Course Brochure
Sponsorship Opportunity
The Kraft Recovery Course examines key recovery operations in a kraft pulp mill to help participants increase their ability to improve pulp production efficiency while minimizing operating costs and environmental problems.
Who Should Attend?
- This course is designed for pulp mill operations personnel, including:
- Engineers and superintendents new to the area
- Senior operators
- Superintendents looking for a refresher course or new ideas
- Process engineers
- Technical sales and support staff from chemical, equipment, and consulting companies will also benefit.
The course will cover chemistry, physics, and engineering principles relating to kraft recovery. Course participants are encouraged to bring questions and specific problems to the experts!
Topics Included:
- Kiln, Recaustacizing
- Black Liquor Evaporation
- Recovery Boilers
- Recovery Maintenance & Management
The expert faculty will provide practical day-to-day information through traditional workshops and team-based problem solving exercises. Teams will work on real-world problems and present their results to the class. This course also features a panel discussion focusing on new ideas for energy reduction.
Course Faculty and Sponsor:
Course Chairman Honghi Tran serves as Professor and Director of the P&P
Centre at the University of Toronto. Tran has authored or co-authored over
200 publications, including chapters 9 and 10 in the TAPPI PRESS book Kraft
Recovery Boilers, and has obtained eight U.S. patents. Through his company,
Tran Industrial Research, Inc, Tran has served as a technical consultant to many
companies and mills on problems related to recovery boilers, lime kilns and
borate autocausticizing technology. He was named a TAPPI Fellow in 2000.
The faculty includes experts who are recognized leaders in their field and veteran instructors: Bob Bartholomew, Jim Brewster, David Clay, Doug Foran, James Frederick, Tom Gencarelli, Thomas Grace, Glenn Hanson, Mikko Hupa, Paul Johnson, Jean-Claude Patel, Dale Sanchez, Sandy Sharp, and Richard Wessel.
The course is sponsored by the Steam and Power/Energy Management Committee of
TAPPI’s Engineering Division and the Alkaline Pulping and Bleaching Committee of TAPPI’s Pulp Manufacture Division.
Hotel Information:
Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront
333 First Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
800.455.8667
On-line Reservations
Hotel registration cut-off date is December 15, 2009.
Hotel Room rate is $139 plus tax.
Cancellation Policy:
If you find that you have to cancel, your full registration fee will be refunded if TAPPI’s Registration Department receives written notification (fax acceptable at +1.770.209.7206 by (December 15, 2009). Please note: There will be a 50% refund for all written cancellations made after (December 15, 2009) but no later than 5 business days prior to the start of the conference (January 4, 2010). Understandably, after this time, no refunds can be issued. Substitutions, however, will be accepted any time without a penalty.
Refund:
100% - Cancellation received by (December 15, 2009)
50% - Cancellations received after (December 15, 2009)and no later than (January 4, 2010).
NO REFUND- Cancellations received after (January 4, 2010).