Field Trip 2: CANFOR Pulp Mill Tour

Location:

Canfor Intercon Pulp Mill
Pulpmill Road
Meet at the normal lab time to proceed together to the Intercon Pulp Mill

Objectives:

To understand the pulp making process in an industrial pulp mill setting. To assess parts of the process which may require engineering control of airborne pollutants for occupational safety and public health.

To learn of the technology being used to control emission of airborne pollutants at various stages in the process at the PG kraft pulp mills. To appreciate some of the operational, engineering, economic and environmental contraints in application of control technology to large scale industrial processes. A technical overview of the kraft pulp process can be found at
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch10/final/c10s02.pdf.

Report:

Document the field trip to Intercon Pulp by writing a report, to be handed in at the start of next week's lab. Your report should:

• be typewritten,
• include a statement of the trip's objectives,
• include a description of the pulp process, and
• include an initial assessment of parts of the industrial process which may produce airborne pollutants, and
• include a description of the control technology shown and discussed.

Your comments are appreciated

If you wish to make comments, fill this out and give it to the instructor, anonymously if desired.

1. Did this field trip meet its objectives? Did you learn something from it?
2. Were the written / verbal instructions clear? (If not, can you suggest a way to improve them?)
3. Was the field trip too long? short?
4. Can you suggest ways of improving the field trip? Other comments ...