Metsä Tissue to invest in new steam boiler plant

Image courtesy: KBA Ubicon
Image courtesy: KBA Ubicon

Metsä Tissue AB and KPA Unicon Oy have signed a contract for the delivery of Biograte 8 MWth steam boiler plant to Metsä Tissue's paper mill in Nyboholm, Sweden. The plant will be put into operation by the end of October 2017.

The plant uses as a fuel biosludge in addition to wood chips, bark and sawdust, and it produces steam for the paper mill machinery. The new plant enables efficient combustion of process residues, such as biosludge, generating steam for the mill.

The turnkey delivery does not include ground and foundation works. The contract covers all process equipment as well as installation work, commissioning and training of operating personnel.

The heart of the plant is Biograte combustion technology, which is especially designed for utilization of various biofuels for energy production with effective and good environmental values.

The plant is equipped with KPA Unicon’s PlantSys system for local and remote control. PlantSys collects data from the process equipment and makes operation of the plant easy and reliable, it also visualizes the data in easily understandable manner.

Metsä Tissue is a manufacturer of tissue papers, baking papers, cooking papers and facial tissues.