CPPA Bleaching Committee

October 21-22, 1996, Asheville, NC

 

 

1.  INDEX

 

2.  ATTENDANCE

 

3.  STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

 

4.  BUSINESS MEETING

 

5.  SUBCOMMITTEE SESSION

1.       Environmental Impacts

1.1  Status of Reorts

1.2  ffects of Pulp Effluents on Fish

1.3  Update on the US EPA Cluster Rules

2.       Teaching Bleaching

2.1  Future Courses

2.2  Other Courses

3.       Bleaching Equipment

3.1  Bleaching Plant Control Strategies

3.2  CPPA O2 Delignification Survey

3.3  Safety Information and Incidents

4.       Annual Meeting

4.1  Annual Meeting 1997 Sessions

4.2  Pulp Washing Conference

5.       Bleach Plant Protocol

6.       Bleaching Chemicals

6.1  Bleaching Chemicals Reports

6.2  Use of CO2 in Brown Stock Washing

6.3  Impact of Bleaching Sequences on Pulp Properties

6.4  ClO2 Generator Feed Chemical Quality

6.5  Paper Presentation “The state of the Art ECF”  by G. Homer

 

6.  TECHNICAL SESSION (see Appendix 4 & 5)

1.     Chlorine Dioxide Substitution and “ECF Best Practices” Survey Results

2.     Report on Visits to Mill’s Undergoing Closure Trials (Scandinavia and North America)

3.       BFR Update

3.1  BFR Overview

3.2  Metals Removal

4.       Mill Roundtable on Water Reduction and Closure

4.1  Eop Filtrate Recycle at Skookumchuk

4.2  Scrubber Filtrate Recycle at Portage du Fort

4.3  System Closure - The Questions to ask    (Paprican)

4.4  Bleach Plant Effluent Flow Reduction at Kamloops

4.5  Reduced Water Consumption at Irving

4.6  Canton Mill Water Conservation Projects

 

 

7.  MILL OPPORTUNITIES SESSION

 

 

8.  MILL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS SESSION

 

Appendix 1 - Subcommittee Papers

1.    The State of the Art ECF:  Pulping & Bleaching with O2, O3, ClO2                      A1-1

2.    EPA Cluster Rules for Pulp & Paper Wastewater and Air Standards                  A1-2

 

Appendix 2 - TAPPI Bleaching Committee Report

1.    May 1996 Meeting - Beaumont, TX                                                                 A2-1

2.    October 1996 Meeting - Nashville, Tennessee                                      A2-2

 

Appendix 3 - CPPA Alkaline Pulping Committee Meeting Minutes                                                                              - Grand Prairie, Alberta, September 22-24, 1996                             A3-1

 

Appendix 4 - Technical Session

1.    Chlorine Dioxide Substitution and “ECF Best Practices” Survey Results                         - Doug Pryke                                                                                    A4-1

2.    Report on Visits to Mill’s Undergoing Closure Trials (Scandinavia and North America)                  - Dennis Owen                                                                                  A4-2

3.    BFR Update                                                                                                                          - Champion (Canton), Wheelabrator                                                    A4-3

 

Appendix 5 - Mill Roundtable on Water Reduction and Closure

1.    Eop Filtrate Recycle at Skookumchuk                                                                        A5-1                             - Gary Billmark 

2.    System Closure - The Questions to ask                                                          A5-2                 - Richard Berry, Paprican

3.    Reduced Water Consumption at Irving                                                 A5-3                 - Don McCabe  

4.    Bleach Plant Effluent Flow Reduction at Kamloops                                           A5-4                 - Gary Berndt

5.    Canton Mill Water Conservation Projects                                                         A5-5                 - Derek Brown   

 

Appendix 6 - Safety Incident Reports

1.    R8:                                      S3 Level Control (E.B. Eddy)                   A6-1

2.    Chemical Preparation:           #3 & #4 ClO2 Storage Tanks                               A6-2

3.    ClO2 Plant:                           Saltcake Filter               (Fletcher Challenge)       A6-3

4.    ClO2 Plant:                           ClO2 Storage Tanks, Mill’s Acid Sewer                A6-4

5.    O2 Delignification:                  Reactor                         (Malette)                       A6-5

 

Appendix 7 - Subcommittee Reports

1.    Protocol                                                                                                       A7-1

2.    Annual Meeting                                                                                             A7-2

3.    Environmental Impacts                                                                                   A7-3

4.    Bleaching Chemicals                                                                                     A7-4

5.    Bleaching Equipment                                                                         A7-5

6.    Internet / E-Mail                                                                                            A7-6

 

Appendix 8 - Membership List

            1.  Bleaching Committee Members - FAX Numbers and E-Mail Addresses              A8-1

            2.  Bleaching Committee Memebrship List                                                                       A8-2

 

 

ATTENDEES:

 

Tom Mullen

Mp

Air Products, Allentown, PA

Burton Branch

M

Alcell Forest Products, Atholville, NB

George Sproul

M

Alcell Technologies, Miramichi, NB

Bob Ostaff

M

Avenor, Thunder Bay, ON

John Brazil

M

Canadian Forest Products, Prince George, BC

Gord Homer

Ms

Canadian Liquid Air, Vancouver, BC

Ted Tam

Ms

Cariboo Pulp, Quesnel, BC

Rogelio Vega-Canovas

M

Champion International, Pensacola, FL

Bob Caron

G

Champion International, Pensacola, FL

Steve Paolone

G

Cominco American, Spokane, WA

Doug Pryke

G

Consultant, Erin, ON

Gary Billmark

Ms

Crestbrooke Forest Ind., Cranbrook, BC

Nancy Van Allen

M

CXY Chemicals, North Vancouver, BC

Ginger Mundy

G

CXY Chemicals, Atlanta, GA

Gary Brooks

G

CXY Chemicals, Toronto, ON

Dan Davies

M

Degussa Canada, Vancouver, BC

Dennis Owen

M

Dennis Owen & Associates, Kingston, ON

Vince Bacani

G

Domtar, Senneville, QC

Andre Bourgeois

G

Domtar, Windsor, QC

Yvon Bibeau

M

Domtar, Windsor, QC

Normand Parent

G

Domtar, Windsor, QC

Gordon Brown

Mp

Dow Chemical, Sarnia, ON

Ross Anderson

M

Dupont Canada Inc., Maitland, ON

John Griffiths

M

E.B.Eddy, Espanola, ON

Doug Reid

Mp

Eka Nobel, Marietta, GA

Dave Willis

Mp

FMC of Canada, Prince George, BC

Bimal Khandelwal

G

FMC, Princeton, NJ

Calvin Hastings

M

H A Simons, Vancouver, BC

Don Bambrick

Ms

Hampshire Chemical, Nashua, NH

Doug McKenzie

M

Harmac Pacific Inc., Nanaimo, BC

Gerry Pageau

M

Howe Sound Pulp and Paper, Port Mellon, BC

Chris Kanters

M

ICI Canada Inc., Montreal, PQ

Jeff Tolan

M

Iogen Corporation, Ottawa, ON

Tom McDonough

M

Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, GA

Don McCabe

M

Irving Pulp & Paper, Saint John, NB

Jack Histed

M

Jack Histed Consulting, L’Orignal, ON

France Champagne

M

James Maclaren, Thurso, QC

Jim Collins

M

James River-Marathon, Marathon, ON

Marco Solinas

M

MacMillan Bloedel Research, Burnaby, BC

Les Kosiak

M

Malette Kraft Pulp & Power, Smooth Rock Falls, ON

Lorne Morey

M

Natural Resources - Forestry, Ottawa, ON

Dennis Matson

M

Northwood Pulp and Timber, Prince George, BC

Mike Towers

Ms

Paprican, Prince George, BC

Jean Bouchard

M

Paprican, Pointe Claire, QC

Richard Berry

G

Paprican, Pointe Claire, QC

Rosanna DiLabio

Mp

Praxair Canada, Mississauga, ON

Stuart Scott

M

Repap New Brunswick, Marimichi, NB

Rae Cunnington

M

Sandwell, Vancouver, BC

Gilles St.-Jean

M

Stone Container Inc., Portage-du-Fort, QC

Tony Gomersall

Mp

Valmet (Kajaani) Automation Canada Ltd., Montreal, PQ

Derek Krauss

G

Wheelabrator Water Technologies, Naperville, IL

Gerald Delaney

G

Wheelabrator Water Technologies, Naperville, IL

Gary Berndt

M

Weyerhaeuser, Kamloops, BC

Eric Yee

M

Weyerhaeuser, Prince Albert, SK

 

M = member, Mp = probationary member, Ms = member’s substitute, G = guest