Improving Combustion Properties of Energy Crops and Agricultural Residues through the Removal of Undesirable Nutrients

CENNATEK Bioanalytical Services Inc. is leading a R&D project with the goal of

producing an improved biomass fuel for combustion through a pre-treatment process

involving the extraction of undesired nutrients. The presence of these nutrients often

contributes to adverse impacts on reactors and other equipment, with fouling, slagging,

and corrosion the most problematic of these impacts. CENNATEK has developed a

liquid extraction process that will remove these nutrients from the biomass, while at the

same time recovering and concentrating the nutrients to produce a liquid fertilizer to be

returned back to the soil. The proposed project would optimize the process on a labscale,

followed by modelling and designing of a pilot-scale process. After construction,

the pilot-plant will be optimized and data gathered to develop a full-scale commercial

plant that will be both technically and economically feasible. CENNATEK has an

aggressive time-to-market plan for the commercialization of this technology, and will

benefit through the potential IP and know-how generated from the project’s success.

Faculty Supervisor:

Katherine J. Albion

Student:

Partner:

CENNATEK Bioanalytical Services Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

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