FPInnovations Leases RCT Technology to TEXO
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FPInnovations, Montreal, Qué., Canada, and TEXO Consulting and Controls, Baie d'Urfé, Qué., have signed a new license agreement for the sale of FPInnovations" Recausticizing Control Technology (RCT). RCT is advanced software that manages the recausticizing process in kraft pulp mills, resulting in reduced energy costs. Potential energy savings are approximately $1 million per year for a typical mill, according to FPInnovations.
"Kraft pulp mills continue to search for additional ways to reduce their chemical cost and energy consumption, and produce more electrical power. The RCT is a simple solution to reduce both energy consumption and operating costs. Its simplicity is revolutionary compared with current recausticizing control systems on the market. We believe this technology will be very attractive to North American, European, Australian, and New Zealand markets, which represents our growth market," said Mario Leclerc, TEXO Consulting and Controls' VP of Deployment.
The RCT software works in conjunction with an FPInnovations-developed FTNIR Sensor Technology currently sold by FITNIR Analyzers Inc. By combining these two technologies, kraft mills can optimize the efficiency of a key part of their chemical recovery system.
Chris J. Kanters, FPInnovations' National Director of Intellectual Property, Contracts and Licensing, noted that "RCT came out of FPInnovations' Chemical Pulping research program. We're very proud of our research team's work that is the result of years of R&D on the kraft recovery process." He added that "this technology has already been successfully implemented in five Canadian member mills."
FPInnovations and TEXO Consulting and Controls have previously signed license agreements for FPInnovations' Lime Kiln Control and Chlorine Dioxide Generator Control technologies. These agreements, including RCT, support the creation of advanced process control solutions for the whole kraft fiberline.
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