Valmet is to deliver a recovery boiler upgrade to Kuantum Papers Limited in Punjab, India. The upgrade will have a significant effect on the performance of the recovery boiler, originally commissioned in 2007. The facility is equipped with two recovery boilers, and this order focuses on upgrading the older boiler.
The value of the order will not be disclosed. The project’s duration is approximately one year, with the installation planned to take place in February 2025.
“Kuantum Papers trusted Valmet for the upgrade of their chemical recovery boiler to meet their strategic needs of increasing specific steam generation as per the present industry practice. It all started with a diagnostic evaluation and the formulation of a concept for a major upgrade plan, resulting in the order including erection services for the boiler,” says Anshul Mishra, Business Development Manager, India Region, Asia Pacific Area, Valmet.
The delivery consists of key pressure parts, such as the lower furnace rebuild and a new economizer replacing the cascade evaporator, new Valmet design airports, liquor guns, and other boiler related auxiliaries and associated systems.
Kuantum Papers Limited was established in 1980 in Saila Khurd, Punjab, India. The current production capacity is 450 tons of paper per day, translating to over 150,000 million tons of paper annually.
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