NEWS RELEASE                                   MAY 2011

Cement Plants to Spend $2.6 Billion/yr for Air Pollution Control over the Next 3 Years

The new cement hazardous air pollution rules will boost the market for air pollution control in the U.S.  But the infrastructure growth in the developing world will have a great impact on the market. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company www.mcilvainecompany.com  by aggregating the projections in 5 of its on line market reports.

Average Annual Expenditures 2011-2014 ($ Millions)

Equipment Type

U.S.

China

     ROW

World

Fabric Filter

300

  700

       800

1800

Electrostatic Precipitator

    5

    40

         60

  105

SCR

  50

      0

         70

  120

SNCR

  30

    20

         50

  100

Scrubber

200

    50

       100

  350

Thermal Oxidizer

100

      0

         50

  150

Total

685

  810

     1130

2625

The U.S. market will be smaller than the Chinese market in the period despite the boost from the new U.S. rules.

 

        U.S.

     China

      ROW

   World

Fabric Filter

$300

$700

$800

$1,800

Electrostatic Precipitator

$5

$40

$60

$105

SCR

$50

$0

$70

$120

SNCR

$30

$20

$50

$100

Scrubber

$200

$50

$100

$350

Thermal Oxidizer

$100

$0

$50

$150

Total

$685

$810

$1,130

$2,625
         

The U.S. will lead in purchases of scrubbers and thermal oxidizers but fabric filters will be the largest equipment category.

 

World

Fabric Filter

$1,800

Electrostatic Precipitator

$105

SCR

$120

SNCR

$100

Scrubber

$350

Thermal Oxidizer

$150

The cement plants around the world are increasingly utilizing fabric filters for cleaning the gas from the kilns. Formerly electrostatic precipitators were used for this application. For many years fabric filters have been used for coal grinding and material transfer points.  FLSmidth, KHD, and other large cement plant suppliers are frequently furnishing fabric filters as an integral part of new plants they are building whether it is a developed or a developing country.

SO2 is of increasing concern in the U.S. and Europe.  Wet limestone scrubbers will be a popular choice in the U.S. they will also remove the HCl to the levels required in the new cement MACT rule  Relative to NOx control  selective non-catalytic reduction will be the most popular choice. However, the equipment cost is low. The big cost is in the urea or ammonia injection.

There will be a significant market for activated carbon in the U.S. EPA expects most U.S. plants to install activated carbon injection systems to remove mercury. This could result in boosting total activated carbon sales in the U.S. by 5 to 10 percent. 

Kerogen (organic chemical compounds) in the limestone calcined to make cement are vaporized and form toxic organic air pollutants. EPA expects many plants to install thermal oxidizers to destroy these emissions.  However, it is also likely that some plants will be able to make sufficient reductions using activated carbon injection. Nevertheless the U.S. market for thermal oxidizers for this application will average $100 million/yr.

For more information on:

Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com//brochures/air.html#n008        

NOx Control World Markets
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n035

World Fabric Filter and Element Market
 http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n021

Air Pollution Monitoring & Sampling World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#no31

Thermal/Catalytic World Air Pollution Markets   http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n007