OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PULP & PAPER INDUSTRY

Pulp & Paper industry is facing an increasingly global market. In a capital intensive industry, producing mostly commodity products, companies need to be the most cost-effective producer in order to be competitive. This implies incremental production increase, incremental operating cost reduction (in particular energy costs) and producing less off-spec products.

Most of the Pulp & Paper mills are equipped with data historian systems. Millions of data points are typically collected and stored on a single site every day, but very few mills are exploiting the information buried in the data to enhance their operating performance.

PEPITe offers its customers innovative manufacturing intelligence solutions that quickly turns this abundant and underused stored data into knowledge for process improvements and better decision-making.

• Self Assessment tool - Quickly assess the availability, the quality and the variations of your energy data & KPIs, and target actions to improve energy monitoring and efficiency.

• Smart Energy Monitoring - Track relevant changes of your energy KPIs and make optimal decisions regarding energy management.

• Energy Optimization - Save energy by just operating differently Typical benefits are:

  • TMP Reboiler Optimization - Maximize the clean steam produced at the TMP plant. Expected benefits: Energy costs reduced by 2-5$ per ton.
  • Paper Machine Energy Optimization - Reduce your steam use at your paper machine. Expected benefits: Energy costs reduced by 4-6$ per ton.
  • Boiler Efficiency Optimization - Produce more steam and power per unit of fuel and take wiser decisions regarding fuel switching and economic trade-off between power and steam. Expected benefits: Efficiency increase between 5-10%