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Loss Incurred Due To Low Steam Economy in Evaporaor For The Month of Dec-16

The steam economy in the evaporator for December 2016 was low at 4.9 MT, below the target of 5.90 MT. This resulted in excess steam consumption of 2246 MT and additional costs of 31.4 lakhs. The low steam economy was caused by high solids in the weak black liquor inlet, overloading of evaporator bodies due to cleaning schedules, previous issues affecting weak black liquor quality, and accumulated sludge in the weak black liquor tanks requiring cleaning.

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Loss Incurred Due To Low Steam Economy in Evaporaor For The Month of Dec-16

The steam economy in the evaporator for December 2016 was low at 4.9 MT, below the target of 5.90 MT. This resulted in excess steam consumption of 2246 MT and additional costs of 31.4 lakhs. The low steam economy was caused by high solids in the weak black liquor inlet, overloading of evaporator bodies due to cleaning schedules, previous issues affecting weak black liquor quality, and accumulated sludge in the weak black liquor tanks requiring cleaning.

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Loss incurred due to low Steam Economy in Evaporaor for the month of Dec-16

WBL received 79365 M3 Steam consumption required to evaporate 64516 MT@ 5.90 ([Link]) 10935.0 MT
Stock diff (2760-2235) 525 M3 Actual steam consumption 13181.0 MT
WBL processed ( 79365-525) 78840 M3
WBL avg. Density 1.06 Kg/M3 Excess steam consumption 2246.0 MT
WBL Processed in MT (78840*1.06) 83570.4 MT
Solids processed (83570.4*0.1368) dry 11432.4 MT Cost of steam @ Rs.1400/MT 31.4 Lacs
SBL made(11432.43/0.6) 19054.1 MT
Water evaporated (83570.4-19054.1) 64516.3 MT
Steam consumption 13181 MT
Steam economy ( 64516.3/13181) 4.9 MT

Reasons for low steam economy

1 WBL solids in inlet are high


2 Always one of the 2nd effect body is under cleaning and the other three are getting overloaded.
3 During sulphate addition in the month of Aug & Sept-16 the WBL quality had been affected and caused hard jamming in 2nd effect, finishers & LHT plant.
4 During Dec-16, everyday one of the 2nd or Finishers bodies were cleaned to overcome the problem
5 Accumulated sludge in WBL tanks is affecting the performance of the evaporator, which required cleaning.

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