CONTENTS Dear Reader,

Kvaerner Power's commitment to maximizing the success of our customers' business is

strongly manifested in our Lifetime SupportTM approach.

Our objective is to build comprehensive and long-term customer relationships, which offer
value to both our custom-
ers and to ourselves,
throughout the decades-
4 EN - Environmentally friendly long product lifetime.

energy We strive for simple and

direct contacts with our
customers, to better un-
derstand how we can best
5 Environmentally driven be of assistance with new
products, and in improving
in Sweden existing installations and
ser vice, whenever it is
needed. This will also en-
hance the quality of the
8 CO - Control the combustion feedback from our custom-
ers, which is essential for
- control the future further improving our ser-
vices, technology and
project execution.

9 Environmental care in An example of such im-

provements is the Aker
coal combustion Kvaerner Project Execution
Model (PEM), a company-
wide process for project
management. Together
12 RE - Recovering energy and with a well-developed risk
management practice, it
chemicals - recovering brings realism and predict-
ability into the projects,
earnings from which both Kvaerner
Power and our customers
benefit.

13 Maximised capacity, While our project special-

ists take care of our cus-
availability and safety tomers' project accord-
ingly, our customer can
feel that their investment
is in safe hands, and that
18 News round up the right measures are
taken at the right time,
with a minimum of sur-
prises or variations.

Our business approach and project sales are technically founded on our mission to deliver
1/2005 ENCORETM solutions, products and services developed to meet the increasing awareness of,
and request for, sustainable development also in our industry.
Publisher: Kvaerner Power
Box 109, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
Tel. +358 20 14121; Fax +358 20 141 2210 We are ready to accept the challenge to be your provider of choice for ENvironmental
E-mail: info.kpoy@akerkvaerner.com COmbustion and REcovery solutions.
Editor-in-Chief: Terttu Tuominen
E-mail: terttu.tuominen@akerkvaerner.com I hope you enjoy this edition of Powerlines.
Layout: Ad agency Piirtek #11888
Cover photo: APP's new pulp mill on Hainan Lennart Ohlsson
island, China
President
Kvaerner Power
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 ENCORETM
Products and services provided by Kvaerner Power
Expertise in environmental combustion and recovery solutions has made
Kvaerner Power the world's leading supplier of fluidized bed and recovery
boilers, with an unrivalled product range and hundreds of operating plants
around the world.

ENCORE™ solutions provide environmentally friendly combustion

technology enabling utilisation of a wide fuel portfolio in a cost effective
and reliable way.

ENCORE™ comes from Kvaerner Power, which is committed to provide

lifetime support to its customers, with solutions that assist them to reach
their business goals while ensuring environmental compliance.

Environmentally friendly energy

Control the combustion -

control the future

Recovering energy and chemicals -

recovering earnings

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 Environmentally friendly energy
• Solutions are developed in the
symbiosis of clean Scandinavian
nature and high tech industry
• Solutions enable utilization of
environmentally friendly fuels in
a reliable and safe way
• ENCORETM is an environmentally
conscious choice

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 ENVIRONMENTALLY
DRIVEN IN SWEDEN
The biofuel-fired boiler plant for Kappa Kraftliner
AB's mill in Piteå, in Northern Sweden, will be
Kvaerner Power's first large new BFB boiler
delivery to the forest industry in Sweden. The
project can with good reason be regarded as a
multi-level environmental act.
The boiler will be utilizing bio fuel with small
amounts of plastic reject from the mill. The state-
of-the-art technology will reduce emissions
considerably, and the plant façade will be
designed to have an imposing view of the mill
from the nearby city centre.

The façade is designed to meet both aesthetic and

industrial requirements.

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 This delivery contract marks a great mar-
ket opening for Kvaerner Power. Kappa
Kraftliner, the biggest production unit of
Kappa Packaging, the biggest kraftliner
producer in Europe, brings a new and in-
teresting aspect to Kvaerner Power's ref-
erence history. Until now the company has
supplied similar boiler plants for utility pur-
poses to municipal organisations in Swe-
den. While municipal organisations have
alternative power generation options avail-
According to Jan Kaarle and Peder Ögren (left 2 and 3) able for back up, the power boiler plant at
availability was the most important criterion when Kappa Kraf tliner will produce process
choosing the boiler supplier.
steam together with electricity, which calls
for the utmost availability in order to con-
tinuously secure the paper-making pro-
cess.
Availability above all
According to Jan Kaarle, Kappa Kraftliner's
engineering manager, the pre-project,
which started in 2004 had a leading theme:
"All the way we were after availability. It is
vital for securing deliveries and the profit-
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able operation of the mill. We wanted to
study all available options thoroughly, and
considered both CFB and BFB technologies
right up to the last moment." His colleague,
project leader Peder Ögren agrees: "In ad-
dition to the most important issue, avail-
ability, we naturally checked a number of
other things such as power consumption,
maintenance costs, production process and
requirements relating to emissions. In all
these issues Kymin Voima in Finland was
the most impressive power boiler plant of
all the mills we visited during the pre-
project stage." Based on the pre-project
outcomes Kvaerner Power was the best on
average and also in terms of price.
Kappa Kraftliner's current power boiler
was originally recovery boiler built in 1961,
which was changed into oil firing in 1972.
When the price of oil increased, wood reject
from the mill's own process was also used
as fuel. The company is very progressive and
development oriented, using its know-how
in the Tech Center built in the 1990's for
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product and production research and devel- gard our team's involvement in the project
opment. The aim is to increase production as being necessary to make contact be-
to 750,000 tons per year, and the biofuel tween our companies more intense."
boiler offers a new, technologically, eco-
nomically and environmentally justified so- A city-friendly façade
lution to satisfy the demand for heat and
power. The mill is situated in the immediate prox-
imity of the city centre, and the boiler plant The project is
Environmentally friendly power façade is the most visible part of it towards the biggest single
source the city area. "The facade is designed to fit
the surrounding scenery, keeping in mind investment ever
With its new biofuel boiler Kappa Kraftliner people's aesthetic needs, and to make it a in Piteå.
will be able to utilise biofuel sourced from comfortable industrial working environ-
outside the mill. Oil will be replaced by for- ment," Jouni Kinni, Product Sales Manager
est residue. Peat and sludge will also be of Kvaerner Power says. He explains that
used. The boiler will also use small amounts special attention is paid to architectural de-
of recycled board and plastic reject, which sign, colours and materials. Large glass
earlier has been transported elsewhere. surfaces allow daylight to flow into the
The mill's own electricity production will building. During the dark winter months A personal connection
increase, and process costs will decrease Kappa Kraftliner will be remembered for
as a result of utilising biofuel. The biofuel its green lighted stripes glowing up 50 Kvaerner Power's President Lennar t
combustion is CO2 free, which means that meters high. A new interesting aspect re- Ohlsson is happy to be in charge of this
the company will gain benefits in the green garding the façade and cityscape is that project. He spent part of his childhood in
electricity certicate trade. The lower NOX the fluegas cleaning equipment will be lo- the area, and his wife is also from Piteå area.
emissions will mean a lower NOX taxation cated inside, instead of the more common He is very pleased to be returning to his
being applied. way of mounting it outside the boiler build- roots in connection with this important
ing. project.
Even though the proportion of plastic re-
ject used in the fuel is small, the boiler plant A significant investment Lennart Ohlsson brings up the life cycle
is designed to fulfil the requirements of the issue: "The cooperation between Kappa
EU waste incineration directive for co-firing, The project is the biggest single invest- Kraftliner and Kvaerner Power is a good ex-
which regulates the combustion process ment ever in Piteå. The total value of the ample of life cycle services. Kvaerner Power
and emissions. investment is approximately 76 million has been involved in the yearly maintenance
Euros, with Kvaerner Power's delivery rep- of the recovery boiler supplied by Kvaerner
A team including Kappa Kraftliner's op- resenting a good half. "We have formed a Power's predecessor Tampella 30 years ago.
erators is in charge of the project as far as positive picture of the company over the We aim for similar cooperation with this new
the technical and equipment choices are years through the maintenance and ser- power boiler. This is vital for maximizing
concerned. Some consultants are also used vice jobs performed on the 30 year-old re- availability without disruption."
in some project areas. The pre-planning covery boiler which is still in operation,"
stage included visiting approximately 20 Jan Kaarle says.
boiler plants around Europe and comparing
them using a special evaluation chart. "We The contract was signed on May 2, 2005,
wanted to listen to the mill operators. We at which time the first spadeful was taken
wanted to engage in discussions with to mark the start for the important project.
people who know how to run power boilers The power boiler plant will be ready in the
and what is needed during the process," says spring of 2007. It will represent a new, ad-
Jan Kaarle. Peder Ögren emphasizes the vanced level of technology in the Swed-
importance of finding the right way of think- ish forest industry, which has been invest-
ing: "That is why we combined several play- ing very little in new technology for quite
ers. We did some investigation of our own, some time. Kvaerner Power has several
and used consultants who could give us a BFB references within the Finnish forest
second opinion on various issues." industry.

Jan Kaarle points out that the Kappa

Kraftliner's team will also be involved in the
project in its later stages: "In this way we can
help Kvaerner Power to choose the right Kappa Kraftliner HYBEX® boiler
equipment and subsuppliers." Peder Ögren Steam: 132 MWth, 50 kg/s,
120 bar, 520 ºC
highlights the need for participation: "I re- Fuels: Bark, sawdust, forest residue,
peat, rejects, sludge, oil

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 Control the combustion -
control the future
• Products for the strictest
environmental requirements
• Flexible fuel portfolio
• Meet future demands with
today's proven solutions

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 ENVIRONMENTAL CARE IN
COAL COMBUSTION

Boiler wall panel being lifted for installation.

Coal provides more than half of all of the power consumed in the USA. Kvaerner MPU supplies local power to more than
16,000 residents daily. The demand for elec-
Power CYMIC® boilers, which utilise CFB technology have proved their excellence in
tricity has been growing rapidly, and is ex-
coal combustion through a well controlled process with minimized emissions. pected to continue at approximately 1.8%
Kvaerner Power will supply a CYMIC® boiler with a 63 MW electricity capacity to per year. The company is expanding its
power plant, and by selecting CFB technol-
Manitowoc Public Utilities (MPU) in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA. It will be designed
ogy Manitowoc is demonstrating its com-
to combust petroleum coke with coal as a back up fuel. It will be ready to support mitment to the environment by acquiring a
electricity production in March 2006. means to achieve the lowest solid fuel fired
emissions while meeting the future power
generation needs of its local customers.

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Change of supplier
According to Red Jones, MPU Power Pro-
duction Manager, MPU had operated a
competitor's CFB for more than ten years at
the time that the current project was bid.
"We had gained a lot of confidence in what
the operational limitations were on our
existing boiler and where the maintenance
problems areas are located. The Kvaerner
Power offering addressed many of these
issues with the difference in design. We
saw the elimination of expansion joints in
the loop seals and bed ash coolers as a big
plus. Kvaerner Power was also willing to
work with MPU to get the unit on a very
limited footprint. While they acknowledged
it would be difficult to construct, their 'can
do' attitude toward construction was very
positive."
Hard facts behind the choice
The new boiler will bring added value to
MPU's business. Red Jones points out that
a number of advantages can be identified
from a financial, operational and environ-
mental point of view: "The new boiler will
enable us to burn lower cost petcoke. The
technology is easily used in the small boiler
size (475 klb/hr, 216 t/h) we require. Our op-
erators have experience with the technol-
ogy, and our current CFB boiler operates
very reliably. Our air permit was a combina-
tion of offsets from an existing solid fuel
firing boiler, which will be converted to
natural gas. Also the low emissions meant
we were able to maintain some operational
flexibility with the old boiler."
Depending on coal
Coal is by far the largest natural energy re-
source in the USA. Even today, after the de-
velopment of many other energy produc-
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“The ‘can do’ attitude
of Kvaerner Power
toward construction
was very positive.”
CFB boiler’s water-cooled cyclone.
According to Red Jones the new boiler will
add financial, operational and environmental
advantages on MPU's business.
tion methods, coal is still providing approxi-
mately 55% of all of the power consumed in
the US. All grades of coal, from anthracite to
lignite, are available in the US, but most
power production is from the bituminous
and sub-bituminous types. The largest re-
serve with low sulfur and ash is in the West-
ern US. It is near the surface of the ground,
which makes it easily accessible via open
pits, not requiring underground mining.
Technical Manager Mike Alliston from
Kvaerner Power summarises: "All in all, as an
energy source coal has several advantages
over other fuels due its abundance, low
costs, and secured long-term availability
enabling dependable and reliable power
production."
Minimized emissions through
controlled process
Emission of gaseous sulfur oxides is one
of the issues connected with burning coal
or pet coke, but the use of CFB combustion
technology has tremendously mitigated
this issue. Limestone is co-fed with fuel and
reacts with the sulfur directly during the
combustion process to form harmless solid
products. With pet coke (sulfur content up
to 6%) SO2 emission reduction requirement
is very high, clearly over 95%. To achieve this
requirement, Kvaerner Power has developed
a bottom ash hydration system, where bot-
tom ash is activated and reinjected back
to the combustor in order to decrease lime-
stone consumption. Meanwhile, nitrogen
oxide emissions are inherently low in the
CFB combustion process, and the use of
fabric filters reduces particulate emissions
to very low levels.
Applicable for pet coke, too
Besides coal, another type of solid fuel in use
in the US is pet coke, which is a by-product
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of the oil refining process. The CFB combus-
tion process has made the direct combus-
tion of pet coke for power generation pos-
sible. Kvaerner Power has had two units in
Montana producing power from pet coke for
more than a decade.
Readiness for biomass combustion
Considering the strategic importance of
coal combustion to the US economy, various
organizations in the US are actively research-
ing CO 2 sequestration technologies. Mike
Alliston points out that in the meantime, CFB
combustion technology opens up the pos-
sibility for the gradual introduction of bio-
mass combustion. "Thanks to development
made by Kvaerner Power, it is now possible
to design units that are capable of burning
either coal or biomass in any combination.
An excellent example of such a unit is
Ahlholmens Kraft in Finland."
While the construction of a utility power
plant in the USA that will burn only biomass
remains logistically very difficult, the new
CFB boilers make it feasible to build plants
that can burn biomass to the extent possible,
while relying upon the dependability and
low cost of coal to smooth out the opera-
tions. Many power suppliers are now ac-
tively developing their capabilities in multi-
fuel combustion, and the CFB boilers is the
technology of choice to achieve that goal.
Red Jones says that MPU's biofuel is in the
form of paper pellets. "These ¾" pellets are
mixed into the fuel stream on the way to the
bunkers. We have problems with separation
in the bunkers due to the low density of the
pellets. Also, the pellets have lower heat
value, and can cause the boiler to swing due
to less heat input. In our stoker boilers the
paper fibers can tend to temporarily blind
the baghouse. We are always on the lookout
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 Manitowoc Public Utilities supplies local
power to more than 16,000 residents daily.

The elimination of expansion joints

in the loopseals and bed ash
coolers was regarded as a big plus.

for other sources of biofuel." Manitowoc uses

currently a blend of pet coke and coal in their
existing CFB. The new CFB boiler will be fuelled
Recent deliveries of large coal fired CYMIC® boilers
by 100% pet coke.
Kvaerner Power has acquired a strong position as a supplier of large coal fired
Moving forward
CYMIC® boilers. Kvaerner Power has supplied several circulating fluidized bed
boilers to the North American market, but to other parts of the world, too.
The relationship between MPU and Kvaerner
Power is still quite new, but in Red Jones' opin-
Delivery Customer Thermal capacity Fuels
ion it has started well for both parties: "To date, year MWth
our relationship has been very good. Construc-
tion has not been problem-free but Kvaerner 2008 Archer Daniels Midland, 3 x 350 Bituminous coal
Clinton, Iowa, USA
Power has assembled the people we need to
keep moving forward. As a small utility, we 2007 Georgia-Pacific Corporation 350 Petroleum coke,
Port Hudson, Louisiana, USA bark, sludge
rely on the vendors to stand behind their prod-
ucts because we do not have a large staff to 2006 Pulp & Paper Mill, 520 Coal, bark
Indonesia
correct every problem. We are anticipating the
testing period to start later this summer. 2006 Manitowoc Public Utilities, 160 Petroleum coke,
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA bituminous coal

He adds that MPU and Kvaerner Powr are dis- 2005 Asia Pulp & Paper 294 Bituminous coal,
Hainan, China sludge
cussing several retrofit projects to MPU's ex-
isting boiler. The retrofits will be done after the
start-up effort is complete.

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 Recovering energy and chemicals -
recovering earnings
• Fuel flexibility enables optimization
of fuel portfolio from high grade
coals to low grade biomass and
wastes
• Proven solutions guarantee high
reliability
• Lifetime SupportTM means the
maximum production capability in
long term

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 The world's biggest recovery boiler starts up in China

MAXIMISED CAPACITY,
AVAILABILITY AND SAFETY
The rapid rate of investment in the pulp and paper industry has resulted in new orders and
challenging projects for Kvaerner Power. The company has steadily secured contracts from
all over the world for recovery and power boilers, as well as for modernizing boilers.

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 Kvaerner Power's pride is the world's larg-
est recovery boiler, which it recently de-
livered to APP's new pulp mill on Hainan
Island in China. The company has also de-
livered two coal-fired CYMIC® boilers to the
mill. One is already in operation while the
other one is under construction.

Another Aker Kvaerner company,

Kvaerner Pulping, supplied a state-of-the-
art fiberline with a capacity of 3,000 tonnes
per day of fully bleached hardwood kraft
pulp to the project. Kvaerner Chemetics
supplied the chemical plant.

The Hainan pulp mill is the first that Asia

Pulp & Paper has built in China. The raw ma-
terial comes from eucalyptus plantations
already planted on the island, and the pulp
mill supplies pulp to several APP paper
machines in China.

The capacities of recovery boilers and

related equipment continue to grow as mill
Hainan Jin Hai Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. (JHPP) President Mr. Liu Han Hong (left 2) units get bigger and bigger. This puts great
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demands on the process equipment. The High production know-how sistent combustion process also in a large
capacity of the Hainan recovery boiler is up furnace. The multilevel philosophy is to
to 5,000 tonnes of dry solids per day. The role A number of advanced technical solutions ensure optimum combustion by providing
of structural solutions is emphasized and were called for in order to meet the targets. the appropriate arrangement of air levels
the control of combustion is more challeng- When aiming for increased boiler effi- for the most efficient mixing of gas and
ing than ever. All the components and ma- ciency, the higher steam parameters can oxygen. Each air level is located and de-
chines were manufactured in sizes that have only be implemented through the use of signed for optimal boiler control, using 2-
never been manufactured before. All the high quality materials in the boiler design, wall interlaced air nozzle patterns on sec-
components of the line have been built which, in turn, also sets higher criteria for ondary and tertiary air levels. The system
upon well-known and tested technology in the manufacturing know-how. The avail- ensures vigorous mixing and efficient final
terms of operating characteristics, safety, ability of the boiler is further enhanced combustion with low CO, TRS and NO X
and reduced emissions. through the Ash LeachTM process, which en- emissions. The well-proven design and ar-
ables the removal of chlorine and potas- rangement ensure high boiler availability.
Perfect timing sium from the ash.
Environmental impact is minimised
According to Jussi Mäntyniemi, Recovery Combustion control through combusting weak and strong odor-
Systems Manager at Kvaerner Power, ous substances in the recovery boiler. Inte-
Kvaerner Power had taken steps to prepare The dimensions of a large-scale boiler fur- grating the non-condensible gas treatment
itself for this upward growth trend at an nace present a major challenge for control- system and the recovery boiler enables a
early stage: "We initiated a development ling the combustion process. The Kvaerner compact technical solution.
project for a high-capacity recovery boiler Power multilevel air system ensures a con-
back in 2000. We were able to anticipate
this need because of the way pulp mills
were growing."

The project started up by identifying the

structural points that could contain a risk or
problem in a large-scale implementation. The capacities of recovery boilers are
Solutions were developed for the points that growing while mill units are getting
were identified, and these solutions were
based on the experience that Kvaerner bigger and bigger.
Power has had with recovery boilers deliv-
ered all over the world. The timing of this
research and development project could
not have been better. When the Hainan
project materialised a few years later,
Kvaerner Power was ready to take the chal-
lenge. The project was called "The Chal-
lenges of Planning", and team members Kari
Haaga, Kalle Salmi, Jaakko Horkka,
Markku Laitinen and Hannu Luoto of
Kvaerner Power proceeded to work on so-
lutions that would make a large-scale high-
capacity boiler possible.

High technology in paradise

"A number of different issues had to be

taken into account in the planning process,
requiring the input of specialists from sev-
eral areas and the successful combination
of their expertise and skills. Particular at-
tention was paid to availability, safety and
the minimisation of environmental im-
pact," Jussi Mäntyniemi reports. Clearly
there could be no compromises as far as The capacity of the Hainan recovery boiler is as much as 5,000 tonnes of dry solids per day.
safety and the environment were con-
cerned. Adherence to strict standards was
especially emphasised in this case, as
Hainan Island is a popular holiday resort,
with numerous visitors every year.

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 On-site assistance

The smooth operation of the boiler since

the start-up proves that the research and
development work has been successful.
"Our specialists stay on-site to monitor the
process and support the customer. A re-
mote online connection to the plant en-
ables us to use the process data for analy-
ses and to develop the technology to meet
future requirements by utilising real pro-
cess-based information."

The higher the level of plant technology,

the more processes the operators must
manage. Kvaerner Power's on-site technical
support ensures that instructions and assis-
tance are available when needed, and that

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all the properties of the system have been
gone through and understood. "The boiler
simulator, included in the delivery, helps us
train the operators and simulate different
process situations," Jussi Mäntyniemi points
out.

Boiler dimensions are still growing, but

Jussi Mäntyniemi thinks that the availabil-
ity of raw materials may limit the trend at
some point: "We at Kvaerner Power believe
in continuous development, and will con-
tinue to invest in technological research and
development to enable our customers to
benefit by having the most efficient pro-
cesses."

Kvaerner Power specialists stay on the site to monitor the

process and support the customer. A remote online connection
enables to use the process data for analyses.

All the components and machines were

manufactured in sizes that have never
been manufactured before.

The Hainan pulp mill has the largest Hainan RECOXTM boiler.
recovery boiler and single-line fiberline in Capacity: 5000 t ds/24h, 204 kg/s, 84 bar, 480°C
the world.

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 Recovery boiler
The international forest products company
Power island Weyerhaeuser Co. has ordered a recovery
boiler for its Grande Prairie pulp mill in
Kvaerner Power will deliver a power island to Falu Energi & Vatten AB, a community Alberta, Canada. The recovery boiler rated
owned energy company, which produces and supplies district heating and electricity to at 2170 tons dry solids/day and steam pa-
the city of Falun in Central Sweden some 200 km north west of Stockholm. rameters of 510 ºC and 103 bar, will be de-
signed for maximum power generation. The
The new power plant which operates in parallel with the existing energy production boiler will be completed in early 2007. The
unit, is designed for 30 MW heating capacity and 9 MW electricity capacity. Falu's district Grande Prairie mill is one of Weyerhaeuser's
heating production will be almost independent of using fossil fuels and oil. This will have eleven pulp mills and it is annually produc-
positive environmental effects and also improve the economy of district heating. ing 340,000 tons of air-dried paper grade
pulps, specialty pulps and bleached sul-
The delivery will consist of a power boiler (31 MWth) using bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) phate market pulp.
technology with auxiliary equipment and a turbine. The boiler will burn biofuels like wood
chips, bark and saw dust. The delivery consists also of a flue gas condensing plant, which
improves the thermal efficiency of the power plant. The power island will be ready in the
beginning of 2007.

Evaporators and odorous gas treatment Stora Enso's Kemijärvi pulp mill in Finland
is modernising its odorous gas treatment sys-
One of the world's largest producers of short- tem. Kvaerner Power will supply the back-up
fiber bleached eucalyptus pulp and a customer system for burning non-condensable gases and
with long relations to Kvaerner Power, CENIBRA an expansion to burn weak gases from the mill.
(Celulose Nipo-Brasileira S.A) in Brazil is invest-
ing to increase its annual pulp mill production Smurfit Munksjö Aspa Bruk AB in Sweden
from 940,000 tons up to 1,140,000 tons. The mill has ordered an evaporation plant upgrade to
is located in the county of Belo Oriente, in the its Aspa Bruk mill. Kvaerner Power will supply
Southeastern part of Brazil. three new effects and a new stripper to the ex-
isting plant. The capacity of the evaporation
Kvaerner Power will upgrade the mill's two plant will be increased to 250 tons of water per
existing evaporation plants and increase capac- hour. Start-up will be in autumn 2005.
ity with 20 per cent to 1,060 tons of evaporated
water per hour. Kvaerner Power will also up- Rottneros AB in Sweden has ordered a con-
grade the system to burn the mill's strong odor- centrator rebuild to its evaporation plant in
ous gases and supply a new white liquor oxida- Vallviks Bruk mill using Kvaerner Power's con-
tion plant to oxidate white liquor for further use centrator technology. Start-up will be in the
and savings of chemicals in the mill's fiberline autumn of 2005.
area. The upgrades will be ready in the autumn
of 2006.

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 Power boiler modernisations

The municipal energy company Ängelholm Energi AB on

the southwest coast of Sweden is modernising and expand- The international paper company Mondi Business Paper
ing its Åkerslund cogeneration plant to attain increased ca- will modernise the power boiler at its Ruzomberok mill in
pacity and higher environmental standards for the future as Northern Slovakia. Kvaerner Power modernized the mill's
well as for the increasing demand of district heat. The boiler original power boiler from 1980's to use the bubbling fluid-
rebuild will increase the plant's thermal capacity with 50% ized bed technology in 1998. The capacity upgrading will
and add possibilities when it comes to choosing various types increase the usage of bark as fuel and the mill's energy effi-
of fuel, such as demolition wood. By increasing the propor- ciency. The modernised boiler with the thermal capacity of
tion of renewable biofuels, like peat, forest residue and re- 83 MW will be ready for start-up at the end of 2005.
covered wood, emissions of carbon dioxide will be sharply
reduced. The rebuilt boiler will comply with the new and Swedish Billerud AB has ordered three power boiler con-
tougher environmental EU requirements. Other emission lev- versions to their pulp and paper mills in Gruvön, Karlsborg
els will be reduced, too, ensuring a better environment. The and Skärblacka. Kvaerner Power will convert the existing
boiler will be ready for start-up at the end of 2006 while the grate boilers to modern bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) tech-
on-going similar boiler modernisation from Kvaerner Power nology to burn biomass. Start-up of the boilers will be at the
will be ready at the end of 2005. end of 2005.

The Lithuanian energy company Vilniaus Energija UAB Billerud is investing around EUR 115 million in its energy field
owned by the French company Dalkia will modernise its old and will increase its internal generation of electricity and cut
power boiler to produce green electricity. Kvaerner Power will the oil consumption by two thirds as biofuels are used in-
supply the modernisation for the boiler to burn biofuels with stead of oil. The investment will also have positive environ-
bubbling fluidized bed technology. The thermal capacity of mental effects, such as reduced carbon dioxide emissions.
the boiler will be 60 MW. The start-up of the boiler will be in
the beginning of 2006.

Bioenergy production
circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler deliv-
UPM will build power plants with bioenergy These orders follow only a month after the ered by Kvaerner Power in 1996. The new
production at their paper mills in northeast- previous order to Kvaerner Power for UPM's boiler will replace a coal-fired boiler from
ern Wales, UK and in northwestern France Rauma paper mill on the west coast of Fin- the 1960's, which was also supplied by
near Paris. Both mills produce newsprint land, for the supply of a power boiler. The Kvaerner Power.
paper based on recycled fiber, the unusable new power plant will produce electricity,
part of which will be burned with an ad- steam for the paper mill and district heat for UPM and Pohjolan Voima have chosen
vanced combustion technology and used Rauma city. Kvaerner Power as its technology provider
for renewable energy production for the several times during the last years and
mills. The boiler has a thermal capacity of 107 MW Kvaerner Power has supplied fluidized bed
and it will burn bark, forest residue, peat, boilers which range from 70 to 550 MWth
UPM is a leading biofuel user in the world, sludge and small amount of recycled fuel. including the world's largest biofuel-fired
with approximately 60% of their fuel The modern BFB technology fulfils the co- BFB and CFB boilers.
amount being biofuels. The new invest- combustion emission requirements and the
ments will further increase the biofuel us- use of biofuels reduces the CO 2 emissions
age. Kvaerner Power will deliver power boil- to the atmosphere.
ers using bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) tech-
nology to both mills. The boilers have steam The boiler will be ready at the end of 2006
capacities of 82 MW each. and it will operate in parallel with a 160 MWth

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Kvaerner Pulping (S.A.) (Pty)
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Durban, SOUTH AFRICA
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Fax +27 31 303 8949
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