Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00431, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Dhar, Bipro (University of Alberta), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Alberta, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Adopting waste-to-bioenergy technologies as waste management practice can provide dual benefits of_x000D_
diversion of waste from landfills and recovery of value-added resources. Thus, waste can be sustainably_x000D_
utilized as a valuable resource rather than treated as waste. Anaerobic digestion, which is by far the most_x000D_
widely implemented waste-to-bioenergy technology for conversion of the organic fraction of municipal solid_x000D_
waste to methane. However, anaerobic digestion of a single waste stream can sometimes be challenging due to_x000D_
inadequate nutrients and presence of toxic or inhibitory compounds in the feedstock. Co-digestion of_x000D_
complementary waste streams is a promising engineering approach to overcome these difficulties via nutrients_x000D_
balance and dilution of toxicants, which ultimately enhance methane production. In collaboration with GHD,_x000D_
the proposed research will investigate co-digestion of food waste and sewage sludge for improving process_x000D_
stability and digestion performance., program purpose french : Adopting waste-to-bioenergy technologies as waste management practice can provide dual benefits of_x000D_
diversion of waste from landfills and recovery of value-added resources. Thus, waste can be sustainably_x000D_
utilized as a valuable resource rather than treated as waste. Anaerobic digestion, which is by far the most_x000D_
widely implemented waste-to-bioenergy technology for conversion of the organic fraction of municipal solid_x000D_
waste to methane. However, anaerobic digestion of a single waste stream can sometimes be challenging due to_x000D_
inadequate nutrients and presence of toxic or inhibitory compounds in the feedstock. Co-digestion of_x000D_
complementary waste streams is a promising engineering approach to overcome these difficulties via nutrients_x000D_
balance and dilution of toxicants, which ultimately enhance methane production. In collaboration with GHD,_x000D_
the proposed research will investigate co-digestion of food waste and sewage sludge for improving process_x000D_
stability and digestion performance., agreement title english : Assessing Co-digestion Performance of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste, agreement title french : Assessing Co-digestion Performance of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-11-08, 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