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2022
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Pierrick Francois Denis Stevant Arne Duinker Dagbjørn Skipnes Wenche Merete Emblem Larssen Rita Nilsen McStay Céline Rebours Susan Løvstad Holdt Kim Kristensen Annelise Chapman Rósa Jónsdóttir Nikolai BuerAbstract
Industrial kelp aquaculture is under development in Nordic countries including Norway. Kelps are a rich source of nutrients, taste and other bioactive substances with a large potential in food applications. There are some critical challenges for the food industry to a broader use of this new resource such as the reduction of iodine and potential allergens present. SusKelpFood is a new collaborative research project which primary objective is to enable innovative solutions for the sustainable production of safe, nutritious and flavourful ingredients from cultivated kelps for the food industry. SusKelpFood draws on key expertise from Nordic (Norway, Denmark and Iceland) research institutions, a leading actor of the food industry in Scandinavia and kelp producers to achieve this goal. The participants will test and develop targeted and energy-efficient processes including fermentation under different conditions, innovative drying and dewatering techniques (e.g. pulse-electric field, microwave-assisted drying) to conserve and prepare cultivated kelps for large-scale food applications in a sustainable way. Laboratory techniques will be applied to document the food safety (presence of contaminants, iodine, food allergens), nutritional and sensory profiles, and flavor-active substances of kelp ingredients produced from different processes. Consumer surveys, interviews and testing of product prototypes containing kelp ingredients will provide valuable information on consumer behavior for this type of products. The knowledge generated during SusKelpFood will promote future-oriented solutions for a broader inclusion of sustainably produced kelp in manufactured food products. The SusKelpFood project is financed by the Research Council of Norway and runs for 3 years from 2022 to 2024.
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Christoph Schürz Natalja Čerkasova Csilla Farkas Attila Nemes Svajunas Plunge Michael Strauch Brigitta Szabó Mikolaj PiniewskiAbstract
This SWAT+ modelling protocol was designed for guiding model setup development and model calibration in 14 European case study sites participating in the modelling component of the EU funded research and innovation project OPtimal strategies to retAIN and re-use water and nutrients in small agricultural catchments across different soil-climatic regions in Europe (OPTAIN). These 14 case studies are small agricultural catchments (ranging in size from 21 to 254 km2 ) located in three biogeographical regions of Europe and 12 different countries. The main topic of OPTAIN are Natural/Small Water Retention Measures, which are a relatively new concept. These are small and multi-functional measures for the retention/management of water and nutrients in the landscape, thus addressing drought/flood control, management of water quality problems, climate change adaptation, biodiversity restoration, etc.
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Yeqing Li Xingru Yang Mingyu Zhu Liming Dong Hao Jiang Quan Xu Hongjun Zhou Yongming Han Lu Feng Chengfei LiAbstract
The amount of lignocellulose biomass and sludge is enormous, so it is of great significance to find a treatment combining the two substances. Co-hydrothermal carbonization (Co-HTC) has emerged as an efficient approach to dispose sludge. However, the improvement of sludge upgrading and combustion performance remains an important challenge during the Co-HTC of sludge. In this work, the Co-HTC of sludge and Fenton's reagent at different mixing ratios was proposed to achieve sludge reduction. Moreover, the addition of two kinds of biomass improved the adsorption capacity and combustion performance of hydrochars. When sludge and sawdust were the Co-HTC at the mass ratio of 1:3, the liquid phase Pb concentration decreased notably to 18.06%. Furthermore, the adsorption capacity of hydrochars was further improved by modification, which was in accordance with pseudo-second-order kinetics. Particularly, the hydrochars derived from the Co-HTC had higher heating value (HHV) and could be used as a clean fuel. This study proposed a new technical route of combining the HTC with Fenton's reagent and lignocellulose biomass, which could be served as a cleaner and eco-friendly treatment of sludge.
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Giorgia Carnovale Svein Jarle Horn Carlos Infante Volha Shapaval Edvard Hortemo Kari SkjånesAbstract
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Giorgia Carnovale Svein Jarle Horn Carlos Infante Volha Shapaval Edvard Hortemo Kari SkjånesAbstract
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