Network at Filtration 13 in Four Important Application Areas
If you are exhibiting or attending Filtration 13 and are interested in gas
turbine intake filters, coal-fired boiler dust collectors, HVAC or oil and gas
filtration, then we would like your input prior to the show and your
networking participation during the show.
INDA’s Filtration International Conference and Exposition, is returning to Navy
Pier in Chicago, Illinois, from November 12-14, 2013. It will include 130
exhibits many of which will display filtration media. The media is the
heart of every filtration application. For the end users and the system
suppliers, it will be very important to find the best media for the specific
application.
McIlvaine will have a stand at the show. It has selected four application
areas and will aid visitors in selecting the stands with the relevant
information in each area. It will also facilitate networking among visitors as
well as exhibitors.
We need input from exhibitors and visitors as to media options for each of the
following applications:
·
Gas turbine intake filters
·
Coal-fired power plant fabric filters
·
HVAC air filtration
·
Oil and gas filtration
We have listed the exhibitors who we believe are involved in each of these
applications in the linked document posted in our Global Decisions Orchard.
We have also added some insights as to which media is most applicable. We
will be adding to this list up to and through the show.
Here is the coverage:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/Decision_Tree/subscriber/Tree/DescriptionTextLinks/Filtration%202013.htm
To offer your comments or interest in networking on these four applications at
the show, just respond to this e-mail and indicate this interest.
Network at Power-Gen on the Most Important Issues
If you are a utility with questions or a supplier/consultant with answers on
solutions for MATS, CCR, ELG, gas turbine air treatment or power plant drives,
you will want to participate in a unique new service at Power-Gen. All we
need from you is your expression of interest, e-mail and mobile numbers and we
will make sure you are included.
With the air toxics, coal combustion residue and wastewater ELGs utilities are
faced with difficult decisions. McIlvaine is introducing free decision systems
to help make the best choices. One aspect is the creation of route maps
from one decision tree to another. These route maps are being utilized at
Power-Gen so that utilities can network, visit exhibit stands and attend
speeches most efficiently. There are four route maps already underway:
·
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your CCR and Effluent
Guidelines Decisions
These route maps are being constantly updated. When we receive your input, it
will be posted within the day. We will be updating and coordinating up to
and through the show.
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your CCR and Effluent
Guidelines Decisions
There is a good panel discussion on this important subject which deals with how
the utilities should tackle the upcoming ash and effluent regulations.
United Conveyor and Clyde Bergemann are among the exhibitors with hardware
solutions. Dennis Fink of CH2M Hill will be a speaker on the
subject and will be available throughout the show through mobile phone and at
the CH2M Hill stand. Bryan Hansen of Burns & McDonnell will be
speaking on the FGD wastewater implications and will be available throughout the
three days.
There are a number of other consultants listed but without the specific
contacts/schedules. We need these. Gordon Maller of URS gave a
presentation in one of our webinars on this subject and re-introduced the very
promising approach of mixing gypsum, lime and flyash and permanently fixing the
waste. If Gordon is going to be on hand or if one of the other URS people
can address this option, we should be provided with the appropriate schedule
information.
There are a number of speakers from Sargent & Lundy one of whom recently
presented on CCR in a McIlvaine webinar. So hopefully there will be someone
available to network on the subject.
Look over the route map and, if it is applicable, send us your e-mail, mobile #
and schedule. If you are an exhibitor and we missed your involvement, we can
rectify it based on your input.
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your Drive Selection
Decisions
Improving the efficiency power plant drives is one of the best ways to improve
profits and reduce pollutants per kWh. The optimum integration of the
motor selection with the rest of the drive train is one of the opportunities.
There are numerous variable speed, geared and direct combinations which may best
fit a conveyor, fan, pump or rotary heat exchanger. Here is your opportunity to
tap the wisdom of the system suppliers, consultants and the drive suppliers.
There is really only one applicable speech (direct drives for cooling towers by
ABB). However a number of suppliers of motors, inverters and complete drives
will be exhibitors.
We have identified thirteen decision trees among fans/compressors, material
handling and size reduction. Exhibitors for each are identified. We are
still working on a number of decision trees for pumps and will add this to the
above linked document in the next few days.
Each of these equipment exhibitors has extensive drive expertise. We are seeking
contacts at the stands who can address the drive questions. The same is true of
the consultants. In the route map, we have excerpted from a Sargent & Lundy/CPS
paper on variable speed drives for sorbent injection.
Through mobile communication we expect to improve the networking. David Jackson
of Siemens will be roving and focused on impromptu discussions.
To make sure you are included, send us your area of interest, contact
information and schedule during the show.
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your Gas Turbine Air
Treatment Decisions
The selection of intake air filter influences your selection of catalyst.
If you use a more efficient filter, you can use a narrower pitch catalyst.
This is just one reason to integrate all your decisions about gas turbine air
treatment from the inlet weather protector through the exhaust stack.
There some good speeches relative to air intake filters (Camfill Farr and GE)
and other components. Alstom is giving a speech on fogging. There are no
speeches on catalysts, but there is one on an alternative.
There are many exhibitors offering filters, conditioning, catalysts, SCR,
silencers and duct burners. There are likely to be many consultants with
knowledge. Last year we organized one good networking event. We met at the
Pneumafil booth and a consultant explained how a highly efficient inlet filter
is necessary in many areas just to meet the emission limits. If the air entering
the intake is dirtier than the quality required in the discharge, then removal
is needed. This year we want to expand such conversations.
Check out all the decision stops in this GDPS and let us know where you want to
participate.
Power-Gen 2013 Will Aid in Your MATS Decisions
The MATS decisions loom large on the agenda for most power plants.
Decisions on how to reduce mercury, HCl and toxic metals impact decisions
relative to soil and water. The potential expense is high enough to generate
considerations of plant retirement, so there is a very complicated decision
route map.
The good news and bad news is that there are a number of new and potentially
cost-effective options for meeting the limits. The bad news is that lots
of investigation and analysis is needed to make the right decisions.
There are lots of good speeches and exhibits on the subject at Power-Gen.
Sargent & Lundy has a number of presentations. CH2M Hill is also a
presenter. All of these speakers will be there for the full conference and
are available.
There are exhibitors representing each of the decision trees. Some have novel
solutions. For example, Neumann can recover and reuse the sodium used in DSI.
McIlvaine created a similar route map for the air quality conference a few weeks
ago.
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/Decision_Tree/airqualityIXOctober21-23.htm
By comparing these two route maps you have a good insight into the available
technology. Some of the most important decisions hinge on sorbent efficiency.
As a result, we would like schedules of the representatives of the lime
companies who are roving.
Send us your area of interest, contact information and schedule
If you would like to network on any of these subjects at Power-Gen, just send us
the contact and schedule information. You can just reply to this e-mail or
send the information to:
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
$4.7 Billion 2014 Desalination Market for Pumps, Valves, Filters and Chemicals
The market for pumps, valves, filters and chemicals for use in desalination will
exceed $4.7 billion in 2014. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine
Company in aggregating forecasts in a number of its reports.
Product |
2014 Revenue
($ Millions) |
Water Treatment Chemicals |
700 |
Pumps |
500 |
Valves |
350 |
Liquid Macrofiltration |
90 |
Cartridges |
60 |
Sedimentation and Centrifugation |
50 |
Cross-flow Membrane Equipment
and Replacement Modules |
3,000 |
Total |
4,750 |
Treatment chemical cost averages 0.03 $/m3 of capacity in seawater,
reverse osmosis (RO) systems and 0.02/ $/m3 in thermal systems. There
is substantial use of scale inhibitors in thermal systems. Acids and antifoams
are used in MSF systems. Cleaning chemicals are a substantial investment where
RO is employed.
The amount of water being pumped in desalination systems is presently only about
one percent of the amount being pumped for all the world’s drinking supplies. On
the other hand, the high pressure pumps needed for reverse osmosis are an order
of magnitude more expensive than those used for drinking water transport.
Thermal systems require pumps for a number of processes:
·
Seawater intake pumps
·
Brine recirculation pumps
·
Brine blow-down pumps
·
Distillate extraction pumps
·
Condensate extraction pumps
·
Product forwarding pumps
Thermal systems require substantial numbers of valves. The high pressure
membrane desalination systems require expensive valves to deal with the
corrosive conditions as well as the pressures.
Pre-filtration for the reverse osmosis systems and initial purification of water
which will be evaporated in thermal systems is accomplished with liquid
macrofiltration and cartridges. Automatic backwash filters and sand filters are
frequently used. Liquid wastes are dewatered in filter presses.
Cartridges are used to remove particles which are too small to be captured in
liquid macrofiltration equipment, but too large and plentiful to be handled by
cross-flow membranes. There has been a high replacement frequency on cartridges.
An alternative to liquid macrofiltration is sedimentation. Clarifiers and
dissolved air flotation systems are selected for a number of systems. The
desalting takes place in either thermal systems where the water is evaporated or
by separation with cross-flow membranes. Reverse osmosis (RO) does the final
separation. Macro or ultrafilters are often used to pre-filter and protect the
RO membranes.
Desalination systems are utilized for industrial purposes as well as for
drinking water.
Doosan Heavy Industries just received an order to build a desalination plant for
the Escondida Mine, the world’s largest copper mine in Chile, at US$130 million.
For more information, click on:
Cartridge Filters: World Market
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/117-n024
Industrial Valves: World Markets
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/115-n028
Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/118-n006
Pumps World Markets
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/116-n019
RO, UF, MF World Market:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/120-n020
Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/119-n005
Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/27-water/449-n026-water-and-wastewater-treatment-chemicals
In order to achieve such large capacity, the plant needs equally large
centrifugal pumps taking water directly from the sea and through the various
processes in the evaporator. Such applications are:
·
Seawater intake pumps
·
Brine recirculation pumps
·
Brine blow-down pumps
·
Distillate extraction pumps
·
Condensate extraction pumps
·
Product forwarding pumps
Headlines for the October 25, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1148– October 25, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL – US
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Wet vs Dry ESP
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December 5, 2013 |
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Update on Gasification Projects
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Power |
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Selecting FGD Scrubber
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Application of U.S. Mercury
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Improving ESP Performance
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Corrosion Issues and Materials
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Co-Firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass
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Impact of Ambient Air Quality
Rules on Fossil Fueled Boilers
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|
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February 6, 2014 |
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Review of EUEC
|
Power |
February 13, 2014 |
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NOx Catalyst Performance on
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|
Power |
February 20, 2014 |
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CFB Technology and Clean Coal
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|
Power |
February 27, 2014 |
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Dry FGD: Spray Dry vs. CFB vs.
DSI
|
Power |
March 6, 2014 |
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Update on IGCC (Integrated
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|
Power |
March 13, 2014 |
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Update on Oxy-Fuel Combustion
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Power |
March 20, 2014 |
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Air Preheaters & Heat Exchangers
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Power |
March 27, 2014 |
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Mercury Control and Removal
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Power |
April 3, 2014 |
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HRSG Design, Operation and
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Power |
April 10, 2014 |
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Power |
April 17, 2014 |
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Measurement and Control of PM2.5
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Power |
April 24, 2014 |
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Status of Carbon-to-Liquid
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Power |
May 1, 2014 |
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Renewable Energy, Status,
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May 8, 2014 |
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Valves for Power Plant Steam and
Cooling Water
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Power |
May 15, 2014 |
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Water Treatment During Gas and
Oil Production
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Power |
May 22, 2014 |
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Advances in Coal Blending
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Power |
May 29, 2014 |
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Clean Coal Technologies
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Power |
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Material Handling in Fossil
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Power |
June 12, 2014 |
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Industrial Boiler MACT - Impact
and Control Options
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Power |
June 19, 2014 |
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Multi-emissions Control
Technologies
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Power |
June 26, 2014 |
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Next Generation of Coal
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Power |
July 10, 2014 |
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Compliance Strategies for PM2.5
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