Sappi Gratkorn Implements Overlapping Sootblowing Technology to Lower Environmental Impact
Sappi Gratkorn is a paper mill in Austria that produces high-quality multi-coated paper. The mill has been in operation for over a century. In recent years, the company Sappi and their respective mills have been investing in developing their facilities to reduce their environmental impact. The newly formed sustainability partnership Sappi Gratkorns goal was to reduce their steam consumption and therefore reduce their annual cost of lowering their environmental impact. In the year 2021, Sappi Gratkorn entered into a sustainability partnership with Heat Management to investigate ways of furthering their eco-effective journey. It was determined that Heat Managements High Impact Sootblowing System (HISS®) was an appropriate solution to implement into the boiler's superheater, in order to achieve more sootblowing with less steam. Sappi Gratkorn, like most red liquor recovery boilers, operates the steam sootblowing in separate cycles. This makes the HISS® operation comparable to power boilers with various fuels like biomass and waste. Sappi Gratkorn is renowned for streamlining its [...]
