February 2013 - Water Market Insights 39

On Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting on important energy and pollution control subjects. Power webinars are free for subscribers to either Power Plant Air Quality Decisions or Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System. The cost is $125.00 for non-subscribers. Market Intelligence webinars are free to McIlvaine market report subscribers and are $400.00 for non-subscribers.

DATE	Non-Subscribers Cost	SUBJECT	Webinar Type
February 28, 2013	$125.00	Implementation of the Utility MACT Rule	Power
March 7, 2013	$125.00	HRSG Design, Operation and Maintenance Considerations	Power
March 14, 2013	$125.00	Inlet Air Pretreatment for Gas Turbines	Power
March 21, 2013	$125.00	Industrial Boiler MACT Impact and Control Options	Power
March 28, 2013	$125.00	Mercury Measurement and Control	Power
April 4, 2013	$125.00	Fabric Selection for Particulate Control	Power
April 11, 2013	$125.00	Air Pollution Control for Gas Turbines	Power
April 18, 2013	$125.00	Multi-pollutant Control Technology	Power
April 25, 2013	$125.00	Control Technologies for Fine Particulate Matter	Power
May 2, 2013	$125.00	Flyash Pond and Wastewater Treatment Issues	Power
May 9, 2013	$125.00	Clean Coal Technologies	Power
May 16, 2013	$125.00	Power Plant Automation and Control	Power
May 23, 2013	$125.00	Cooling Towers	Power
May 30, 2013	$400.00	Air Pollution Control Markets (geographic trends, regulatory developments, competition, technology developments)	Market Intelligence
June 6, 2013	$125.00	Report from Power-Gen Europe (update on regulations, speaker and exhibitor highlights)	Power
June 13, 2013	$125.00	Monitoring and Optimizing Fuel Feed, Metering and Combustion in Boilers	Power
June 20, 2013	$125.00	Dry Sorbent Injection and Material Handling for APC	Power
June 27, 2013	$400.00	Power Generation Forecast for Nuclear, Fossil and Renewables	Market Intelligence
July 11, 2013	$125.00	New Developments in Power Plant Air Pollution Control	Power
July 18, 2013	$125.00	Measurement and Control of HCl	Power
July 25, 2013	$125.00	GHG Compliance Strategies, Reduction Technologies and Measurement	Power
August 1, 2013	$125.00	Update on Coal Ash and CCP Issues and Standards	Power
August 8, 2013	$125.00	Improving Power Plant Efficiency and Power Generation	Power
August 15, 2013	$125.00	Control and Treatment Technology for FGD Wastewater	Power
August 22, 2013	$125.00	Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Programs and Technology	Power
August 29, 2013	$125.00	Pumps for Power Plant Cooling Water and Water Treatment Applications	Power

An 80 minute recording of the “Hot Topic Hour” yesterday is available from McIlvaine.

Safe, reliable and efficient operation of steam generating boilers and HRSGs requires the maintenance of physical and chemical conditions throughout the water/steam circuit that minimizes corrosion and deposit formation. This is especially true in the older plants that are prevalent in our electricity production network. Deposition of contaminants, scaling and corrosion are the cause of many forced outages resulting in lost power generation or product output costing billions of dollars per year. Frequent blow-downs required because of excessive contaminants in the water/steam also contribute to lost production. Inadequate cycle chemistry will cause boiler tube and turbine blade/disc failures and Flow-Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) throughout the circuit. Three presentations addressed the challenges and provide solutions.

Joe Zimmerman, Director of Marketing and Power Industry Sales Manager at Chemtrac, Inc., explained that the adverse effects of particulate material in steam cycle waters are frequently seen throughout the power generation process. Steam cycle corrosion products (transient metal oxides) can lead to deposition and equipment failure. This presentation introduced basic technologies used for continuous detection of insoluble particles at very low concentrations. When such monitoring methods are utilized, real-time corrosion product transport measurement can be implemented as a potential parameter for controlling the power plant cycle.

Online particle monitoring in contrast to turbidity measurement provides continuous tracking of insoluble metal oxides. The clear advantage over grab or compiste samplers was illustrated by using a movie as an example. Rather than one frame or a synopsis you see the whole movie with the particle monitoring system. This provides valuable information relative to system performance and allows immediate action when an event occurs

Greg Thomas, Key Account Manager for Nuclear Power at Hach Ultra Analytics, compared the long time standard amperometric technology to the new optical technology for measurement of low level dissolved oxygen (dO₂) in steam cycle water.

Optical instruments only require maintenance once per year vs. every six months for electrochemical. The optical instrument is not flow dependent. Both instruments can measure accurately to 1 ppm. For certain nuclear applications where measurements in ppb is desirable, the electrochemical method is more accurate.

David M. Gray, Senior Product Manager at Mettler-Toledo Thornton, Inc., introduced us to Intelligent Sensor Management. Intelligent digital sensors incorporate the measuring circuit and make the digital conversion computation and even include the memory and basis for predictive maintenance. Online analytical measurements of conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, sodium and silica, incorporate digital sensors which provide improved performance and a wider range and predictive diagnostics. The digital conductivity sensor provides a 33 percent improvement in system accuracy.

This recording is available at no charge to subscribers to the McIlvaine Utility Environmental Tracking System, Power Plant Air Quality Decisions and Air & Water Monitoring World Markets.

Non–woven, membrane, string wound and metal cartridges are used widely in industry as well as in commercial buildings and residences. There has been steady revenue growth worldwide. In 2014, cartridge revenues will exceed $15 billion. This is the latest forecast in the online continuously updated McIlvaine report, Cartridge Filters: World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Industry	2014
Chemical	688
Commercial – Point-of-Entry	880
Commercial – Point-of-Use	2,463
Electronics	485
Food	527
Healthcare	1,276
Metals	187
Oil & Gas	316
Other Industries	633
Pharmaceutical	2,119
Power	232
Residential – Point-of-Entry	797
Residential – Point-of-Use	3,984
Wastewater	267
Water	733
Total	15,587

Residential point-of-use will continue to be the leading segment. Carbon, membrane and non-woven filters are used in portable water filters ice making systems. Cartridges are also used under the sink where municipal water quality is not acceptable. Not surprisingly there is a disproportionately high use in countries where the quality of municipal water is below world norms.

Commercial point-of-use includes vending machines, restaurants as well as the range of commercial buildings. The pharmaceutical industry is the biggest purchaser of the high quality membrane filters. The cartridges are often the heart of a product separation process. The chemical industry uses cartridges for processing as well as water purification.

Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in this Report’s Chapters.

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