Customer: Bracell
Production: Pulp
Supplier: Andritz
Description: Andritz has received an order from Bracell to supply energy-efficient and environmentally friendly pulp production technologies and key process equipment for Bracell’s Project “STAR” in Lençóis Paulista, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Andritz will provide four of the six most important process islands in the pulp mill, which are to be supplied on EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Civil Construction) basis.
Details:
– A complete Wood Processing Plant using Andritz’s proven technologies and including chipping lines, stacker-reclaimer, chip screening, biomass handling with Andritz BioCrushers, and biomass storage.
– A Herb Recovery Boiler with high steam parameters of 101 bar(a) and 515°C to maximize power generation.
– Environmentally friendly hardwood Fiber Lines that ensure low-effluent emissions, can produce both kraft and dissolving pulp, and which also include a chip feed system, LoSolids continuous cooking system with Pre-Hydrolysis Vessel (PHV), screen room and bleach plant, as well as ANDRITZ’s DD-Washer technology, ensuring low operating costs, low emissions, extremely high washing efficiency, and excellent fibre quality.
– A new innovative EvoDry Pulp Drying System with energy-efficient pulp drying based on the high-capacity Twin Wire Former technology, with airborne dryers, cutter-layboy and baling lines.
Start-up: Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2021.