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White Liquor Quality During Kraft Pulping
Augusto Quinde (AQuinde Pulping Consulting); Pulp & Paper Canada Spring 2022 – May 31st, 2022
On-line characterization of wood chip brightness and chemical composition by means of visible and near-infrared spectroscopy
Guillaume Hans, Bruce Allison (FPInnovations); Wood Research and Technology Holzforschung 2021 – Volume 75, Issue 11
Shedding Light on Process Chemistry
Martin Fairbank PhD (Pulp & Paper Canada); Pulp & Paper Canada Winter 2021 – February 3, 2021
Dry Chip Feedrate Control Using Online Chip Moisture
Wesley Gilbert (FPInnovations), Ivan Trush (ALPAC), Bruce Allison (FPInnovations), Randy Reimer(ALPAC), Howard Mason (ALPAC)
Online Biomass Moisture Content Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Guillaume Hans (FPInnovations), Bruce Allison (FPInnovations), Wesley Gilbert (FPInnovations); Can. J. For. Vol. 6, Issue 3
The Endless Possibilities of Wood Chip Sensor Technology
FPInnovations; Pulp & Paper Canada Spring 2021 – April 13, 2021
Opportunities in Bioenergy and the Bioeconomy
Jan Bottiglieri, Paper360 (PPIS) – September/October 2023
FITNIR to supply online liquor analyzer.
P&PC Staff; Pulp & Paper Canada Spring 2020 – April 27th, 2020
ExpoCorma 2020 – FITNIR’s Next Generation Process Analyzers for Kraft Mill Optimization
Thanh Trung, FITNIR Analyzers Inc., ExpoCorma 2020 – Presentation
Potential Benefit for Production Management of a Pulp and Paper Company from Using an FT-NIR Analyzer
Eugenio De Felice Zampini (IFSP), William Akio Oliveira (IFSP); Independent Journal of Management & Production, Sept. 2020
Dry Chip Feedrate Control Using Online Chip Moisture
Wesley Gilbert (FPInnovations), Ivan Trush (Alberta Pacific), Bruce Allison (FPInnovations), Randy Reimer (Alberta Pacific), Howard Mason (Alberta Pacific); TAPPI PEERS 2017
DEAD LOAD DETERMINATION USING ONLINE MEASUREMENTS (USING ONLINE FT-NIR MEASUREMENTS TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF DEAD LOAD ON THE KRAFT LIQUOR CYCLE)
Jack Porter (FITNIR Analyzers Inc.); TAPPI PEERS 2016
ADVANCED ATLINE KAPPA MEASUREMENTS WITH NIR SPECTROSCOPY FOR FIBRELINE OPTIMIZATION
Thanh Trung (FITNIR Analyzers Inc.), Brady Conroy (Domtar Kamloops), Dale Wilson (FITNIR Analyzers Inc.); TAPPI PEERS 2016
ON-LINE MEASUREMENT OF BULK, TENSILE, BRIGHTNESS AND OVEN DRY CONTENT OF BCTMP USING NIR SPECTROSCOPY – PRESENTATION
Matthew R Tomkins (FPInnovations), Wesley Gilbert (FPInnovations), Thanh Trung (FITNIR Analyzers Inc.); IMPC 2016
CLO2 GENERATOR BEST PRACTICES: TRADITIONAL MEASUREMENTS AND NEW TOOLS FOR CONTROL
Thanh Trung, FITNIR Analyzers Inc., PEERS 2016 – Presentation
ON-LINE MEASUREMENT OF BULK, TENSILE, BRIGHTNESS AND OVEN DRY CONTENT OF BLEACHED CHEMI-THERMOMECHANICAL PULP USING NIR SPECTROSCOPY
Matthew R Tomkins (FPInnovations), Wesley Gilbert (FPInnovations), Thanh Trung (FITNIR Analyzers Inc.); IMPC 2016
ADVANCED ONLINE PROCESS ANALYZER FOR CHEMICAL RECOVERY
AND PULP MILL CONTROL
Thanh Trung and Bruce Allison, FPInnovations, O Papel vol. 76, num. 1, Jan. 2015
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUTOMATION – Efficient chemical recovery processes are vital to the economic success of pulp mills
Thanh Trung, FITNIR Analyzers Inc., Pulp & Paper International, August 2014
Advanced Online Process Analyzers for Chemical Recovery and Pulp Mill Control
Thanh Trung, FITNIR Analyzers Inc. and Bruce Allison, FPInnovations, International Chemical Recovery Conference 2014
KINETICS MODEL-BASED STATE ESTIMATION AND INFERENTIAL CONTROL OF THE CAUSTICIZING PROCESS
Bruce Allison, FPInnovations, TAPPI PEERS 2011
The Role of Sensors in the New Forest Products Industry
Thanh Trung and Brigitte Leblon; Can. J. For. Res. Vol. 41, 2011
Seeking Stability – Canfor Pulp and Zellstoff Celgar share their experiences with recent process control upgrades. The investments have reduced the variability of several key inputs
Cindy Macdonald, Pulp & Paper Canada, September/October 2013
Improving smelt dissolving tank TTA control at Zellstoff Celgar
Irene Coyle and Shawn Russell, Zellstoff Celgar LLP; Vivek Rajbhandari, Laurier Morissette, Mario Leclerc, TEXO Consulting and Controls Inc.; PACWEST 2013
ON-LINE DETERMINATION OF GREEN LIQUOR REDUCTION EFFICIENCY AND TOTAL TITRATABLE ALKALI USING FT-NIR
T. Trung, D. Osmond, B. Allison, V. Uloth, and J. Porter, TAPPI PEERS July/August 2010
The next generation
of online pulping & liquor analysis
Mark Williamson, Journalist Engineer, IPW, May 2013
Optimization of the Recausticizing Process with Mill Wide Implications
Tiffany Reid, Domtar Espanola; Thanh Trung, FITNIR Analyzers Inc.; TAPPI PEERS 2013
Improved Causticizing Control using FT-NIR Analyzer and CAUST-X Controls at Celgar Pulp
Irene Coyle and Shawn Russell, Zellstoff Celgar LLP; Trung, Thanh, FITNIR Analyzers Inc.; Vivek Rajbhandari, Laurier Morissette, Mario Leclerc, TEXO Consulting and Controls Inc.; PACWEST 2013
Advanced Online Process Analyzer for Pulp Mill Control
Thanh Trung, FITNIR Analyzers Inc. and Bruce Allison, FPInnovations; Control Systems 2012
Canfor Pulp moves to online liquor analyzers
Frontline Focus (TAPPI), April 2011
FT-NIR Technology Continues to Evolve
Pulp & Paper International, May 2011
Benefits of FT-NIR based advanced control of the causticizing process
Dharmesh Goradia and Gavin Baxter, Tembec, Skookumchuck, Operations, PACWEST 2011
PacWest 2011 Conference Report (FT-NIR Experiences)
Pulp and Paper Canada, July/August 2011
Results of inferential control of the Intercon causticizing process
Saul Mtakula, Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership, Intercon Pulp, PACWEST 2011
Improving recovery boiler performance by controlling variability (new tools for an old problem)
International Chemical Recovery Conference, March 2010
Model predictive control of smelt dissolving tank TTA using FT-NIR liquor composition analyzer
International Chemical Recovery Conference, March 2010
Closed loop control of ClO2 generator using FT-NIR analyzer
TAPPI Engineering, Pulping and Environmental Conference, Oct. 2009
Experience and learning from FT-NIR installations in North American pulp mills for applications in digester, recovery, recaust and ClO2 generator
TAPPI Engineering, Pulping and Environmental Conference, Oct. 2009
Understanding the kraft liquor cycle: A need for online measurement and control
TAPPI Engineering, Pulping and Environmental Conference, Oct. 2009
OPTIMAL AVERAGING LEVEL CONTROL OF CHLORINE DIOXIDE STORAGE TANKS
Bruce Allison and Leonardo Kammer, FPInnovations; Robert Laurendeau, Canfor Pulp; and Gerry Pageau, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper; PACWEST 2007
Cost Reduction Through Advanced Control of Chlorine Dioxide Generators
Bruce Allison, Leonardo Kammer and Thanh Trung, FPInnovations; Rob Laurendeau, Canfor Pulp; and Gerry Pageau, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper; APC 2007
A Liquor Composition Control Strategy for Chlorine Dioxide Generators
Bruce Allison, FPInnovations, PACWEST 2004
