Turbogenerators supplied by Siemens will supply an excess of 180MW, enough to supply a city with 2,3 million inhabitants for one month!
Siemens Energy was the company chosen by Suzano, a global reference in the manufacture of bioproducts developed from the cultivation of eucalyptus, to manufacture turbogrradoes and provide the entire integrated energy solution in the new pulp mill that the company is building in the municipality of Ribas do Rio Pardo, in Mato Grosso do Sul and, promises to generate more than 10 jobs!
According to Siemens, the scope foresees the delivery of a complete solution for the generation, distribution and management of energy to feed the entire plant, which will have an installed capacity to produce 2,55 million tons of pulp per year.
Turbogenerators will be produced in factories in Germany and Jundiaí (SP), before going to the Suzano plant.
Energy will be generated using three turbogenerators, model SST-600, which transform the steam from the boilers that burn residues from the pulp manufacturing process into electricity. This equipment will form part of one of the most eco-efficient plants in terms of carbon emissions in the country.
In addition, as they are high-performance equipment, the turbines will provide a large amount of excess energy, allowing the plant to supply and sell to the Grid. The expectation is that around 180MW of surplus will be generated, enough to supply a city with 2,3 million inhabitants for a month. With delivery scheduled for 2024, the turbogenerators will be produced in factories in Germany and Jundiaí (SP), before going to the Suzano plant.
Siemens Energy's solutions for this project also include remote monitoring and management software that makes it possible to predict possible failures and technical stoppages in an assertive manner. The program verifies equipment trends – a possible increase in temperature or vibration – and, through a mathematical model based on the history of similar machines around the world, the system avoids the need for long equipment stops.
The predictive monitoring system makes it possible, for example, to postpone a major intervention on the equipment, foreseen in the manual, from 6 to 12 years, even making them coincide with a general stoppage of the plant, minimizing the loss of use of the equipment.
For the fluidity of the energy generated, the scope also foresees the installation of 108 Switchgears for the distribution of energy to the plant, which are accompanied by an energy management system (EMS), as well as synchronism and load shedding systems that will be responsible for powering the main process areas of the project.
“Siemens Energy's choice to supply solutions in this pioneering project by Suzano reinforces our execution capacity and the diversity of our portfolio to deliver customized solutions that boost energy efficiency in a sustainable way”, celebrates Murilo Sgobbi Teixeira, Manager of Sales of Siemens Energy's Generation area in Latin America.
Construction work on Suzano's new pulp mill will generate around 10 direct jobs, in addition to thousands of indirect jobs.
Announced to the market in November 2021, Suzano's new pulp mill in Ribas do Rio Pardo is receiving a total investment of R$19,3 billion and is considered the company's most efficient due to the low level of carbon emissions expected after the start of the operation. During the peak of the works, around 10 direct jobs should be generated, in addition to thousands of indirect jobs. Once completed, the new factory will employ around 3 people, including employees and third parties.
