Energy and biofuels
- Introduction to Energy and biofuels
- Global forest industry energy use
- Production processes recovery and energy
- Chemical recovery
- Energy consumption trends in forest industry
- Challenges in comparing mill energy consumption
- Heat and electricity demand in chemical pulping
- Trends in heat and electricity demand in chemical pulping
- Heat and electricity demand in integrated pulp and paper mill
- Heat and electricity demand in mechanical wood processing
- Three different ways to consume and produce energy
- Defining the energy consumption in modern processes
- Energy supply in forest industry
- Energy production with options for increased power production
- Novel solutions in the pulp mill energy supply
- Improvement of energy efficiency
Heat and power balance in a modern greenfield pulp mill A state of the art pulp mill is self-sufficient in energy production and even has a considerable amount of power for sale if there is a biomass fired boiler for bark combustion, and power production is done in a condensing turbine with multiple extractions for
Authors & references
Authors:
Professor Esa Vakkilainen, LUT University
References:
- Vakkilainen, E. et al. (2008). Advanced efficiency options: Increasing electricity generating potential from pulp mills. Pulp and Paper Canada, 109(4), 4–18.
- Berglin, N. (2008). Survey of operating experience in five mills. International Seminar and Workshop on Biofuels in Lime Kilns, September 24 2010, Stockholm.
- Adams, T. N. et al. (2009). Effects of Alternative Fuel Combustion on Lime Kiln Flames. International Flame Research Foundation ToTeM 33 – Challenges in Rotary Kiln Combustion Processes, February 11–12, 2009, Pisa.
- Nieminen, M. (2007). Energy utilisation in kraft pulp mills. M.Sc. Thesis, Aalto University Helsinki.
- Fogelholm, C–J. et al. (1999). Heat and power co–generation. In: Chemical Pulping Book 6B, Jyväskylä, Fapet Oy.
- Kankkonen, S. et al. (2010). Enhancing the power generation in a modern greenfield pulp mill. Proceedings of the 2010 International Chemical Recovery Conference, March 29–April 1, 2010, Williamsburg.
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