Microbial production of value-added products

该提案要求使用Sorvall RC 6型加超高速离心机，配备碳纤维转子和配件，以支持J Ramsay和P香槟在“可再生资源增值产品的微生物生产”方面的研究计划。 离心机在所有分析中的约90-95%将是非常宝贵的，以评估农业废物生物质转化为可发酵糖的效率和转化，以及监测中间体和所需生物燃料（乙醇，甲烷）和生物产品（中链长聚羟基链烷酸酯）生产中的营养素消耗。 可以获得的分析信息对于开发工业流程至关重要。离心机是在分析之前从上清液中分离生物质的最简单和最有效的手段，以及在回收大量水解的木质纤维素以转化为生物燃料或生物产品和回收足够的MCL-PHA以用于材料表征和改性中。 我们没有能够满足我们需要的设备，我们目前的设备是不够的。 所要求的离心机将使我们能够在每次实验中处理更多的样品，以便我们能够获得更好的数据，帮助我们开发可靠，高效的工业流程。 我们预计，23-30名HQP将从使用该设备中受益。所要求的设备将支持有利于环境和加拿大经济的研究，因为它是开发生物基工艺的关键设备，这些工艺将生产燃料和产品，特别是从可再生资源和废弃农业生物质中生产生物乙醇和生物塑料。 这将减少我们对日益昂贵的石油资源的依赖，并可能创造新的产业和新的就业机会。

This proposal requests a Sorvall Model RC6 plus Superspeed Centrifuge with carbon fiber rotors and accessories to support the research programs of J Ramsay and P Champagne in the "Microbial production of value-added products from renewable resources". The centrifuge will be invaluable in about 90-95% of all analyses to assess the efficiency and conversion of agricultural waste biomass to fermentable sugars as well as monitoring the consumption of nutrients in the production of intermediates and desired biofuels (ethanol, methane) and bioproducts (medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates). The analytical information that can be obtained is essential in developing industrial processes. The centrifuge is the easiest and most efficient means to separate the biomass from the supernatant prior to analysis as well as in the recovery of large volumes of hydrolyzed lignocellulosics for conversion to a biofuel or bioproduct and the recovery of sufficient MCL-PHA for material characterization and modification. We do not have access to equipment which can meet our needs and our present equipment is in adequate. The requested centrifuge will allows us to process more samples per experiment so that we can have better data to help us develop reliable, efficient industrial processes. We anticipate that 23-30 HQP will benefit from the use of this equipment. The requested equipment will support research that will benefit the environment and the Canadian economy as it is a key piece of equipment in developing bio-based processes which will produce fuels and products, specifically bioethanol and bioplastics from renewable sources and waste agricultural biomass. This will reduce our dependency on an increasingly more expensive petroleum based resource and can potentially create new industries and new jobs.