Liansheng pulp mill site in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China. Photo: ANDRITZ

China’s Liansheng Pulp & Paper has started up an Andritz-supplied kraft pulp mill at its plant in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province.

The machinery supplier said the mill is the largest kraft pulp mill in China, and started-up on schedule and is now ramping up production.

Last year, two Andritz-supplied tissue machines including stock preparation and automation systems started-up at the Zhangzhou mill.

The scope of supply for the pulp mill included the chip handling plant, the complete fibreline equipped with Compact Press wash press technology, and the chemical recovery systems, including China’s largest HERB recovery boiler to maximise energy generation from the recovery process.

Also included was the white liquor plant, equipped with a biomass gasification system to enable fossil-free operation of the single lime kiln plant – which Andritz said is the world’s largest in terms of capacity.

A mill-wide incineration system has also been installed to treat all types of non-condensable gases, and two sets of DeNOx scrubbers reduce NOx emissions to mill standards.

Xue Rongjun, General Manager at the Zhanpu mill of Liansheng Pulp & Paper (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd. said: “Andritz’s resource-efficient and environmentally-friendly technologies will help us meet our environmental goals.

“Now the entire kraft pulp mill is in stable operation.”