NEWS RELEASE                                                                                                    APRIL 2015

World NO_x Market to Reach $21 Billion This Year

The market for NO_x control systems, reagents and catalyst will exceed $21 billion this year according to the McIlvaine Company in its continually updated NO_x Control World Market.

NO_x Revenues - $ Millions     

The equipment market will reach a peak next year and fall whereas the quantity of reagent and catalyst will steadily increase over the next five years.   Presently, the major market is China.  They are completing a program to retrofit over 400,000 MW of coal-fired boilers with SCR. When this is complete, the Chinese market will be mostly limited to new coal-fired boilers and industrial applications.

The market is growing in countries which traditionally have not enforced NO_x control.  Ahlstom just received a large order for NO_x control for boilers in Russia. The program in Eastern Europe is moving forward.

There are a variety of approaches to NO_x control.  Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is the most prolific.  Selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) is mostly used in industrial installations.  The market for NO_x control for gas turbines is growing due to the many new installations underway in the U.S.

One new technology which could significantly change the industry is the catalytic filter.  NO_x and particulate are removed in one device operating at 850^oF.  An efficient heat exchanger can then be used to extract heat from the clean gas and improve boiler efficiency. Haldor Topsoe has announced construction of a new facility in Houston, TX to produce these elements. The Filtration Group has supplied their elements to many incinerators, combustors and glass plants in Europe and the U.S.

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