Research contracts supported by public funding
Cod., tit.: 2019-CP067, Long term loading tests for T wood-concrete beams
Fin: University of A Coruña
Part.: EPS (USC)
Dur.: 3/06/2019-14/06/2019
A.: 3,450€
P.I.: Guaita Fernández, M.
Cod., tit.: Civil UAVs Initiative, phase II (RPF-B): forest management TIERRA-4
Fin.: Galician Innovation Agency (Galician Regional Goverment) cofunded by ERDF
Part.: Tierra-4, joint business venture (USC, Cotesa, 3edata, CETEMAS)
Dur.: 08/05/2019-03/07/2021
C.: 1,092,025€
I.P.: Rubinos Román, M. (UTE), Díaz Varela, R. (USC)
Part. UXAFORES: Álvarez González, J.G.
Cod., tit.: 2018-CE218, Using remote sensing for sustainable forest management (XESTAL) conecta peme 2018
Fin.: Cerna Ingeniería y Asesoría Medioambiental, S.L.P. (funded by CONECTA PEME 2018 project IN852A 2018/98 XESTAL)
Part.: EPS (USC)
Dur.: 01/06/2018-31/05/2020
A.: 40,255€
P.I.: Diéguez Aranda, U.
Cod., tit.: 2018-CE222 UMI, Circular economy of wood to promote low-energy construction (UMI-USC-PEMADE-FINSA)
Fin.: Financiera Maderera S.A., FINSA (Grant for the creation and start-up of mixed research units IN853A-2018/01)
Part.: PEMADE-USC
Dur.: 15/10/2018-30/09/2021
A.: 360,648.90€
P.I.: Guaita Fernández, M.
Cod., tit.: 2018-CL055, Specialized engineering service to fix the south wing of the San Domingos de Bonaval convent
Fin.: Consortium of the City of Santiago de Compostela
Part.: EPS (USC)
Dur.: 01/09/2018-01/09/2019
A.: 6,000 €
P.I.: Guaita Fernández, M.
Cod., tit.: 2018-CP069, Contract for determining fuel moisture content within the "CIVIL UAVs INITIATIVE" project for the Centro de Investigación Forestal de Lourizán
Fin.: INGACAL-Galician Institute for Food Quality (Galician Regional Government)
Dur.: 01/06/2018-30/11/2018
A.: 26,500€
P.I.: Ruiz González, A.D.
Cod., tit.: 2018-CP076, Implementation of alignments to timber grading in mixed pieces of 9 m length T beams, manufactured with glued laminated timber (glulam) and concrete composite by using perforated laminated veneer glued with epoxy resin
Fin: University of A Coruña
Part.: EPS (USC)
Dur: 1/06/2018-31/12/2019
A.: 6,280.99€€
P.I.: Manuel Guaita Fernández
Cod., tit.: 2018-CP123, Quantifying lateral fluxes of particulate carbon in fire-prone forests
Fin: University of Melbourne
Part.: EPS (USC)
Dur.: 01/09/2018-31/12/2019
A.: 2,045€
P.I.: Merino García, A.
Cod., tit.: 2017-CE214, Bio economy of Salix
Fin: INTASA S.A. (contract funded by FEADER 2017/019 Galician Regional Government Project)
Part.: EPS (USC)
Dur: 1/09/2017-15/10/2020
A.: 47.715€
P.I.: Rojo Alboreca, A.
Objectives
The generic objective of the project is to innovate in obtaining bioproducts through the willow biorefinery, evaluating the possibilities of short rotation forestry plantations with improved material of the species as an economically and environmentally beneficial alternative for many abandoned or underused lands in Galicia, or as a complement for livestock farms that need to diversify with more environmental alternatives (effluent filter, etc.).
Results
Several demonstration short rotation plantations with willows (with the Terranova clone) in the municipalities of San Sadurniño and Mesía (A Coruña) have been carried out and analysed. Different equations for total, wood and bark dry biomass have been developed. In addition, biorefinery methodologies have been fine-tuned to obtain various willow bio-products: xylitol from wood, and condensed tannins from bark. The project has shown that short rotation forestry with willows can be an economically viable and environmentally responsible alternative for many lands in Galicia that are currently abandoned or underused.
Partial results of the project can be found in: Pérez López, Cristian. 2019. Productivity of short rotation plantations of Salix spp. in Galicia . Master's final Project, Master’s in Forest Engineering. September 2019. Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering, Lugo, University of Santiago de Compostela. 72 pp. (in Spanish)
Cod., tit.: 2017-CE231, Development of a digital prototype and mobile application for wood
Fin: Maderera de Cospeito, S.L. (contract funded by FEADER 2017/035A, Galician Regional Government Project)
Part.: EPS (USC)
Dur: 1/09/2017-31/10/2018
A.: 43.041,59€
P.I.: Diéguez Aranda, U.