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AIR1-CT92-0461
Demonstration Project: Agricultural Refining of Bitter Lupins into Derivates with High Added Value |
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Contract No | AIR1-CT92-0461 |
| Total Cost | 39 110 000 | |
| EC Contribution | 11 733 000 | |
| Start Date | 01/10/1992 | |
| Duration | 48 months |
Two demonstration plants shall be installed for the processing of bitter lupins into lupin derivates with high added values. The plants shall be constructed in Portugal and Greece with a nominal crushing capacity of 2700tpy each of bitter lupins and shall eventually be integrated in already existing feed mills. As raw material Lupin albus is used which is cultivated in Greece, Germany, Spain and Portugal. As average yield approx. 2t/ha can be achieved so that the total production area will amount to approx 2700 ha. The feasibility of the applied technology has been proven in a pilot plant which has been constructed in 1990/91 and started up in July 1991 It is the target of the demonstration plants to prove the technical and economical viability of the technology and to test the industrial acceptance of the products. The dehulled kernels have the composition: Protein 47,5%, oil 9,5%, fibre 7,3%, ash 2,9%, alkaloid 3%, NFE 29,8%. By means of a multi-stage counter-current cold water extraction and after several purification, fractionating and concentration steps the following lupin derivates are produced: Vegetable-based lupin proteins as hydrolysate (peptides, amino acids) concentrates (Lupinpur), isolates (Lupro 90/95), alkaloidconcentrate, molasses. The protein-based products are commodity products for the chemical paper, feed and food industry, the molasses will be used as animal feed ingredient and the alkaloids as a pharmaceutical base and as biological crop protection agent. The lupin husk can be used as feed ingredient as fuel or, if extracted, as dietary fibre source for the enrichment of food stuffs. Tests with the lupin cold water extract as biological growth stimulator have shown promising results on various crops and vegetables. This aspect needs further followup. The protein-based lupin products are equivalent to soya products whose market prospects are huge and increasing worldwide. The demonstration project will take approx. 4 years, approx. 20 months for construction and the rest for startup, production and tests on the industrial acceptance of the new lupin products. The demonstration project will be realized by an EEIG whose members will participate as producers, supplier of the processing plant, as operating company and as users of the main part of the products besides the alkaloids.
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