Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-00012, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi (Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Colleges, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les collèges, program purpose english : DMT Creative Enterprises started in 1994, specializes in design, engineering and fabrication of equipment for the construction_x000D_
industry. Company owner Dave Thiessen has a farm production business that started in 2002 with farm land of 500 acres. DMT_x000D_
started a research and development project to develop an innovative high efficiency bio-refining technology to produce furfural_x000D_
from miscanthus._x000D_
Furfural is a bio-renewable chemical that has gained renewed attention as a potential chemical for the production of bio-chemicals._x000D_
It is used as a starting material for many high-value chemicals and materials. The project will look at furfural production from the_x000D_
biomass crop miscanthus. Current industrial furfural production comes from the use of corn residues and is mostly produced in_x000D_
China. Miscanthus can provide up to 5 times the biomass as corn. If the yield can be increased from current methods industrial_x000D_
standards of 10%, this will make furfural production in Canada competitive. The objective of this activity is to determine the pretreatment_x000D_
method and process parameters to achieve 95% separation of 3 key elements from miscanthus and an overall yield of_x000D_
20% furfural based on dry weight of miscanthus._x000D_
Lambton College is partnering with the company DMT to work on the optimization of the furfural production and purification_x000D_
process. The industrial partner, DMT is planning upon successful completion of this project to construct a 1 tonne per day_x000D_
production facility for furfural production from miscanthus., program purpose french : DMT Creative Enterprises started in 1994, specializes in design, engineering and fabrication of equipment for the construction_x000D_
industry. Company owner Dave Thiessen has a farm production business that started in 2002 with farm land of 500 acres. DMT_x000D_
started a research and development project to develop an innovative high efficiency bio-refining technology to produce furfural_x000D_
from miscanthus._x000D_
Furfural is a bio-renewable chemical that has gained renewed attention as a potential chemical for the production of bio-chemicals._x000D_
It is used as a starting material for many high-value chemicals and materials. The project will look at furfural production from the_x000D_
biomass crop miscanthus. Current industrial furfural production comes from the use of corn residues and is mostly produced in_x000D_
China. Miscanthus can provide up to 5 times the biomass as corn. If the yield can be increased from current methods industrial_x000D_
standards of 10%, this will make furfural production in Canada competitive. The objective of this activity is to determine the pretreatment_x000D_
method and process parameters to achieve 95% separation of 3 key elements from miscanthus and an overall yield of_x000D_
20% furfural based on dry weight of miscanthus._x000D_
Lambton College is partnering with the company DMT to work on the optimization of the furfural production and purification_x000D_
process. The industrial partner, DMT is planning upon successful completion of this project to construct a 1 tonne per day_x000D_
production facility for furfural production from miscanthus., agreement title english : Optimization of High Efficiency Synthesis Process and Isolation of Furfural, agreement title french : Optimization of High Efficiency Synthesis Process and Isolation of Furfural, agreement number : CARD1, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-06-14, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2018-2019), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada