Projects

Commercialization of Depolymerized Lignin in Fire Protection Products

Complete

The goal of this project is to increase the commercial readiness of lignin-containing thermoplastics and composites, specifically injection molded and extruded products.

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Moving toward Carbon-Negative Automobiles: Incorporating Lignin in Automotive Parts on Commercial Scale

Complete

This project aims to increase the commercial readiness of lignin-containing polymers by scaling up the production of lignin-based polyurethane (PU) flexible foams to move toward...

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Use of lignin-based asphalt concrete in a Canadian context

Complete

The goal of this project is to increase the commercial readiness of lignin polymers and fine chemicals through the commercial demonstration of lignin-based asphalt in...

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Production of Water Soluble Products from Tall Oil Lignin

Complete

To develop a new process, called LignoTall, which will extract and modify lignin from the Tall Oil production process to produce biodegradable flocculants.

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Cellulosic Bioethanol from Poplar Wood: By-product Value-adding

Complete

To develop bio-refining processes and bio-products from biomass, and to extract value added chemicals from lignocellulosic process streams.

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