- Annual production record for 1999.

- Started up new Turbo-generator.

- Construction underway for a moving bed bio-reactor for treatment of D_o and E_op

stage effluents.

- Conducting a digester additive trial.

- Upgrading DCS in Digesters.

- Starting down the road on ISO 14000.

- Currently running polysulphide/AQ cooking trials on the softwood line in the

continuous digester. PAPRICAN and AHLSTROM are providing testing services

for yield determination.

- Have removed S0₂ as an antichlor from site.

- Recent certification of Forestlands to ISO 14000. Mill is working on creating

systems to meet ISO 14000, but will not certify.

- Production record in 2000 and celebrated 1 million LTA-free hours. Very close

to 2 million. Currently 2000 RIR = 0.58 and were recognized with Pulp & Paper

Canada Safety Award.

- We did a lot of optimisation work in the past 6 months, mostly on liquor cycle

inventory (white and black).

- We are now operating our digester at range 17 – 18 Kappa target and we are

able to run at 13.5 RPM average at the digester. May was a good month!

Production record averaged about 1,190 TPD pulp out of Bleach Plant.

- Mill was recently purchased by APP (Asia Pulp & Paper). Initial request is to

increase production from 400,000 tons/year to 500,000 tons/year. Currently

investigating how this can be done and at what cost.

- New record production for May = 1,262 ADMT/day.

- Conversion of post 0₂ PO washers from series to parallel operation done in

April – very successful!

- Energy reduction – 60,000 pounds per hour steam displaced.

- DCS conversion of Kamyr digester and power boiler.

- ISO 14000 certification.

- Batch digester debottlenecking.

- Daken coils in pulp dryer.

- 50^th anniversary celebrations in June, 2000.

- Switched to low solids cooking in September, 1999. Running well, and the

overall economic benefits were met.

- Resumed SAQ addition due to attractive return in December, 1999.

- Production record was set for 1^st Quarter.

- Major projects for this year include mill water and energy conservation, and

bleaching cost reduction.

- Just commissioned new chip handling facilities at Prince George Pulp & Intercon.

- Ready to start up co-generation at Intercon.

- Speeding up paper machine. Bleached paper going well, along with the

2 stage semi on pulp machine.

- Mill sold to Joint Venture of Tembec Inc. and Kruger Inc. January 31, 2000.

- Les Kosiak has joined Marathon mill end of May.

- Studies underway for capacity increase.

- Setting various production records over past 8 months (monthly, annual, weekly).

- New Aspentech Data Historian (with Y2K).

- Started new rail chip unloading (one Operator contracted).

- Started burning facility, tall oil (added to Bunker "C" oil).

- For anyone interested in the benefits of using peroxymonosulfate and wishing

to move to a mill trial, Degussa-Hüls has developed a generator for high-yield

production of peroxymonosulfuric acid (Caro’s acid).

- Installing a new Ahlstrom pressurised Screen Room.

- Continuing on with Bleach Plant washer replacement. One more to do!

- Move announced 3 Letters of Intent to build/own/operate over the fence

environmental compliance plants in the refining and utility sectors.

- Renewed 2 major "over the fence" environmental compliance service

contracts in Shell and Petro Canada.

- Actively exploring the viability of environmental compliance service

opportunities within the forest sector.

- We are installing Level"A" precipitator on our recovery boiler. Currently the

Cl0₂ sesqui is returned to our recovery system. The more efficient precipitator

will likely cause us to have to dispose of the sesqui which will require pH control.

- Fjordcell is a bleached northern softwood kraft pulp mill (capacity of 250 tons

per day).

- Build in early 1960’s, closed by Cascades in 1991, re-opening in 1998. We are

in the optimisation phase of the mill, so we are working on everything.

- Their biggest problems are on evaporators capacity and washing efficiency at the

Brown Stock.

- We are currently in a shutdown during which we will work on/bring on line several

capital projects, including a rebuild of one of our recovery boilers, the

construction of a new SVP-Lite Cl0₂ generator, the conversion of our B-mill onto

a new DCS system, a lo-solids conversion of our A-mill Kamyr continuous

digesters, and new double oxygen stages in both A & B mills (similar to Crofton).

- An AQ trial was conducted for 1 month in the winter – results were inconclusive

and another trial may commence after the lo-solids conversion.

- Converting old recovery boiler to wood waste boiler and installing a 43 MW TG

(start up May, 2001).

- Installed two energy savings projects which have saved up to 50,000 lbs/hour

of steam and reduced mill water usage by 1000 gpm.

- Mill has set a day production record of 878 ADT/D and weekly record of

818 ADT/D.

- Hex A on hold.

- Changes to Woodyard / Chip Screening.

- Looking at Kappa/brightness meter.

- Focus on steam/energy savings.

- Mill Manager gone to Weldwood.

- Starting ISO 14000.

- Construction R-8 generator. Start up late summer. Modifying Bleach Plant,

adding W-stage. Changing 1^st stage to MC, adding new D-2 stage. Replacing

3 BS washers with larger Corudec IV’s. Replacing slaker causticizers and

installing pressure disc filter for white liquor. Working on computer-based

training for the new equipment.

- Co-generation project (15 Meg) on line July 17^th.

- Kappa factor control for D_o stage in combination sulphuric acid pH control.

- Set production records.

- New chip handling system.

- Canfor’s purchase of Northwood Inc.

- DCS the pulp machine.

- "Split Mill". Formerly campaigned coarse fiber and fine fiber softwood species

through both bleach plants. Have now split mill so one pulp bleaching line

processes fine fiber species and the other processes coarse fibres shifted from

pulp blending to chip blending – good success.

- Pre washer and MC D_o (to replace 43 year old tower "on the run").

- Double felting second pulp machine to increase market production.

- Kappa feedback on digesting; kappa control – D_o / D₁.

- Changed Cl0₂ absorption tower base from FRP to titanium. The FRP had been

in service for 17 years. Have plans to change the whole absorption tower to

titanium.

- Has been running KF = 0.12 for almost a year at D_o stage and realise Cl0₂

saving.

- Cl0₂ to mill water treatment plant.

- R & D department re-deployed.

- Shipping black liquor from Cornwall to Quevillon (extra recovery capacity).

- New digester (lower temperature and higher yield).

- Higher consistency to D₁ stage (less Cl0₂).

- Set production records last summer, best year.

- Activated 2 stage oxygen stage between D_o and E₁.

- Tertiary air recovery boiler debottlenecked.

- AQ trial – successful but reduced machine throughput.

- Allwin Tech. Services formed to provide maintenance services to all 3 FCCL

pulp mills.

- Installing chip thickness screening.

- Installing additional diagonal screens at the Kamyr extraction screens – good

success from the last set installed last year. Improved extraction with less

hangups in the screens.

- Replacing 0₂/VSA plant resin sieves to get plant back to original production level.

- Studying AQ, SAQ addition and its benefit in offloading recovery and improving

pulp yield.

Q. Would like to thank everyone for their input for my question by E-mail on

replacing Cl0₂ vent scrubber. Change packing on vent scrubber during May

shutdown successfully.

A. Will summarise responses and send out by E-mail.

Q. How many mills measure water quality and what do you measure?

A. Turbidity, pH, color, hardness, alkalinity – Tina

Turbidity – Ted Tam

Water Brightness – Marathon (home made test).

Turbidity, pH, color, hardness – Alpac. Bob – pH color etc.

Turbidity, pH, color, hardness, alkalinity – Weyerhaeuser – Tina Larson.

Turbidity, pH, color, hardness – Alpac

Turbidity, pH, color, hardness – Bob Ostaff.

Turbidity, pH – Ted Tam

Q. Since the last 4 – 5 months, we have problems with methanol filters plugging.

We have to change the filters twice a day. I want to know what frequency other

mills change the methanol filters?

A. One mill changes it every 3 weeks. Take sample from truck before unloading.

Run 2 litres of MeOH through 0.45 micro filter pad – it should be white.

It’s not normal to change the filter every day. Espanola also have plugging

problem (same supplier).

Q. Contaminated problem in paper composed of 50% PCC. 1% fatty acids since

December. Does anybody have that kind of contamination, and how have they

solved that problem?

A. FjordCell had a problem similar but they didn’t know what was the source of

the contamination. Look at the PCC composition???

Q. Blowline consistency measurement – any luck?

A. 3 mills using BTG rotating element (HSPP, Alpac, Harmac – new).

Consensus from Alkaline Pulping Committee is that d.p. can be used if wood

species is constant.

Good pulp sampling for calibration is essential.

Q. What size holes/slots in pressure screens for fiber removal from filtrate?

A. 0 – 008 inch holes at Eddy Espanola.

Kinney strainer ? holes/slots at Fort Frances.

Q. Any mills tried speeding up an Ahlmix?

A. FCC Crofton. 3 lobe Ahlmix on D₁ stage at 2200 rpm. Better mixing, still

not great!

Q. Cl0₂ mixing for D₁ stage – what % chemical reduction might be expected if peg

mixer is replaced with modern MC technology?

A. Stuart Scott – Repap Miramichi – 2 lbs./ton (using Ahlmix).

Marco Solinas – Domtar Lebel Sur Quevillon – 10% or 1 Kg/ton.

Q. Does anyone have experience with automatic chlorine dioxide generator control?

A. Intercon controls Cl0₂ plant to maintain the level in the storage tanks.

Dennis Owen – level control of the generator is key. Weldwood is on automatic

control.

Thunder Bay – tried Pavilion’s package without success.

Q. For Cl0₂ – when we have pH problem at the outlet of discharge, we know that

there is a possibility that chloritaium will be formed. Is S0₂ eliminating chlorite

and if yes, can anybody give me any technical reference papers.

A. See information send by Voman Lieb.

Q. What do mills with good safety performance contribute to success?

A. Tina Larson – they correlate reliability of equipment (uptime) to good

performance. Look at behaviours of employees.

A. From Tina Larson (cont’d). Strong commitment from upper Management.

Dennis Owen – good training of visitors.

Ross Anderson – good training of Contractors.

Many mills see increase of incidents during summer months when students

arrive.

Sean Glendenning – have summer students visible with bright hard hats.

Reward employees who do not take short cuts rather than employees who do

jobs quicker but taking short cuts.

Dave, Crofton – good relations and commitment from Union and Management.

Q. How many mills perceive they have a recovery boiler bottleneck of greater than

5%?

A. Several mills seen to be bottlenecked at the recovery boiler and there is

usually another bottleneck quickly behind. About 5 – 7 mills responded yes.

Q. What are you doing with the sesquisulfate?

A. It is a good idea to take sesquisulfate at the brown stock washer to increase

efficiency.

Q. What mills are using Cl0₂ storage tanks with floating roofs? What are your

experiences?

A. Weyerhaeuser, GP – originally installed in mid 90’s – now replacing.

Dennis Owen – Hinton has taken theirs out. Problems with brittle materials

and hangups.

Jim Hopmans – some materials used for roof was sensitive to defoamer use

causing them to become brittle.

Decomps are possible from air entrainment – valve systems are available to

protect against this.

Evaluation of system valve has to be weighed against cost with economic

analysis methods.

Dennis Owen – evidence of decomps has been observed in tears in roof

centres.

Gold River had a lot of foaming problems.

Check condition of roofs.

Haz-Ops must be performed assuming a complete roof failure.

Crofton – intend to remove their floating roofs.

Weyerhaeuser, P.A. – removed their floating roofs.

Q. D_o temperature? D_o residual?

A. Weyerhaeuser, Prince Albert - 67^oC KF .12, 0 residual TR.

Q. Experience with scale watch/inhibit?

A. Repap/Domtar use on green liquor lines.

Weyerhaeuser GP use inhibitor/swap lines.

Domtar, Espanola – swap line.

Q. Pushing on in U.S. for temperature limits on effluent. What limits do Canadian

mills have?

A. Canfor - 38.5^oC

Cariboo - 35 – 36C

Mackenzie - 40C

Harmac - 40C

Squamish - 40C

Alpac - 38C

E.B. Eddy - None

Q. How often acid clean turbotak?

Mackenzie 1 week acid White liquor

Canfor Never Eop filtrate

F.C. Elk Falls About 1 month Do on run (W.L.)

Alpac 1 annual White liquor

Crestbrook 2 weeks White liquor

Cariboo 1 month White liquor

Q. Anybody using surfactants in conjunction with AQ? Results?

A. Check with Hinton.

Alpac have seen small increase.

Cariboo saw small yield gain.

Western Forest Products – yield gain on interior wood, nothing on west coast

wood.

Q. Anybody experiencing pulp machine slowdown when running high viscosity pulp?

A. Crestbrook, Terrace Bay see this problem. Prince George does not.

Q. Crystal chlorate car handrails not consistency (do not meet) WCB regulations.

Since we all share the same railcars, I want to know what other mills have done?

A. Yes, chemical suppliers are in process of re-design. Celgar, Smooth Rock Falls

have installed cantilevered permanent handrails to comply with regulations – not

only specific to chlorate cars.

Q. 0₂ feed to pressurised Eop – has anybody tried > 10 Kg/ADT application? What

pressure and temperature was used?

A. Crofton 10 Kg/ton / 152^oF.

Q. Splitting peroxide feed to Eop stage. Who has tried it and with what results?

A. Some benefits for splitting H₂0₂ – Ralph Lunn, 70% and 30%.

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