Productivity and IE in Paper Manufacturing

FACTOR 5: Transforming the Global Economy through 80%
Improvements in Resource Productivity
Online Industry Sector Study – The Pulp and Paper Industry ..................................................... 2
1) The Potential for Factor 5 Improvements in Pulp and Paper Manufacture Resource
Productivity ............................................................................................................................................... 2
Best Practice Case Studies ................................................................................................................. 8
Catalyst Paper International – Powell River and Port Alberni Mills, Canada .................................................. 8
Visy Industries – Tumut Mill, Australia ........................................................................................................... 9
ChemRec - Black Liquor Gasification Combined Cycle ................................................................................. 9
2) A Whole System Approach to Factor 5 in the Pulp and Paper Sector ......................................... 11
IPCC Strategy One: Energy Efficiency Opportunities ....................................................................... 11
IPCC Strategy Two: Fuel Switching .................................................................................................. 11
IPCC Strategy Three: Heat and Power Recovery ............................................................................. 11
IPCC Strategy Four: Renewable Energy .......................................................................................... 12
IPCC Strategy Five: Feedstock Change ........................................................................................... 12
IPCC Strategy Seven: Material Efficiency (Water) ............................................................................ 13

2010 paper

http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/Documents/Factor5-PulpandPaperOnlineSectorStudy.pdf

Benchmarking to improve productivity in pulp, paper and paperboard manufacturing facilities

Pulp, paper and paperboard product manufacturing water use benchmarks 

 

Performance measures 

Benchmark kL / per tonne 

Minimum 0.53 

Mean 1.98 

Maximum 4.73 

http://nbweb.com.au/getattachment/9873120d-cb2e-4e0b-ab34-9f015408897f/Paper-and-pulp-products-fact-sheet-July-2013.aspx

MODIFIED STARCHES FOR ENHANCED PAPER QUALITY AND HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY

Ashok Kumar Mishra

It is estimated that about 5 million tons of starch are currently used by the world paper industry, that is about 1.5% starch by weight including all grades of paper and paperboard. The use of modified starches is more common in the United States where modified starches are not only used to achieve higher productivity, but also higher paper quality. For example in 2004, of all the corn-based starch used by the paper industry in the United States, 76% was modified,

The advantages of modified starches over native starches are manifold.

http://www.tappsa.co.za/archive2/Journal_papers/Modified_starches/modified_starches.html