ENCORK

ELECTRONIC NOSE TO DETECT HALOANISOLES IN CORK STOPPERS

Coordinatore	ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS CATALONIA, SA    more  Organization address address: CALLE VICTOR PRADERA 45 city: CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT BARCELONA postcode: 8940 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Anna Cognome: Szathmáry Email: send email Telefono: +34 932049922 Fax: +34 93 204 98 66
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	1˙257˙827 €
EC contributo	971˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2013
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2014
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2014-01-01   -   2015-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS CATALONIA, SA  Organization address address: CALLE VICTOR PRADERA 45 city: CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT BARCELONA postcode: 8940 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Anna Cognome: Szathmáry Email: send email Telefono: +34 932049922 Fax: +34 93 204 98 66	ES (CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT BARCELONA)	coordinator	65˙004.00
2	SOCIETA AGRICOLA PALTRINIERI GIANFRANCO SOCIETA SEMPLICE  Organization address address: VIA CRISTO 49 city: SORBARA MODENA postcode: 41030 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Barbara Cognome: Galassi Email: send email Telefono: +39 059902047 Fax: 39059902047	IT (SORBARA MODENA)	participant	222˙858.00
3	INNOSENSOR SRL  Organization address address: VIA DELLA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA SNC city: ROMA postcode: 133 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Francesca Cognome: Dini Email: send email Telefono: +39 0672597347	IT (ROMA)	participant	216˙229.00
4	SZERVIN GEPGYARTO SZOLGALTATO ES KERESKEDELMI  Organization address address: FO UTCA 1 B city: AKASZTO postcode: 6221 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Péter Cognome: Kuncz Email: send email Telefono: +36 78451363 Fax: +36 78451364	HU (AKASZTO)	participant	204˙820.00
5	QUINTA HOLMINHOS UNIPESSOAL LDA  Organization address address: RUA PRINCIPAL SEIXO DE MANHOSES city: VILA FLOR postcode: 5360 189 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Vitor Cognome: Morais Email: send email Telefono: +351 916187690	PT (VILA FLOR)	participant	185˙363.00
6	PROVINCIA DI MODENA  Organization address address: VIALE MARTIRI DELLA LIBERTA 34 city: MODENA postcode: 41121 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Paola Cognome: Siragusa Email: send email Telefono: +39 3666123341 Fax: +39 059209770	IT (MODENA)	participant	38˙318.00
7	INSTITUT CATALA DEL SURO CONSORCIO  Organization address address: CALLE BARRIS I BUIXO 4 city: PALAFRUGELL GIRONA postcode: 17200 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Miquel Cognome: Mascort Email: send email Telefono: +34 972300227	ES (PALAFRUGELL GIRONA)	participant	20˙632.00
8	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA  Organization address address: VIA ORAZIO RAIMONDO 18 city: ROMA postcode: 173 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Renato Cognome: Lauro Email: send email Telefono: +39 06 72592226 Fax: +39 06 7236605	IT (ROMA)	participant	17˙776.00
9	ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS HUNGARY KFT  Organization address address: TETENYI UT 84-86 city: BUDAPEST postcode: 1119 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Dora Cognome: Molnár Email: send email Telefono: +36 1 787 4024	HU (BUDAPEST)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Inasmuch as it is expected that cork stoppers will continue to be the preferred choice of wine bottlers, it is necessary to address a major drawback associated with the use of cork. Cork taint refers to a common fault in wine, associated with the presence of haloanisole compounds (particularly, 2,4,6-trichloroanisole or TCA) in large enough concentrations above 2ppt (2ng/l) to degrade the sensorial attributes of wine.

Recent studies have proven that TCA contamination affects over 5% of commercial bottled wine. Though oak trees are not the only source of TCA contamination, cork is indeed the primary carrier, which explains the designation “cork taint”. Providing means to prevent contaminated cork stoppers to be used in the bottles would have positive impact in wine consumers satisfaction and confidence in the use of cork as raw material for manufacturing cork stoppers with significant economic consequences.

The proposed system would be based in the odor detection technology successfully applied in electronic noses that allow sensing of very low concentration levels of Volatile Organic Compounds (V.O.C.). Using an electronic nose to detect the presence of contaminants in the cork stoppers would allow the separation of the contaminated ones before they enter the supply chain.

The technological foundation already exists but it is necessary to improve the applied cost and speed of operation, tailoring them to the application. This technology could be applied in bottling lines, testing each cork stopper individually before its insertion and discarding those that have unacceptable levels of contaminants. In the cork stopper production plant it could be used in for individual cork stopper verification. This would allow the creation of a new category of value added product.'