Feedstock Enhancement and Biorefinery Interface
Agricultural Biorefinery Innovation Network for Green Energy, Fuels & Chemicals
Funded through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP)
THEME 1 - Feedstock Enhancement and Biorefinery Interface
Reduce handling, storage and processing costs, and to ensure a steady supply of lignocellulose feedstock required for biorefineries, by:
1) improving genetic attributes of cereal crops leading to better adaptation of genotypes for dual grain and biomass production in Canada;
2) developing efficacy of densification technologies for new or improved cereal varieties for emerging bioproducts;
3) interfacing between biomass production and biomass conversion platforms within ABIN by integrating feedstock supply and conversion models;
4) studying the environmental impacts on these technologies and feedstock base.
L. Tabil* (University of Saskatchewan), S. Sokhansanj (University of British Columbia), S. Panigrahi (University of Saskatchewan), G. Turcotte (Ryerson University), P. Krishna* (University of Western Ontario), R. Knox (AAFC)
* Theme Co-Leader