Rechercher des projets européens

Plus de 40 projets européens trouvés

Recherche sur 125080 projets européens

 TERMINÉ 

Combined Ultrasonic and Enzyme treatment of Lignocellulosic Feedstock as Substrate for Sugar Based Biotechnological Applications (US4GREENCHEM)

Date du début: 1 juil. 2015, Date de fin: 30 juin 2019,

US4GREENCHEM aims to design a biorefinery concept for the complete valorization of lignocellulosic biomass that is energy- and cost- efficient and based solely on green technologies. The concept combines mechanical pretreatment of the substrate with the aid of ultrasound to overcome its recalcitrance and disrupt inhibitors with mild CO2 hemicellulose degradation and with the enzymatic recovery of ...
Voir le projet

 10

 TERMINÉ 

Developing Innovative Market Orientated Prediction Toolbox to Strengthen the Economic Sustainability and Competitiveness of European Seafood on Local and Global markets (PrimeFish)

Date du début: 1 mars 2015, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2019,

The overall aim of PrimeFish is to improve the economic sustainability of European fisheries and aquaculture sectors. PrimeFish will gather data from individual production companies, industry and sales organisations, consumers and public sources. The data will be related to the competitiveness and economic performance of companies in the sector; this includes data on price development, supply chai ...
Voir le projet

 16

 TERMINÉ 

EnviGuard – Development of a biosensor technology for environmental monitoring and disease prevention in aquaculture ensuring food safety (EnviGuard)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2013, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2018,

The objective of the EnviGuard project is to develop a highly specific and precise (i.e. quantitative and qualitative) in situ measurement device for currently hard to measure man-made chemical contaminants and biohazards (toxic microalgae, viruses & bacteria, biotoxins & PCBs) that can be used as an early warning system in aquaculture and as an environmental monitor to assess the good environment ...
Voir le projet

 19

 TERMINÉ 

First application and market introduction of combined wastewater treatment and reuse technology for agricultural purposes (RichWater)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2016, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2018,

In recent years, a growing concern has been expressed throughout the EU regarding water scarcity problems and the significant impacts on freshwater resources by agricultural activities. The concept presented in this project is an advancement of the TREAT&USE system, a successful EU research project (FP7) approaching the safe reuse of wastewater in agriculture production with excellent technical an ...
Voir le projet

 6

 TERMINÉ 

Waste reduction and quality improvement of fruits and vegetables via an innovative and energy-efficient humidification/disinfection technology (FRESH-DEMO)

Date du début: 1 mars 2015, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2017,

Million of tons of vegetables and fruits are harvested and then distributed throughout Europe every year. However, fruits and vegetables can be regarded as highly perishable foods and are especially susceptible to changing climatic conditions (temperature, humidity) after harvest. The long distribution pathways in combination with insufficient technologies for appropriate transport and storage lea ...
Voir le projet

 10

 TERMINÉ 

Intelligent and easy tool to categorise and characterise flour quality for consumer-driven wheat baked goods in European SME-bakery and cereal sector (FLOURPLUS)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2014, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2017,

The FLOURplus proposal was initiated by concerned SMEs and industrial associations that have realized the fluctuations in wheat quantity and quality due to the progressing climate change. Their aim is to finally tackle the core problem of the increasingly varying, non-detectable and thus incontrollable flour quality – being aware that this requires a European-wide sector-solution supported through ...
Voir le projet

 9

 TERMINÉ 

Development of a cost-efficient, precise and miniaturized sensor system for quality and performance control in baking processes (BREAD-GUARD)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2013, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2016,

Quality assurance plays a key role in the food industry. Current control of safety and quality characteristics in the bakery industry is carried out mainly by random sampling of the initial, intermediate and/or final products. However, this methodology does not allow immediate adjustments to the production process in case any negative quality features are detected and consequently large batches of ...
Voir le projet

 12

 TERMINÉ 

Development of a cost-efficient, precise and miniaturized sensor system (Nano-Spectrometer) for quality and process control in the food industry (FOOD-WATCH)

Date du début: 1 août 2014, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2016,

Quality assurance plays a key role in the food industry. Current control of safety and quality characteristics of the various products is carried out mainly by random sampling of the initial, intermediate and/or final products. However, this methodology does not allow immediate adjustments to the production process in case any negative quality features are detected and consequently large batches o ...
Voir le projet

 8

 TERMINÉ 

New technological applications for wet biomass waste stream products (NEWAPP)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2013, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2016,

"3 billion tonnes of biomass waste are produced each year in the European Union. From these, a substantial amount is organic waste. These wet biomass waste streams are abundantly available in Europe, while their disposal and recycling becomes increasingly difficult as energy efficient, environmentally sound and economically viable processes hardly exist. The existing treatment methods for these st ...
Voir le projet

 8

 TERMINÉ 

Natural Water Systems and Treatment Technologies to cope with Water Shortages in Urbanised Areas in India (NAWATECH-EU PART)

Date du début: 1 juil. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

The here proposed NAwATech Europe proposal is closely interconnected with the partner project NaWaTech India. In order to reach the maximal impact the two projects have formed one common work plan for both projects, targeting the same objectives, will present their results at the same web-site and formed a joint management team. Providing adequate water supply and sanitation, particularly in urban ...
Voir le projet

 7

 TERMINÉ 

Sustainable Water treatment and Nutrient reuse options (SUWANU)

Date du début: 1 juil. 2013, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

Agricultural practices put the biggest pressure on fresh water resources for irrigation (55% of the water use in Europe) and on fertilizer usage. The European farmers face serious problems such as freshwater scarcity and nutrient availability, extreme climate conditions and the growing demand of the increasing population. This results in rising prices for mineral fertilizers and food, risky measur ...
Voir le projet

 23

 TERMINÉ 

European regions fostering innovation for sustainable production and efficient use of woody biomass (ROKWOOD)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2012, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2015,

The ROKWOOD project will support the cooperation between six European research-driven clusters in order to improve research and technological development (RTD), market uptake and to increase investments in wooden biomass production and utilisation schemes at regional level. The six participating regional clusters will be co-ordinated in order to develop a Joint Action Plan (JAP) at European level ...
Voir le projet

 20

 TERMINÉ 

BioTRANSformation of by-products from fruit and vegetable processing industry into valuable BIOproducts (TRANSBIO)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2015,

"The main aim of TRANSBIO is the implementation of an innovative cascading concept for the valorisation of sub-products from fruit and vegetable processing industry using environmental friendly biotechnological solutions like fermentation and enzyme-conversion strategies to obtain valuable bioproducts like plastics (PHB), nutraceuticals / platform chemical succinic acid and enzymes for detergent a ...
Voir le projet

 16

 TERMINÉ 

Innovative and energy-efficient proofing/cooling technology based on ultrasonic humidification for high quality bakery products (NANOBAK2)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2013, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2015,

The NanoBAK2 project aims to bring together European SMEs from the bakery industry (including both equipment manufactures and bakeries) and one RTD to prove and disseminate the technical and economic viability of a method for low-energy proofing and cooling in SME bakeries.The here proposed concept is built on the outcomes of the successfully finished European research project NanoBAK (Novel clima ...
Voir le projet

 9

 TERMINÉ 

Added-value bioprocessing for Fish raw materials via low-cost Fermentation technologies delivering a PLUS in the sustainable production, consumer safety and quality of highly sensitive fish products (FishFermPlus)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2012, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2015,

FishFermPlus targets to support the economic viability and resource-efficiency of SMEs in fish/seafood value chains. Under-utilised, high-quality raw materials from capture fishery and aquaculture production (e.g. homogenised fish flesh from fillet production) will be used for a novel fermentation process with higher cost-efficiency and a more simple implementation than previous mere extraction/pu ...
Voir le projet

 6

 TERMINÉ 

Development of a SOftware tool for Prediction of ready-to-eat food product sHelf life, quality and safetY (SOPHY)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2012, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2015,

The SOPHY project aims to develop a web-based software tool for prediction of product safety, quality and shelf life of ready-to-eat products. Fresh cut salads, fruit salads and deli salads were chosen as model food system. Food producers will be able to optimise their raw material selection, product formulation and processing steps virtually. The software estimates the effect of each production s ...
Voir le projet

 11

 TERMINÉ 

Capacity Building for Sustainable Treatment and Valorization of Olive Mill Waste in Palestine (OLITREVA)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2011, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,

As for the whole Mediterranean, for thousands of years, the olive tree has been an integral part of the Palestinian landscape: a symbol of Palestinian identity, culture and tradition. Nowadays, around 100.000 families in the West Bank depend on olive cultivation as their main source of income and during harvest season, this sector creates thousand of additional jobs. Despite the significant contri ...
Voir le projet

 4

 TERMINÉ 

Communication of Food, Fisheries, Agriculture and Biotechnologies research – a network to support EU-funded research projects (CommFABnet)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2014,

The effective communication of research results of EC funded research projects to end users is hampered by a number of factors including• Lack of confidence and communication skills within the scientific community• Inherent difficulties in effectively reaching out to the media and other multipliers with research resultsPoor dissemination of research results significantly reduces the potential proj ...
Voir le projet

 5

 TERMINÉ 

Safe and efficient treatment and reuse of wastewater in agricultural production schemes (TREAT&USE)

Date du début: 1 juin 2012, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2014,

TREAT&USE project aims to bring together 6 European SMEs and one RTD to prove and disseminate the technical and economic viability of a method for safe and economic wastewater treatment that allows a direct reuse of the water and nutrients in agricultural production with minimal operational and maintenance costs.TREAT&USE is based on the outcomes of two successful finished EU research projects: PU ...
Voir le projet

 7

 TERMINÉ 

Automatic harvesting system for SRC nurseries (ROD-PICKER)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2012, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2014,

Biomass is increasingly being seen as an important energy resource for Europe. However, due to sustainability requirements the biomass which can be harvested from European forests has only a limited growth potential. Therefore, the political focus has changed to the production of fast growing wooden biomass (Short-Rotation-Coppice (SRC) or Short-Rotation-Plantations (SRPs) on agricultural lands in ...
Voir le projet

 6

 TERMINÉ 

Safe Food for Europe – Coordination of research activities and Dissemination of research results of EC funded research on food safety (FOODSEG)

Date du début: 1 mai 2011, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2014,

"The proposed Coordination and support actions (Coordinating, CSA) has the overall objective to disseminate state-of-the-art research results in food safety and quality topics through a series of symposia, expert working group meetings, an online platform with best practise examples and coordination of cooperation and a plan for the preparation of future activities. In addition to the aim of disse ...
Voir le projet

 36

 TERMINÉ 

Capacity-Linked water supply and sanitation improvement for Africa's peri-urban and Rural Areas (CLARA)

Date du début: 1 mars 2011, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2014,

"There are a large number of small communities and towns in Africa that suffer from severe problems with water supply and sanitation. Small communities in rural areas and peri-urban areas of small towns have comparable settlement structures in which reuse of water and use of sanitation products can be utilized. However, there is only limited local capacity to adopt, implement and operate integrate ...
Voir le projet

 15

 TERMINÉ 

Biotechnology for Africa's sustainable water supply (WATERBIOTECH)

Date du début: 1 août 2011, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2014,

"More than water scarcity, diseases and civil wars, Africa is also the least wealthy continent, in terms of economic and financial resources. These combined and tightly linked problems have led to a restricted range of choices, affordable for African countries, to deal particularly with the water issue, as a major topic. Polluted water treatment before use has been their almost unique solution to ...
Voir le projet

 18

 TERMINÉ 

"Developing novel intelligent labels for chilled and frozen food products, promoting the influence of smart labels application on waste reduction, food quality and safety in the European supply chains" (IQ-FRESHLABEL)

Date du début: 1 août 2010, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2014,

"IQ-FRESHLABEL will develop two novel innovative intelligent labels. One will monitor the time and temperature of frozen products, the other also the oxygen content in modified atmosphere packed fresh food. Controlling post production life cycle of food is important element of food supply chain. Improper handling of product during transport, storage and in households results in quality defects, in ...
Voir le projet

 18

 TERMINÉ 

European Network for integrating novel technologies for food processing (HighTech Europe)

Date du début: 1 mai 2009, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2013,

The Network of Excellence HighTech Europe facilitates the implementation of high-tech processing at industrial scale via strongly connected regional knowledge transfer chains consisting of basic-applied science centres (12 in total), industry federations (4), Innovation Relay Centre (1) and SMEs (5). Its main aim is to identify, develop and demonstrate potential, cost-efficient, innovations to be ...
Voir le projet

 23

 TERMINÉ 

Development of an automatic irrigation and fertilization system (OPTIFERT)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2013,

"Due to climate related changes, longer dry periods for European farmers and without irrigation the risk of a volatile harvests will rise, that is the reason for a tendency acrossEurope to irrigate fields. The need for innovative irrigated systems is to minimize water consumption and costs. Also in times of limited water the project will be lucrative.There are more and more increasing cost pressur ...
Voir le projet

 9

 TERMINÉ 

Development of novel environmentally added-value surfactants and esters by biotechnological processes from fats and oils waste streams (Bio-SURFEST)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2011, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2013,

Currently, different origin waste oils have been used mostly as animal feed, raw material for soap makers, and feed stock for fatty acid production. The existent patents and commercial processes to make fatty acids from waste oils always refers to hydrolysis and acidification steps using strong acids such as sulphuric or hydrochloridic acids, producing a mixture of fatty acids, inorganic salts, wa ...
Voir le projet

 9

 TERMINÉ 

Development and implementation of an innovative cleaning technology for marine and freshwater larval hatchery tanks in recirculating aquaculture systems (CLEANHATCH)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2010, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2012,

"The current lack of cost-effective and efficient cleaning technologies in both freshwater and marine larval hatchery tanks in recirculating aquaculture systems is a substantial drawback for both technology-providing and fish farming SMEs in Europe. Bacterial biofilms constantly and quickly develop on all surfaces in the tanks and endanger the production of high quality and quantity fry which is a ...
Voir le projet

 5

 TERMINÉ 

Replacement of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in food keeping the SAme qualitY and shelf-life of the products (SO2SAY)

Date du début: 1 mai 2009, Date de fin: 31 août 2012,

Up to today there are many foodstuffs (including beverages and wine) where sulphites are used as antioxidant and preservative agents. Examples for this foodstuff are dried fruits, some kinds of fruit juices, seafood and convenience food (especially containing potatoes). But these sulphites containing agents are in suspicion to cause some damage to the health and they were blamed for some allergy. ...
Voir le projet

 9

 TERMINÉ 

Novel climatic chamber with an Innovative, energy-saving Nano-Aerosol Humidificaction System for the manufacture of high quaity Bakery products (NANOBAK)

Date du début: 1 mars 2009, Date de fin: 30 juin 2012,

The baking industry includes companies that make value added products including bread, buns, rolls, doughs, desserts, crusts, pastas, cookies, biscuits, crackers etc. that are either baked or frozen. The use of refrigeration technology has made a bakery's location independent of its customers, thereby broadening the geographic market potential and contributing to the growth of this sector. However ...
Voir le projet

 7

 TERMINÉ 

INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT IN WESTERN AFRICA (IWWA)

Date du début: 1 juin 2010, Date de fin: 31 mai 2012,

Most of African countries are struggling towards development and improving their living conditions. An appropriate waste management structure at a national and regional level is a milestone that must be achieved in order to improve living standards, health and environment. The situation in many countries is that the obvious lack of a functional waste management system brings perennial garbage prob ...
Voir le projet

 18

 TERMINÉ 

Integrated Approaches for Sustainable European Wine Production (SUSTAVINO)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2009, Date de fin: 31 mars 2012,

"About 65% of the world’s wine production is managed by European winegrowers. Wine production in Europe is traditionally performed by small and medium sized, family owned companies and co-operatives. Solid and liquid residues are not treated in an appropriate way what has a serious impact on the environment. Wine production is known to produce high amounts of wastewater with sometimes extremely hi ...
Voir le projet

 15

 TERMINÉ 

Adaptation of renewable energies technologies for the olive oil industry (RESOLIVE)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2009, Date de fin: 31 mars 2012,

"The European olive oil sector is nowadays facing several stresses that push towards a new approach to production. Despite worldwide consumption rises; new producer countries enter the markets and increase competition, threatening European producers’ position. Besides, the high polluting character of its residues, poses serious problems to the olive mills, especially in the case of small and mediu ...
Voir le projet

 12

 TERMINÉ 

Development of nanosensors for the detection of quality parameters along the food chain (NANODETECT)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2008, Date de fin: 29 févr. 2012,

"In NANODETECT, the nanoreaction technology will be used to develop on-line and off-line monitoring systems (sensors) which combine the expertise of sensitive molecular biological processes with the potency of nanotechnology for application in liquid process food streams. The nanosensors will interact with information technology tools and thus contribute to improved quality control systems within ...
Voir le projet

 9

 TERMINÉ 

Organic sensory information system (OSIS): documentation of sensory properties through testing and consumer research for the organic industry (ECROPOLIS)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2009, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2011,

"Distributors and promoters of organic food claim their products are superior in taste compared to conventional alternatives. This argument, however, is still the subject of heated debate and thus deserves greater scientific examination. Since repurchase intentions are dependent on the overall liking of a product, and sensory experiences may have an important impact on this, knowledge about these ...
Voir le projet

 23

 TERMINÉ 

Natural Antimicrobials For Innovative and Safe Packaging (NAFISPACK)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2008, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2011,

"The main objective of the present project is to develop novel packaging technologies that will avoid/reduce and detect the growth of pathogens and spoilage microoganism responsible for product lost in perishable food products of interest: fresh fish, fresh chicken and minimally processed vegetables (MPVs). The target foods were selected among many, for different reasons: the consumption of MPVs i ...
Voir le projet

 17

 TERMINÉ 

"Development of a cost-effective, durable coating system with low fungicide content for wood surfaces using Plasma Discharge" (DURAWOOD)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2009, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2011,

"For wood to compete with other materials and be attractive to customers, a durability of treated wood facades of at least 5-8 years renovation-free should be guaranteed. New EC legislation (2004/42/EC) requires the replacement of solvent-borne coating systems with water-borne coatings for outdoor wood preservation purposes. Wooden facades treated with water-borne coatings are more susceptible to ...
Voir le projet

 9

 TERMINÉ 

Whey protein-coated plastic films to replace expensive polymers and increase recyclability (WHEYLAYER)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2008, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2011,

"In the food industry, the oxidation of fats, oils, and other food components produces off-flavours, off-colours and nutrient loss. Protection against oxygen is a vital requirement of food packaging. Common synthetic polyolefin films such as PE and PP are excellent moisture barriers, but must be coated or laminated with synthetic polymers including EVOH and PVDC copolymers to provide an oxygen bar ...
Voir le projet

 15

 TERMINÉ 

Development and implementation of a contact biocide polymer for its application as antimicrobial and anti-deposit surfaces in the food industry (BIOSURF)

Date du début: 1 juin 2009, Date de fin: 31 août 2011,

"There is a common need for preventing and eradicating microbial contamination across the supply and production chain in the food industry, especially in the food processing and packaging industries in the EU. Therefore, it is important that all surfaces which come in contact with food and foodstuffs are free of potentially hazardous microorganisms. Compared to conventional antimicrobial agents, p ...
Voir le projet

 6

 TERMINÉ 

Biotechnological recycle of olive mills washing water by microalgae (ALGATEC)

Date du début: 15 avr. 2009, Date de fin: 14 août 2011,

"The EU is the most important producer of olives in the world, from 2001-2007, 2,2 million tonnes of olive oil were produced in about 12.000 olive mills, which accounts for the 80% of the world production. These producers are mainly SMEs placed in the basin of the Mediterranean Sea, being Spain, Italy and Greece the biggest producers. Olive oil consumption is growing worldwide thanks to the ackno ...
Voir le projet

 10