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High Efficiency Synthesis and Isolation of Heterocyclic Compounds from Miscanthus

Presented by: Kalsi Sukhdev P .Eng.

Company Background

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DMT Bioproducts was founded by David Theissen and David Pawlowski in 2014 to develop innovative bio-refining technology for furfural production

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David Theissen has over 40 years of agricultural farming experience and own 500 acres of agricultural land in Elgin region

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David Pawlowski is a Senior Chemical Research Scientist with over 30 years of Research and Development and product/process development experience

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In 2017, DMT hired a Master’s graduate research associate and an experienced project manager to develop a 5,000 sq.ft. pilot scale plant in Port Burwell, ON

Furfural Industry Landscape

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Furfural is typically produced from corncob residues and widely considered the most abundantly available furan, yet the current bio-refining technology is limited to maximum yield of 10% and high energy consumption production process.

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The global demand for furfural in 2018 was 350,000 tonnes and expected to grow at compound annual growth rate of 4.5% for the next 5 years.

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Canada imported 450 tonnes of furfural in 2018 and at present, there is no commercial furfural or furfural derivative manufacturer in Canada.

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DMT would be first Canadian furfural manufacturing facility, which could gradually expand into a major renewable chemicals company, could be considered as a strategic fit to the Canada’s bioeconomy vision.

Research and Financial Support

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In 2017, DMT entered into research collaboration with Lambton college’s BPRC to perform lab scale testing

• f innovative bio-refining technology to increase the

yield rate up to 20% using low temperature technique to reduce the energy consumption

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Based on successful lab scale results, DMT planned to develop a one tonne capacity pilot scale demonstration plant in Port Burwell, ON to validate the bio-refining process and further optimize the processing technique

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In 2018, DMT received financial assistance from Bio- Industrial Canada (BIC) cluster funding to develop the pilot scale up plant and further our research work to develop other bio-chemicals i.e. furfural derivatives and bio-plastics.

Market Research and Pilot Plant Development

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In 2019, DMT collaborated with BioEnterprise Corp. and Sarnia-Lambton Research park (Dr. Aung Oo) to perform market research for furfural and furfural derivatives.

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BIC financial assistance is critical in developing the Pilot Scale up plant. Most of the installation of commissioning of equipment has been completed.

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At present, miscanthus pre-treatment and synthesis methods are being optimized. BPRC advanced lab support is critical in this phase of the project.

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Pilot scale furfural production is scheduled for late 2020.

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R&D and Bio-refining process development for furfural derivatives and other bio-chemicals is scheduled for 2021- 2023.

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