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This year's program will highlight the best use of current state of the art technology as well as both incremental optimization and non-incremental advancements in technology. The focus will be on new additives and application strategies.
Papermaking Additives Technical Program
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Monday, April 26 |
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| 1:30PM – 3:00PM |
PA1: Additives Kick off and Roundtable |
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| Session Chair: Lebo Xu, WestRock | |||||
| PA1.1 | Track Preview | ||||
| PA1.2 | Roundtable | ||||
| 3:30PM – 5:00PM |
PA2: Advances in Sizing Technologies |
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| Session Chair: Larry Anker, Solenis | |||||
| PA2.1 | Improved Sizing Machine Efficiency Using a Novel, Simplified Approach | Stephen Marrou, Nalco Water | |||
| PA2.2 | Can It Transfer Through? Bio-based Barrier Solutions for Food Packaging | Oziem Akdogan, Technick Products | |||
| PA2.3 | Novel Materials Used as Size Press LEP Primers | Talia Collins, Michelman | |||
Tuesday, April 27 |
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| 8:00AM – 10:00AM |
PA3: Enzymatic Innovations |
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| Session Chair: Rosy Covarrubias, Buckman | |||||
| PA3.1 | Introduction to Enzymes Tutorial | Greg DeLozier, Novozymes | |||
| PA3.2 | A Fiber Modification Enzyme Product for Use in Cold-Water Papermaking Systems | Joseph Mahoney, Buckman | |||
| PA3.3 | New Enzymatic Technology Proves Effective in Unbleached Kraft | TBD | |||
| 1:30PM – 3:00PM |
PA4: Approaches for Improved Packaging |
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| Session Chair: Scott Rosencrance, Kemira | |||||
| PA4.1 | Utilization of Natural Polymer Carrageenan as Dry Strength Agent for Packaging Paper | Adela Torres, Forest Products Research and Development Institute | |||
| PA4.2 | Sludge Conversion to Nanofibrillated Cellulose | Nick Starrett, North Carolina State University | |||
| PA4.3 | Spraying Starch on the Fourdrinier - An Option Between Wet End Stsartch and the Size Press | Cole Price, North Carolina State University | |||
| 3:30PM – 5:00PM |
PA5: Strategies to Manage Papermaking Contaminants |
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| Session Chair: Laura Rice, Nalco Water | |||||
| PA5.1 | Rapid Microbial Detection and Quantification | Justin Hutcherson, Buckman | |||
| PA5.2 | Getting Out of a Sticky Situation - Novel Solutions for Eliminating "Stickies" On Process Equipment | Matthew Lippmann, Fluoron | |||
| PA5.3 | Microbiological Control Through the Entire Mill Water Circuit – Benefits, Best Practices, and a Novel Approach to Improve Throughput and Quality while Reducing Capex and Opex | Donald Holt, Solenis | |||
Wednesday, April 28 |
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| 8:00AM – 10:00AM |
PA6-PF6: Advances in Forming and Refining (Joint Session)
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| Session Chair: Darren Swales, Kemira | |||||
| PA6-PF6.1 | Efficient Management of Fines in the Stock Flow Prior to Headbox | Jouni Matula, Wetend Technologies Ltd | |||
| PA6-PF6.2 | Numerical Simulation of a Low Consistency Single-Disc Refiner Including Analysis of Experimental Rheological Data | Marcus Britz, J.M. Voith SE & Co. KG | |||
| PA6-PF6.3 | Modelling of a Viscoelastic Compression Model for the Simulation of Mechanical Dewatering Processes | Mustafa Usta, Georgia Institute of Technology | |||
| PA6-PF6.4 | Fundamental Understanding of Bound Water Removal in Paper Drying Process | Cyrus Aidun, Georgia Institute of Technology | |||
| 10:30AM – 12:00PM |
PA7: Novel Cellulose Additives |
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| Session Chair: Leslie McLain, IMERYS | |||||
| PA7.1 | Characterization of the Extreme Hydrophilic & Oleophobic Behaviors of Bioengineered Ultrapure Nanocellulosic Gels | Lucian Lucia, North Carolina State University | |||
| PA7.2 | Mineral/ Microfibrillated Cellulose Composite Materials: Recycled Fibres, Engineered Minerals and New Product Forms | David Skuse, FiberLean Technologies | |||
| PA7.3 | Incorporation of Unbleached Micro- Nano-Fibrillated Cellulose (MNFC) into Linerboard for Strength Improvements and the Corresponding Efforts to Offset Negative Impacts on Drainage | Heather Starkey, North Carolina State University | |||
| 1:30PM – 3:00PM |
PA8: New Advances in Papermaking Chemistry |
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| Session Chair: TBD | |||||
| PA8.1 | Applications of Foamed Additives to the Surface of Wet Handsheets | Terry Bliss, Solenis | |||
| PA8.2 | Innovative Approach to Surface Treatments | Kim William Robinson, Process Solutions Group | |||
| PA8.3 | The Effect of Contact Time Between CPAM and Colloidal Silica on the Flocculation Behavior in the Approach Flow | Paul Krochak, RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden | |||
| 3:30PM – 5:00PM |
PA9-PM9: Wrap-Up (Joint Session)
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| Session Chair: Joseph Mahoney, Buckman & Todd Varner, Jacobs | |||||