Objetivo The objective of the project is the industrial utilization of straw for the production of high yield pulps, papers, polymer fibres, films, and composites. All these products will be made using alternative process technologies; environmental problems associated with the industrial use of straw will be tackled during the project. Information will be found upon which decisions to build full-scale straw processing plants can be made. The project aims to widen the use of straw as a feedstock for the pulp, paper and polymer industries by using alternative novel technologies. Several straw varieties have been tested for chemical composition and pulping potential, paper has been made from optimised extruded straw pulp, suitable steam exploded pulp has produced polymeric materials and straw pulping effluent has been decolourised by microbial and ultra filtration methods. Chemical analysis showed little difference between varieties, straw slicing has shown energy savings of 50%. Bivis pulps have been successfully substituted for hardwood fibres at up to 30% in packaging paper furnishes. STEX pulp shows good solubility in DMAC lithium chloride and MMNO solvents. T versicolor gave the best effluent decolourisation and the ultrafiltration plant has achieved 85% colour removal at 3 m{3}/h flow.To achieve this objective the project will use the following approach. Firstly, a range of straws will be grown, stored and tested. Various types of straw will be characterized to determine factors relating to straw quality. Following statistical analysis a model will be built to define optimum supply. A prototype of an energy efficient and safe straw bale breaking and slicing device will be produced. A straw fractionating device will also be designed. Secondly, steam explosion pulping (STEX) will be optimized for production of high yield and high quality pulps for paper and for fibres, films, and composite products. Production of larger quantities of pulp will be performed to test paper making suitability in full scale batch tests. Upgrading of STEX pulp in a digester will be assessed followed by industrial scale paper machine trials. Thirdly, BI-VIS straw pulping will be assesses.A preliminary paper machine trial with high yield unbleached bi-vis pulp will be applied to the design of a pilot plant to produce sufficient pulp for industrial scale paper machine trials on various grades of packaging paper and furnishes. Experimental pulping of straw from storage and fractionation trials will also be conducted. Fourthly,polymers produced from the dissolution of steam exploded straw in new solvent systems will be tested for production of films and fibres. Casting and extrusion optimization will be carried out for the production of films and fibres from homopolymer or blend solutions. Blends and composites will be developed for rigid and thermoforming materials. Evaluations of the properties and applications of the fibres, films, and composites produced are to be carried out at pilot scale. Lastly, laboratory trials will be commissioned in order to determine effectiveness of ultrafiltration for straw pulping effluents. An ultrafiltration pilot plant will be tested. Anaerobic treatment of effluents will be compared with ultrafiltration results. Means of removing colour from straw pulping effluents and to recover lignins will be investigated as well as possible industrial uses for concentrated lignin. The project includes participants from agriculture (GIE Grainval is the research body of a group of 7 cooperatives in France), the paper industry, research institutes and universities. It will improve the communication between these different worlds and will provide information on which both ends, agriculture and the pulp industry, can assess the feasibility of developing a straw based cellulose chain. The specific relevance of the project lies in its concentration on two high-yield pulping processes (BIVIS and STEX) which are supposedly less dependent on economics of scale and environmentally cleaner, and could therefore be more easily implemented in the EC farming system than the chemical pulping processes currently in use. Also the exploratory research for high value-added applications of straw cellulose could open up interesting new opportunities. Ámbito científico engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolorsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryalkali metalsnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture Programa(s) FP2-ECLAIR - First multiannual programme (EEC) for biotechnology-based agro-industrial research and technological development (ECLAIR), 1988-1993 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador St Regis Paper Company Ltd Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Sudbrook Mill NP6 4XT Newport Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (10) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Association pour le Développement des Carburants par la Fermentation Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Zone Artisanale 40101 Soustons Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Association pour le Développement des Carburants par la Fermentation Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Zone Artisanale 40101 Soustons Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Rue de la Chimie 601 UJFG 38041 GRENOBLE Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 144,Velazquez 144 28006 MADRID Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Centre Technique de l'Industrie des Papiers, Cartons et Celluloses Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Domaine Universitaire 38020 Grenoble Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 22, 04200 Tabernas Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos GIE Grainval Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 3 allée du Titane 45072 Orléans Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Wrest Park, Silsoe MK454HS SILSOE,BEDFORD Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos SOCIEDAD ANONIMA INDUSTRIAS CELULOSA ARAGONESA España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 140,Cantin y Gamboa, 20 50002 ZARAGOZA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Stazione Sperimentale per la Cellulosa, Carta e Fibre Tessili Vegetali ed Artificiali Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 26 20133 Milano Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos