Description du projet
Des bioraffineries intelligentes pour des composés bioactifs de grande valeur
La biomasse résiduelle produite en Europe est soit utilisée pour le compost et l’alimentation animale, soit éliminée de manière sûre. Or, elle est riche en différents composés bioactifs bénéfiques pour la santé et le bien-être de l’homme. Cependant, le manque de technologie pour extraire et préserver ces composés prévient leur utilisation dans des applications de grande valeur. Les polyphénols, par exemple, ne sont pas suffisamment exploités. Le projet PHENOLEXA, financé par l’UE, concevra une bioraffinerie intelligente en cascade pour obtenir des composés bioactifs de grande valeur et libérer le potentiel des flux secondaires agricoles riches en polyphénols (olives, pousses et feuilles de raisin, résidus d’endive et d’oignon). Le projet associera le prétraitement de la biomasse à une technologie d’extraction par solvant à la fois verte et respectueuse de l’environnement. PHENOLEXA démontrera l’efficacité de cette technologie et validera la faisabilité technico-économique et la durabilité environnementale de cette bioraffinerie.
Objectif
According to Eurostat, the agricultural sector is by far the biggest producer of the residual biomass in Europe, annually generating ca. 400 million tonnes (Mt) of dry agricultural waste. This residual biomass is usually either utilized for low value applications (compost or animal feed) or have to be deactivated to be safely disposed. On the other side, this residual biomass is highly rich in various bioactive compounds (oils, fatty acids, polyphenols, proteins) which could be used to improve the human health and wellbeing but usually lost for high-value applications due to the lack of comprehensive technology to effectively extract and preserve the bioactives. Among the natural bio-based compounds, polyphenols is the biggest class of bioactives with a range of beneficial properties for human health which have not be utilized for their full potential. PHENOLEXA project proposes to unlock the potential of polyphenols-rich agri-side streams (olive, grape shoots and leaves, chicory and onion residues) to procure bioactive compounds of high value via the development of cascade smart biorefinery which combines pretreatment of the biomass with benign environmentally friendly green solvents extraction technology. PHENOLEXA will focus on the processing of several types of agri and biowaste to create a pool of new functional polyphenolic bioactives with the tuned functionality (anticancer, antiviral, anti-oxidant, antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory) whereas the remaining fibres and colorants will be utilised in functional foods. PHENOLEXA will demonstrate the technology of the bioactive ingredients procurement at TRL4/5 and will create lab scale prototypes of cosmetic, nutraceutical, pharma and functional food products with their proved efficacy by the end of the project. PHENOLEXA will also validate the techno-economic feasibility and environmental sustainability of the proposed biorefinery.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolors
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculeslipids
- engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationcompost
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandryanimal feed
Mots‑clés
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.2.1.4. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Biotechnology
- H2020-EU.3.2.6. - Bio-based Industries Joint Technology Initiative (BBI-JTI)
Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
51010 Tartu
Estonie
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.