NSERC Environmental Design Chair - Process Integration in the Pulp and Paper Industry (I3P)
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Research Specification
The Chair Program is where high-tech meets heavy industry - especially for natural resource industries such as pulp and
paper.
- Supply Chain Management in the Pulp and Paper Industry.
- Process Optimization Techniques combined with process integration tools applied to the Pulp & Paper Industry.
- Business Modeling
- Real-Time Optimization.
- Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge Biodrying.
- Data Driven Modeling.
- Thermal Pinch Analysis under Constraints.
- Pinch-Based Programs for Energy Optimization and Waste Heat Upgrading.
- White Water Networks Controllability Analysis.
- Validated Dynamic Simulation of a Fine Paper Mill.
- Data Reconciliation.
Research Personnel
- Professors/Researchers: 3
- Graduate Students: 12
- Postdoctoral Fellows: 2
- Research Assistants and Technicians: 2
External Sources of Funding
NSERC, Abitibi-Consolidated, Canmet, CNR-ICPET, Domtar, Equip Int'l, Hydro-Québec, Kruger, Papier Masson Ltée, Paprican,
Ressources Naturelles Canada, Tembec, 3C Software, OSIsoft, Metso.
