CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS Selected Industrial Air Pollution Control Equipment - 1995 MA35J(95)-1 Issued October 1996 Contact: Richard Wiesler, 301-457-4746 TABLE 1. NEW ORDERS, SHIPMENTS, AND BACKLOG OF ORDERS FOR SELECTED INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT: 1995 AND 1994 (Quantity in number of units. Value in thousands of dollars) Backlog of orders at Number New orders Shipments end of year Product of com- code Product description panies Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value 1995 Industrial air pollution control equipment. . 108 (S) 664,176 (S) 752,833 (S) 292,177 Particulate emissions collectors . . . . . 87 (S) 476,226 (S) 489,761 (S) 203,114 35646 51 Electrostatic precipitators . . . . . . . 17 (S) 134,797 (S) 152,055 (S) 88,549 35646 54 Fabric filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 53,992 239,347 51,955 227,912 7,627 60,194 35646 55 Mechanical collectors . . . . . . . . . . 35 6,116 65,885 6,030 61,624 700 26,519 35646 58 Wet scrubbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1,263 36,197 1,245 48,170 258 27,852 Gaseous emissions control devices. . . . . 39 1,089 149,753 1,204 220,227 234 76,027 35646 70 Catalytic oxidation systems . . . . . . . 12 207 27,648 249 34,832 43 12,774 35646 71 Nitric oxide (NO) control systems . . . . 4 (D) 4,237 (D) 4,402 (D) (D) 35646 72 Thermal and direct oxidation systems. . . 15 302 68,697 311 71,402 38 9,273 35646 73 Scrubbers (gas absorber non-FGD*) . . . . 12 519 25,290 571 25,403 115 3,815 35646 74 Wet flue gas desulfurization systems. . . 4 (D) (D) (D) 72,559 7 31,422 35646 75 Dry flue gas desulfurization systems. . . 5 (D) (D) 14 8,542 (D) (D) 35646 76 Gas adsorbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 35 7,147 38 3,087 23 8,477 35646 79 Other types of industrial air pollution control equipment . . . . . . . . . . 18 10,048 38,197 9,948 42,845 386 13,036 1994 Industrial air pollution control equipment. . 111 r\(S) r\696,329 r\(S) r\776,381 r\(S) r\380,834 Particulate emissions collectors . . . . . 90 r\(S) r\502,286 r\(S) r\479,244 r\(S) 216,649 35646 51 Electrostatic precipitators . . . . . . . 19 r\(S) 161,817 r\(S) 138,006 r\(S) 105,807 35646 54 Fabric filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 48,295 207,221 46,961 211,340 5,590 48,759 35646 55 Mechanical collectors . . . . . . . . . . 39 5,760 63,511 5,688 68,028 r\614 22,258 35646 58 Wet scrubbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1,340 r\69,737 1,316 r\61,870 r\240 r\39,825 Gaseous emissions control devices. . . . . 39 r\1,276 r\145,049 r\1,232 r\245,554 349 146,501 35646 70 Catalytic oxidation systems . . . . . . . r\11 r\195 r\39,066 (S) r\34,751 (S) r\19,958 35646 71 Nitric oxide (NO) control systems . . . . 3 (D) (D) (D) (D) (S) r\(D) 35646 72 Thermal and direct oxidation systems. . . r\15 r\328 r\66,943 r\300 r\63,402 47 11,978 35646 73 Scrubbers (gas absorber non-FGD*) . . . . 11 687 14,441 658 13,997 r\167 r\3,928 35646 74 Wet flue gas desulfurization systems. . . r\ 4 (D) (D) (S) 105,821 (S) r\(D) 35646 75 Dry flue gas desulfurization systems. . . 4 7 3,509 14 11,533 (S) (S) 35646 76 Gas adsorbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 51 7,968 (D) (D) 26 4,417 35646 79 Other types of industrial air pollution control equipment . . . . . . . . . . 19 11,942 48,994 12,014 51,583 r\286 r\17,684 * FGD - Flue gas desulfurization. D Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. r\Revised by 5 percent or more from previously reported figure. S Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards. TABLE 2. VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF SELECTED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT, BY END USE: 1995 AND 1994 (Thousands of dollars) Other types of Particulate Gaseous industrial air emissions emissions pollution Industry collectors control devices control devices 1995 1994 1995 1994 1995 1994 Shipments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489,761 r\479,244 220,227 r\ 245,554 42,845 51,583 Steam power plants -- electric utility . . . 46,910 69,086 73,137 113,434 (D) (6) Steam power plants -- industrial . . . . . . 16,801 13,272 (1) (1, r) (D) (D) Coal mining and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . 1,320 1,596 (1) (1, r) - - Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,265 (D) 1\14,991 1\ r\16,593 (5) (D) Foundries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,307 4,697 (2) (3, r) - - Iron and steel mills . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,714 16,096 (D) r\(D) (D) (D) Primary nonferrous metal smelting plants . . 11,995 8,152 2\1,082 (3, r) - (D) Chemical and fertilizer production . . . . . 45,526 49,319 10,441 r\6,757 (D) 6\21,016 Cement manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,144 6,196 - 3\ r\933 (D) (D) Grain milling and handling . . . . . . . . . 3,452 3,528 (D) (4) (5) (D) Pulp and paper mill operations . . . . . . . 40,558 31,771 1,131 4\476 5\313 996 Municipal waste combusters . . . . . . . . . 12,483 (D) 2,705 589 0 (D) Other end users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219,873 187,448 (D) r\(D) 20,193 24,430 End use not specified. . . . . . . . . . . . 46,413 r\52,042 278 5,037 4,007 3,317 1\Data for industrial steam power plants, coal mining and cleaning, and petroleum refining are combined for gaseous emissions control devices for 1995 and 1994, to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 2\Data for foundries and primary nonferrous metal smelting plants are combined for gaseous emissions control devices for 1995, to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 3\Data for foundries, primary nonferrous metal smelting plants, and cement manufacturing are combined for gaseous emissions control devices for 1994, to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 4\Data for grain milling and handling and pulp and paper mill operations are combined for gaseous emissions control devices for 1994, to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 5\Data for petroleum refining, grain milling and handling, and pulp and paper mill operations are combined for other types of industrial air pollution control devices for 1995, to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 6\Data for electric utility steam power plants and chemical and fertilizer production are combined for other types of industrial air pollution control devices for 1994, to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. - Represents. D Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. r\ Revised by 5 percent or more from previously reported figure.  39 r\1,276 r\145,049 r\1,232 r\245,554 349