R&D of biomaterials from agricultural/forest residues: from lab-scale to pilot-scale

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• 批准号: 556370-2020
• 负责人: Xu, CharlesChunbao
• 金额: $ 21.86万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=706313
• 关键词: R&D; biomaterials; agricultural; forest; residues

This Alliance project ("R&D of Biomaterials from Agricultural/Forest Residues: from Lab-Scale to Pilot-Scale") aims to realize all-component utilization of agricultural/forest residues. Agricultural residues, such as cornstalk and wheat straw, are very abundant in Canada, particularly in Ontario and Prairie Provinces of Canada. It was estimated that about 18 Mt of oven-dried biomass per year could be available for energy and chemical production from Canadian agricultural residues. On the other hand, the Canadian forestry industry generates hundreds of million tonnes of forestry residues such as forest trimmings (e.g. leaves and branches) and sawmill residues (e.g. wood chips, saw dust and bark). Agricultural/forestry residues are typical lignocellulosic biomass, mainly consisting of three components: cellulose (30-50%), hemicellulose (20-30%) and lignin (20-30%), which are bio-polymers of glucose, xylose and phenyl-propanol. Compared with converting biomass to bio-energy or bio-fuel application, it is more economically promising to convert them to high-value bio-polymeric materials. Our industrial partner - Western Maple Bio Resources Inc. (WMB), committing $681,250 cash and over $250,000 in-kind contributions, is enthusiastic to create a new Alliance partnership with Western University to explore transformative technologies to valorize the crude lignin and crude cellulose derived from agricultural/forest residues for innovative biomaterials: inexpensive and biodegradable lignin-based PF floral foams and cellulose-based bioplastics, and to secure funding to move the above mentioned proprietary technology (lignin-based formaldehyde-free wood adhesives) from lab-scale research to pilot-scale development. The long-term objective of this Partnership is to develop an integrated biorefinery process to realize all-component utilization of agricultural/forest residues for high-value biomaterials. Valorization of agricultural/forestry residues for marketable bioproducts would greatly benefit the agricultural sector in Canada and globally by enhancing its sustainability and creating additional revenue streams and new jobs.

这个联盟项目（“农业/森林残留物的生物材料的研发：从实验室规模到试验尺度”）旨在实现对农业/森林残留物的全部利用。加拿大，尤其是在加拿大的安大略省和大草原省，农业残留物（例如玉米虫和小麦稻草）非常丰富。据估计，每年约有18吨烤箱干燥的生物质可用于加拿大农业残留物的能源和化学生产。另一方面，加拿大林业行业产生了数十亿吨林业残留物，例如森林饰边（例如叶子和树枝）和锯木厂残留物（例如木屑，锯片和树皮）。农业/林业残留物是典型的木质纤维素生物量，主要由三个成分组成：纤维素（30-50％），半纤维素（20-30％）和木质素（20-30％），它们是葡萄糖，木糖，木糖和苯基 - 丙醇的生物 - 聚合物。与将生物量转化为生物能量或生物燃料应用相比，将它们转换为高价值生物聚合物材料是更有希望的。我们的工业合作伙伴 - 西方枫木资源公司（WMB），承诺$ 681,250现金，超过25万美元的实物贡献，热情地希望与西方大学建立新的联盟合作伙伴关系，以探索变革性的技术，以探索从农业/森林林中的纤维素衍生出来，从而从农业/森林中生物塑料生物群，并源于内部的生物。花卉泡沫和基于纤维素的生物塑料，并获得资金以将上述专有技术（基于木质素的甲醛木粘合剂）从实验室规模的研究中转移到飞行员规模开发中。该伙伴关系的长期目标是开发一个综合的生物填充过程，以实现对高价值生物材料的农业/森林残留物的全部利用。可销售的生物产品的农业/林业残留物的价值将通过增强其可持续性并创造额外的收入来源和新的就业机会，从而极大地使加拿大和全球的农业部门受益。