Operating Experience of RPF Boiler at Tomakomai Mill

Abstract

Tomakomai mill, Oji Paper Co., Ltd., has contributed to the cultural and economical development of Japan as the most important mill in Oji Paper since the establishment in 1910.
Today, Tomakomai mill is the largest newsprint mill in the world and continues to fulfill the obligation to provide stable supplies to the customers.
Oji Paper established the Environment Charter and is pledged to make further efforts to reduce its consumption of fossil fuel by promoting thermal recycling in which collected used paper and plastics which cannot be recycled are incinerated for energy.
In order to implement the plan, Oji Paper has installed a circulating fluidized bed boiler (CFB) at Tomakomai mill. It is the first high temperature and pressure boiler in the world, which uses RPF as the main fuel.
In this paper, the abstract of the RPF boiler is introduced and the operating experience is reported.