Objective THIS TARGET STUDY IS FOCUSED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ELBION (ELECTRICITY FROM BIOMASS NETWORK) ADDRESSED TO OVERCOME STILL EXISTING TECNOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS, THAT ACTUALLY DO NOT ALLOW A SUCCESSFULL INTEGRATION OF BIO-ELECTRICITY IN REGIONAL DIMENSION. THE PROPOSAL IS AIMING TO PROMOTE THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY AND HEAT FROM BIOMASS RESOURCES AND ITS PENETRATION IN RURAL DISTRICTS, THROUGH THE UTILISATION OF BIO-CRUDE-OIL (B.C.O.) FROM FLASH-PYROLYSIS AND ITS UP-GRADED FUELS IN ENGINES|POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS. THE CREATION OF A NETWORK OF SMALL BIO-ELECTRICITY GENERATORS IN RURAL AREAS CAN STIMULATE: NEW JOB CREATION, NEW MARKETS OPENING (ELECTRICITY AND HEAT) TO ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION TO FOOD IN AGRICULTURE, NEW INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES, NEW SERVICE ACTIVITIES. THE USE OF B.C.O. IN DIESEL IS TODAY CONSIDERED BY EXPERTS VERY PROMISING SOLUTION FOR POWER GENERATION, BOTH FROM ECONOMICAL AND TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW, ESPECIALLY FOR ENGINE SIZES IN THE RANGE 0.1-40 MWe. AT PRESENT THE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING FURTHER NEW R&D ACTIONS ARE: -UP-GRADING OF B.C.O. FOR THEIR USE IN CONVENTIONAL POWER GENERATORS -IMPROVEMENT OF B.C.O. AND DIESEL|STERLING ENGINES SYSTEM ADAPTATION I.E. PILOT IGNITION SYSTEM FOR THE ENGINE START-UP ETC. -CHAR AND ASH SEPARATION -CHARACTERISATION AND STANDARDISATION OF B.C.O. IN ORDER TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SYSTEM RELIABILITY. THESE 3 TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES SUPPORT|THE FIRST MAIN SCOPE: THE INTEGRATION OF ADVANCED NEW POWER GENERATORS UNITS INTO THE SOCIETY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, AT REGIONAL LEVEL. TUSCANY (ITALY) AND THRAKI (GREECE) ARE THE REGIONS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass Programme(s) FP3-RENA - EU Preparatory action on renewable energies, 1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Centro Sviluppo Ricerca Tecnologica EU contribution No data Address Viale Strozzi 1 50129 Firenze Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution No data Address 75,Iera Odos 75 11855 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data Ente Nazionale per l'Energia Elettrica SpA (ENEL) Italy EU contribution No data Address Via G. B. Martini 3 00198 Roma See on map Total cost No data Pasquali Macchine Agricole Srl Italy EU contribution No data Address 30,Via Nuova 30 50041 Firenze - Calenzano See on map Total cost No data Proel Tecnologie SpA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Machiavelli 29 50125 Firenze See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Germany EU contribution No data Address Pfaffenwaldring 47 70569 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data Università degli Studi di Firenze Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Gino Capponi 9 50121 Firenze See on map Total cost No data Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg Germany EU contribution No data Address 21 C,Hessbrühlstrasse 70565 Stuttgart See on map Total cost No data
