The invention relates to a
machine (1) and a method for producing or treating a fibrous web (F), in particular a paper, board or tissue web (F), comprising at least one
machine section (2, 3, 4), preferably a dryer section (2, 4) or forming section (3), at least one thermal-
energy load, preferably a steam and condensate
system (5) and / or a secondary
system load (70, 71, 82), and at least one thermal-
energy recovery system (6), wherein a
heat pump (90) extracts residual
thermal energy from an exhaust-air flow of at least one exhaust-
air line (84, 84') from at least one
machine section (2, 3, 4) and, being additionally fed electrical energy (80), feeds
thermal energy to the at least one thermal-
energy load (5, 70, 71, 82), preferably to a condensate of the at least one condensate return line (58). According to the invention, the
heat pump (90) is disposed in the exhaust-
air line (84) such that the
heat pump (90) recovers the residual
thermal energy before a
dew point temperature of the exhaust-air flow in the exhaust-
air line (84, 84') is reached, and the steam and condensate system (5) comprises a
steam accumulator (54) for storing the steam, said
steam accumulator being downstream of the heat pump (90).