Field services for recovery boilers
Ensure reliable operations with inspections, audits, equipment maintenance, shutdown management or full maintenance,
On-site and remote field services with high-level standards for safety and work quality for recovery boilers. Our offering ranges from recovery shutdown management, cold and clean solution, boiler hanger rod tensioning adjustment. To inspections of boiler, air emission control, burners and pressure vessels and parts. We can also offer cleanability, capacity increase and air emissions studies as well as boiler tuning. Many times, an inspection, audit, or study can be the starting point for bigger improvement which can help you save money and improve efficiency in the long run.
Prevent unexpected failures and shutdowns
Savings in maintenance costs
Find improvement opportunities
Reduce emissions
Shutdown planning and execution
An optimized maintenance shutdown service can reduce the outage time by up to 30%, from liquor firing to a cold and clean boiler. Valmet provides safe and successful shutdown management based on long-term experience, with services that include:
- Planning and scheduling
- HSE assessments and continuous updates
- HSE supervision
- Procurement management, including evaluation of supplier bids and support negotiations
- Full site management
- Quality assurance and quality control
- Reports
Questions about equipment maintenance or support for equipment or process performance development?
Whether it’s a single process survey, equipment maintenance, shutdown management or full maintenance, don’t hesitate to contact your closest Valmet Service Center for guidance.
Contact usMinimize downtime, maximized safety and minimize risk with a Valmet Recovery Boiler Shutdown
Many say that the recovery boiler is the heart of the pulp mill, if the boiler shut down the full production line shuts down. This is why a long-term perspective is crucial in maintenance planning. We offer a systematic way of preparing for an annual shutdown where safety always comes first. We plan, execute, manage, and develop maintenance activities according to our customers’ needs to minimize downtime, maximized safety and minimize risks. And getting a cold and clean boiler in the shortest possible time, to be able to start the maintenance works.
Come along for a visit to a bi-annual shutdown “a big-stop” performed at Södra Cell Mönsterås in Sweden.
Inspections and audits for recovery boilers
Evaluating the current condition of equipment and machinery is often a good starting point for significant improvements in the operation. Valmet provides inspections of boilers, air emission control, burners and pressure vessels, and many other parts. The various inspections, audits, and studies offered will provide an understanding of what is needed for optimal operational performance.
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Recommendations for better service
After inspections, Valmet can support by providing efficient service recommendations to prevent unexpected failures and ensure stable and reliable operation. Optimizing the maintenance process also helps to reduce costs and improve efficiency in the long run.
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Equipment tuning and adjustments
Things like air emissions can limit the capacity of the recovery boiler operation and cause increased costs in fees for emitted compounds. By providing on-site tuning, Valmet can help reduce air emissions and improve the boiler's efficiency.
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Recovery boiler cold and clean solution
Recovery boiler maintenance often sets a strict time schedule for the whole mill outage. Valmet’s cold and clean solution for recovery boilers can significantly shorten the overall outage time and increase personnel and equipment safety. An optimized shutdown service reduces the outage time up to 30% from liquor firing to a cold and clean boiler.
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On site tuning to reduce air emissions
Air emissions can limit the capacity of the recovery boiler operation and cause increased costs in fees for emitted compounds. It is therefore of important to reduce and minimize emissions to get the most out of the boiler.
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Download Field Services Chemical Pulping Handbook
Do you need equipment maintenance or support for equipment or process performance development? This handbook gives you guidance in best practices for keeping your operation in good condition and with service interval recommendations helping you prevent unexpected failures.
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