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1. What is one major challenge when comparing energy consumption between mills?

2. What does the Specific Energy Consumption (SEC) metric represent?

3. What role does industrial energy efficiency play?

4. Which factor is considered an independent factor in mill energy efficiency analysis?

5. What is a key reason energy comparisons between departments can be misleading?

A. Because mills typically have very accurate departmental metering.
B. Because auxiliary energy uses like offices and lighting are always excluded.
C. Because boundaries between departments vary and secondary heat flows distort data.

6. What is a common electricity demand for wood handling in kraft pulp mills?

7. Which bleaching method typically requires higher electricity use?

8. What percentage of total heat consumption in papermaking typically occurs in the drying section?

9. Which mechanical pulping process has the lowest electricity use per ADt?

10. In mechanical forest industry, which product category has the highest process heat demand?

Energy and biofuels Quiz 4