Your global equipment supplier for the biomass industry ABOVE LEFT TO RIGHT: Ellis Whalen with ABCS Safety Training explains the importance of process safety management. Panelists discuss the producer and utility viewpoint during the Power Panel. Scott Bax, WPAC Safety Committee chair, encouraged the audience to create a safety culture within their organizations. Process safety management, Bax said, has been embraced by WPAC as a meth-od to help companies create that safety culture. Ellis Whalen with ABCS Safety Train-ing explained process safety manage-ment as a blending of engineering and management skills to design and main-tain safe processes. “It is your responsibility to make sure your employees are competent and trained to perform their tasks,” Whalen said. Implementing process safety manage-ment involves hazard assessments, the development of operating procedures, training, and auditing. Cherie Whelan, the new director of Safe Companies for the BC Forest Safety Council, told conference goers to expect a flood of near-miss reports from the council, which she said can help other companies learn to implement safer pro-cesses. “Start sharing [near miss incidents] within your own organization, your in-dustry, and then with the BC Forest Safe-ty Council,” she said. WPAC Safety Committee is planning to hold a one-day process safety man-agement training session in the coming months. The conference wrapped with presen-tations on new technology in the indus-try from Firefly AB, Player Design Inc., Fike Corporation, Dryer One and Smart Heating Technology. Mikael Jidenius from Firefly shared tips for preventing fires in the wood pel-let industry, and explained how a quality spark detection systems can help reduce risk. Research shows that pellet facili-ties should be equipped to detect both sparks and dark or hot particles in the process, Jidenius said. Tyler Player, owner of Player Design Inc., presented on rotary dryer perfor-mance with green fuel combustion. Ac-cording to several test sites, Player said, a rotary dryer can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 50 per cent, and helps reduce sparking. The 2017 Wood Pellet Association of Canada AGM and Conference is sched-uled for Sept. 18 to 20 at the Ottawa Marriot Hotel. Go to www.pellet.org for more information.• ANDRITZ is one of the world’s leading suppliers of techno logies, systems, and services re lating to equipment for the bio mass pelleting industry. We offer single machines for the production of solid and liquid biofuel and waste pellets. We have the abili ty to manu-facture and supply each and every key processing machine in the pel-let production line. For the latest news, equipment and pellet profile features, visit www.canadianbiomass.ca. ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel A/S Europe, Asia, and South America: [email protected] USA and Canada: [email protected] www.andritz.com Canadian BIOMASS 23
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