Flue gas treatment system to further reduce emissions at Billerud mill

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Ceyhun Zincirkiran, co-owner and managing director of Lotus Teknik Tekstil, commented:

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Lotus Teknik Tekstil is a leading nonwoven roll goods producer and a member of a group of four companies that operate end-to-end manufacturing including nonwovens, cardboard packaging, plastics, and finished wet wipe products.

Billerud AB has ordered a flue gas treatment system for its Gruvön mill from Andritz.

The system will enable the mill to increase the output of its soda recovery boiler while at the same time reducing emissions. The recovered soda is reused in the pulp manufacturing process.

Andritz will supply an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) including switched integrated rectifier technology (SIR).

The new precipitator will be installed in addition to the two existing ESPs, enabling the Gruvön mill to increase the capacity of its soda recovery boiler by more than 30 per cent while keeping particulate matter emissions to well below 15 mg/cubic metre. The system will mean that the mill will be able to continue to operate profitably while complying with the strict local environmental regulations. Hand over is scheduled for the second quarter of 2024. Billerud operates ten mills, of which six are in Sweden.