Alternative Renewable Fuels "Plus" Research and Development Fund
Project Summaries 2007-08

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

The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and GreenField Ethanol (formerly Commercial Alcohols Inc.) jointly funded these projects. Funding support by these partners does not indicate endorsement of project content.

• ARF19 - Optimizing energy production from on-farm manure digesters using agri-biofuel residues as co-substrates
• ARF20 - New homogeneous ruthenium- and iron-based catalysts for the hydrogenation of seed and pyrolysis bio-oils to 2nd and 3rd generation bio-diesel
• ARF21 - Development of High Oil Soybeans for Improving the Production Efficiency of Biodiesel in Ontario
• ARF22 - Evaluation of agricultural feedstocks for the production of biogas via anaerobic digestion
• ARF23 - The Economics and Feasibility of the Co-Substrates Anaerobic Digestion for Farms in Ontario
• ARF24 - Sustainable Biodegradable Green Composites from Distillers' Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) and Bioplastics
• ARF25 - Species, soil type, and management interactions on profitability and properties of biomass for pellet production