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
Metsä Fibre Äänekoski bioproduct mill The new generation of pulp mill came into operation during Spring 2017. The Metsä Fibre Äänekoski bioproduct mill (Figure 1), with an investment cost of 1.2 billion euros, has the capacity of producing over 1.3 million tonnes of pulp 1,2. The annual use of softwood and hardwood is 4.7 and
Authors & references
Authors:
Professor Esa Vakkilainen, LUT University
Marcelo Hamaguchi, Stora Enso
References:
- Sweco Industry Oy. (2014). Metsä Fibre. Äänekosken biotuotetehtaan ympäristövaikutusten arviointiselostus.
- Metsä Fibre Oy. (2019). Äänekosken biotuotetehdas. Biotuotteet. [Online] Available from: https://www.metsafibre.com/fi/yhtio/Biotuotetehdas/Pages/Biotuotteet.aspx [Accessed 25th October 2019].
- Chenna, N. et al. (2018). Sulphuric acid production plant to maintain pulp mill chemical balances – advances in biorefineries. ABTCP International Pulp and Paper , October, 23-25, Sao Paulo Brazil.
- IRENA. (2018). Bioenergy from Finnish forests: Sustainable, efficient and modern use of wood,. International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ISBN 9789292600129
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