Membranes Will Comprise 30 Percent of $15 Billion Cartridge Revenues In 2014
The market for cartridges to separate contaminants from liquids will exceed
$15.5 billion in 2014. Those with membrane filtration media will comprise 30
percent of the total. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in
Cartridge Filters: World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Cartridge Revenues $ Millions
Subject 2014
Total 15,547
Carbon 6,732
Membrane 3,893
Metal 208
Non-Woven 4,498
String Wound 216
Cartridges are defined as full flow filters. All the liquid to be purified
passes through the cartridge. These devices are further defined as non-cleaning.
The McIlvaine RO/UF/MF report covers the cross-flow filters. The McIlvaine
report, Liquid Filtration and Media World Market, covers automatic backwash
filters.
Membrane cartridges have higher removal efficiency than the other types. The
pore size can be adjusted to capture sub-micron particles. However, the pressure
loss and/or surface area is directly disproportional to the particle diameter to
be captured.
Membrane cartridges are extensively used in the semiconductor industry to purify
the chip wash water. However, they are preceded by a cross-flow system which
does the major purification. The cartridges are located at the end of the
distribution piping to capture any particles which might have been generated
in-transit.
Membrane cartridges provide the water-for-injection (used in drugs which are
injected into humans) in the pharmaceutical industry. They are also used to
separate products in biotechnology applications.
The chemical industry uses membrane cartridges to purify process water and
process chemical solutions. There are large applications in healthcare as well
as in residential and commercial applications.
The power industry uses cartridges in conjunction with the purification of water
used to generate steam.
For more information on Cartridge Filters: World Market, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=71#n024.
RO Equipment and Membranes Will Comprise 50 Percent of the Cross-flow Membrane
Market
Next Year
Sales of cross-flow membrane equipment and replacement modules will exceed $10.4
billion in 2014. The reverse osmosis (RO) segment will comprise more than 50
percent of the total. This is the latest finding in the continually updated RO,
UF, MF World Market published by the McIlvaine Company www.mcilvainecompany.com.
($ Millions)
Subject 2014
Total 10,426
Micro Equipment 2,015
Micro Membranes 505
RO Equip 3,929
RO Membranes 1,139
UF Equipment 2,182
UF Membranes 656
Cross-flow membrane filtration differs from full low filters in that only a
portion of the liquid is filtered. The remainder continues across the membrane
and is discharged or recycled. The advantage of the cross-flow technique is its
ability to resist plugging. The disadvantage is the loss of product. In the case
of desalination, the loss is not significant. However, for juices or
pharmaceutical products there is a need to recycle the lost liquid.
There are four efficiency levels depending on the pore size in the membranes.
Reverse osmosis is the most efficient. Nanofiltration is next. In the McIlvaine
analysis, nanofilration revenues are included with ultrafiltration which is the
next most efficient. Microfiltration is least efficient, but still compares well
with granular media filters and other non-membrane alternatives.
There is presently a $1.3 billion market for replacement RO membranes. Most of
the market is in desalination of seawater. However the electronics,
pharmaceutical and chemical industry are also major purchasers.
Ultrafiltration is utilized as pre-filtration for RO systems but also by itself
for many applications. The food industry is using higher temperature resistant
ultrafilters on processes where cooking and similar processes are involved.
Microfiltration is also used for pre-filtration with RO systems. Another major
use is in municipal drinking water plants. It has proven more efficient than the
granular media filters which have been traditionally used.
For more information on RO, UF, MF World Market, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=71#n020
Headlines for the August 30, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1140 – August 30, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
Oklahoma Attorney General will appeal Regional Haze Decision
Mercury Control Project approved for Petersburg and Harding Street
Clyde Bergemann to refurbish ESP at Lon D. Wright 8
Duke Energy reaches Settlement on Edwardsport Power Plant Air Permit
COAL – WORLD
EGAT says Four New 800 MW Power Plants will have Emissions Control
Eskom approved to build Third Coal-fired Power Plant in South Africa
Taqa deferring Decision on Coal-Fired Power Project in Turkey until 2014
FSA to be signed in India next Week
Endesa Chile’s 740 MW Punta Alcalde Power Project Stopped
Sumitomo and Daelim build 1,000 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Malaysia
GAS/OIL – US
Southern Power plans 470 MW Trinidad Power Plant in Texas
GAS/OIL – WORLD
Veresen wants to build Power Plant in Terrace, BC, Canada
GE to supply 6F Gas Turbines for 200 MW Bhola in Bangladesh
Investec to fund Dedisa and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
APR to install Gas, Diesel-fueled Power Plants in Mozambique, Senegal and
Indonesia
Calik Enerji building 230 MW Gardabani Combined Cycle Power Plant in Georgia
NUCLEAR
Saudi Arabia plans to build 22 GW of Nuclear Power by 2030
BUSINESS
100,000 People who are Changing the Worlds Environment and Access to Energy
Billion Dollar Opportunity for Thermal Treatment in the U.S. Oil and Gas
Industry
$224 Billion to Be Invested in New Coal-fired Power Plants Next Year
62 Percent of $7 Billion Air Filtration Market will be in the Industrial
Sector Next Year
Fuel Tech Orders in China
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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September 5, 2013
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