Abstract:
Paper industry is a knowit major consumer of water, power and steam world wide. In the global competitive environment, the paper industry can only survive with quality product at the most competitive price. This will require the most efficient utilization of all the utilities and resources. The paper machine section consumes energy in the form of steam and Electric power for drying of paper. An effort has been made to analyze the Paper Machine No.-4 of BILT Yamunanagar (Haryana) as it was before implementing the recommendations for its performance improvement. In this Dissertation, the analysis has been presented about consumption of steam and power in different, the then existing configuration and the quality of product with the renovated energy and power consumption figures with improved quality of production. It is indicated that the theoretical analysis made earlier for making the six proposals for the improvements in PM-4 sections including size press at an approximate cost of rupees 275 Lakhs have really yielded the desired results with a payback period of only 0.73 years.
