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2012 |
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DATE |
SUBJECT |
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November 8 |
FGD Scrubber Components |
Power |
November 15 |
Dampers and Expansion Joints for
Coal-fired and Gas Turbine Power
Plants |
Power |
November 29 |
Catalyst Selection for NOx
and Other Gases |
Power |
December 6 |
Boiler Feed and Cooling Water
Treatment |
Power |
December 13 |
Co-firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass
and Municipal Waste |
Power |
|
2013 |
|
January 10 |
Update on Oxy-fuel Combustion |
Power |
January 17 |
Production of Fertilizer and
Sulfuric Acid at Coal-fired
Power Plants
|
Power |
January 24 |
Gypsum Dewatering |
Power |
January 31 |
Filter media (forecasts and
market drivers for media used in
air, gas, liquid, fluid
applications, both mobile and
stationary). |
Market
Intelligence |
February 7 |
Valves for Power Plants, Boilers
and Water Treatment Facilities |
Power |
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Here are the Headlines for the October 26, 2012 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1098 – October 26, 2012
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL / US
§
Northland Power acquires Rights to develop Two Gas-fired Peaking Plants in
Illinois
§
Holland BPW recommends New Site for proposed Natural Gas-fired Power Plant
GAS/OIL – WORLD
§
General Electric planning 1,000 MW Power Plant in Kenya
§
Gulf JP has financing for 1,600 MW Rojana Industrial Park Combined Cycle Plant
in Thailand
BIOMASS
NUCLEAR
§
E.ON pulls out of Finnish Nuclear Power Plant Project
§
Dominion to close 556 MW Kewaunee
BUSINESS
§
Uzbekistan plans to attract Korean Kepco to construct New Thermal Power Plant at
Uchkuduk
§
Santee Cooper to retire Coal, Oil-fired Power Plants at Jefferies and Grainger
§
Fuel Tech awarded ULTRA™ Orders in China Totaling $2.6 Million
HOT TOPIC HOUR
§
(Free)
“Hot Topic Hour” on November 1st is on “Cooling Towers and Cooling
Tower Water Treatment as well
as Co-generation to Eliminate Cooling”
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click on:
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Sedimentation and Centrifugation Revenues to Rise 5.6 Percent Next Year to $7.3
Billion
Municipalities, chemical producers, and food processors will raise purchases of
centrifuges, clarifiers and related equipment next year by 5.6 percent
increasing revenues to $7.3 billion. This is the conclusion reached in the
McIlvaine continually updated report, Sedimentation/Centrifugation World
Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
($ Millions)
Subject |
2012 |
2013 |
Percent Increase |
Clarifier |
2,997
|
3,168
|
5.7 |
Decanter |
741
|
772
|
4.2 |
Disk |
1,305
|
1,398
|
7.1 |
Dissolved Air Flotation |
655 |
693
|
5.8 |
Hydrocyclone |
451
|
474
|
5.1 |
Other Centrifuges |
791
|
823 |
4.0 |
Total |
6,939 |
7,328 |
5.6 |
The McIlvaine forecast is in percentages, so actual sedimentation revenues will
rise by about 6 percent. This is a higher estimate than predicted for some
of the major participants in this market.
Percent Projected Revenue
Increases for Individual
Companies |
||
Company Name |
2013 |
2014 |
Alfa Laval |
4.75 |
5.6 |
GE |
4.8 |
3.9 |
Siemens |
3.7 |
4.6 |
Alfa Laval is one of the largest suppliers of this equipment and is a major
supplier of disk and decanter centrifuges. Analysts following this company are
projecting revenue increases of 4.75 percent in 2013. Two other major players
are GE and Siemens. However, the sales of sedimentation and centrifugation
equipment are a small portion of their total sales. In general, both suppliers
are more optimistic about the water segments than they are about the businesses
as a whole.
The clarifier market is the largest single segment. The challenges with
hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas shale are boosting this segment at greater
than 5 percent annually. East Asia is the largest purchasing region. Higher than
average revenues in this region will offset lower than average revenues in other
regions.
For more information on Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets, click
on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n005
Strategically Located Energy Complexes are the Greenest Option Affordable
Energy complexes that burn a combination of coal and biomass, provide waste heat
to other manufacturing within the complex, and capture CO2 to use for
enhanced oil recovery are the greenest option. Furthermore, they are
affordable and practical. This is the conclusion reached in the McIlvaine
report, Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation: World Analysis & Forecast. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
This conclusion is based on the following facts:
·
Coal has to be a bridge fuel for at least the next 40 years
·
Cogeneration doubles the efficiency of coal-firing
·
Coal combustion is the most economical way to provide CO2 for
enhanced oil recovery
·
New coal-fired power plants with only a 25 year life can replace old coal-fired
power plants economically
·
Methane has one hundred times the global warming effect of CO2 in the
first 25 years
Renewables at best are carbon neutral. A holistic concept combining
co-generation, enhanced oil recovery, biomass co-combustion and
ultrasupercritical boilers can result in a net reduction in greenhouse gases,
the avoidance of other pollutants escaping to the atmosphere and a net gain in
water.
The world will be spending $300 billion per year to construct new coal-fired
power plants. The question is where will they be built? Presently, the
U.S. consumption of coal is down, but exports are way up. China has been
and will install as much coal-fired capacity as exists in the U.S. every six
years. India, Vietnam, Indonesia and other Asian countries are also
building many power plants.
Logic and economics may or may not prevail. Global warming is just what
the title indicates. It is-- global. If the U.S. solves its CO2
emission problems by shipping coal to China, it only transfers the emission
source. As long as the U.S. keeps buying goods which require energy to
manufacture, China will keep building new coal-fired power plants.
At the rate coal is being consumed, it will not be a major source of greenhouse
gas emissions seventy-five years from now. Likewise, the supply of other
fossil fuels will diminish rapidly over the next seven decades. So we need to
look at the allocation of these resources with both a focus on the short-term
and long-term impact on the world economy and the environment.
There are some significant inconsistencies in some of the analyses. For
example, the short-term warming impact of methane is very high compared to CO2.
However, methane converts to CO2 over a period of time. Most of the
decision models use a one hundred year comparison of the relative harm and
conclude that methane is only twenty-nine times more harmful than CO2.
But if the focus is on the short-term rather than long-term impacts, then this
ratio needs to be increased.
Global Warming Impact in Tons of CO2 Equivalent in 25 Year Increments
for One Ton of Emissions
Gas |
Year 1-25 |
Year 26-50 |
Year 51-75 |
Year 76-100 |
Total |
CO2 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
100 |
Methane |
2,825 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
2,900 |
In the first 25 years, the warming impact of methane is one hundred thirteen
times greater than CO2. The methane losses from unconventional
gas exploration, production and transport have not been fully quantified. There
is general agreement that they are at least two percent. This still makes gas
relatively greener than conventional coal. However, there are some experts who
claim that losses are closer to four percent which would make even conventional
coal competitive. In any case, there is a big advantage for clean coal over the
first 25 years.
Forward looking utility companies such as Great Rivers Energy are building
efficient complexes. The Coal Creek power plant not only generates power but all
the energy needed for a co-located ethanol plant. The Spiritwood plant which is
just being restarted also has a number of efficient ways to utilize excess heat
resulting in efficiencies that are nearly double older stand-alone power plants.
New studies show that if coal-fired power plants were built in areas where there
is a need for enhanced oil recovery there would be a use for all the CO2
generated by all the world’s coal-fired power plants. Furthermore, new
technology for condensing moisture from the power plant discharge gases would
actually create water. Therefore a power plant burning 20 percent biomass and 80
percent coal and also sequestering the CO2 for enhanced oil recovery,
would actually reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere and emit no
pollutants; it would also create, rather than use, water.
Relative Emissions of Pollutants in Tons of CO2 Equivalent
Process |
Separate and Old
Processes |
Integrated and New with Carbon
Sequestration |
Integrated and New Without
Carbon Sequestration |
Coal-fired Boiler |
100 |
4 |
30 |
Steam Assisted Enhanced Oil
Recovery |
5 |
1 |
|
Co-generation Facility such as
Cellulosic Ethanol |
10 |
1 |
1 |
Biomass in Normal Cycle |
0 |
-10 |
0 |
Total Impact |
115 |
-4 |
31 |
1 ton of SO2 = 100 tons of equivalent CO2, 1 ton of
Mercury = 1 million tons of CO2
If oxycombustion is used, all the flue gases are CO2 so there are no
atmospheric emissions. The CO2 is used to recover oil. No
credit is taken for the fact that additional energy would be required to recover
oil from a new source. The Blue Flint ethanol plant of Great Rivers Energy does
not have a dedicated boiler, so its emissions are negligible. If it were using
the cellulosic rather than the corn based ethanol process, it would also
generate waste biomass which could be combusted in the coal-fired boiler.
In general, biomass is neutral. Plants absorb CO2 as they grow and
release it again when they decay. The substitution for coal in the integrated
systems causes the biomass carbon to be sequestered.
There are many older coal-fired boilers in the U.S. and other countries which
cannot practically produce CO2 for enhanced oil recovery.
However, rather than just operate them as is for the next 25 years before
retirement, it will be highly desirable to convert them to energy complexes
including district heating. The Martin Drake power plant near downtown
Colorado Springs is typical of such plants. It is centrally located where the
waste heat can be economically used. The elimination of the cooling tower would
also be an aesthetic benefit. It is already investing in very efficient SO2
scrubber systems provided by Neumann Systems. The conversion of older
plants to energy complexes can reduce the total harm in tons of CO2
equivalent to just 27 percent (31/115) of the present emissions. This is the
most cost-effective way to reduce emissions and should be a high priority.
For more information on: Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation: World Analysis &
Forecast, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#n043
PUMPS MARKET
UPDATE
September/October, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acquisitions
ITT Purchases Bornemann Pumps
Taco Buys Hydroflo
CRI Pumps Acquires British Pump Company
Xylem Buys Heartland Pumps
Liebherr Group Buys German Concrete Pump Manufacturer Waitzinger
New Facility
Flowserve Opens New Factory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sulzer Moving Headquarters within Winterthur, Switzerland
New Subsidiary
Pentair Combines Nijhuis and Fairbanks Morse into New Company
Financial
McNally Bharat Increases Share in Hayward Tyler
Schlumberger Reports Pump Sales Down
Sulzer Increases Sales by 21.9 Percent for Nine Months
Gardner Denver Reports Third Quarter Revenues Down 11 Percent
Gardner Denver Confirms It is Considering Selling
Gorman Rupp Third Quarter Sales Increase 1 Percent
People
Crane Fluid Handling Appoints New President
FMC Technologies Announces Leadership Changes
Wilo USA Makes New Appointments
Projects
Schlumberger Framo Wins Subsea Pumping Project
Torishima Wins Order for FGD Pumps for Taiwan Power Plant
Schlumberger Gains a Second Pumping Contract
Torishima Also Wins Order for Boiler Feed Pumps for US Solar Plant
Patterson Pump Company to Build Pumps for New Orleans Flood Control
Flowserve Completes Testing of New Subsea Pump and Motor
ClydeUnion Wins Contract for Feedwater Pump in Slovenia Nuclear Plant
HMS Wins Chinese Nuclear Power Plant Contract
Pentair Pumps Protect New Orleans
Colfax Allweiler Delivers Pumps to Turkey Sewage Plant
Flowserve Awarded Dow Benelux Maintenance Contract
Flowserve Engineered Pumps Designed for DuPont Hydroprocessing Technology
Metso Provides Equipment to Ukrainian Iron Mine
Apollo Goessnitz Delivers Pumps to Statoil Off-shore Platform
New Products
Sulzer Develops New Dewatering Pump
Sulzer Completes EffeX Wastewater Pump Series
FMC Technologies and Sulzer Collaborated on New Subsea Pump
Belarusian Pump Manufacturer Upgrades Pumps
Verder Brings Out New Air-Operated Double Diaphragm Pump
Ensival-Moret Announces New Process Vacuum Pump
KSB Launches New RO Seawater Desalination Pump
Grundfos Announces New SE and SL Wastewater Pumps
Dragflow Introduces Submersible Mining Pump
For more information on: Pumps World Markets, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#N019
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