Covey Consulting

Dr. Alan Farrington - Curriculum Vitae

QUALIFICATIONS:

PhD in chemistry, 1965, Bristol University, England
AFFILIATIONS: Appita
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE:
  • Pulping and resource assessment expert, 38 years in pulping and related fields.
    • 2 years in Maryvale mill technical. The mill has an unbleached pine kraft mill, a bleached eucalypt kraft mill and a eucalypt NSSC mill.
    • 3 years in APM development division which included 3-4 days per week back at the mill trouble-shooting.
    • 26 years in Research and Technology.
  • Technical Manager Pulp.
  • Recognised pulping "expert" for Maryvale mill of Australian Paper.
  • Evaluation of export woodchips.
  • Resource assessment (basic density, pulp yield, paper properties, commercial application).
  • Evaluation of "tree breeding" experiments.
  • Laboratory and commercial pulping (hardwood and softwood).
  • Assessment of pulps for papermaking.
  • Novel pulping chemical mill trials.
  • Process audit and yield trials.
  • Bleaching.
  • Assessment for various end-uses with respect to papermaking
EMAIL:

alanfarrington@coveyconsulting.com.au

POSITIONS HELD:

2006-2008 Consultant to CSIRO pulping dept Consultant in pulping technology
2002-2006

CSIRO (Div. of Forestry and Forest Products) pulping dept.

 Pulping and Bleaching Research

1971 - 2002

Amcor R & T Centre

Pulping and Bleaching Research

1970

General Paint Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

1966-1970

ITT Rayonier, both Vancouver, Canada and New Jersey, USA

 
1965-1966 UBC, Vancouver, Canada Postdoctoral fellowship

EXPERIENCE:

Involvement with pulp mills has included

  • Developed innovative pulping chemistry from conceptual stage (AQ-pulping) to eliminate sulfur compounds and attendant problems.
  • Researched pulping liquor recirculation.
  • Studied/developed bleaching mechanisms for various Eucalyptus species.
  • Developed techniques for optimal tree breeding for yield and pulp properties.
  • Methodology for utilising young plantation Eucalypt trees for pulping/papermaking.
  • Kraft mill audit trials.
  • AQ trials.
  • Screen room evaluation.
  • Woodyard and pulp mills optimisation.
  • NSSC audit trial.
  • NSSC yield trials.
  • Optimisation of eucalypt and pine kraft mills, eucalypt bleached mill and eucalypt NSSC mill.
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