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Energy
1,400
(t/d)
1,300 Hydrate
1,200 Alumina
1,100
1,000
900
800
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Total HFO Consumption
700
643
593 587
600 546 567 553 562
514 527
500
500
HFO (t/d)
400
300
200
100
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Sep Oct
Boiler Fuel Oil Consumption
(t/d)
500
457
450 432 420 427
401 408
400 385 388
369 362
350
300
HFO (t/d)
250
200
150
100
50
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Boiler Fuel Oil Consumption
(t/t Hydrate)
0.350
0.200
0.150
0.100
0.050
0.000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Calcination Fuel Oil Consumption
(t/d)
200 186
184
180
164
160 155 155
145 143
135 138
140 127
120
HFO (t/d)
100
80
60
40
20
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Calcination Fuel Oil Consumption
(t/t Alumina)
0.13
0.11 0.110
0.10 0.102 0.102 0.104 0.103 0.102
0.096 0.098 0.097
HFO (t/t Alumina)
0.09
0.07
0.05
0.03
0.01
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Total Energy Consumption
(GJ/t)
18.0
17.0
16.2 16.1
16.0
15.2 15.2 15.1 15.3
15.0
14.3
Energy
14.0 13.8
14.0 13.6
13.0
12.0
11.0
10.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Powerhouse Energy Consumption
(GJ/t)
13.0
12.1
12.0 11.7
10.0 9.7
9.0
8.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Calcination Energy Consumption
(GJ/t)
4.5
3.9
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.5
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Energy Cost
250 Energy Cost Fuel Oil Price Poly. (Fuel Oil Price) Fuel Oil Price 610
231 215 232 ($/t)
220 217 225 218
203 202 205 600
200
590
Energy Cost ($/t)
150
580
570
100
560
50
550
587 586 602 606 587 569 567 569 568 574
0 540
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fuel Oil Price
($/t)
610 606
602
600
580
574
569 567 569 568
570
560
550
540
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Sep Oct
Powerhouse
Configuration
Steam Distribution
Boiler 1 Boiler 2 Boiler 3 Boiler 4
600# Header
JPS
100# Header
Turbine Leakoff
Turbine Leakoff
Process
100# Steam
35# Header
200
180
160
140
120
100
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Sep Oct
Powerhouse Design Model
Powerhouse Reconfiguration Model
Opportunities For
Improvement
Heat Recovery - Live Steam Heaters
• Heater condensate level control, reduced
condensate temperature, higher heat transfer
Digester 1 Regenerative 45 38
Digester 2 Regenerative 45 42
Evaporator 1 Regenerative 60 60
Evaporator 2 Regenerative 60 50
• Savings $2,300,000/Y
Powerhouse Efficiency
Improvement
Powerhouse Efficiency Improvement
• The Powerhouse Boiler Efficiency is Shown.
12.0
11.0
10.0
9.0
8.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Sep Oct
Boiler Efficiency Improvement
Milestones
• April 2013 MaxHT on both Digesters and all
Evaporators