This list includes two books on recovery boilers, and recovery boiler presentations as instructor at the TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Shortcourse for the past 20 years. It does no include more than 50 reports for industrial clients on recovery boilers and examination of more than 100 recovery boilers.

• “How Basic Air Jet Physics Affects Gas Mixing In Recovery Boiler Furnaces,” 1987 AIChE National Mtg. , Minneapolis, Aug. , 1987, T. N. Adams.
• “The Effect of Air Distribution and Flow Patterns on Gas Temperature in a Recovery Boiler,” Intl. Colloquium of High Temperature Research Related to Black Liquor Combustion, Parry Sound, Ontario, Nov. , 1987, T. N. Adams.
• “Air Jets and Mixing in Kraft Recovery Boilers,” Tappi J. , 71 (1), 97–100 (1988), T. N. Adams.
• “Effects of Air Jets on Combustion in Recovery Boilers,” Chem. Engr. Prog. , 84 (6), 45-50 (1988), T. N. Adams.
• “How Basic Air Jet Physics Affects Gas Mixing In Recovery Boiler Furnaces,” AIChE FPD Symp. Ser. , Chem. Engr. Tech. in Forest Products Proc. , vol. 2, 19 (1988), T. N. Adams.
• “Principles of Black Liquor Combustion,” Keynote Address, Pollto-Palaminen-Paastot-tutimusyhteistyo Seminar, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland, Feb. , 1988, T. N. Adams.
• “Recovery Boiler Thermal Performance,” 1988 TAPPI Engr. Conf. , pp. 355-367, Chicago, Sept. 1988, J. M. Hanes, T. N. Adams, L. L. Edwards.
• “Recovery Boiler Thermal Performance,” Tappi J. , 71 (9), (1988), J. M. Hanes, T. N. Adams, L. L. Edwards.
• Kraft Recovery Boiler Physical and Chemical Processes, American Paper Institute, New York, NY, Oct. , 1988, T. N. Adams and W. J. Frederick.
• “Air Jets and Mixing in Kraft Recovery Boilers,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, pp. 201-208, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1987, 1988, and 1989, T. N. Adams.
• “Black Liquor Combustion,”, a chapter in Pulp and Paper Manufacture, pp. 531-562, Joint Textbook Committee of the Paper Industry, Atlanta GA and Montreal PQ, August 1989, T. N. Adams.
• “Black Liquor Thermal and Transport Properties,” 1989 TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, pp. 123-133, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1989, W. J. Frederick and T. N. Adams.
• “Droplet Size Distribution of Black Liquor Sprays,” TAPPI/CPPA Intl. Chemical Recovery Conf. , pp. 119-125, Ottawa, Canada, April 1989, T. M. Spielbauer, T. N. Adams, J. E. Monacelli, and R. T. Bailey.
• “Flow and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Black Liquor Nozzles,” AIChE Annual Mtng. , San Francisco, CA, Nov. 1989, T. M. Spielbauer and T. N. Adams.
• “Fluid Sheet Thickness and Velocity at the Tip of a Black Liquor Splashplate Nozzle,” AIChE Annual mtg. , San Francisco, CA, Nov. 1989, N. Obuskovic and T. N. Adams.
• “Kraft Chemical Recovery”, shortcourse at Univ. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI, May 1989, T. M. Grace, W. J. Frederick, and T. N. Adams.
• “Kraft Recovery Boiler Physical and Chemical Processes”, shortcourse sponsored by the American Paper Institute, Atlanta, GA, June 1989, T. N. Adams.
• “Technical Aspects in the Selection of an On-Line Viscometer for Black Liquor,” AIChE Annual mtg. , San Francisco, CA, Nov. 1989, T. N. Adams.
• “Flow and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Black Liquor Nozzles,” Tappi J. , 73 (9), (1990), T. M. Spielbauer and T. N. Adams.
• “Black Liquor Combustion and Recovery Boiler Modeling,” Industry Workshop, J. H. Jansen Co. , Woodinville, WA, Dec. 1991, T. N. Adams.
• “Fluid Sheet Thickness and Velocity at the Tip of a Black Liquor Splashplate Nozzle,” Chem. Eng. Com. , 104, 1-20 (1991), N. Obuskovic and T. N. Adams.
• “Imaging Black Liquor Sprays in an Operating Recovery Furnace,” AIChE annual mtng. , Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 1991, T. Spielbauer, C. Verrill, R. Damon, and T. N. Adams.
• “Black Liquor Spray Nozzles for Kraft Recovery Boilers,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1990, 1991, 1992, T. N. Adams.
• “Recovery Boiler Physical Principles,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1992, T. N. Adams.
• “Sensitivity Studies of In-Flight Combustion using a Three-Dimensional Computer Model,” AIChE annual mtng. , Miami, FL, Nov. 1992, R. R. Horton, D. J. Slayton, T. M. Grace, and T. N. Adams.
• “Spraying Characteristics of Commercial Black Liquor Nozzles,” TAPPI/CPPA Intl. Chem. Recov. Conf. , Seattle, WA, June, 1992, H. J. Empie, S. J. Lien, W. R. Yang, and T. N. Adams.
• “The Effects of Black Liquor Spray Parameters on Combustion Behavior in Recovery Furnace Simulations,” TAPPI/CPPA Intl. Chem. Recov. Conf. , Seattle, WA, June, 1992, R. R. Horton, T. N. Adams, and T. M. Grace.
• “The Effects of Black Liquor Sprays on Gas Phase Flows in a Recovery Furnace,” TAPPI Engr. Conf. , Boston, MA, Sept. , 1992, T. N. Adams and R. R. Horton.
• “The Effects of Recovery Furnace Bullnose Designs on Upper Furnace Flow and Temperature Profiles,” TAPPI/CPPA Intl. Chem. Recov. Conf. , Seattle, WA, June, 1992, E. K. Vakkilainen, R. R. Horton, and T. N. Adams.
• “Using CFD Calculations to Estimate Thermal-NOx from Recovery Boilers at 67% and 80% Dry Solids,” 1993 TAPPI Engr. Conf. , Orlando, FL, Sept. 1993, T. N. Adams, R. I. Stewart, and A. K. Jones.
• “Air Flow, Mixing, and Modeling for Recovery Boilers,” Finnish Recovery Boiler Committee, Intl. Conf. of the Baltic Sea, May 1994, T. N. Adams.
• “Spraying Black Liquor in Kraft Recovery Boilers,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Shortcourse, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1994, T. N. Adams.
• “Effects of boundary geometries on CFD simulations of recovery furnace char beds,” Tappi J. , 77 (8), 189 (1994), W. Yang, R. R. Horton, and T. N. Adams.
• “Recovery Boiler Design Principles,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1995, T. N. Adams.
• “Impact on recovery of pulping and bleaching changes to meet the EPA Cluster Rule,” TAPPI/CPPA Intl. Chem. Rec. Conf. , Toronto, April 1995, T. N. Adams.
• “Spraying characteristics of commercial black liquor nozzles,” Tappi J. , 78 (1), 121 (1995), H. J. Empie, S. J. Lien, W. Yang, and T. N. Adams.
• “Trends in recovery and recausticizing in North America,” APPITA annual meeting, Rotorua, NZ, November 1995, T. N. Adams.
• Kraft Recovery Boilers, TAPPI press, Atlanta, GA, 1997, T. N. Adams, Wm. James. Frederick, Thomas M. Grace, Mikko Hupa, Kristiina Iisa, Andrew K. Jones, Honghi Tran.
• “Black liquor inorganic solubility, crystallization, and evaporator scaling,” Pacific Section TAPPI conference, Seattle WA, September 1998, T. N. Adams and W. J. Frederick.
• “Improving black liquor evaporator Performance,” Institute of Paper Science and Technology Shortcourse, Atlanta GA, April 1998, W. J. Frederick and T. N. Adams.
• “Reducing dissolving tank particulate emissions,” CPPA Spring Conference, Jasper AB, May 1998, T. N. Adams and B. Briscoe.
• “Black liquor evaporator basics,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2000, R. Y. Marr and T. N. Adams.
• “Black liquor evaporator fouling,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2000, T. N. Adams.
• “Recovery Boiler Air Systems,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2000, T. N. Adams and M. P. Lebel.
• “Recovery Boiler Equipment and Layout,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2000, T. N. Adams.

This list includes lime kiln presentations as instructor at the TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Shortcourse for the past 20 years, and a chapter on lime kilns in the text “Pulp and Paper Manufacture. It does no include more than 100 reports on lime kilns for industrial clients, and examination of more than 500 rotary kilns over the past thirty years.

• “Radiative Heat Transfer In Rotary Kilns,” Met. Trans. B. , (12B), 55-70 (1981), J. P. Gorog, J. K. Brimacombe, and T. N. Adams.
• “Regenerative Heat Transfer in Rotary Kilns,” Met. Trans. B. , (13B), 153-163 (1982), J. P. Gorog, T. N. Adams, and J. K. Brimacombe.
• “Heat Transfer from Flames in a Rotary Kiln,” Met. Trans. B. , (14B), 411-424 (1983), J. P. Gorog, T. N. Adams, and J. K. Brimacombe.
• “Burner Design and Flame Shape Control for Lime Kilns,” Best Paper Award CPPA Western Technical Section, Kamloops, BC, Sept. , 1983, T. N. Adams.
• “Design and Performance of Rotary Lime Kilns in the Pulp and Paper Industry,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, pp. 37-70, Orlando, FL, Feb. 1986 and Jan. 1987, J. P. Gorog and T. N. Adams
• Part 1 - A Predictive Model for a Rotary Lime Reburning Kiln
• Part 2 - The Effect of Chain System Design and the Refractory Lining on Lime Kiln Performance
• Part 3 - How Flame Characteristics and Product Coolers Affect Lime Kiln Performance
• Part 4 - The Effect of Operating Variables and O2 Enrichment on Lime Kiln Performance
• Part 5 - Heat Transfer, Kiln Geometry, and Lime Kiln Performance Rating
• “Lime Reburning,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, pp. 73-86, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1988 and Jan. 1989, T. N. Adams.
• “Lime Reburning,” a chapter in Pulp and Paper Manufacture, pp. 590-608, Joint Textbook Committee of the Paper Industry, Atlanta GA and Montreal PQ, August 1989, T. N. Adams.
• “Trends in Recausticizing Operations,” Paper Technology: Senior Executives conf. , IPST, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 1991, T. N. Adams.
• “Lime Kiln Principles and Operation,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1993 to 2005, T. N. Adams.
• “Impact of lime kiln flames on kiln capacity and emissions,” Pacific Section TAPPI conference, Seattle WA, September 1998, T. N. Adams.
• “Lime kiln refractory wastage reduction case study,” TAPPI Kraft Recovery Operations Shortcourse, Orlando FL, January 1999, T. N. Adams and B. Briscoe.

This list does no include more than 30 reports on power boilers for industrial clients and examination of more than 100 power boilers.

• “Combustion Control Modification on Hog Fuel Boilers to Improve Particulate Emission Limited Efficiency,” 25th Canadian Chem. Engr. Conf. , CSChE, Montreal, PQ, Nov. , 1974, T. N. Adams.
• “Mechanisms of Particle Entrainment and Combustion and How They Affect Emissions from Wood Waste Fired Boilers,” ASME 1976 Nat. Waste Proc. Conf. , Boston, 175-184, May, 1976, T. N. Adams.
• “Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in Wet Wood Particles,” 6th Western Canadian Heat Trans. Conf. , Vancouver, BC, May 1976, W. C. Edwards and T. N. Adams.
• “Combustion Control Modifications to Hog Fuel Boilers to Reduce Oil Consumption During Combination Firing,” Tappi J. , 60(4), 126-129 (1977), T. N. Adams.
• “Particle Mass Loading and Size Distribution Predictions for the Combustible Fraction of the Carryover from a Hog Fuel Boiler,” Combustion Institute, Western States Sect. , Seattle, March, 1977, T. N. Adams.
• “Properties and Operating Experience with Bagasse as a Boiler Fuel,” ASME Nat. Waste Processing Conf. , Chicago, 101-106, April, 1978, T. N. Adams, G. Whitehouse, and D. Maples.
• “Moisture Transfer in Finite Wood Cylinders,” AIChE Symposium Series no. 184, vol. 75, 102-107 (1979), W. C. Edwards and T. N. Adams.
• “Combustible Carryover Predictions for a Wood-Waste Boiler,” Comb. & Flame, 34, 47-61 (1979), T. N. Adams.
• “Boiler Efficiency Workshop for Waste Fuel Fired Boilers,” shortcourse at LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, Feb. , 1979, T. N. Adams, G. Whitehouse, and D. Maples.
• “Analysis of Particulate Emission Data from a Spreader Stoker Pilot Plant Fired with Wood Waste,” Combustion Institute, Central States Section, Baton Rouge, LA, March, 1980, T. N. Adams and D. C. Junge.
• “Energy Conservation and Effective Utilization of Wood Waste,” shortcourse at UBC, Vancouver, BC, March, 1980, T. N. Adams, R. A. Matula, and D. V. O’Connor.
• “Predictions of Intrinsic Ash Emissions from a Wood-Waste Boiler,” JAPCA, 30(2), 147-152 (1980), T. N. Adams.
• “A Simple Fuel Bed Model for Predicting Particulate Emissions from a Wood-Waste Boiler,” Comb. & Flame, 39, 225-239 (1980), T. N. Adams.
• “Wood As A Pulverized Fuel,” American Flame Research Committee, International Symposium on Alternative Fuels and Hazardous Wastes, Tulsa, OK, Oct. , 1984, T. N. Adams and G. G. Karsner.
• “Research Needs in Industrial Wood Combustion,” Combustion Institute, Western States Sect. , Invited Lecture, UBC, Vancouver, BC, May, 1987, T. N. Adams.
• “Factors Affecting Combustion Efficiency in Wood Waste Boilers,” Tappi J. , 70 (8), 100-106 (1987), R. M. Spurrell, T. N. Adams, and P. A. Thorn.
• “Wood-Fines Swirl Burner Optimization Program,” 1987 TAPPI Engr. Conf. , 377-383, New Orleans, Sept. , 1987, T. N. Adams, D. R. Raymond, and C. Schmid.
• “Optimization of a Swirl Burner for Pulverized-Wood Fuels,” Tappi J. , 71 (5), 91 (1988), T. N. Adams, D. R. Raymond, and C. Schmid.
• Energy Engineering and Management in the Pulp and Paper Industry, anthology, TAPPI Press, Atlanta, GA, March 1991.
• “Factors Affecting Combustion Efficiency in Wood Waste Boilers,” R. M. Spurrell, T. N. Adams, and P. A. Thorn
• “Optimization of a swirl burner for pulverized-wood fuels,” T. N. Adams, D. R. Raymond, and C. Schmid.
• “Particle Burnout in Hog Fuel Boiler Furnace Environments,” Tappi J. , 60(2), 123-125 (1977), T. N. Adams.
• “Design of Burners for Low-Calorific Value Fuel Gases,” Invited Lecture, Intl. Energy Agency Thermal Gasification Seminar, Sherbrooke, PQ, Sept. , 1992, T. N. Adams.
• “On the Form of Nitrogen in Wood and Its Fate During Kraft Pulping,” TAPPI Envir. Conf. , Boston, MA, March. , 1993, P. J. Veverka, K. M. Nichols, T. N. Adams, and R. R. Horton.

• “Temperature Dependence of the Spectral Intensity of the 1943 cm–1 Band of Carbonyl Fluoride,” J. Chem. Phys. , 55(12), 5674-5680 (1972), T. N. Adams, D. M. Weston, and R. A. Matula.
• “Shock Tube Study of the Reaction of Carbonyl Fluoride with Hydrogen,” CANCAM-73, Montreal, PQ, May 1973, T. N. Adams.
• “An Experimental and Mechanistic Study of the Reactions of COF2 with H2 and with CO,” J. Chem. Phys. , 63(11), 4915-4926 (1975), H. G. Gangloff, D. Milks, K. L. Maloney, T. N. Adams, and R. A. Matula.
• “The Effects of Test Procedure on the Interpretation Of NOx Emission Data from a Gas Turbine,” ASME 75-WA/APC-9, Nov. , 1975, T. N. Adams.
• “Emissions as a Performance Criterion for Adaptive Control of Road Vehicle Engines,” ASME JDSMC, 98(2), 196-197 (1976), T. N. Adams.
• “A Single Pulse Shock-Tube Study of the Reaction Between Nitrogen Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide,” Comb. Sci. and Tech. , 19(3-4), 151-159 (1979), D. Milks, T. N. Adams, and R. A. Matula.
• “Paper mill water, energy, and NPE balance,” TAPPI ‘94, Atlanta GA, Feb. 1994, T. N. Adams.
• “Impact on recovery of pulping and bleaching changes to meet the EPA Cluster Rule,” Tappi J. , 78((12), (1995), T. N. Adams.

• “Method for making a suspension of shear-stable crosslinked bacterial cellulose,” T. N. Adams, J. M. Askew, G. D. Peterson, R. S. Stephens, and W. D. Watt, assigned to Weyerhaeuser Co. , WO 9311182, June 1993.
• “Apparatus for evaluating papermaking pulp behavior,” T. N. Adams, J. M. Gess, R. J. Martz, and D. E. Petersen, assigned to Weyerhaeuser Co. , WO 9306481, April 1993.
• “A method for treatment of corrugated paper board with isocyanate resin”, T. N. Adams, H. A. Leblanc, F. L. Lorck, T. McDermott, R. S. Stephens, S. A. Wallick, J. J. Watkins, W. D. Watt, J. A. Westland, and M. J. Yancey, assigned to Weyerhaeuser Co. , WO 9219449, Nov. 1992.
• “Coating apparatus for directing an elongated linear flow towards a substrate”, T. N. Adams, H. A. Leblanc, F. L. Lorck, T. McDermott, R. S. Stephens, S. A. Wallick, J. J. Watkins, W. D. Watt, J. A. Westland, and M. J. Yancey, assigned to Weyerhaeuser Co. , WO 9212803, Aug. 1992.
• “Applicator for coating a substrate”, T. N. Adams, H. A. Leblanc, F. L. Lorck, T. McDermott, R. S. Stephens, S. A. Wallick, J. J. Watkins, W. D. Watt, J. A. Westland, and M. J. Yancey, assigned to Weyerhaeuser Co. , WO 9118682, Dec. 1991.
• “Energy recovery from biomass using fuel having a bimodal size distribution,” T. N. Adams, R. M. Spurrell, G. G. Karsner, G. P. Golike, and J. F. L. Lincoln, assigned to Weyerhaeuser Co. , US 4589356, May 1986.

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