Methodologies for Post-Startup Plant Optimization, 2000 Recycling Symposium Proceedings
The Commissioning phase begins after a deinking plant start-up. During this time most of the organization’s energies are focused on meeting plant runnability and output tonnage goals. Other factors, such as consistent product quality and low operating cost, tend to get little attention. However, these factors are important to the plant’s customers, management, and investors, so a plan to address the full spectrum of post-startup issues is crucial. This paper relates the development of deinking plant optimization models that addresses the issues quickly and serves as the foundation for a good optimization plan.