GE Competing with Ecolab, Flowserve, Xylem and Pentair for Top Spot in Fluid
Treatment Market
The Ecolab/Nalco and the Pentair/Tyco mergers underline the growing realization
that the flow control and treatment market can be pursued in entirety. No
one company has as much as two percent of this $330 billion market. Five
companies with over a one percent market share are GE, Ecolab, Flowserve, Xylem
and Pentair. These market shares are included in the McIlvaine report,
Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
GE boosted its market presence with the acquisition of Dresser. It has a
number of divisions which participate in many product and application segments.
GE Product Segment Activity |
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Fluid |
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Industrial and Other |
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Cross Flow Membranes |
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Macrofiltration |
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Biological/Oxidation/Destruction |
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Water/Wastewater Chemicals |
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Filtration/Purification |
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Fabric Filter |
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Scrubber |
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Precipitator |
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FGD |
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DeNOx |
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Thermal/Catalytic |
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Fans and Compressors |
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Air Monitoring |
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Water Monitoring |
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* includes vacuum bags and face masks as well as HVAC
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Current coverage
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Purchased as part of EPC activity
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Areas recently withdrawn from due to sale of precipitator and air monitoring
divisions
As shown in yellow it is a full participant in many areas. In others, it
acts as an engineering, procurement and construction contractor and purchases
equipment from others. For more information on Air/Gas/Water/Fluid
Treatment and Control: World Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71
Clarifiers will Contribute 43 Percent to the Sedimentation/Centrifugation World
Revenues Next Year
In 2014, suppliers of sedimentation and centrifugation equipment will generate
revenues of just under $7.6 billion. Forty-three percent of that revenue
will consist of clarifiers and thickeners.
$ Millions
Subject |
2014 |
Clarifier |
3,288
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Decanter |
802
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Disk |
1,424
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Dissolved Air Flotation |
730 |
Hydrocyclone |
493
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Other Centrifuges |
858
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Total |
7,595 |
Clarifiers and thickeners have different purposes but similar design. In
both designs, the solids settle and are captured from the bottom of the vessel,
whereas the purified liquid overflows the top of the vessel. Rakes or chains
with flights are typically used to remove the solids from the bottom of the
vessel. Another alternative is pumping. In the case of the clarifier, the
goal is to improve the purity of the discharge water. The purpose of the
thickener is to concentrate the solids. Thickeners are typically used within the
process and the overflow liquid is subsequently treated in another device.
Clarifiers and thickeners are used extensively in municipal wastewater treatment
and in mining. Their energy consumption is low. The disadvantage is the size.
Hydrocyclones can accomplish similar results, but with higher energy
consumption. However, hydrocyclones occupy much less space. Dissolved air
flotation is more cost effective when the nature of the particles makes them
more easily removed by creating bubbles and floating them out the overflow.
Many companies make small clarifiers and thickeners. Only a few companies make
that large clarifiers and thickeners whose diameter can exceed one hundred feet.
There are very few companies making disk centrifuges and relatively few
companies making decanter centrifuges. The reason is the capital
investment to manufacture centrifuges is considerably greater than to
manufacture clarifiers. In fact, the vessel walls for clarifiers can be
constructed of concrete onsite, so often the supplier is only furnishing the
internals.
For more information on Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets, click
on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/119-n005.
Headlines for the May 17, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1125 – May 17, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL - US
GAS/OIL – WORLD
COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY
CO2
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
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2013 |
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DATE |
SUBJECT |
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May 30 |
Air Pollution Control Markets
(geographic trends, regulatory
developments, competition,
technology developments)
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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
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Market Intelligence |
July 11 |
New Developments in Power Plant
Air Pollution Control
|
Power |
July 18 |
Measurement and Control of HCl
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Power |
July 25 |
GHG Compliance Strategies,
Reduction Technologies and
Measurement |
Power |
August 1 |
Update on Coal Ash and CCP
Issues and Standards
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Power |
August 8 |
Improving Power Plant Efficiency
and Power Generation
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Power |
August 15 |
Control and Treatment Technology
for FGD Wastewater
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Power |
August 22 |
Status of Carbon Capture and
Storage Programs and Technology
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Power |
August 29 |
Pumps for Power Plant Cooling
Water and Water Treatment
Applications
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Power |
Sept. 5
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Fabric Selection for Particulate
Control
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Power |
Sept. 19 |
Air Pollution Control for Gas
Turbines |
Power |
Sept. 26 |
Multi-Pollutant Control
Technology
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Power |
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