Lime Kiln "Ask the Expert" May 14

Ask The Experts: Selection and Layout of Refractories for Lime Sludge Kilns

A live event on TAPPI Connect! Friday, May 14, 2021, 10:00am to 12:00pm EDT

During this two-hour session on TAPPI Connect, you’ll be able to participate in a live discussion thread and Q&A session with experts Peter Gorog and Chris Macey, both contributors to the go-to book for training and reference: Lime Kilns and Recausticizing: The Forgotten Part of a Kraft Mill now available through TAPPI Press.

Post your questions on the Open Forum feed, or watch/read as others post their questions. Gorog and Macey will respond as quickly as possible. If they do not have an opportunity to respond to your question during the event, the question will be addressed within the next week. This live session will also be archived and accessible after the event.

To attend, all you need to do is Login anytime between 10:00am and noon (EST) on Friday, May 14.

Meet the Experts
Peter Gorog
is Managing Member of Houghton Cascade Holdings, LLC in Lynden, Wash., where for the last ten years he has been providing technical support for lime kilns. Prior to that, he spent 25 years with Weyerhaeuser, providing internal technical support for chemical recovery. Gorog holds four patents on materials and design of refractory linings for black liquor gasification.
Chris Macey is Market Manager, Lime and Cement with Resco Products, Inc., in Pittsburgh, Penn. He has worked three years in the lime industry, 44 years in the refractory industry, and holds three patents in refractory compositions.

Get the Book!

Lime Kilns and Recausticizing: The Forgotten Part of a Kraft Mill
Edited by: Peter W. Hart, Glenn M. Hanson III, and Richard P. Manning. (Event experts Peter Gorog contributed to Ch. 8 and 9, and Chris Macey contributed to Ch. 9.)
Designed for entry-level and operating engineers who are new to the industry, Lime Kilns and Recausticizing: The Forgotten Part of a Kraft Mill serves as both a training resource and as an in-depth reference guide and refresher for more seasoned engineers in this area of the mill that is often overlooked in most textbooks. This new resource reviews the entire kraft chemical recovery cycle, lime kiln chemistry and includes 11 chapters dedicated to all areas of the kiln, both process and mechanical.

 

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