Pilot Plant Design, Construction and Optimization for the Synthesis and Isolation of Furfural

DMT生物产品是由总部位于安大略Alymer的Creative Enterprises公司创建的，该公司专门从事 在设计，工程和制造设备的建筑行业。2014年，创意 企业创建了初创公司DMT Bioproducts，以开发和商业化一种创新 生物质芒草生产糠醛的高效生物精制工艺。 糠醛通常由玉米残渣生产，并且被广泛认为是最丰富的可用呋喃， 然而，目前运行的工厂仍然遭受低产率工艺的困扰。芒草， 然而，它是一种快速生长的植物，每英亩可提供高达玉米7倍的生物量。此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 芒草可以在其他粮食作物不能生长的贫瘠土壤和短季节中生长。合作 与兰顿学院的生物工业过程研究中心（BPRC），该项目将重点发展 一种芒草生产糠醛的生物精制工艺，一旦优化了流程， 芒草，计划开发其他作物，如柳枝稷，一种常见的原生草 沿着路边。 该项目的成功将为生物加工技术提供重大进步。如果收益率能够 将从目前的工业标准提高10%，这将使加拿大的糠醛生产 这不仅是一个可持续的生物炼油厂，而且是一个繁荣的生物炼油厂。

DMT Bioproducts was created from the Alymer, Ontario based company Creative Enterprises, who specializes in the design, engineering, and fabrication of equipment for the construction industry. In 2014, Creative Enterprises created the start-up company DMT Bioproducts to develop and commercialize an innovative high-efficiency bio-refining process to produce furfural from biomass Miscanthus grass. Furfural is typically produced from corn residues and is widely considered the most abundantly available furan, yet current operating plants still suffer from low-yielding processes. Miscanthus Giganteus grass crop, however, is a rapidly growing plant that can provide up to 7 times the biomass as corn per acre. In addition, Miscanthus can grow in poor soil and in short seasons where other food crops cannot grow. In collaboration with Lambton College's Bio-industrial Process Research Centre (BPRC), this project will focus on developing a bio-refining process for furfural production from Miscanthus grass. Once the process is optimized for Miscanthus, plans are to explore other crops like switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum), a native grass common along roadsides. The success if this project will provide significant advancement to bio-processing technology. If the yield can be increased from the current industrial standard of 10%, this will make furfural production in Canada competitive and may prove necessary to establish not only a sustainable bio-refinery, but a thriving one.