PYROTECH | Climate Positive Drying System for Coffee Industries using a highly disruptive Pyrolysis Technology

Summary
PYROTECH is based on a highly disruptive pyrolysis technology as a heating source for drying coffee cherries and makes it possible to produce biochar (a fertilizer used in coffee agriculture). It will displace the market’s “dry methods” for processing coffee, which involves sun drying or the use of heat coming from a conventional burner, which produces heavy smoke, environmental pollution, and lung diseases as well as negatively affecting the quality of coffee cherries quality and resulting in black colouring. PYROTECH is four to ten times cheaper than other pyrolysis systems. It will generate more than 6,5 million euros of additional income for European coffee companies and will eliminate more than 18.000 tonnes of C02 emissions in the first three years due to the carbon sequestration potential of coffee husk used and biochar produced. Currently, more than 9,5 million tonnes of green coffee beans are processed annually, from which 4,8 million tonnes are produced using the dry method. Taking into account the market size, market distribution and current interest of our potential clients, PYROTECH will cover after five years of commercialization, 18% of the total amount of pyrolysis machines needed to dry the coffee cherries.
Coffee buyers will require farmers to use PYROTECH as a result of the increased quality of the product, the decrease in the selling price and the improved health and safety conditions.
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/836243
Start date: 01-12-2018
End date: 31-03-2019
Total budget - Public funding: 71 429,00 Euro - 50 000,00 Euro
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PYROTECH is based on a highly disruptive pyrolysis technology as a heating source for drying coffee cherries and makes it possible to produce biochar (a fertilizer used in coffee agriculture). It will displace the market’s “dry methods” for processing coffee, which involves sun drying or the use of heat coming from a conventional burner, which produces heavy smoke, environmental pollution, and lung diseases as well as negatively affecting the quality of coffee cherries quality and resulting in black colouring. PYROTECH is four to ten times cheaper than other pyrolysis systems. It will generate more than 6,5 million euros of additional income for European coffee companies and will eliminate more than 18.000 tonnes of C02 emissions in the first three years due to the carbon sequestration potential of coffee husk used and biochar produced. Currently, more than 9,5 million tonnes of green coffee beans are processed annually, from which 4,8 million tonnes are produced using the dry method. Taking into account the market size, market distribution and current interest of our potential clients, PYROTECH will cover after five years of commercialization, 18% of the total amount of pyrolysis machines needed to dry the coffee cherries.
Coffee buyers will require farmers to use PYROTECH as a result of the increased quality of the product, the decrease in the selling price and the improved health and safety conditions.

Status

CLOSED

Call topic

EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020

Update Date

27-10-2022
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Horizon 2020
H2020-EU.2. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
H2020-EU.2.1. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
H2020-EU.2.1.0. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Cross-cutting calls
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
H2020-EU.2.3. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
H2020-EU.2.3.0. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs - Cross-cutting calls
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
H2020-EU.3. SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
H2020-EU.3.0. Cross-cutting call topics
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1