$6.5 Billion Liquid Macrofiltration Market in 2014
Revenues for liquid macrofiltration equipment and consumables will rise to just
under $6.5 billion in 2014. This is the latest forecast in the McIlvaine
publication, Liquid Filtration and Media World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Liquid Filtration Revenues $ Millions
Industry |
2014 |
Total |
6,489 |
Chemical |
672 |
Food |
312 |
Metals |
356 |
Mining |
749 |
Other Industries |
819 |
Pharmaceutical |
365 |
Power |
548 |
Pulp & Paper |
148 |
Wastewater |
1,031 |
Water |
1,489 |
Liquid macrofiltration includes granular media
filters, belt filter presses, recessed chamber filter presses, belt filters and
automatic backwash filters. These products are distinguished by their ability to
be self-cleaning and to separate large quantities of solids. However, they do
not remove particles as small as can be removed with cartridges or cross-flow
membranes. Bag filters are also included in the macrofiltration category even
though they are not self-cleaning.
The biggest purchasers of this equipment will be municipalities. Granular media
filters are used to purify drinking water. Belt filter presses are the
most common equipment to dewater sewage sludges. Recessed chamber filter presses
are used when it is necessary to obtain higher solids percentages than can be
produced with belt filter presses. Gravity
belt filters are often used as pre-filters for belt filter presses. Automatic
backwash filters compete with gravity filters for drinking water purification.
The mining industry is a major purchaser of this equipment. There are water
purification and wastewater treatment applications which are common to many
industries. In addition, this equipment is extensively used to separate
product from a slurry. Drum filters and filter presses are often used in
metal and coal mining.
Two newer applications are ballast water treatment for ships and hydraulic
fracturing flowback water treatment in shale gas applications.
There is a substantial market for replacement belts, filter cloths and bags.
For more information on Liquid Filtration and Media World Market: click
on:
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$30 Billion Water/Wastewater Treatment Chemicals Market by 2017
The market for chemicals used to treat water and wastewater will rise to just
under $30 billion per year over the next five years. This is the
prediction just incorporated in the McIlvaine report Water and Wastewater
Treatment Chemicals: World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Water/Wastewater Treatment Chemicals Market
$ Millions
Industry |
2017 |
Total |
29,930 |
Chemical |
921 |
Electronics |
478 |
Food |
946 |
Metals |
1,002 |
Mining |
575 |
Oil & Gas |
1,339 |
Other Industries |
1,565 |
Pharmaceutical |
402 |
Power |
6,161 |
Pulp & Paper |
2,231 |
Refining |
3,283 |
Wastewater |
4,926 |
Water |
6,101 |
The biggest growth sector and largest market will be in the power industry.
A number of treatment chemicals are required to treat the boiler feedwater which
is being converted to steam. Asian countries are building many new
supercritical coal-fired power plants. The treatment chemical requirements
are more complex than with the older sub-critical boilers. Power plants use more
surface water than all other industries combined. Regulations to reduce
surface water use are forcing the power plants to recirculate and cool the
cooling water. In order to do so, a number of chemicals must be utilized.
The oil and gas sector is increasing its chemical purchases as it moves from
conventional to unconventional sources. Shale gas requires
hydrofracturing. The water used in the fracturing process typically includes
thirty different chemicals. The tar sands processes require a much bigger
investment in treatment chemicals than would conventional oil extraction.
Refineries are required to produce more environmentally compatible fuels. At the
same time, they are processing dirtier raw oil. The combination is leading to
substantially more treatment chemical purchases.
By 2017, water and wastewater utilities around the world will be spending $11
billion for treatment chemicals. Much of the increase will come from Asian
countries. There is a big expansion of drinking water and sewage infrastructure
to match the migration of more than one billion people from rural to urban
environments in the region.
For more information on Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World
Market
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/27-water/449-n026-water-and-wastewater-treatment-chemicals
Here are the Headlines for the May 10, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1124 – May 10, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL - US
GAS/OIL – WORLD
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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“Power Plant Automation and Control”
plus Electric Power Conference Summary will be the Subject of the Hot Topic Hour
on Thursday May 16, 2013
For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72
“Power Plant Cooling Towers and Cooling Water Issues” is the Subject of the Hot
Topic Hour on May 23, 2013. (This webinar will be free to all
participants.)
One of the most important issues facing all types of power plants in the future
is what to do about cooling of condensed steam. Currently,
the most common method for cooling is water withdrawn
from a well, river, lake or ocean following once through a heat exchanger and
then discharging the water back into the source. A typical 500 MW fossil-fueled
power plant uses over 12 million gallons of water per hour for cooling and other
process requirements. However, water is becoming scarcer and power plants
are facing new regulations on the intake and discharge of cooling water.
Water scarcity and intake/discharge regulations will drive those seeking to
construct a new power plant and current plant owners to consider new water
management strategies and alternatives to the “once through approach.” Tighter
air pollution rules may also drive utilities to upgrade cooling water systems to
help reduce SO3 and particulate emissions.
Among the options to consider are improving the efficiency of existing cooling
systems and plant wide conservation and recirculation of wastewater, new
technology such as air-cooled condensers, hybrid air/water cooling systems and
zero liquid discharge systems, the use of reclaimed municipal wastewater for
cooling water systems and co-generation cooling options that use waste steam for
recirculating aquaculture systems, ethanol production and drying sewage sludge.
All of these options offer different benefits as well as challenges depending on
the type and location of the power plant, water requirements, make up or quality
of the water available and applicable local regulations.
The following speakers will address the challenges facing power plant operators
relative to cooling water use and the various options available for cooling
steam with a discussion of the benefits and problems associated with each, the
capital and operating costs of each, economic factors promoting or discouraging
water conservation and regulatory compliance issues affecting power plant water
intake, use and discharge. Current and developing technologies to minimize
water consumption, enhance water quality and increase reuse of water during all
phases of the power generation process will also be addressed.
Brad Buecker,
Process Specialist at Kiewit Power Engineers, will present “The
Influence of Tightening Regulations on Cooling Water Treatment.” Once-through
cooling is no longer a consideration for new and planned power plants, primarily
due to pending 316a and 316b regulations. Rather, we almost exclusively
see cooling towers or air-cooled condensers as the choice for steam condensation
at combined cycle plants. However, tightening regulations on the quality,
and sometimes quantity, of power plant wastewater streams are influencing
cooling tower treatment programs. This presentation examines several of
the most prominent trends in the cooling water treatment industry.
Brett DeRousse,
National Account Manager for Hydrolox, will present “Potential
impacts of 316(B) regulatory controls and their affects on existing power plant
cooling water intakes.” Nearly half of the US utility-owned electric generating
capacity is cooled by once-through cooling systems. These power plants withdraw
cooling water primarily from surface water bodies. Section 316(b) of the Clean
Water Act requires that the location, design, construction and capacity of
cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology available (BTA) for
minimizing adverse environmental impacts. The selected BTA is likely to be
Modified Traveling Water Screens (TWS) for many of the affected power plants. Of
large concern to these power plants is not only the compliance with 316(b) but
the overall financial affect it will have on the power plants O&M. The new rule
will require power plants to continuously operate Traveling Water Screens (TWS),
whereas they are typically run off of pressure differential or on timers. The
overall affect on the power plants O&M budget could be significant. Over
the past several years, several different types of modified TWS technology have
been developed, specifically for improving fish mortality rates. This
presentation will provide a brief history of the development of modified screens
and fish return systems, as well as a technical overview of several different
modified TWS technologies, and review applications where those technologies are
most applicable. Finally, he will discuss the compliance alternatives and their
long term financial affects on power plants.
Daniel M. Cicero,
Senior Industry Development Manager Power Group, Water & Process Services
Division of Nalco Company, will discuss how power plants can reduce their
environmental impact by using good water chemistry. Every power plant wants to
be a good corporate citizen of the community in which it resides. Every
power plant wants to minimize its environmental impact. Those desires must
be balanced with the needs of the community for low-cost power. This
presentation will discuss three cases where power plants achieved that balance.
In one case, using water chemistry modeling allowed a power plant to reduce
withdrawals from a stressed waterway. In another, changing water chemistry
reduced the impact of the power plant on the local community. In a third,
the ability to respond to changing water quality reduced water costs and demands
on the local water supply.
Trent T. Gathright,
Sales & Marketing Manager Cooling Water Products at Ovivo USA, LLC Energy Group
– Americas, will briefly address different type water intake screens and 316(b)
alternatives. Numerous factors affect power plant cooling water at both
once-through and closed cycle types. Various methods have been developed to deal
with debris at both type power plants including indigenous debris, foreign blown
in material and element disintegration. Pending 316(b) may also affect how
make-up water intakes are handled.
Andrew Howell,
Senior System Chemist for Xcel Energy, will discuss several technologies that
are available for condensing steam in power plants. Increasing difficulty
with obtaining adequate cooling water supply for new generating units has
required some power plant designs to use dry or hybrid (wet + dry) cooling
systems. While necessary in some cases, these options have significant downsides
that must be considered in planning for construction and operation.
(This webinar will be free to all participants.)
To register for the Hot Topic Hour on “Power Plant Cooling Towers and Cooling
Water Issues” May 23, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
(DST), click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm
McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration
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 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.
|
2013 |
|
DATE |
SUBJECT |
|
May 23 |
Power Plant Cooling Towers and
Cooling Water Issues |
Power FREE |
May 30 |
Air Pollution Control Markets
(geographic trends, regulatory
developments, competition,
technology developments)
|
Market Intelligence |
June 6 |
Report from Power-Gen Europe
(update on regulations, speaker
and exhibitor highlights) |
Power |
June 13 |
Monitoring and Optimizing Fuel
Feed, Metering and Combustion in
Boilers |
Power |
June 20 |
Dry Sorbent Injection and
Material Handling for APC |
Power |
June 27 |
Power Generation Forecast for
Nuclear, Fossil and Renewables |
Market Intelligence |
July 11 |
New Developments in Power Plant
Air Pollution Control |
Power |
July 18 |
Measurement and Control of HCl |
Power |
July 25 |
GHG Compliance Strategies,
Reduction Technologies and
Measurement |
Power |
August 1 |
Update on Coal Ash and CCP
Issues and Standards |
Power |
August 8 |
Improving Power Plant Efficiency
and Power Generation |
Power |
August 15 |
Control and Treatment Technology
for FGD Wastewater |
Power |
August 22 |
Status of Carbon Capture and
Storage Programs and Technology |
Power |
August 29 |
Pumps for Power Plant Cooling
Water and Water Treatment
Applications |
Power |
Sept. 5
|
Fabric Selection for Particulate
Control
|
Power |
Sept. 19 |
Air Pollution Control for Gas
Turbines |
Power |
Sept. 26 |
Multi-Pollutant Control
Technology
|
Power |
To register for the Hot Topic Hour, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.
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