Advanced design methods for the energy-efficient transformation of pulp mills into biorefineries

将纸浆厂节能改造为生物精炼厂的先进设计方法

• 批准号: 529681-2018
• 负责人: Stuart, Paul
• 金额: $ 6.19万
• 依托单位: École Polytechnique de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=666120
• 关键词: Advanced; design; methods; energy; efficient

The overall objective of this project is to develop and apply advanced design methods for the transformation of pulp and paper mills into biorefineries - and in particular, to mitigate risk and enhance economic return through an innovative design approach based on the analysis of real-time data from an existing pulp facility. The methods will be developed in the context of Fortress Specialty Cellulose, a chemical pulp mill and producer of dissolving grade pulp located in Thurso (QC). The project involves modeling the pulping process and the energy utility systems of the mill, representing the mill's operating regimes through the rectification of real-time process data from the plant information management (PIM) system, developing activity-based costing (ABC) models, identifying operating cost reduction opportunities and energy savings projects, suitable for the short-term and also for the context of biorefinery design; the latter includes the identification and selection of promising product-process biorefinery options, the site-wide energy analysis, the production capacity analysis, and the evaluation of the investment and operating costs. The individual methods will be assembled into an overall framework suitable for the design of energy-efficient biorefinery processes. The Bridge Method, which has been developed in our laboratory for identification of practical energy-savings opportunities and for site-wide energy design, will be applied in practice for the first time. The 4-year program will involve the participation of two postdoctoral fellows and four graduate students (two PhD students and two MSc students), working in close collaboration with industry partners Fortress and OSIsoft, as well as 3C Software, Aurel Systems, and EnVertis Consulting. Application of the set of methods developed in this program in forest product companies should lead to a decrease of manufacturing costs in the short-term and to an improvement of long-term competitive position in conjunction with mill transformation into biorefinery. The overall design methodology will be presented to the Canadian forest products sector in a series of workshops. ****************

该项目的总体目标是开发和应用先进的设计方法，将纸浆和造纸厂改造为生物精炼厂，特别是通过基于现有纸浆设施实时数据分析的创新设计方法，降低风险并提高经济回报。这些方法将在Fortress Specialty Cellulose的背景下开发，这是一家位于Thurso （QC）的化学纸浆厂和溶解级纸浆生产商。该项目包括对制浆过程和工厂的能源公用系统进行建模，通过对工厂信息管理（PIM）系统的实时过程数据进行校正，代表工厂的运营制度，开发基于活动的成本计算（ABC）模型，确定运营成本降低机会和节能项目，适合短期和生物炼制设计的背景；后者包括确定和选择有前途的产品-工艺生物炼制方案、现场能源分析、生产能力分析以及投资和运营成本的评价。这些单独的方法将被组装成一个适合设计节能生物炼制工艺的整体框架。桥式方法是我们实验室为确定实际节能机会和现场能源设计而开发的，将首次在实践中应用。这个为期四年的项目将包括两名博士后和四名研究生（两名博士研究生和两名硕士研究生）的参与，他们将与行业合作伙伴Fortress和OSIsoft，以及3C Software、Aurel Systems和EnVertis Consulting密切合作。在林产品公司中应用本项目开发的一套方法，应能在短期内降低制造成本，并结合工厂向生物精炼厂的转变，提高长期的竞争地位。将在一系列讲习班上向加拿大林产品部门介绍总体设计方法。＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊