Cel Short rotation coppice plantation are increasing in extent within the community and are set to increase substantially with the proposed revisions to the CAP and GATT agreements. Whilst the technology for growing the crop is reasonably well advanced a major stumbling block lies in the cost of harvesting and delivery systems where costs of harvesting, storage and drying and delivery can amount to up to 70 % of the total delivered costs. This project aims to reduce these costs by development of low-cost methods of harvesting, drying and storage of willow, poplar and robinia crops. A systems approach will be used to synthesise viable combinations of post-harvest operations evaluated in multidisciplinary research in 6 participating countries. The three main research tasks have been allocated to 10 research and industrial organisations in the 6 participating countries: Task 1 : to progress towards an optimum specification for coppice harvesters through coordinated trials of commercial and prototype European and Scandinavian machines. Task 2 : to develop economic systems of storage and drying of chips, chunks and bundles by using mathematical models of the physical and biological systems to interpret, coordinate and apply results from studies of artificially and naturally-ventilated storage systems. Task 3 : to recommend, from these research findings, economically viable systems for harvesting, storage and delivery systems across species and geographical ranges in Europe. Dziedzina nauki agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculturecoppicingagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Program(-y) FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994 Temat(-y) 122 - Novel silvicultural systems Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator University of Aberdeen Wkład UE Brak danych Adres St Machar Drive AB9 2UD Aberdeen Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (5) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko BBSRC Silsoe Research Institute Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Wrest Park Silsoe MK45 4HS Bedford Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Centre National du Machinisme Agricole, du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (CEMAGREF) Francja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Les Vasiex 87340 Montpellier Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Włochy Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Via Augusto Barazzuoli 19-21-23 50136 Firenze Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych DANISH FOREST AND LANDSCAPE RESEARCH INST. Dania Wkład UE Brak danych Adres SKOVBRYNET 16 2800 LYNGBY Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Technische Universität München Niemcy Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Vöttinger Straße 36 85354 Freising Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych