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Title
Energy management guidelines in pulp and paper production
Authors
Bartek Stawicki Branka Lozo and Branka Lajic
Received
September 16, 2009
Published
Volume 44 Issue 10 November-December
Keywords
papermaking, paper industry, pulp and paper production, recycling, energy, energy management,
Abstract
Forest products industry is one of the major industrial consumers of energy. Worldwide, the final energy use in the pulp and paper industry amounted to 6 ExaJoules in 2003 (i.e. 6% of the total industrial energy use). In Europe, the total primary energy consumption attained the level of 1.3 ExaJoules in 2003. The pulp and paper industry, including recycling processes, also produces energy, as well as by-products that can be used for energy generation. It already generates enough to cover approximately 50% of its own energy needs. A significant share of this energy is renewable CO neutral biomass. 2 Energy costs, energy supply and climate change are other important issues impacting the future of the forest- based industry. They will have impacts on the manufacturing costs, as well as on the allocation of investments around the globe. It seems, however, that at an industrial level crucial knowledge on the state-of-the-art is still missing. The chain of the energetic sector very often lacks a correct management strategy and, therefore, it is not optimally efficient. Climate change mitigation policy will add extra force to all these developments and the companies (not only from the papermaking sector) will move forward towards the application of modern, conscious management strategies.
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