Abstract
In 1995, a gas turbine power plant was introduced into Ichikawa Mill in HOKUETU PAPER Ltd. in order to change the existing boiler and reduce energy cost. These co-generation facilities enabled us to obtain an independent electric production source and transmit surplus electricity for TOKYO ELECTORIC POWER Co. We changed over from oil (S=2.6%) to city gas for fuel, so that environmental pollution would not increase in the future. In addition, by utilizing an existing steam turbine plant efficiently, the mill energy cost could be lowered successfully. After initiating the operation of this plant, several problems were confronted. Our experiences accumulated through this operation over about 3 years are described in this paper.
