Zhanjiang Chenming's New Pulp Mill Sets World Startup Records
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Zhanjiang Chenming Pulp & Paper Co., China, reports that its greenfield pulp mill in the Guangdong Province has reached a nominal production capacity of 700,000 metric tpy in world record time—only 121 days from startup. It has also produced 100% of design capacity during the first full operating year, establishing another world record. All key production technologies and startup supervision were provided by Andritz, Graz, Austria.
Andritz was awarded the contract to deliver all process technologies for the bleached hardwood kraft pulp mill in 2009. The mill started up in September 2011 and reached its nominal average production capacity only four months later (measured as a 30-day moving average). This represents a new "world record" based on officially available figures of greenfield pulp mills, eclipsing the record set by another Andritz customer in South America. This extremely fast startup has an important economic element in that it greatly enhances a mill's return on investment, Andritz notes.
Andritz's scope of supply included the wood handling system, the fiberline (cooking, washing, screening, bleaching, pulp dryer, and bale finishing), and the recovery island (evaporation, recovery boiler, and white liquor plant). In addition, Andritz delivered stock preparation systems for the mill's new paper machines.
Zhanjiang Chenming Pulp & Paper is a subsidiary of Shandong Chenming Paper, one of the largest pulp and paper producers in China.
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