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 Lab., Golden, CO (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15007006
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102004-1758
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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