Alternative Renewable Fuels Research and Development Fund
Project Summaries 2006

*Disclaimer: Projects marked with an asterisk (*) were sent to the researchers for review and comment and no reply was received.

These projects have received funding support from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Policy Framework. Such support does not indicate endorsement by the Ministry or AAFC of the contents of the material.

• ARF07 - Optimization of switchgrass management for commercial fuel pellet production
• ARF08 - Modular, containerized anaerobic digester combined heat and power system
• ARF09 - Combined heat and power system using cold-pressed oilseed oil
• ARF11- Optimizing energy production from anaerobically digested manure and co-substrates from medium size dairy farms
• ARF12 - Whole canola as alternative energy source - Phase 1
• ARF13 - Increased ethanol production by commercial yeast strains
• ARF14 - Biofuel from degradation of cellulose and chitin
• ARF15 - The effects of feeding sorghum co-product from dry mill ethanol production to growing and finishing feedlot cattle
• ARF16 - Renewable and alternative energy financing strategy
• ARF17 - Experimental use of Ontario grown sorghum (Milo) as 4% feedstock for a full scale ethanol plant
• ARF18 - Energy from biofuels for process heating and power generation