Project description
Steaming technology for paper and tissue sectors
Steam drying technology (SSD) offers a pathway to CO2 emission-free processes and increased use of renewable energy sources. Advances aim to further minimise energy consumption in these processes. The EU-funded SteamDry project focuses on developing and testing SSD technology for materials such as paper, board, tissue, and non-wovens. The primary objective is to achieve a 60 % reduction in energy consumption during drying and a 40 % reduction throughout the entire production line. The SSD solution is designed to be adaptable for installation on both new and existing machines, with low capital and operating expenses. This innovation presents opportunities for technology suppliers and offers significant cost savings for users. SteamDry contributes to the transition towards greener manufacturing.
Objective
SteamDry develops and pilots superheated steam drying technology (SSD) for weblike materials such as paper, board, tissue, and nonwovens. SSD is expected to reduce the consumption of energy radically, leading to 60% energy savings in a drying process, representing ~40% energy savings on the entire production line. It also demonstrates a concept that can lead to CO2 emission-free paper and board manufacturing, and an increase in the share of renewable energy. In a long term, the energy savings potential in Europe is 127 TWh or 6 B€ annually for paper and board manufacturers. In addition to pulp and paper sectors, the developed concepts are expected to be suitable for chemical industry and wood processing applications. Through the developed SteamDry concept, the technology suppliers can increase their market share revenue 230-345 M€ annually in Europe. The global annual energy savings potential is 870 TWh, almost 7x of European energy savings and market potential.
The developed solution can be installed on either existing infrastructure or on newbuilt machines with low CAPEX and OPEX creating new opportunities for technology suppliers and savings for the users of this technology. Results ultimately lead to the prosperity of these companies and the CO2-savings targets of the EU. Exploitation potential will be validated through the business cases calculated by technology suppliers and product manufacturers.
The piloting of SSD increases knowledge of a) keeping two gas phases, air and steam, separate, b) cleaning superheated steam from biobased particles, c) operating these safely and d) AI-supported advanced control platform.
This approach builds on the consortium with strong capabilities to perform the action. The consortium consists of four R&D institutes and two universities - with piloting, technology upscaling, AI, and modeling expertise - two leading technology suppliers and five product manufacturers that are potential end users for the developed technology.
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02150 Espoo
Finland
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1210 Wien
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40237 Dusseldorf
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6708 PB Wageningen
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02150 Espoo
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02100 Espoo
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02020 Metsa
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02100 ESPOO
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59166 BOUSBECQUE
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00100 HELSINKI
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3620 Lanaken
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55016 PORCARI
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37186 MORINGEN
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15705 Santiago De Compostela
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15782 Santiago De Compostela
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6041 TA Roermond
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7522 NB Enschede
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