NEWS RELEASE                                                                                                    NOVEMBER 2012 

The World Market for Electrostatic Precipitator Systems, Repair Parts and Service Will Exceed $15 Billion in 2013

The market for ESP repair and service will be $8 billion in 2013, whereas, the new systems market will exceed $7.5 billion. This is the conclusion in the latest update of Electrostatic Precipitators: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.

East Asia will be the largest market for new systems as well as for repair parts and service. In NAFTA and Western Europe, the new system market will be small compared to repair and service. The reason is that both regions have very large installed bases of precipitators but small markets for new coal-fired generators, steel mills and pulp/paper plants. Furthermore, new power plants in both these regions are more likely to be equipped with fabric filters than electrostatic precipitators.

India is buying large numbers of precipitators for coal-fired power plants. This is creating a much larger market for new systems than for repair and service. However, the ash in Indian coals is abrasive and there is a high ratio of ash to total coal burned. This creates special maintenance problems.

Chinese suppliers dominate the market for new precipitators in Asia. Alstom is the market leader in Europe and North America. Major suppliers are also based in Japan and Korea.

The biggest challenge for precipitator suppliers is the more stringent regulatory environment. Precipitators are sensitive to the type of particulate being captured. So when fuels change the precipitator performance changes. Fabric filters are not sensitive to the dust characteristics and are, therefore, more likely to be selected when the mandated emission limits are low.

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