NEWS RELEASE                                                                                                       NOVEMBER 2012 

Power Will Account for 45 Percent of the Air Pollution Control Market Next Year

In 2013, revenues from the sale of air filtration and air pollution control equipment and instrumentation will exceed $44 billion. Of this total, over 45 percent will come from electric utilities. This is the latest forecast in the McIlvaine report, Air Pollution Management.

Air Pollution Control and Filtration World Revenues ($ Millions)

Industry

2013

Asphalt

 907

Bioclean

 522

Cement

 216

Chemical

 1,331

Commercial

 1,577

Electronics

 813

Food

 342

Gas Turbines

 344

Incinerators

 1,853

Industrial Boilers

 290

Metals

 2,617

Mining

 710

Other Industries

 3,905

Pharmaceutical

 114

Power

 20,035

Pulp & Paper

 629

Refining

 86

Residential

 961

Steel

 1,772

Stone

 3,067

Surface Coating

 690

Waste Incinerators

 323

Wastewater

 1,286

Total

44,390

   

New power plants are installing scrubbers, selective catalytic reduction systems and fabric filters. Older plants are being retrofitted with various SO2, NOx, and mercury reduction controls. The next biggest segment is stone. Cement plants need expensive particulate control equipment. In the U.S. and some other countries, scrubbers and non-selective catalytic reduction equipment are needed.

The market for indoor air filtration is increased by the trends toward higher quality replacement filters in residences and commercial buildings. Odor control with scrubbers and activated carbon filtration is a growing segment. Municipal wastewater plants are investing in activated carbon filters, biofilters and chemical scrubbers.

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