ANDRITZ has received an order from Moorim P&P, South Korea, to upgrade an evaporation plant at its Ulsan mill. Also in news ambitious climate goals have been set with Metsä Group to work together to reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions.
ANDRITZ to upgrade evaporation plant for Moorim P&P, South Korea
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Moorim P&P, South Korea, to upgrade an evaporation plant at its Ulsan mill, which produces bleached kraft pulp and different types of high-quality paper. The refurbishment will help to increase the mill’s efficiency and reduce consumption of resources.
Mr. Kim Sangwoo, Project Director, Moorim P&P, says, “We have set ambitious energy saving targets for our Ulsan mill. This upgrade will increase the capacity of our evaporation line no. 1 and the final dry solids content of the black liquor, which supports these targets. ANDRITZ’s efficient technologies will contribute to water and energy savings.”
The upgraded evaporation plant is designed to produce a stable, high-solids black liquor stream for efficient combustion in the recovery boiler. All condensates generated in the evaporation plant can be 100% re-used in other mill areas reducing the need for raw water.
“This order marks the continuation of the successful long-term cooperation between Moorim P&P and ANDRITZ. Our approach to the evaporation plant upgrade represents the best solution in terms of capacity, process, efficiency, and cost,” says Sanna Semi, Vice President Global Evaporation Product Group, ANDRITZ.
ANDRITZ’s scope of supply includes the following new equipment:
- HD concentrator that will ensure that the evaporation plant sends firing liqor with higher dry solids content to the recovery boiler
- Upgrade of the evaporation plant by adding a new effect 6 and an MVR pre-evaporator that will increase the evaporation capacity
- Foul condensate treatment system that will allow the condensates to be reused inside the mill instead of sending them to an effluent treatment plant. This has the double positive effect of reducing the consumption of freshwater and the need for treating wastewater.
Start-up of the upgraded plant is scheduled for April 2025.
Metsä Group and ANDRITZ are aiming for ambitious climate goals
Metsä Group and technology supplier ANDRITZ have agreed to work together to reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. Scope 3 emissions refer to emissions from the company’s value chain and purchases, such as emissions during the sourcing of production equipment and raw materials and the transportation and use of manufactured products. The goal of the multi-year cooperation is to increase the effectiveness of emission reductions and to find completely new ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The companies have established a project group that will determine the most significant development targets, metrics and goals during 2024, with which the total emissions of the value chain can be reduced.
“The collaboration is a significant step for both companies. It shows how important part of our sustainability work is to reduce emissions from the value chain and sourcing. Together, we will find new ways to manage greenhouse emissions that would not necessarily be recognized if companies were operating independently,” says Jari Voutilainen, SVP Sourcing and Logistics at Metsä Group.
“ANDRITZ is strongly committed to developing innovative solutions in cooperation with Metsä Group, so that we can achieve our sustainability goals together. This partnership with Metsä Group not only reflects our commitment to advanced greenhouse gas emission management methods, which are an integral part of our sustainability strategy, but also enables the implementation of more effective emission reduction methods, which would be much more challenging if acting alone,” says Ari-Pekka Määttänen, SVP EMEA at ANDRITZ Pulp & Paper.
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ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER
ANDRITZ Pulp & Paper provides sustainable technology, automation, and service solutions for the production of all types of pulp, paper, board and tissue. The technologies and services focus on maximum utilization of raw materials, increased production efficiency, lower overall operating costs as well as innovative decarbonization strategies and autonomous plant operation. Boilers for power generation, flue gas cleaning systems, various nonwoven technologies, panelboard (MDF) production systems, as well as recycling and shredding solutions for numerous waste materials also form a part of this business area. State-of-the-art IIoT technologies as part of Metris digitalization solutions complete the comprehensive product offering.
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