$3 Billion Ultrapure Water Market in Asia Next Year
The market for ultrapure water systems and consumables in Asia next year will
reach $3.1 billion according to the latest forecast in Ultrapure Water: World
Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
UPW Revenues ($ Thousands)
Industry 2013
Coal-fired Power 854,966
Electronics 921,446
Flat Panel 578,638
Gas Turbines 26,772
Industrial Power 156,998
Other Industries 74,196
Pharmaceutical 121,770
Asia will comprise more than 50 percent of the total world market in 2013 thanks
to the big growth in coal-fired power and electronics in the region. China and
India will build more coal-fired power plants than the rest of the world
combined. Each power plant needs extensive systems to purify source water. This
includes preliminary filtration followed by ion exchange and reverse osmosis.
Electrodeionization (EDI) has carved out a niche at the expense of ion exchange.
EDI avoids the use of cleaning chemicals and, therefore, is viewed as superior
from an environmental standpoint. EDI also claims lower maintenance costs.
Washing the chips in a semiconductor operation requires the highest purity
water. There are similar requirements in the manufacture of solar photovoltaic
cells, flat panels and disk drives. Most of the new investment in all these
electronics factories is in Asia. Expensive materials are needed to assure that
pumps, piping and valves do not contaminate the ultrapure water.
Sophisticated monitoring is needed to ensure that dissolved oxygen and various
contaminants are kept within acceptable operating limits.
The report also includes a new section on pure water which is cleaner than
required for drinking water but does not meet the requirement for ultrapure
operations. Water used in bottled water plants and beverages falls within this
category. Ultraviolet radiation and reverse osmosis are often used in these
operations. Cosmetics manufacturers and hospitals also need pure water.
For more information on Ultrapure Water: World Markets, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n029
Gas-to-Liquids to Generate $4 Billion in Annual Investment Over the Next Decade
More than $4 billion per year will be invested for plants to convert
conventional and unconventional gas into liquids. These liquids will be used for
fuel and chemicals. This is the latest forecast in Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining
Markets and Projects, an online report published by the McIlvaine Company.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Converting natural gas into liquid fuels is now seen as a primary way to take
advantage of the large shale gas reserves in the U.S. Sasol and Shell plants in
Louisiana are slated to require an investment of over $24 billion. There are
plants under consideration in Alaska, British Columbia and Pennsylvania.
The largest and longest running plant is operated by Sasol in South Africa. A
second plant is under development at Mossel Bay. Additional plants are slated
for Thailand, Nigeria, Uzbekistan and Brazil.
Liquids created from gas are high in purity. The diesel fuel emits fewer
pollutants to the environment than diesel made from crude oil. There is also
less engine wear.
Unconventional gas and coal will also be used as feed stocks. China is already
operating plants using coal as a feed stock. Through indirect gasification
technology coal is converted to gas and then in a further process converted to
fuel or chemicals. There are a number of coal to chemicals plants in operation
or planning. The Eastman plant in Tennessee has been making chemicals from coal
for decades.
Coal bed methane and biomass are additional sources of gas which can be
converted to liquids. An alternative process for making biodiesel is with
indirect gasification.
The contribution of gas-to-liquids will be significant but will not compare to
the liquids which are extracted along with conventional and unconventional gas.
By 2015, condensates and other natural gas liquids will contribute fourteen
million barrels per day of product.
The conversion of gas-to-liquids involves a large investment in pumps, valves
and instrumentation. Extensive investments in air and water pollution control
equipment are also required.
For more information on Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects, click
on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#n049
Here are the Headlines for the August 3, 2012 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1086 – August 3, 2012
Table of Contents
COAL – US
B&W PGG to install OFA at 450 MW Big Stone
Progress Energy to retire Cape Fear and H. B. Robinson in 2012
Wisconsin Power & Light to add FGD at Edgewater 5
COAL – WORLD
Bangladesh cancels Tenders for Five Coal-fired Power Projects
Sepco III/Pacific Holdings to build 1,200 MW Power Plant in Nigeria
Fuel Tech Awarded FGC Systems Order in China
Coal India agrees to Supply at least 80 Percent of Coal Needed by New
Construction
Bosnia looking for Bidders to build 450 MW Tuzla Expansion
Philippines Supreme Court stops Construction at Subic Bay Freeport Power
Project
GAS/OIL / US
Excelsior Energy still proposing Natural Gas-fired Power Plant
NEM to provide HRSG for 758 MW Temple Panda Power Project
Fluor Chosen as EPC Contractor for Dominion’s 1,300 MW Brunswick County Power
Plant
Black Hills Power/Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power to build 132 MW Power Plant in
Cheyenne
Alliant to build 600 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Marshallton
GAS/OIL WORLD
Alstom to supply Steam Turbine and Turbine for 650 MW East Delta Project
Alstom to renovate NTPC’s 657 MW Jhanor Gandhar Power Station Stage-1
Petronet in talks for a 1200 MW Power Plant in Kochi, Kerala, India
Ukraine, China sign $3.7 Billion Loan to switch Power Plants from Gas- to
Coal-firing
Foster Wheeler awarded Contract for Waste Heat Recovery Unit plus SCR in
Thailand
Gas-fired Power Stations planned for Mozambique
Namibia’s 900 MW Sitentu Power Plant in Environmental Impact Stage
CO2
DOE Awards $7 Million to Eight Oxy-fuel Carbon Capture Projects
SoCalGas, Scripps Explore using Algae to Consume CO2 and Produce Biofuel
NUCLEAR
POSCO submits Plans for Nuclear Power Plant in Samcheok, Korea
BUSINESS
Aquatech to Supply Zero Liquid Discharge Equipment to Kemper County
Chicago Bridge and Iron will purchase The Shaw Group
ADA-ES signs Agreement to acquire Bulk Conveyor Specialist Inc.
Fuel Tech receives Multiple Orders for SNCR, ULTRA and Modeling
Global Power Equipment Group buys Koontz-Wagner Custom Controls Holdings
NRG and GenOn to Merge
Appeals Court rules EPA has ability to Partially Approve/Disapprove State SIP
Clean Air adds Saudi Arabia Office
Midwest Generation may be forced to Seek Bankruptcy
TransAlta will Pay Dividend despite fall in Share Price
J-Power, Damodar Valley Agreement to Transfer Technology
Hamon Research-Cottrell awarded ESP to FF Conversion Project at Pacificorp
Hunter Unit 1
HOT TOPIC HOUR
Four Different Approaches to Removing the Mercury Presented in Hot Topic Hour
August 2
“Materials for Corrosion Prevention in Power Plant and Boiler APC Systems” is
Hot Topic Hour on August 9, 2012
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
For more information on the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System, click
on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#42ei.
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