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DESCRIPTION:Item 1: Course Update by Professor R. Kok\n\nItem 2: Seminar by
  Louis-Martin Dion:\nBiomass Gasification for CO2 Enrichment in Greenhouse
 s\n\nCO2 enrichment in greenhouses has been proven to improve\nproduction\
 , whether it occurs from liquid CO2 or the combustion of\nfossil fuels. Th
 e main objective of this research is to demonstrate\nthat such practice co
 uld be feasible with the use of a renewable\nfuel\, such as biomass. In th
 e form of wood chips or pellets\,\nbiomass has received considerable inter
 est as a sustainable and\neconomically feasible alternative to heat greenh
 ouses. Therefore\,\nusing exhaust gases from the combustion process can pr
 ovide a\nsource of CO2 for a greenhouse and can be an opportunity to reduc
 e\nCO2 emissions on site. For this research project\, wood pellets have\nb
 een chosen due to their homogeneity\, while other sources will be\nused fo
 r comparison (switchgrass\, wood chips\, municipal solid\nwaste). A gasifi
 er was selected as the main heating and CO2\nproduction unit due to its lo
 w particulate emissions. An overview\nof the project along with early resu
 lts will be presented.\n\nReviewers:  Mohammed Bakari\, Mohsin-Bin Latheef
 \,  Ashley\nRobertson\n\nAfter starting his degree in mechanical engineeri
 ng and exploring\nItaly and Brazil during student exchanges\, Louis-Martin
  completed\nhis undergraduate studies in Bioresource Engineering at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ
 . He\nis now pursuing a Master’s degree in Biomass heating and CO2\nEnrich
 ment of Greenhouses under the supervision of Dr. Mark\nLefsrud.\n\nItem 3:
  Seminar by Bijaya Adhikari:\nOnsite Treatment of Urban Organic Waste\n\nI
 n developed countries such as those of the European Union\,\nstringent leg
 islation for the recycling of urban organic waste\n(UOW) has forced munici
 palities to reconsider traditional practices\nand seek environmental solut
 ions with a minimum economic impact. As\nan alternative to centralized com
 posting or anaerobic digestion\nfacilities increasing collection and manag
 ement costs\, the\nonsite-treatment of UOW using home composting methods (
 HC) can\neliminate transportation and labour costs. This study evaluated t
 he\nperformance of four HC as compared to a laboratory reactor. After\n22 
 weeks\, the mature compost from all HC exhibited safe product\nexcept for 
 that of the rotating metallic drum.\n\nReviewers:  Claude Adjanahoun\, Bai
 shali Dutta\, Winny\nRoutray\n\nBijaya Adhikari received his BSc in Agr. E
 ngineering (Hons)\, MSc in\nHydraulic Engineering from IHE\, Delft\, the N
 etherlands\, and an MSc\nin Bioresource Engineering from 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ\, Canada. 
 He has several\nyears work experience in the field of waste and water reso
 urces\nmanagement. He has published many refereed scientific articles in\n
 international journals. His areas of research include waste and\nwater res
 ources management. He is a member of Canadian Society of\nBioengineering (
 CSBE)\, American Society of Agricultural and\nBiological Engineers (ASABE)
 \, Nepalese Society of Agricultural\nEngineers (NSAE)\, Nepal Engineers As
 sociation (NEA) and Nepal\nEngineering Council (NEC). Currently\, he is do
 ing PhD work under\nthe supervision of Prof. Suzelle Barrington at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ 
 University\,\nCanada.\n\nItem 4: Seminar by Mohammed Bakari:\nViability of
  Biochemical Conversion of Biomass to Bioethanol\n\nEnergy security\, clim
 ate change\, and increasing cost of fuel are\nmaking bioethanol an attract
 ive alternative or compliment to fossil\nfuel. The key issue that remains 
 is the viability of the production\nof bioethanol using   current technolo
 gies. In this\nresearch\, viability analyses based on energy and mass anal
 yses were\ncarried out for the biochemical conversion of the three major\n
 groups of biomass to bioethanol.  Rice straw\, corn and\nmolasses represen
 ting lignocellulose\, starchy\, and sugar biomass\nrespectively were used 
 for this. The rice straw has the highest\nefficiency of 31.33 %\; corn and
  molasses have the efficiencies of\n28.57% and 28.54% respectively. The ma
 ss efficiency of corn was\n33.96%\, rice straw was 22.96% and molasses was
  23.00%.  The\nresults for rice straw are promising\, but the process is a
 t\nexperimental stage\, while the figures for corn and molasses are\nbased
  on the operation of existing commercial plants. The analysis\nindicated t
 hat for any of these conversion processes to be viable\nthey will have to 
 be cost competitive with fossil fuel. As well\,\nthe byproducts of the bio
 processes must have commercial\nvalue.\n\nReviewers:  Louis-Martin Dion\, 
 Olanike Aladenola\, Ashutosh\nSingh\n\nMohammed is a PhD student in Biores
 ource Engineering under the\nSupervision of Professor M. Ngadi\; Coordinat
 or of Bioresource\,\nBioenergy\, and Environment unit\, Chevron Biotechnol
 ogy Center\,\nFUTY\, Yola\, Adamawa State\, Nigeria\; Lecturer: Mechanical
 \nEngineering\, FUTY\, Yola\, Adamawa state\, Nigeria.\n
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DTEND:20100916T153000Z
LOCATION:Raymond Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellevue\, H9X 3V9\, 21111
  Lakeshore Road
SUMMARY:BIORESOURCE ENGINEERING SEMINAR
URL:/channels/event/bioresource-engineering-seminar-16
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