PROCESS ENERGY STANDARDS

This paper describes efforts by the Process Energy Standards Subcommit tee of the CPPA Technical Section Energy Committee to develop energy/t onne standards for specific pulp and paper processes, starting with th e paper machine. Comparisons among mills have not been valid because o f differences in metering and calculation. The use of a diagram showin g what is included in each step helps. The aim of this paper is to con vince mills that they should clarify what is in the numbers and work t oward uniform metering and calculation to allow meaningful comparisons among mills. The standards will be useful for cost control and enviro nmental choice and labeling programs.