Site Visit at Masan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Friday, 20/09/2024 | 00:09

Project activities

16:40 - 15/08/2024

On the morning of August 14, 2024, a working delegation of representatives from the VSUEE Project Management Board, the World Bank, and Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) visited Masan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

The working delegation, including representatives from the VSUEE Project Management Board, the World Bank, Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB), and the project's technical consultants, visited and worked with Masan Tungsten Company Ltd. (MTC). Later that day, the delegation toured the biomass boiler system installed and operated by Thang Long Green Energy Joint Stock Company at Suntory Pepsico.

The team visits and works with MTC Thai Nguyen.

Currently, MTC uses two main coal-fired boilers and one oil-fired boiler for backup. The steam produced is used for various purposes in MTC's technological processes. The average steam consumption at MTC ranges from 8 to 12 tons per hour.

The overview of MTC's boiler area (02 coal-fired boilers on the right and 01 oil-fired boiler on the left)

The design capacity of the two coal-fired boilers is 8 tons of steam per hour; however, their actual performance only reaches about 3.5 tons of steam per hour. This low coal combustion efficiency leads to significant energy waste and higher greenhouse gas emissions. The total coal consumption is between 6,000 and 7,000 tons and 500,000 liters of diesel oil are consumed annually.

The coal slag remaining after the boiler operation is still not fully burned.

Through discussions with the Project's technical consultants, MTC has recognized the necessity of transitioning to green energy by replacing the current coal and diesel-fired boilers with biomass boilers. This transition is expected to bring several benefits to MTC in particular and the Masan Group in general, including:

Reducing Masan Group's CO2 emissions by replacing polluting fossil fuels (coal, oil) with cleaner and greener biomass fuels.
Lowering production costs by reducing hidden expenses in steam production.
Decreasing costs related to purchasing carbon credits and future environmental management.
Reducing time and costs associated with the management, repair, and maintenance of boilers.

That afternoon, the delegation visited the biomass boiler system installed and operated by Thang Long Green Energy JSC at the Suntory Pepsico plant in the Vsip Industrial Park, Bac Ninh.

Biomass boiler system at Suntory Pepsico.

The biomass boiler system here supplies 12 tons of steam per hour, with the primary biomass fuel sourced from the provinces of Bac Giang and Thai Nguyen (mainly acacia wood). In cases of maintenance, malfunctions, or fuel shortages leading to a lack of steam from the biomass boiler, the plant switches to operating the oil-fired boiler at Suntory Pepsico. The entire system is automated and controlled by software provided by Thang Long Green Energy JSC.

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