Smurfit Stone Container Corporation, Hopewell - USA

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of packaging products ranging from consumer goods, printed displays and container board.

The Hopewell, Virginia facility is dedicated to providing linerboard for corrugated container end products and produce 300,000 tons of pulp per year.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation wanted to replace the existing three evaporator trains that were currently in place at this facility with one very highly-integrated system.

Due to the age of the current trains, MACT I compliance was necessary in any new design. System efficiency and reducing overall operation costs were also paramount for the development of equipment and process design.

HPD, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies' group, was chosen to design and build the new evaporator system which would also process precipitator slurry, tall-oil brine and other recovered boilout liquor streams. This project, provided on a turnkey basis, showcased the total project management approach and engineering capabilities of HPD. The engineering disciplines utilized for this installation were in the areas of chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil/foundation and structural.

• Design and build of the new evaporator system
• Six-effect, falling film evaporator train
• Other equipment supplied to the evaporator island included a salt cake crystallizer, a soap skimming tank, cooling towers and chemical building, a foul condensate tank, a new MCC facility and control system. Outside of the island, a new indirect black liquor heater system was installed.
• Evaporation rate of 897klbs./hr (407 T/h)
• Production of 74% product solids