Objective Biomass production costs are low in Brazil compared to other parts of the world, due to proper climate and advanced forest and agricultural technologies. The productivities of elephant grass (Pennisetum spp; 30-45 t/ha/yr bone dry) and eucalypt crops (20-30 t/ha/yr bone dry) in Brazil are amongst the world largest, with good perspectives of growing even further. Thus, Brazil presents great potential for application of the Biorefinery concept. It is our contend that production of biofuels and bio-products from lignocellulosics is better fit to existing pulp manufacturing facilities, to take advantage of existing infrastructure and the possibility of process integration. The objective of the LIGNODECO proposal is developing pre-treatments for optimized deconstruction of hybrid eucalyptus clones and elephant grass biomass into its components aimed at production of biofuel (bioethanol and biogas) along with specialty grade pulps and other bio-products, strongly emphasising feedstock selection and use of advanced analytical tools. This will be accomplished by collection/selection of feedstocks for deconstruction studies, optimized pre-treatments for woody and nonwoody materials, physical/chemical characterization of the pre-treated materials, and tie in between pre-treatment and industrial use of lignocellulosics. LIGNODECO incorporates innovations such as tailor-made modifications of existing technologies for paper-pulp industry, mild biotechnological pre-treatments based on biocatalysts, modern analytical techniques for characterizing lignin, hemicelluloses and cellulose, utilization of Brazilian fast-growing woody and nonwoody crops as feedstock for future biofuels, novel high value-added cellulosic pulps from eucalypt and grasses for specialty papers, integrated use of xylan and lignin-containing by-products and effluents in energy and biogas production, and production of hemicellulose-based additives for wood pulps, and lignin-based chemicals and power/steam. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturenatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisbiocatalysisengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuelsagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomassagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE-2009-3-4-02 - Biomass pre-treatment for optimised biomass deconstruction and analytical characterisation – SICA (Brazil) Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2009-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA) Coordinator Universidade Federal de Viçosa Address Av. p.h. rolfs s/n 36570-000 Viçosa Brazil See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jorge Luiz Colodette (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 666 249,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution € 900 000,00 Address Calle serrano 117 28006 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Carlos Manuel Abad (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT Finland EU contribution € 432 325,00 Address Tekniikantie 4 a 02044 VTT Espoo See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Seija Flinck (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window NOVOZYMES A/S Denmark EU contribution € 433 340,00 Address Krogshoejvej 36 2880 Bagsvaerd See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Henrik Lund (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A Brazil EU contribution € 403 405,00 Address Av. professor magalhães neto 1752 - 2º andar, salas 206-208 41810012 Salvador See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Augusto Milanez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CENTRE TECHNIQUE DE L INDUSTRIE DESPAPIERS CARTONS ET CELLULOSES France EU contribution € 152 900,00 Address Domaine universitaire 38610 Gieres See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Isère Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Michel Petit-Conil (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
