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Metso has provided over 200 APC installations globally since early the 80's. This has resulted in Higher productivity, Lower energy consumption, Reduced production costs and Reduced environmental loads.

We would welcome the opportunity to share our results with you.

Phil Warren,
Director Product Management and Support


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Metso has a complete line of Advanced Process Controls (APC)
Metso's Advanced Process Controls (APC) Recent North American APC Mill Results
in Lime Kiln and Causticizing:
Metso's Advanced Process Controls

Lime Kiln

Reduced Specific Energy Consumption (MMBtu/ton) by 5 - 10%, while stabilizing residual carbonate at ideal level

Causticizing

% CE increase of 2 - 5 % CE at optimum TTA level of 7.5 - 8.0 lb as Na2O / ft3 depending on customer's process

Causticizing

% CE target of within 2.5 - 3.0% of equilibrium maximum and St Dev of less than 1.0 %CE

Causticizing

Green Liquor TTA control at target with % COV (St Dev / Average) of less than 1.0%

Control Uptime

Above of+95% after initial tuning.

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APC Mill Results Worldwide

Batch Cooking APC "We don't see any extreme steam consumption; there are no more imbalances. Today, we see that steam variation has been reduced by 35 % to 40 %.

The average steam consumption has been reduced, providing a return of investment of 190,000 US dollars per year." Read more

Jorge Jorge José dos Santos Chaves
Pulp Production Specialist