Customer case:

Complete Recovery Boiler Delivery at Klabin’s Monte Alegre mill

Aug 22, 2024

Klabin is the largest producer and exporter of packaging paper and sustainable solutions for paper packaging in Brazil and offers to the market softwood, hardwood, and fluff pulp. Valmet has been appointed to deliver a new recovery boiler, an ash crystallization plant, and an odorous gas handling system to Klabin’s Monte Alegre pulp and paper mill as part of Klabin’s announced modernization project. The new equipment is estimated to be taken into operation by the end of 2026.

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“The new recovery boiler and ash crystallization with connected optimizers will improve the mill's safety and operational reliability. The collection, handling, and incineration of non-condensable gases will also help reduce the environmental impacts".
Jussi Mäntyniemi, Vice President, Recovery, Pulp and Energy, Valmet

Summary

Goals

  • Modernize Monte Allegre mill

  • Increase efficiency, profitability and sustainability
Benefits

  • Maximized energy recovery from black liquor

  • Maximized makeup usage

  • Maximized campaign period without boiler plugging
Solutions

  • Valmet Recovery Boiler 1950 tDs/d

  • Valmet Ash Cristallization Plant 140 t Ash/d

  • Complete Automation package with:

    • Recovery Boilder Optimizer

    • Green Liquor Quality Optimizer

    • Ash Balance Optimizer

  • Valmet Recovery Ash Analyzer

  • Valmet Boiler Diagnostics Systems 
Recovery Ash Analyzer

Recovery Ash Analyzer

Valmet Recovery Ash Analyzer offers an online solution for measuring ash composition at the electrostatic precipitator (ESP) and ash treatment reject liquids. It also calculates the critical ash melting temperatures to determine fouling and corrosion risks.

Boiler Diagnostics Systems

Boiler Diagnostics Systems

Industrial furnace cameras and acoustic pyrometer solutions for combustion management.

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