INNOVATION

ENHANCE OPERATIONS WITH DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL TWIN FOR THE WASHING PL ANT In the mineral processing industry, METRIS

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offers real-time solutions for the mass and DIGITAL TWIN FOR OVERLAND CONVEYOR
energy balance of brown-stock and pre- provides a comprehensive overview of the
bleach washers, as well as the O 2 delignifica- material transport process. Using input from
tion circuit. The principles-based model cal- the live plant, the simulation model can offer
culates critical factors like washing efficiency, reliable early warning systems against such
Norden efficiency factor, displacement ratio, disruptions capacity over-utilization, belt

your plant
and soda loss to capture the effectiveness slip, roller jam or belt tear. The result is sig-
of the washing process. Moreover, the mod- nificantly reduced conveyor downtime and
el provides predictions for pre-bleach Kappa maintenance cost, thus increasing operation-
and estimates for optimal chemical dosage al safety and equipment lifecycle. The digital
in delignification towers to guide users to- twin also provides reconciled data and soft
wards best possible washer operation. sensor readings for weightometers, and a dy-
namic loading profile across the length of the

insights
RECAUST DIGITAL TWIN predicts and conveyor. The application can be extended
warns operators of possible plant malfunc- to a network of conveyors to maximize overall
tions like over- and under-liming. It also pre- utilization safely and reliably. •
dicts critical operator actions such as white
liquor filter washing, set points for G/L ratio
METRIS DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGY
and optimal slaker temperature to achieve
highest causticizing efficiency. The appli- • Solution strategy based on necessary and
reliable inputs
cation offers guidelines for inventory man-
Digital twin technology
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• Solution based on live mass and energy
s the information on your human-machine agement by advising optimal production set
balance
interface (HMI) enough to run the plant points, and digital twin delivers data recon-
• Design equations solved concurrently with
uses real plant data to at optimal conditions? Do your key pro- ciliation for process instruments like densi-
accurate thermodynamics
cess variables have accurate online mea- ty, temperature and flow transmitters. Digi- • Predictions based on current plant status
provide highly accurate surements? If not, how would you gain these tal twin also functions as a virtual sensor for with built-in disturbances
additional insights to make well-informed hard-to-measure parameters such as den- • Solution provides numerous virtual
process insights. This operational decisions? Metris Digital Twin sity at critical locations like the slaker, each measurements without physical instruments
technology provides answers to all these causticizer, white liquor filter or lime mud • Solution is developed and supported by
enables operators to questions. In its quest to apply these tech- filter. The use of virtual instruments can save process and simulation experts
nologies to industrial processes, ANDRITZ has customers money by eliminating the high in-
make better and more recently customized Metris Digital Twin ap- stallation and maintenance costs of physical
plications for the pulp & paper, and mineral instruments.
proactive decisions. processing industry sectors.

DIGITAL TWIN FOR THE EVAPORATION

PL ANT is designed to help process and op-
erations teams by using field inputs to opti-
mize online mass and energy balance. This
principles-based simulation solution derives
many critical process parameters like heat
transfer efficiencies, fouling analysis, optimal
washing frequency and quality of each wash.
In addition, it provides reconciled data for
many vital process parameters like Delta T
BPR, Solid % for each effect, and guidance
on maximum allowable plant capacity.

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