Symposium Programme

(Programme liable to change. All rights reserved ©FRC2009)

 

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Monday September 14

08:50 START

Welcome from the Chair of the Fundamental Research Committee

Keynote address

            Professor Fritz Vollrath, Department of Zoology, Oxford University.

Session 1: Fibre Preparation

Session Chair: Warren Batchelor

1.                  Novel fractionation methods: separation in a viscoplastic fluid.

A. Madani, S. Storey, J.A. Olson, I.A. Frigaard, D.M. Martinez, University of British Columbia, Canada; J. Salmela, VTT, Finland.

2.                  The net normal force per crossing point: A unified concept for the low consistency refining of pulp suspensions.

J.C. Roux, J.-F. Bloch, R. Bordin and P. Nortier. Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés Papetiers, France.

10:45 – 11:15: COFFEE

3.                  Simulation of surfactant contribution to ink removal selectivity in flotation deinking lines.

D. Beneventi, J.Allix, P. Nortier, Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés Papetiers, France; E. Zeno and B. Carré, CTP, France.

4.                  Review: Biochemical additives for papermaking.

J.J. Pawlak, North Carolina State University, USA.

12:30 – 13:45 LUNCH

Session 2: Fibre Suspensions and Forming

Session Chair: Ari Kiviranta

5.                  New experimental results on the flow regimes in closed channel flows of wood fibre suspensions.

A. Jäsberg, M. Kataja, University of Jyväskylä, Finland; P. Raiskinmäki, Jyväskylä University of Applied Science, Finland.

6.                  Near-wall estimates of the concentration and orientation distribution of a semi-dilute rigid fiber suspensions in Poisieulle flow.

P. Krochak, J.A. Olson and D.M. Martinez, University of British Columbia, Canada.

15:00 – 15:30 COFFEE

7.                  Evolution of the paper structure along the length of a twin-wire former.

S.B. Lindström, T. Uesaka, Mid Sweden University; U. Hirn, Graz University of Technology.

7a.     Response to ‘Evolution of the paper structure along the length of a twin-wire former’

D. Söderberg, Innventia, Sweden.

8.                  Single fibre flexibility measurement in a flow cell based device.

R. Eckhart, M. Donoser and W. Bauer, Graz University of Technology, Austria.

17:00 CLOSE

 

Tuesday September 15

09:00 START

Session Chair: Norayr Gurnagul

9.                  Review: Optical properties of paper: theory and practice

R.R. Farnood, University of Toronto, Canada.

Session 3: Transport and moisture interactions

10.              The influence of grammage, moisture content, fibre furnish and chemical modifications on the hygro- and hydro-expansion of paper

P.A. Larsson, L. Wågberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; M. Hoc, Innventia, Sweden.

11.              On the importance of in-plane shrinkage and through-thickness moisture gradient during drying on cockling and curling phenomena

P. Lipponen, T. Leppänen, J. Hämäläinen, University of Kuopio, Finland; A.‑L. Erkkilä, Metso Paper, Finland.

10:45 – 11:15: COFFEE

12.              Flow permeability of fibrous porous materials. Micro-tomography and numerical simulations

V. Koivu, K. Mattila, J. Alaraudonjoki, M. Kataja, University of Jyväskylä, Finland; M. Decain, J.-F. Bloch, Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés Papetiers, France; C. Geindreau, University of Grenoble, France.

13.              Multiscale moisture transport in paper: Impact of pore and fibre tortuosity and anisotropy.

Y. Defrenne, S. Ramaswamy, V. Goel, A. Gupta, Y. Zhdankin, University of Minnesota, USA; S. Lavrykov and B.V. Ramarao, SUNY, USA.

12:30 – 13:45 LUNCH

 

Session Chair: William Sampson

14.              A simple model of the air permeability of paper.

P. Shallhorn and N. Gurnagul, FPInnovations—Paprican, Canada.

15.              A laboratory investigation into the origin of machine direction microstriations.

M.F.C. Lucisano and H. Vomhoff, Innventia , Sweden.

15:00 – 15:30 COFFEE

Fundamental Research Communications (POSTERS)

An introductory overview of work presented in posters will be provided in a series of brief presentations, after which delegates will break to view and discuss the posters over a glass of wine. A list of poster presentations is available at www.frc14oxford2009.org.uk.

 

Wednesday September 16

08:45 START

Session 4: Running Webs

Session Chair: Anders Åström

16.              Instability of webs: The prediction of troughs and wrinkles.

J.K. Good, J.A. Beisel, H. Yurtcu, Oklahoma State University, USA.

17.              System stability of the open draw section and paper machine runnability.

S. Edvardsson, Mid Sweden University, Sweden; T. Uesaka, FPInnovations—Paprican, Canada

18.              Wet web rheology on a paper machine.

A. Tanaka, J. Asikainen, J.A. Ketoja, KCL Science and Consulting, Finland.

10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE

Session 5: Structure and analysis

Session Chair: Daniel Söderberg

19.              Review: Three-dimensional structural analysis.

J.-F. Bloch, S. Rolland du Roscoat, Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés Papetiers, France.

20.              Structural invariance of stochastic fibrous networks.

C.T.J. Dodson, W.W. Sampson, University of Manchester, UK.

12:15 – 13:15 LUNCH

21.              Spatial partitioning of the structural properties of tissue and towel grades.

D.S. Keller, Miami University, USA; D. Branca and O. Kwon, SUNY, USA.

22.              Introducing a concept to link 3D paper structure to 2D paper properties.

U. Hirn, M. Donoser, J. Kritzinger, W. Bauer, Graz University of Technology, Austria.

14:30 CLOSE

 


Thursday September 17

09:00 START

Session Chair: Wolfgang Bauer

23.              Review: The surface analysis of paper

J. Preston, Imerys, UK.

Session 6: Mechanical Properties

24.              Developing a deeper understanding of the constitutive behaviour of paper.

D.W. Coffin, Miami University, USA.

25.              Development of the notched shear test.

M. Nygårds, S. Östlund, KTH, Sweden; C. Fellers, Innventia , Sweden.

10:45 – 11:15: COFFEE

 

26.              The influence of microfibrillated cellulose, MFC, on paper strength and surface properties.

K. Syverud, G. Chinga-Carrasco, Ø. Eriksen, PFI, Norway;  Ø. Gregersen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.

27.              The effect of fibre orientation on the zero-span testing of paper.

S. Dowlatshahi, M.T. Kortschot, University of Toronto, Canada.

12:30 – 13:45 LUNCH

Session Chair: Gary Baum

28.              Review: Degradation phenomenology and life modelling of paper—a review.

H. Ding, Doble PowerTest, UK

29.              On the mechanisms of mechano-sorptive creep reduction by chemical cross-linking.

M. Gimåker, L.Wågberg, KTH, Sweden; A.-M. Olsson, L. Salmén, Innventia , Sweden.

15:00 – 15:30 COFFEE

30.              Effects of furnish related factors on tension and relaxation of wet webs.

E. Retulainen and K. Salminen, VTT, Finland.

31.              Prediction of fibre orientation and stiffness distributions in paper – an engineering approach.

T. Wahlström, Stora Enso, Sweden.

32.              Effect of drying conditions on the tensile properties of paper.

P. Mäkelä, Innventia, Sweden.

17:15 CLOSE

 


Friday September 18

09:00 START

Session Chair: John Roberts

33.              Review: Bioactive paper – a low cost platform for diagnostics.

R. Pelton, McMaster University, Canada.

Session 7: Chemistry

34.              Bioactive enzymatic papers.

W. Shen, M.S. Khan, J. Tian, L. Xu, G. Garnier, Monash University, Australia.

35.              Adhesive and long-range capillary forces between hydrophobic surfaces in water: effects of surface topography.

V. Wallqvist, P.M. Claesson, A. Swerin, Institute for Surface Chemistry, Sweden; C. Östlund,  Innventia, Sweden; J. Schoelkopf, P. Gane, Omya Development, Switzerland.

10:45 – 11:15: COFFEE

36.              The structure and strength of flocs of precipitated calcium carbonate induced by various polymers used in papermaking.

R. Gaudreault, N. Di Cesare, Cascades Inc., Canada; T.G.M. van de Ven, McGill University, Canada; D. Weitz, Harvard University, USA.

37.              On fundamentals and applications of superhydrophobicity in papermaking and packaging.

A. Swerin, Institute for Surface Chemistry, Sweden.

12:30 – 13:45 LUNCH

Session 8: Coating and Printing

Session Chair: Patrice Mangin

38.              A structural analysis of the thermal conductivity of paper coatings: Application of particle deposition simulation to a lumped parameter model.

P. Gerstner, J. Paltakari, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; C.J. Ridgeway, P.A.C. Gane, Omya Development, Switzerland.

39.              Probabilistic analysis of small-scale print defects with aligned 2D measurements.

M. Mettänen, M. Lauri, R. Ritala, Tampere University of Technology, Finland; U. Hirn, Graz University of Technology, Austria.

40.              Fundamental studies of linting in offset printing of newsprint.

W.J. Batchelor, A. Sudarno, C. Gujjari, Monash University, Australia; P. Banham, Norske Skog, Australia.

 

CLOSING REMARKS

S.J. I’Anson, FRC Chairman

15:30 SYMPOSIUM CLOSE AND COFFEE