Blue Heron Paper Company: Oregon Mill Uses Model-Based Energy Assessment to Identify Energy and Cost Savings Opportunities (Revision)

Program Document · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2004

OSTI ID:15007006

Blue Heron Paper Company conducted a model-based energy assessment (MEA) to determine how to reduce effluent flow and heat load, minimize fresh water, and reduce process energy use at the company's Oregon City, Oregon, paper mill. Assessment staff recommended 15 projects, 7 of which the company considered. These projects would save an estimated 608,161 million British thermal units per year in natural gas and 990 kilowatt hours per year in electricity. Corresponding annual cost savings would be about $2.9 million per year. Furthermore, by reducing fuel requirements for the plant steam system, Blue Heron would also reduce stack gas emissions.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15007006
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102004-1758; TRN: US200415%%408
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 2004; Related Information: Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) Pulp& Paper BestPractices Plant-Wide Assessment Case Study (Brochure)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
ELECTRICITY
FRESH WATER
NATURAL GAS
STEAM SYSTEMS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
INDUSTRY
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY
CASE STUDY
PLANT-WIDE ASSESSMENT
PWA
BLUE HERON
PAPER COMPANY
PULP
FOREST PRODUCTS
EFFLUENT
HEAT LOAD
WATER
PROCESS ENERGY
OREGON