Pulp Paper & Logistics
INDUSTRY NEWS 17 VALMET
are in an excellent position to gain significant benefits by implementing new biomass conversion technologies. Integrated production of solid and liquid biofuels in the pulp and woodworking industries is an important outcome. Biomaterials such as lignin-based carbon fibres and nano-cellulose fibres, composites and bioplastics also have great potential as bio-based materials will increasingly emerge in the markets.
for companies, especially in the pulp and paper, oil and gas, chemicals and materials, and power generation industries. It is estimated that by 2030 there will be a number of entirely-new value chains. Increasing numbers of bio-based markets are expected to grow and pave the way towards new technologies, products and production systems. New kinds of eco-efficient gaseous, liquid and solid fuels, chemicals and materials will be developed. In this business it is very important to manage the entire life cycle of a product, from purchasing the raw material to end use and recycling. As an example, companies in the forest industry sector
Maximizing the value of biomass Valmet is already providing customers with technologies for intensifying the sustainable use of wood, agricultural materials, recyclable paper and various waste flows, and has a long track record and vast experience in converting biomass into renewable energy such as heat, electricity and gas, and recyclable products like paper, pulp, board and tissue. Customers are also being supported by Valmet in recovering useful ingredients from secondary flows of their existing processes and converting them into valuable end products. Valmet’s
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LignoBoost process, for example, separates and collects lignin from the pulping liquor. The world’s first commercial installation of LignoBoost technology was supplied to Domtar in North America. Separation of a portion of the Plymouth, North Carolina, pulp mill’s total lignin production has enabled an increase in pulp production capacity. It has also enabled the mill to create a new
revenue stream from a product that was traditionally burned in a recovery boiler. New solutions are also used to
reach the targets of sustainable development. For instance, Lahti Energia’s gasification power plant in Lahti, Finland, uses solid recycled fuel to efficiently generate electricity and district heat. Valmet supplied the main equipment for the plant, including
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