Recover: regenerating the strength and value of thermally recycled glass fibres

James L. Thomason; Liu Yang; Eduardo L. Saez; Ulf Nagel

Recover: regenerating the strength and value of thermally recycled glass fibres

James L. Thomason, Liu Yang, Eduardo L. Saez, Ulf Nagel

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

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Results are presented from the ReCoVeR project on the regeneration of the strength of thermally conditioned glass fibres. Thermal recycling of end-of-life glass fibre reinforced composites or composite manufacturing waste delivers fibres with virtually no residual strength or value. Composites produced from such fibres also have extremely poor mechanical performance. Data is presented showing that a short hot sodium hydroxide solution treatment of such recycled fibres can more than triple their strength and restore their ability to act as an effective reinforcement in second life composite materials. The implications of these results for real materials reuse of recycled glass fibres as replacement for pristine reinforcement fibres are discussed.

Original language	English
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 26 Jun 2016
Event	European Conference on Composite Materials - ECCM 17 - Berlin, Germany Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 30 Jun 2016

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Conference	European Conference on Composite Materials - ECCM 17
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	26/06/16 → 30/06/16

Keywords

recycling
glass fibres
mechanical properties
composites
surface treatments

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Towards Affordable, Closed-Loop Recyclable Future Low Carbon Vehicle Structures (TARF-LCF)
Thomason, J. (Principal Investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/12/11 → 30/05/16
Project: Research
ReCoVeR: ReCoVeR - Regenerated Composite Value Reinforcement
Thomason, J. (Principal Investigator) & Ijomah, W. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/11/11 → 31/07/15
Project: Research

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Regenerating the strength of thermally recycled glass fibres using hot sodium hydroxide
Thomason, J. L., Nagel, U., Yang, L. & Sáez, E., 1 Aug 2016, In: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 87, p. 220-227 8 p.
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Towards Affordable, Closed-Loop Recyclable Future Low Carbon Vehicle Structures (TARF-LCF)

ReCoVeR: ReCoVeR - Regenerated Composite Value Reinforcement

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Regenerating the strength of thermally recycled glass fibres using hot sodium hydroxide

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