Eldorado Orders Recovery Boiler, Evaporation Plant for Brazil Greenfield Pulp Mill
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Eldorado Celulose e Papel S.A. has ordered from Metso a new recovery boiler and evaporation plant for its greenfield pulp mill in Três Lagoas, Brazil. The value of the order was not disclosed. Startup of the new plant is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2012.
The recovery boiler will be the largest on the American continent, with a capacity of 6.800 metric tons of dry solids per day (tDS/day) and steam generation of 308 kg/s. The evaporation plant will be the largest single line evaporation plant in the world, with six thermal stages and a capacity of 1,600 metric tons per hour.
"The definition and dimension of the equipment supplied by Metso shows a concern not only with the return on investment, but also with the search for solutions that add high technology to sustainable industrial processes. An example is the recovery boiler supplied by Metso, it is part of the process generating clean energy, obtained from the renewable raw material, in this case, the biomass residue of eucalyptus," said Carlos Monteiro, industrial director, Eldorado Celulose e Papel S.A.
Eldorado Celulose e Papel S.A. is a newly established pulp company and a newcomer in the pulp and paper industry. However, it already has plans to build three parallel pulp lines to produce a total of 5 million metric tpy when the project is complete. The company is owned by J&F Holding and MCL Enterprises, most notably known for business in the food segment.
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