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Abstract
Global production of composite materials in 2015 will significantly exceed 10 million tons. Glass fibre reinforced composites account for more than 90 % of all the fibre-reinforced composites currently produced. Development of economically viable processes for recycling end-of-life glass fibre composites would have major economic and environmental impacts. This paper introduces and reviews the initial results of the ReCoVeR projects on enabling cost-effective performance regeneration of glass-fibres from thermal recycling of end-of-life automotive and wind energy composites. ReCoVeR technology targets treating glass fibre thermally reclaimed from GRP waste in order to regenerate a performance level which is equivalent to new fibres. Composite materials reinforced with ReCoVeR glass fibres can currently attain over 80 % of the reinforcement performance of composites produced with pristine glass fibres.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 10 |
Publication status | Published - 13 Oct 2014 |
Event | SAMPE-ACMA Composites Conference and Exposition, CAMX 2014 - Orlando, Florida, United States Duration: 13 Oct 2014 → 16 Oct 2014 |
Conference
Conference | SAMPE-ACMA Composites Conference and Exposition, CAMX 2014 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Orlando, Florida |
Period | 13/10/14 → 16/10/14 |
Keywords
- regeneration and recovery
- recylcing
- glass fibre
- composite recycling
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- 2 Finished
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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
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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