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Systemic approach to Reduce Energy demand and CO2 emissions of processes that transform agroforestry waste into High Added value Products.

Descrizione del progetto

Rivalorizzare gli scarti agroforestali per ottenere materiali innovativi

L’Europa è sede di numerose aziende chimiche leader a livello mondiale. Tuttavia, la produzione di sostanze biochimiche dalla biomassa e dai sottoprodotti è limitata a pochi composti e una delle risorse più abbondanti a disposizione è rappresentata dai rifiuti lignocellulosici. Il progetto REHAP, finanziato dall’UE, mira a rivalorizzare i rifiuti agricoli (come la paglia di grano) e forestali (come la corteccia) recuperando e trasformando componenti primari quali zuccheri, lignina e tannini, nonché secondari come acidi zuccherini, acidi carbossilici, aromatici e resine. L’obiettivo del progetto è ottenere materiali innovativi prestando una particolare attenzione alla bioedilizia, presa come potenziale caso commerciale. REHAP mira a ridurre significativamente l’uso di risorse fossili, fino a eliminarle completamente, e a ottenere una diminuzione del consumo energetico e delle emissioni di anidride carbonica superiore al 30 %.

Obiettivo

Europe's position in the production of biochemicals from biomass and by-products is limited to a few compounds, while their demand is among the largest in the world. However, Europe has a lot of world leader chemical companies. On the other hand, lignocellulosic waste constitutes one of the most abundant resources without competing with food chain.
REHAP’s 16 partners aim at revalorizing agricultural (wheat straw) and forestry (bark) waste through its recovery, and primary (sugars, lignin, tannins) and secondary (sugar acids, carboxylic acids, aromatics and resins) processing to turn them into novel materials, and considering Green Building as business case. The project will provide reductions in utilization of fossil resources of 80-100%, and energy utilization and CO2 emissions above 30%.
Specifically, building blocks (1,4 and 2,3-Butanediol, estherpolyols), materials (PUs, phenolic resins, modified hydrolysis lignin) and products (wooden boards, insulation foams, cement, adhesive) will be obtained:
• Isolation of tannins and carbohydrates from forestry waste to turn them into bio-phenolic resins for wooden panels and isocyanate-free polyurethanes (PU) for insulating foams, respectively.
• Isolation of lignin and carbohydrates from agricultural waste to turn them into bio-phenolic resins for wooden panels and biosuperplasticizers for cement, and estherpolyol PU for adhesives, respectively.
• Fire retardant lignin and sugar-based additives will be also developed.
Developed processing technologies (chemo/thermo/enzymatic and fermentation) will be optimized at pilot scale (TRL6-7) for further exploitation and replication of results. All products will be integrated in a prototype to demonstrate industrial applicability into the Green Construction sector.
Throughout the project, Life Cycle and Cost Assessment, market analysis, business plan, waste management strategy and measures for future standardization will be implemented using a systemic perspective approach.

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-IND-CE-2016-17

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Bando secondario

H2020-SPIRE-2016

Meccanismo di finanziamento

IA - Innovation action

Coordinatore

FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 380 145,00
Indirizzo
PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO DE GIPUZKOA, PASEO MIKELETEGI 2
20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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Regione
Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa
Tipo di attività
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Costo totale
€ 1 380 145,00

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