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The world's largest waste-fired boiler

Valmet CFB Boiler in Mälarenergi's waste-to-energy plant in Västerås is the world's largest waste-fired boiler. It serves as a base unit to meet the district heating power needs of Västerås and Hallstahammar municipalities.

Valmet Sludge Dewatering Optimizer improves dewatering at Norske Skog

Norske Skog in Bruck an der Mur, Austria decided to purchase a Valmet Sludge Dewatering Optimizer (Valmet SDO) solution to stabilize the process and improve boiler operation. Integrated to the existing Valmet DNA distributed control system, the software package was accompanied by a Valmet Total Solids Measurement (Valmet TS) microwave transmitter to measure the total solids amount to sludge dewatering.

Mariner of the Seas, RCCL

One of our latest upgrades is for Mariner of the Seas, a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean International. In 2017, Valmet received an order to upgrade its Damatic XDi automation system to the latest Valmet DNA technology.

Automation upgrade ensures secure reserve energy at Fingrid's plants

High cybersecurity, virtual servers and a web-based Valmet DNA User Interface enable Fingrid to reliably start up and operate its Tahkoluoto and Vaskiluoto reserve power plants in times of grid disturbances.

Polymer dosing control & mass balance calculation, HSY Viikinmäki

Wastewater treatment plant in Viikinmäki, Finland was designed with the best available technology to treat all the wastewater from the greater Helsinki area, which is now home to over 800 000 residents. The centralized plant, which processes an average of 260 000 cubic metres per day

Success with the Valmet Acoustic Pyrometer at the Xinyuan Power Plant

The continuous measurement of full load furnace temperature is a difficult problem that Xinyuan power plant solved by installing Valmet acoustic temperature measurement system.

Stora Enso Ostrołęka, Poland

Enhancing Boiler Maintenance: Insights from Shock Pulse Generator Installation

An installation of Shock Pulse Generators (SPGs) in a biomass boiler in Germany has yielded valuable insights into enhancing operational efficiency and reliability. See how this installation has significantly improved boiler maintenance practices in all four passes of the biomass boiler.

Developing an energy saving control system for sewage sludge drying equipment with real-time moisture content measurement

Nippon Steel Engineering, in Japan, wanted to increase the amount of dewatered sludge to the drying plant. With Valmet DS and Valmet HS their input moisture increased by 3.3% and the output moisture by 1%. At the same time, their fuel usage per moisture input was decreased by 5.5%.

SSAB: A unified automation concept strengthens blast furnace and power plant operations

SSAB’s Raahe steel mill manufactures standard, premium and specialty steel. A comprehensive Valmet automation system provides greater safety and reliability for the blast furnace motor fan. Founded in 1960, the Raahe steel mill has a long tradition. Today, it is part of the international SSAB steel group, whose blast-furnace production is one of the world’s most carbon efficient.