The future of Canadian forest extractives for specialty chemicals: value identification

加拿大森林提取物用于特种化学品的未来：价值识别

• 批准号: 531226-2018
• 负责人: Trajano, Heather
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=667004
• 关键词: future; Canadian; forest; extractives; specialty

Western Canada's softwoods are rich in extractives such as terpenes, which can be used to meet the global**demand for sustainable alternatives to petroleum. These molecules can be used for cosmetics, flavours,**fragrances, and food additives or upgraded via catalysis to new high-value drugs, herbicides and/or pesticides.**This collaboration with Nanaimo Forest Products (NFP) will identify and quantify extractives contained in**steam condensates produced from NFP's furnish in order to evaluate the commercial value of these molecules.**This project, Value Identification, represents the first phase of NFP's effort to develop high value products to**complement their current business. Success in this project will lead to a second phase in which process**simulations will be used to identify separation technology to recover target molecules for commercial offering.**NFP will provide steam condensates generated from their fibre basket. A suite of integrated analytical**techniques will be used to identify and quantify the extractives contained in these condensates. Existing**applications and markets for the identified molecules will be assessed. Dr. Trajano, biomass deconstruction**and characterization specialist, and her team will collaborate with NFP's Production Manager, Bart Howey.**Mr. Howey is committed to developing NFP's new business opportunities and will meet with the UBC team**twice a month to review project results. The entrepreneurial leadership of NFP is excited to translate this**research into value-adding products manufactured in British Columbia. These products will be a competitive**advantage for regional producers that cannot easily be displaced by international rivals. This new commercial**activity will create significant new job opportunities at NFP's employee owned facility and enable NFP's**continued support of local community infrastructure such as hospitals and schools.

加拿大西部的软木富含萜类等萃取物，可以用来满足全球对可持续石油替代品的需求。这些分子可用于化妆品、香料、香水和食品添加剂，或通过催化升级为新的高价值药物、除草剂和/或杀虫剂。**与纳奈莫森林产品公司(NFP)的合作将识别和量化NFP原料生产的**蒸汽冷凝物中所含的萃取物，以评估这些分子的商业价值。**价值识别项目是NFP努力开发高价值产品的第一阶段，以**补充他们目前的业务。该项目的成功将导致第二阶段，在该阶段**将使用过程模拟来确定分离技术，以回收用于商业销售的目标分子。**NFP将提供从其纤维篮子中产生的蒸汽冷凝物。将使用一套集成的分析**技术来识别和量化这些凝析油中所含的萃取物。将评估已确定分子的现有**应用和市场。生物质解构和表征专家Trajano博士和她的团队将与NFP的生产经理Bart Howey合作。**Howey先生致力于开发NFP的新商机，并将每月与UBC团队**会面两次，以审查项目结果。NFP的企业家领导层很高兴能将这项**研究转化为在不列颠哥伦比亚省制造的增值产品。这些产品将成为地区生产商的竞争优势，不会轻易被国际竞争对手取代。这一新的商业活动将在NFP的员工拥有的设施中创造大量新的就业机会，并使NFP能够**继续支持当地社区基础设施，如医院和学校。