This two-day course is designed to:

• Expand overall understanding of kraft pulp mill operations
• Broaden awareness of how one part of the process effects other operations
• Demonstrate the effect of processes on kraft pulp quality
• Gain confidence for effective interaction among process engineers and operators
• Help you troubleshoot product quality problems
• Interact more knowledgeably with experienced engineers and operators
• Increase your ability to improve kraft mill operations
  

Participants will learn about:

• Wood and Fiber Raw Materials
• Preparation of Wood and Chips for Pulping
• Preparation of White Liquor
• Pulping Terminology
• Pulp Properties and Tests
• Washing, Cleaning, Cleaning and Kraft Pulp Bleaching 
  
• Batch and Continuous Cooking
• Kraft Pulping Chemical Reactions
• Pulping Variables and Effects on Properties
• Trends in Kraft Pulping and Bleaching
• Brown Stock Washing
• Screening and Cleaning
• Bleaching and Oxygen Delignification
• The Pulp Mill Biorefinery
• Pulp Mill Environmental Overview

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for anyone new to the kraft pulping process, particularly process engineers and operators.

Learning Outcomes

After successfully completing the course, participants should be able to:

• Describe and define kraft pulp mill processes, equipment, operating variables, and terminology, in order to increase ability to improve operations and pulp quality.
• Recognize how one part of the process effects other operations, in order to increase awareness of thinking on a mill-wide scale.
• Interpret how the process variables effect pulp quality, in order to improve pulp quality and troubleshoot variations in quality.
• Extend awareness of the complex environmental challenges associated with kraft pulp production.

Pre-Course Survey

Course chair, Dr. Michael Kocurek, includes feedback garnered from a pre-course survey into the curriculum to ensure that the course addresses specifically what attendees have come to learn.  This information is shared with participants on the first day of the course and content is linked to their areas of interest.