Objective Cynara cardunculus L. is a perennial plant perfectly adapted to the arid land of the south of Europe. Biomass productivity is rather high, 20-30 tons dry matter per ha. In this project, the following items are considered: - Dry biomass production in typical set-aside lands of 5 different countries of the south of Europe (France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) taking into account different culture conditions. - Green forage and dry biomass harvesting tests. - Soil-plant water relations study including the determination of the WUE (water use efficiency). - Genotype collection from commercial cultivars and wild populations and estimation of their potential productivity. - Green forage production during Autumn and Winter season and its influence on final biomass production. A specific study of ruminant nutrition will be carried out in order to evaluate the nutritive value of this forage. Yields on the order of 50 t/ha of green forage would be expected. - Paper pulp production from branches and stalks after 3 different methods: - Classical kraft procedure to be realized in Portugal. - ASAM procedure to be realized in Germany. - In-situ soda generation procedure from lime and sodium carbonate precursors to be realized in France. - Biomass transformation yields into heat or electricity by means of IMW AFBC (Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor) with information about the emission gases and volatile hydrocarbons. An optimization study of the pretreatments and fluidization capacity of this solid fuel will be included. Considering the whole production-transformation as an integrated system its components impact on environment will be studied, mainly with regard to mineral nutrients, soil organic matter and carbon dioxide balance. Finally, a feasibility study of the mentioned systems (production-transformation) will be done, and possible cost levels will be estimated for every product from Cyanara cardunculus biomass. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitymedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureindustrial cropsfodderengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass Programme(s) FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 111 - Conversion, diversification and extensification Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Address Av. complutense 7 28040 Madrid Spain See on map EU contribution No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all A. Biotec Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via matteotti 115 47100 Forlí See on map Other funding No data CENTER FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES - CRES Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Athinon - marathonos ave., km. 19 190 09 Pikermi - attiki See on map Other funding No data CIEMAT Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenida complutense 22 28040 Madrid See on map Other funding No data Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 118 route de narbonne 31077 Toulouse See on map Other funding No data UNIVERSIDADE TECNICA DE LISBOA Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Tapada da ajuda 1399 Lisboa See on map Other funding No data
