Ionic solvent based pretreatment processes for biorefineries

该计划是Rehmann博士先前（也是第一次）NSERC发现资助的延续，该资助主要用于第二代生物燃料生物丁醇的生产。它建立在生物质处理、发酵设计、高通量筛选和规模化相关研究和开发方面的经验基础上，并可以利用最先进的研究基础设施。拟议的计划以真正的生物精炼方法解决了从木质纤维素生物质中工业生产生物燃料的需求，通过生产大量灵活的有用产品来最大化生物质的价值，这些产品很容易集成到当前的生产过程中。木质纤维素生物质主要由纤维素、半纤维素和木质素组成，为了生产经济上可行的产品，必须利用所有这些物质。

The proposed program is a continuation of Dr. Rehmann’s previous (and first) NSERC Discovery grant, which had focused on the production of biobutanol, a second-generation biofuel. It builds on experience in biomass processing, fermentation design, high-throughput screening and scale-up related research and development and can take advantage of state-of-the-art research infrastructure. The proposed program addresses the need for the industrial production of biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass in a true biorefinery approach, maximizing the value of biomass by producing a vast flexible array of useful products, easily integratable into current production processes. Lignocellulosic biomass is composed mainly of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, all of which have to be utilized in order to produce economically viable products.