Divisions of the Institute

Energy Consumption Profile
Pulp & Paper Industry is highly energy intensive and India ranks among the 6 energy intensive industries. The other energy intensive industries being, Aluminum, Cement, Fertilizer, Iron & Steel & Glass.

Indian Paper Industry consumes 4 million tonnes of coal & 2 million MWh of purchased electricity. Out of the total energy requirement of the pulp and paper production, 75-78% energy is used as process heat and 15-25% as electrical power. The energy requirement of the Indian paper industry is estimated to increase further in the years to come.

There is large variation in energy consumption in Indian mills and mills in developed countries. Steam consumption in Indian mills varies from 6-16 t/t paper. Electricity consumption variation is from 1200-2200 kWh/t. Mills in developed countries use steam from 6-9 t/t and power 1550-1250 kWh/t.

Energy Management Cell
In view of energy scenario the need for energy management & conservation was strongly felt. CPPRI started its activities in the field of Energy Management in 1989 and since then has been actively engaged in various projects for energy conservation in this sector.

Energy conservation is one of the major activities of the Institute and in recent times the full fledged energy management cell have been set up to help various agencies/Industries in the area of energy conservation. Institute has identified and developed some of the energy efficient process technologies which are being demonstrated on pilot & commercial scale. Institute is also engaged actively in energy audits, development of computer simulation programmes and training programmes in the area of energy conservation.