BG Group’s Queensland Curtis LNG Second Train on Track
Revision Date: 1/2/2015
Bechtel Completes Milestone Module Program for Curtis Island LNG Projects
Revision Date: 1/2/2015
BG Group Loads First Coal-seam-gas to LNG Cargo from QCLNG Project in Australia
Revision Date: 1/2/2015
Venture Global LNG Announces Calcasieu Pass Export Facility in Southwestern
Louisiana
Revision Date: 1/2/2015
Freeport LNG Closes Financing, Begins Construction of Initial Two Liquefaction
Trains
Revision Date: 1/1/2015
LNG Canada Selects GE Oil & Gas LMS100 Gas Turbine-Compressor Technology for
Proposed Kitmat Facility
Revision Date: 1/1/2015
Canadian Aboriginal Group Signs $5.3 Mln Deal to Support LNG Pipeline
Revision Date: 1/1/2015
Eni Signs Small-scale LNG Deal with Skangass
Revision Date: 1/1/2015
Santos Reassures on Costs at $18.5 Bln Gladstone LNG Project
Revision Date: 1/1/2015
Freeport LNG Receives Final FERC and DOE Approvals
Revision Date: 12/31/2014
Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Receives Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Revision Date: 12/31/2014
5th and final installment: Exclusive Platts Series on China’s Shandong “Teapot”
Oil Refineries
Revision Date: 12/31/2014
Air Products to Work with Technip on Inner Mongolia LNG Project
Revision Date: 12/31/2014
Dominion Begins Construction Activities for Cove Point LNG Export Project
Revision Date: 12/31/2014
Applied LNG Announces Midlothian LNG Plant Groundbreaking
Revision Date: 12/31/2014
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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECTS HEADLINES
This includes only projects where there was an update during the month. There
are thousands of projects in the database.
New power generation projects are tracked in two publications. Fossil and
Nuclear Power Generation includes both market forecasts and project data. World
Power Generation Projects has just the project data.
START-UP DATE: Online
Location Location Comment Project Title
AL West Jefferson Co. J.H. Miller 4-Alabama Power
AL West Jefferson Co. J.H. Miller 3-Alabama Power
AZ Springerville Springerville 2-Alamito Co.
CA Bakersfield Constellation/Ultrasystems 1
CA Bakersfield Constellation/Ultrasystems 2
Canada Alberta, Genesee Genesee 1-Edmonton Power
Canada Alberta, Genesee Genesee 2-Edmonton Power
Canada Nova Scotia, Trenton Trenton 6-Nova Scotia Power
Finland Seinajoki Vaskiluodon Voima Senajoki Plant
France Electricite de France
GA Forsyth Scherer 4-Georgia Power
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 5 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 1 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 2 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 3 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 4 Jaenschwalde
Germany Wilhelm Pieck 6 Jaenschwalde
Germany West Berlin Moabit-Bewag/Berlin
IN Rockport Rockport 2-Indiana & Michigan Electric
India Bombay Trombay 5-Tata Electric Companies
Indonesia near Jakarta Cikarang Industrial Estate power plant expansion
Indonesia West Java, Ciligon Suralaya 1 Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara
Indonesia West Java, Ciligon Suralaya 2 Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara
Kenya Nairobi diesel plant
KY Trimble Co. Bedford Trimble Co. 1-Louisville Gas & Electric
LA Willow Glen 3-Gulf States Utilities
MD Anne Arundel Co. Brandon Shores 2-Baltimore Gas & Electric
NC Buxton 1-5-North Carolina Elec. Mem. Corp.
OH Moscow Zimmer 1-Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Philippines Calaca Calaca-National Power Corp.
Taiwan Taichung Harbor Taichung Harbor 1-Taiwan Power
Taiwan Taichung Harbor Taichung Harbor 2-Taiwan Power
Thailand Lampang Mae Moh 9-EGAT
TX Robertson Co. Hammond/Calvert TNP One 1-Texas/New Mexico Power
TX Robertson Co. Hammond/Calvert TNP One 2-Texas/New Mexico Power
WI Port Washington Port Washington 4-Wisconsin Electric Power
WI Port Washington Port Washington 1-Wisconsin Electric Power
WI Port Washington Port Washington 3-Wisconsin Electric Power
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