ABB’s advanced digital solution has cut 4% in gas consumption and resulting emissions at DS Smith’s paper mill in Porcari, Lucca, Italy.
DS Smith plant in Porcari Italy (DS Smith)
The ABB Ability OPTIMAX Steam and Energy Optimization software solution optimised steam and power generation, reducing fuel usage and carbon emissions at the plant.
The mill, located in the Tuscany region, is a key production hub where DS Smith manufactures a range of packaging solutions, serving food, e-commerce, retail and industrial sectors.
The plant operates two paper machines, as well as a new machine currently under construction and one cogeneration plant, providing thermal and elec-trical energy to the paper mill and the national grid.
Fabrizio Sodini, power plant manager at DS Smith, said: “ABB’s digital solutions use sophisticated plant models to better manage the Cogeneration plant operations, helping us to achieve our sustainability targets while increasing profitability.”
The solution has reduced the overall natural gas consumption for the DS Smith 100 MW Cogeneration plant by four percent, with a reduction in its carbon footprint of about 13,000 t/year.
