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Press
Release September 15, 2006
Agri-Therm
Limited has been invited by the Hon. Senator Pierrette Ringuette, to be
a guest speaker at the Northwest New Brunswick Energy Roundtable that
will be held on September 23, 2006 in Edmundston, New Brunswick.
"Speakers and participants will be able to explore the issue of new
diversified energy generation for the region. The Roundtable will specifically
address the issue of energy costs and its effects on our economic development,
particularly on our manufacturing sector that constitutes an important
part of the economy of Northwest New Brunswick" stated Senator Ringuette.
The Energy Roundtable is designed for participants who want to be more
competitive in today's market by providing insight from, and access to,
key government decision-makers and senior representatives from companies
with considerable energy interests in Canada and more specifically in
New Brunswick. Industry and government representatives along with specific
energy specialists will provide participants with insight into today's
competitive energy market by providing access to leading actors in Canadian
energy markets.
Agri-Therm Limited is a Canadian company, with a head office in Dorchester,
Ontario. Agri-Therm is dedicated to developing, manufacturing, marketing
and selling portable and stationary equipment for the production of bio-oils
and products from biomass, specifically agricultural residues, wastes
and transition crops. The company is currently testing it's proto-type
mobile pyrolysis unit, which is capable of processing 10 Tonne per day
of dried biomass.
Press
Release July 27, 2006
Agri-Therm
Limited announces the formal signing of a partnership agreement with the
University of Western Ontario for a collaborative research project to
convert biomass into bio-oil using a mobile pyrolysis unit. The official
signing will be held at The Thompson Engineering Building, University
of Western Ontario on Friday July 28, 2006.
Pyrolysis is the "cooking" of dried and chopped agricultural
wastes in the absence of oxygen. Most of the molecules in the agricultural
waste "crack", producing gases, liquids and a solid residue.
Heat from the gases can be recycled to the pyrolysis unit. The liquids
can be further processed into products such as fuels, food additives and
pharmaceuticals. The solid residue can be used as fertilizer.
Agri-Therm and the Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Ontario,
designed and patented a unique fluid bed reactor. This allowed us to design
and build a mobile pyrolysis plant that addresses the unique issues associated
with agricultural products. Examples of agricultural wastes that can be
used for pyrolysis include sugar cane bagasse, raw sugar cane residues,
rice straw, tobacco, distillers grain, coffee husks and flax straw.
Agri-Therm Limited is a Canadian company, with a head office in Dorchester,
Ontario. Agri-Therm is dedicated to developing, manufacturing, marketing
and selling portable and stationary equipment for the production of bio-oils
and products from biomass, specifically agricultural residues, wastes
and transition crops.
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