Funder identifier: FP7-KBBE-2011-5 (Other contract id)
Acronym: APROPOS
Period: January 2012 till December 2014
Status: Completed
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| Institutes (17) | Top | - Ministry of Employment and the Economy; Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT), more, co-ordinator
- Technical University of Catalunya (UPC), more, partner
- University of Nairobi, more, partner
- Ecofoster Group Oy, more, partner
- Kroppenstedter Ölmühle Walter Döpelheuer GmbH, more, partner
- Textil Planas Oliveras S.A., more, partner
- True Cosmetics, S.L., more, partner
- Mecpro Heavy Engineering Ltd., more, partner
- Lasting Solutions Inc., more, partner
- Kankaisten Öljykasvit Oy, more, partner
- Sybimar Oy, more, partner
- Nutrimar, more, partner
- Lietuvos Zemės ūkio universitetas, more, partner
- The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), more, partner
- Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network (MAHRN), more, partner
- SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, more, partner
- Institut für Getreideverarbeitung GmbH, more, partner
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| Abstract | The focus of APROPOS is to develop novel eco-efficient bio-mechanical processing solutions to enrich intermediate fractions from industrial high protein and oil-containing process residues originating from agriculture and fisheries. Enzyme-aided modification steps are developed for the intermediate fractions to obtain value-added nutritive and bio-active components, chemical as well as functional bio-materials suitable for exploitation in food, skin care, wound healing, bio-pesticide and soil improvement product applications. Mentioned residues are voluminous in Europe and globally significant.
Zero waste concepts to be developed aim at avoidance of unnecessary purification of the components, establishment of local and distributed processing units in connection with the primary production and new business opportunities essentially for SMEs in Europe and beyond. An emphasis is directed to East Africa and India to support their needs to process local residues to components directed to nourish infants and fight against pests, respectively, in rural areas of both regions. The success of technological developments will be assessed in terms of economical feasibility, raw material efficiency and environmental impacts. The assessment will also include study on how the developed residue producer-end use value chain will affect the existing value chain from the residue producer to feed or energy. The multidisciplinary research group and cross-industrial SME group together cover the whole value chain from residue producers and processors to various end-users. The expertises of the partners include crop and fish processing, process hard ware manufacture, mechanical, chemical and biotechnical biomaterial processing, biomaterial up-grading and analytics, enzyme technology, end-product
applications, assessment of eco-efficiency and value chains, technology transfer and commercialization. |
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