Optimization of High Efficiency Synthesis Process and Isolation of Furfural

DMT创意企业成立于1994年，专业从事建筑行业设备的设计、工程和制造。公司所有者Dave Thiessen的农场生产业务始于2002年，农场占地500英亩。DMT启动了一项研究和开发项目，以开发一种创新的高效生物精炼技术来从芒果中生产糠醛。呋喃甲醛是一种生物可再生化学品，作为生产生物化学品的潜在化学品重新受到关注。它被用作许多高价值化学品和材料的起始原料。该项目将着眼于从生物质作物芒果中生产糠醛。目前的工业生产来自对玉米残渣的利用，主要在中国生产。芒属可以提供高达玉米5倍的生物量。如果能从目前的方法工业标准10%的基础上提高产率，这将使加拿大的糠醛生产更具竞争力。这项活动的目标是确定前处理方法和工艺参数，以实现从芒果中分离3种关键元素的95%，并以芒果的干重为基础的总产率为20%。兰布顿学院正在与DMT公司合作，致力于呋喃生产和提纯工艺的优化。工业合作伙伴DMT计划在这个项目成功完成后，建造一个每天1吨的生产设施，用于从芒果中生产糠醛。

DMT Creative Enterprises started in 1994, specializes in design, engineering and fabrication of equipment for the constructionindustry. Company owner Dave Thiessen has a farm production business that started in 2002 with farm land of 500 acres. DMTstarted a research and development project to develop an innovative high efficiency bio-refining technology to produce furfuralfrom miscanthus.Furfural is a bio-renewable chemical that has gained renewed attention as a potential chemical for the production of bio-chemicals.It is used as a starting material for many high-value chemicals and materials. The project will look at furfural production from thebiomass crop miscanthus. Current industrial furfural production comes from the use of corn residues and is mostly produced inChina. Miscanthus can provide up to 5 times the biomass as corn. If the yield can be increased from current methods industrialstandards of 10%, this will make furfural production in Canada competitive. The objective of this activity is to determine the pretreatmentmethod and process parameters to achieve 95% separation of 3 key elements from miscanthus and an overall yield of20% furfural based on dry weight of miscanthus.Lambton College is partnering with the company DMT to work on the optimization of the furfural production and purificationprocess. The industrial partner, DMT is planning upon successful completion of this project to construct a 1 tonne per dayproduction facility for furfural production from miscanthus.