Graphic Packaging Orders Andritz Biomass Boiler for Macon Mill
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Graphic Packaging International has ordered from Andritz, Graz, Austria, a 350,000 lb/hr (160 ton/hr) steam boiler using woody biomass and primary clarifier sludge as fuels for the company's mill in Macon, Ga., USA. Startup of the boiler is scheduled for the summer of 2013.
Andritz will supply a bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) steam boiler, fuel and bottom ash handling systems, and the boiler safety system. The biomass boiler is expected to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 200,000 tpy (180,000 metric tpy).
The new biomass boiler is expected to make the Macon mill energy self-sufficient (electrical power and steam generation), which will reduce Graphic Packaging's energy costs and dependency on fossil-fuel based alternatives. The mill expects to become a net producer of electricity.
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