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Forest Industry Programme

Energy efficiency through low grade heat in pulp and paper industries. This programme seeks solutions to the pulp and paper industry's challenges within the energy field. The focus is on energy efficiency and specifically studying how low-value heat can be utilised. The research will also study organic material side streams for fuel production.

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Reports
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The research focuses on tangible projects around the problems within pulp and paper mills, primarily looking at how to use lower heating value energy, organic residual products and how to increase the amount of domestically produced high-quality biofuels and better process ventilation.

The programme is not about using raw material from forestry to produce new materials, products or services. R&D in this area is managed by BioInnovation, the Forestry Industries' strategic innovation organisation.

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Partners

Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Aspa
Billerud Frövi
Billerud Gruvön
Billerud Gävle
Billerud Karlsborg
Billerud Skärblacka
Holmen Paper, Iggesund
SCA i Munksund
SCA i Obbola
SCA i  Östrand
Södra Cell i Mönsterås
Södra Cell i Mörrum
Södra Cell i Värö
Åforsk

Publications and reports

Here you will find reports and fact sheets from the program.

    • Report

    High temperature storage for steam production

    This report explores how high-temperature thermal energy storage (TES) can improve operational flexibility and reduce electricity costs in industrial steam production.

    |2025:1149Jenny Wilson, Henrik Brodén, Katarina Karlström AFRY SWEDEN, Bernd Neumann, Ting Xu, Diego Luna Victoria Torres AFRY GERMANY Peter Dahlén, Christer Sandberg, Magnus Rydstrand, Joel Österqvist HOLMEN
    High temperature storage
    • Report

    Biofuels In Lime Kilns 2022-847

    The lime kiln is a central process in the chemical pulp mill. The process is energy intensive and consumes large amounts of fossil fuel.

    |2022:847Niklas Berglin, Anna Von Schenck
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    • Report

    Lime Kiln Dusting 2019-628

    Dusting in a lime kiln can seriously affect the performance of the kiln which may lead to increased fuel consumption or reduced production.

    |2019:628Tobias Richards, John Joseph
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    • Report

    Tall Oil Solubility in Industrial Liquors 2019-582

    Tall oil is one of the most valuable by-products from the kraft pulping of softwood. It has a broad spectrum of applications including chemicals, detergents and fuel to combustion engines, and is partly a renewable alternative to petroleum. Even if it is just a minor part of the wood that is converted to tall oil, the volumes produced are significant due to the massive amounts of kraft pulp that is produced. The value per ton of tall oil is also relatively high. High yield of the tall oil is thus important both for economic and environmental reasons.

    |2019:582Ioannis Dogaris, Gunnar Henriksson and Mikael Lindström
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