Descripción del proyecto
Un sistema innovador para el suprarreciclaje de hojas de olivo
Los países productores de aceite de oliva de la cuenca mediterránea también producen 4,5 millones de toneladas de hojas de olivo al año. Estas hojas, que son una fuente de compuestos bioactivos, deben ser retiradas de los campos y las almazaras. En el proyecto OLEAF4VALUE, financiado con fondos europeos, se ha creado un consorcio de socios con gran experiencia para desarrollar un sistema de valorización de esta biomasa. El consorcio abordará todos los niveles de la cadena de valor: materia prima, biorrefinería, tecnologías posteriores a la extracción, validación del mercado y evaluación de la sostenibilidad. OLEAF4VALUE sentará las bases de una cadena de valor inteligente basada en el concepto 4.0 recientemente desarrollado Smart Dynamic Multi-Valorisation-Route Biorefinery (SAMBIO) para la valorización en cascada de la biomasa del olivo.
Objetivo
OLEAF4VALUE is a three-year project that will develop a complete valorization system for the olive leaf. 4,5 million ton of olive leaves are produced annually in the world by the olive oil industry, a key industry in southern Europe and along the Mediterranean coast (Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Slovenia, among others). This recalcitrant biomass represents a problem for both the farmers and the whole olive oil industry, who need to remove it from the fields and the olive oil mills. This biomass is nowadays burnt in the fields, given to the cattle or, in some cases, combusted to produce energy.
OLEAF4VALUE will put together a competitive consortium of highly experienced partners devoted to the complete valorization of this new underexploited biomass. The consortium will address all the stages of the value chain: raw material, biorefining, post-extraction technologies, market validation and sustainability assessment. The goal of OLEAF4VALUE is to set up the basis of a smart value chain based on a newly developed 4.0 concept: Smart Dynamic Multi-Valorization-Route Biorefinery (SAMBIO) for the cascade valorization of the olive leaf biomass according to its physicochemical composition, particularly modulated by specific pretreatments to produce target products. Advanced green extraction and isolation technologies will be used to sequentially separate all fractions and compounds of value, with a zero-waste approach. Enzymatic biotransformation and nanoencapsulation technologies will be applied to develop tailor made prototypes according to end user market needs from high value sectors: food, feed, health, cosmetic, pharma and chemical industries. Large companies from these sectors within the consortium will guarantee a good market-oriented approach throughout the project.
OLEAF4VALUE will link the primary olive sector from southern Europe with large multinationals from the high valued competitive markets in a circular bioeconomy project.
Ámbito científico
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Programa(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)
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
10700 HERVAS
España
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.