1. Investigación y Desarrollo de Tecnologías para la Eficiencia Energética y Energía Renovable Aplicadas al Sector Agrícola y Agro-alimentario Carlos M. Monreal Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - AAFC Ottawa, Canada Seminario Internacional - Seguridad y eficiencia energ é tica: Un aporte cientifico para la generacion de politicas publicas La Serena, Chile - Abril 17, 2008
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9. A Feedlot in Alberta - Highmark Renewables Inc. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
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14. Pyrolysis of Agricultural Biomass Pyrolysis Plant to Produce BioOil, Syngas & Biochar from Chicken Manure Advanced Bio Refinery Inc., Ottawa, Canada From - Schnitzer, Monreal, Leinweber, Fransham. 2007. 2008 J. Env. Sc. Health. Extraction and Separation of Chemicals from Bio-oils Pyrolysis BioOils and Bio-char derived from chicken manure Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
15. N, O, S free Renewable Bio-fuel Small metallic nanoparticle catalysts N and S to fertilizer Bio-oils containing N, O and S compounds Must be removed from organic molecules to obtain Bio-oil FDMS Bio-oil Fraction II Distribution of Classes of Chemical Compounds (%) in Bio-oils from Chicken Manure Elemental Analysis of Bio-oil Fractions obtained from Fast Pyrolysis of Chicken Manure - From Schnitzer, Monreal and Jandl. 2008 (In press, J.Env.Sc.Health.) Nanoporous silica 0.4 0.5 14.3 7.4 7.8 70.0 Fraction II 0.5 0.9 37.6 12 5.0 44.5 Fraction I Ash S O N H C Wt % Sample 39.7 2.5 10.2 3.2 9.2 4.0 30.2 Fraction II 44.4 20.4 1.0 12.0 10.3 4.5 7.4 Fraction I Unknown Aliphatics Carbo-cyclics Benzene & derivatives Phenols Furans N-Hetero-cyclics Sample
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18. Metabolic pathway in methanotrophs Ribulose monophosphate (RuMP), Type II 1: MMO 2: MDHase Type I
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20. From - Lin, Monreal, Miguez, Tambong. 2008. J. Env. Microb. Methanol Methane Methylosinus trichosporium Methane Methanol Soil Consortium 2.3 The Microbial Conversion of Methane to Methanol Methanol production by methanotrophic bacteria Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
21. First Step – Use Model Polymers to Immobilize Model Enzymes Encapsulation of Methanotrophs and sMMO for Bioreactors Enzymes are immobilized in alginate microcapsules and silica nano-porous materials to study their loading mechanisms and kinetics. Urease was used as a model enzyme for MMO to study the immobilization process and enzyme functionality. MMO is not commercially available. Commercial urease has a low cost and is readily available . Alginate microcapsule - scanning electron micrograph