PACWEST 2008 TECHNICAL PAPERS

(Subject to possible additions and/or changes)

 

THURSDAY AM - JUNE 19th

 

Session 1   CONFERENCE FORUM

 

A Formula for Sustainability

 ∑(People + Energy + Fibre)

 

Featuring:

 

Jimmy Lee - President / CEO - Mercer International

“Pulp’s Transition to Bio-Energy Economics”

 

Richard Marchant, Director, Power Acquisitions, BC Hydro and Power Authority

“How BC Hydro is supporting the pulp and paper industry through energy conservation and efficiency programs,

rate structures, and new supply options”

 

Dennis Fitzgerald, Director of Energy, Catalyst Paper

“Energy Management and the link to the new carbon regulations”.

 

Walter Matosevic, Chief Forester for Canfor Corporation.

"Future Fibre Supply at the Heart of the Beetle Epidemic".

 

Graeme Rodden, Editorial Director – Magazines, R I S I

“A macro economic view of the pulp and paper markets, particularly as they affect Canada”

 

Moderator:   Martin Pudlas, General Manager, Northwood Pulpmill, Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership

 

 

THURSDAY PM - JUNE 19th  

 

Session 2A – KRAFT

Session Chair:  Chuck Walls, Canfor Pulp LP, Prince George

 

1          Tubular Backpulse Pressure Filters: Identification of Acid-Insoluble Filter Plugging Compounds And Optimization Of Acid Washing Procedures

Rich Adderley, Gavin Baxter, Tembec Industries Inc, Skookumchuck Operations; Kevin Taylor, Taylor Industrial Research, Inc.

 

2          Effects of Extractives from Mountain Pine Beetle Attacked Lodgepole Pine on Kraft Mills

Larry Allen, Alain Gagné and Paul Watson1,  FPInnovations - Paprican, Pointe-Claire, QC. 

                        1 Now with Canfor Pulp LP, Vancouver

 

3          MgSO4 vs Mg(OH)2 as a Cellulose Protector in Oxygen Delignification

Jean Bouchard, Jie Wang and Richard Berry, FPInnovations - Paprican, Pointe-Claire, QC

 

4          The Effect of Pulping Mountain Pine Beetle Killed Wood on Tall Oil Soap Recovery
Vic Uloth, Ron van Heek, Paprican, Prince George; Paul Watson1,  FPInnovations - Paprican, Pointe-Claire, QC. 

                        1 Now with Canfor Pulp LP, Vancouver

 

5          Chip Screening Fire at Canfor's Prince George Pulp Mill (Presentation only)

Rod Duncan, Canfor Pulp LP, Prince George

 

6          Training Program Development at the CPLP Pulp Mills

Jeff Bennett, Canfor Pulp LP, Prince George

 

 

Session 2B – PAPER MACHINE TECHNOLOGIES

 

Session Chair:  Kevin Green, Kadant Canada, Summerstown                                                                             

 

1          World’s Largest Newsprint Line: Shandong Chenming, China – PM 4

Martti Tuomisto, Metso Paper USA, Inc. Appleton, Wisconsin USA (presented by Daniel Liard)

 

2          Evaluation of Gap Forming Rebuild Options:  Part I - Quality Improvements with Maximum Reuse of Existing Drainage Components

Jay. A. Shands,  Vaughn J. Wildfong, J. Ronning,  M. Condon, M. Bouchard, J. P. Lajoie, Johnson Foils, Springfield, MA

 

3          Steam & Condensate Systems: Considerations for Dryer Section Runnability

Pekka Kormano, Deublin Steam Systems LLC, Buford GA

 

4          Steam Box Design has changed!

Patrick Neill, Bob Vyse, T. Steele, Honeywell, Vancouver

 

5          IR Dryers as a Tool in the Press Section

Dr. Peter Fisera, Andritz AG; Tim Klemz, Compact Engineering

 

6          Modern Calendering – Process Stability, Sheet Structure, Uniformity and System Cleanliness Requirements

Przem Pruszynski, Nalco Company, Naperville, Il, USA

 

7          New Steambox - Same Objectives but Significantly Better Results
Ankur Gupta, Seyhan Nuyan, Metso Automation (USA) Inc., Norcross

 

 

FRIDAY AM - JUNE 20TH   

 

Session 3A – PULP PROPERTIES

 

Session Chair:  Randy Reimer, Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Boyle

 

1          Towards Overcoming the Brightness Ceiling of Mechanical Pulps Prepared from Blue-Stained Lodgepole Pine Chips

            Thomas Hu, Trevor Williams, Shabnam Yazdi, Lars Wallbacks, FPInnovations - Paprican, Vancouver; Paul Watson, Canfor Pulp LP, Vancouver

 

2          Improving the Properties of Thermomechanical Pulp from Beetle Killed Lodgepole Pine

Ingunn Omholt, Keith B. Miles, Michael Stacey, Michael Hellstern, FPInnovations - Paprican, Pointe-Claire

 

3          Surface Characterization and Surface Modification of Mechanical Pulp Fibres

Kecheng Li,  Xiaochun Lei, Lin Lu, Courtney Camm, Department of Chemical Engineering & Limerick Pulp and Paper Research and Education Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

 

4          The Efficiency of Softwood Kraft Pulps in Improving Paper Machine Runnability

Ivan Pikulik, Xujun Hua, Norayr Gurnagul,  FPInnovations - Paprican, Pointe-Claire

 

5          Effects of Extractives from Mountain Pine Beetle Attacked Lodgepole Pine on TMP Plants & Paper Mills

Larry Allen, Alain Gagné and Paul Watson1,  FPInnovations - Paprican, Pointe-Claire 

                        1 Now with Canfor Pulp LP, Vancouver

 

 

 

Session 3B - NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES

 

Session Chair:  Scott Curry, CQ Strategy, Courtenay

 

1          Wet End Control Applications using a Multivariable Model Predictive Control Strategy

Stephen Chu, Honeywell, North Vancouver, BC,

 

2          Wood Pulp Based Filters for Removal of Nano-Scale Particles Suspended in Air

Jingliang Mao, J. Kadla, R. J. Kerekes, Pulp and Paper Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; B.Grgic,  W.H. Finlay,  Aerosol Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton

 

3          Web and Roll Performance Characterization:  a Better way to Ensure Good Runability in Pressroom 

Frédéric Parent, Jean Hamel,  FP Innovations - Paprican, Pointe Claire

 

4          ‘SmartChips’ for Kraft Pulp Digesters  -   Presentation only

Chad P.J. Bennington, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver

 

 

CONFERENCE FEATURE LUNCHEON

 

Guest Speaker:  The Hon. Rich Coleman, BC Minister of Forests and Range

 

 

FRIDAY PM - JUNE 20TH   

Session 4A – ENVIRONMENT

 

Session Chair:  Vic Uloth, FPInnovations – Paprican, Prince George

 

1          Impact of a Kraft Mill Closure on Ambient Levels of Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in the Community

Brian O’Connor, FPInnovations - Paprican, Pointe Claire

 

2          Recent developments and features of ICT-1 Polysulphide Pulping and ICT-2 Foul Stream Decontamination

Irina Yeremey, Alexander Gorokhov, Industrial Catalytic Technologies Inc, Calgary; Don Towson, D. E. Towson & Associates Inc., Calgary

 

3          Pulp and Paper Sludge as a Barrier Layer in Landfill Closure:  A New Opportunity

Mike Van Ham, SYLVIS Environmental, New Westminster; Lesley Dampier, formerly of SYLVIS Environmental; Kerry Morton, Pope & Talbot, Mackenzie; Sophie Mullen, formerly of Abitibi Consolidated, Mackenzie

4          Improving the Performance of an Evaporator Foul Condensate Stripper

Gwen Vernham, Ralph Lunn, and D. Sutherland, Zellstoff Celgar Ltd. Partnership, Castlegar

 

 

Session 4B - ENERGY

 

Session Chair:  Chad Bennington, UBC, Vancouver

 

1          Adding a Steam Turbine Generator to an Existing Old Pulp Mill

Derek McCann,  AMEC, Vancouver

 

2          Thermocompressor Design and Operation for High Efficiency

Mike Soucy, Kadant Canada Corp.; Jim Maggard, Kadant Johnson Systems; Jerry Timm, Kadant Johnson Inc. Presented by Kevin Green,  Kadant Canada

 

3          Electrical Energy Savings using Advanced Controls on a TMP Refiner System

Manny Sidhu, Carl Sheehan, Norpac Controls Ltd., Burnaby, BC; Stewart McLeod, Catalyst Paper – Port Alberni Division

 

4          Energy Management & Conservation at Alberta Newsprint (Presentation only)

Surendra Singh, Alberta Newsprint Company, Whitecourt, AB

 

 

 

SHORT COURSES – Wednesday June 18

Presented by BC Hydro

#1 Pump Systems Assessment

#2   Energy Management Program Implementation in the Pulp & Paper Industry