Bioindustrial Process Research Centre (BPRC)

萨尼亚-兰伯顿地区的主要经济活动历史上一直以农业，能源和化学工业为基础。最近，该地区开展了一项重大努力，利用当地的工业和农业能力吸引生物工业公司建立一个独特的“生物混合和化学集群”，以获取可持续的原料，如农产品和废物，并将这些可再生资源转化为增值的化学品和能源。许多已建立的地区或新吸引的生物公司是缺乏研发能力的中小企业。兰顿学院作为当地唯一的专上院校，与该地区直接合作，正在建立一套综合应用研究和开发服务点，形成“生物工业过程研究中心"。BPRC的目标是通过提供研究设施，实验室，学生和教师支持，支持生物产业的应用研究，技术开发和知识转移。通过BPRC，兰顿学院将与工业合作伙伴合作，在以下领域进行应用研究：a）生物工艺设计和开发，B）生物工艺仪表和自动化，c）工艺优化，以及d）中试装置的建造和测试。该倡议吸引了与八个区域和省级中小企业合作的九个项目。BPRC还将受益于与生物产业价值链中的学院，大学和当地经济发展组织的密切合作，包括加拿大生物工业创新，Sarnia-Lambton经济发展和可持续化学联盟，以开发更多项目，将新技术和改进技术推向市场，从而在我们的社区内外产生经济影响。BPRC还将提供一个极好的机会，为新的生物工业部门培养高素质的人才，并为兰顿学院新的生物工业工程技术项目开发课程。

The Sarnia-Lambton region's dominant economic activities have historically been based in agriculture, energy,and the chemical industries. There has been a significant regional effort recently to utilize the local industrialand agriculture capacity to attract bio-industrial companies to establish a unique "Biohybrid and ChemistryCluster" to take sustainable feedstock, such as agricultural products and wastes, and turning these renewableresources into value-added chemicals and energy.Many established regional or newly attracted bio companies are SMEs lacking R&D capabilities. In directalignment with the region, Lambton College as an only local post secondary institution is establishing a suite ofcomprehensive applied research and development service points that will form the "Bio-industrial ProcessResearch Centre (BPRC)". The BPRC goal is to support the bio-industry with applied research, technologicaldevelopment, and knowledge transfer by providing research facilities, laboratories, students, and facultysupport.Through BPRC, Lambton College will collaborate with industrial partners to conduct applied research in theareas of: a) bio-process design and development, b) bio-process instrumentation and automation c) processoptimization, and d) pilot plant construction and testing. The initiative has attracted nine projects in partnershipwith eight regional and provincial SMEs. The BPRC will also benefit from close partnerships with colleges,universities and local economic development organizations in the bio-industry value chain includingBio-industrial Innovation Canada, Sarnia-Lambton Economic Development and Sustainable ChemistryAlliance to develop more projects, bring new and improved technologies to market and consequently generateeconomic impact in our community and beyond. The BPRC will also provide an excellent opportunity toeducate highly qualified personnel for new bio-industry sector and develop courses for the new Bio-IndustrialEngineering Technology program at Lambton College.