Greener extraction & synthesis of bioproducts from biosourced materials

采用无害环境的生物炼制方法生产能源、燃料、材料和化学品是确保可持续未来的关键。生物质原料的使用受到转化技术的进步和生物质供应的限制，而不是对这些产品的需求。整合低环境影响技术和绿色化学对于建立绿色和可持续生物基产品的未来供应至关重要。这一领域的科技进步越来越依赖于发现生物基产品的提取和合成的创新路线；开发和应用更绿色、更环保的工艺；以及工艺溶剂、副产品和废物流的回收、再利用和增值。我的研究项目的目的是开发新的、更环保的提取工艺和合成方法，用于利用剩余生物质作为综合生物资源管理方法的一部分，回收和生产生物基产品。本研究将探索具有重大科学和实践意义的三个主要机会领域：(A)开发一种平台方法，可以用于新型合成用于环境应用的生物质衍生杂交共聚物；(B)采用可持续方法开发从微藻中提取生物油的新工艺；(C)推进从废弃生物质中回收生物油的直接共液化工艺。建议的研究将通过至少9名研究生（4名硕士，5名博士）和5名UG暑期学生的支持，为HQP培训做出贡献。市政当局、制造业、林业和农业工业以及实验室将受益于由NSERC DG提供的HQP培训。所获得的知识可以外推到新的生物质转化过程和产品的发展。这项研究项目的成功将有助于新一代的生物质处理技术平台，在短期内产生理想的下游加工能源产品，并在长期内更好地定位生物制品行业。

An environmentally sound biorefinery approach for the production of energy, fuels, materials and chemicals is key to ensuring a sustainable future. The use of biomass feedstocks is limited by advances in conversion technologies and biomass supply rather than the demand for these products. Integration of lower environmental impact technologies and green chemistry are paramount to establishing a future supply of green and sustainable bio-based products. Scientific and technical progress in this field is increasingly dependent on the discovery of innovative routes in the extraction and synthesis of bio-based products; development and application of greener, more environmentally benign processes; and recovery, reuse and valorization of process solvents, byproducts and waste streams. The aim of my research program involves the development of new and more environmentally benign extraction processes and synthetic approaches for the recovery and generation of bio-based products using residual biomass as part of an integrated bioresource management approach. This research will explore three major areas of opportunity of significant scientific and practical importance: (A) the development of a platform approach can be made for the novel synthesis of biomass-derived hybrid copolymers for environmental applications; (B) the development of novel processes for extracting bio-oil from microalgae incorporating sustainable approaches; and, (C) advancing direct co-liquefaction processes for the recovery of bio-oil from waste biomass. The proposed research will contribute to HQP training through the support of at least 9 graduate students (4 MSc, 5 PhD) and 5 UG summer students. Municipalities, manufacturing, forestry and agricultural industries, and laboratories will benefit from the HQP training that will be made possible by this NSERC DG. Knowledge gained could be extrapolated to the development of new biomass conversion processes and products. Success of this research program will contribute to a new generation of technology platforms for treating biomass, yielding products ideal for downstream processing to energy in the short term, and better positioning the bio-products industry in the longer term.