Wind turbine blade composite materials - End of life treatment methods

Kalkanis, K.; Psomopoulos, Constantinos S.; Kaminaris, Stavrοs D.; Ioannidis, George Ch.; Pachos, Pavlos

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2018.11.281

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“…However, qualitative criteria make the results more subjective [22]. Nonetheless, they are widely used in sustainability assessment methods that allow the use of such criteria, for example in multi-criteria analysis, as evidenced by the scientific articles analysed in this paper [25].…”

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Evaluation of Polymer Matrix Composite Waste Recycling Methods

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Iltiņa

Shanbayev

et al. 2019

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Polymer-based matrix composite materials are in high demand in many different fields: aeronautics, pressure vessel manufacturing, wind turbine blade manufacturing, and others. Due to the great mechanical properties of fiber reinforced plastics, it is a desirable material for various applications, but at the same time its heterogenic structure makes the composite waste hard to recycle. This paper focuses on different fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) waste recycling methods and their comparison by carrying out literature review and using multi-criteria decision making analysis (MCDA). Four polymer matrix composite waste recycling methods are compared to calculate which one has the best sustainability performance based on the chosen criteria. Analytical Hierarchy Process and TOPSIS are applied for criteria weighing and method comparison. Sensitivity analysis is used to evaluate the obtained results. It is concluded that more studies concerning different FRP waste recycling method sustainability performance need to be done, to derive more data, that would make MCDA more reliable and also other FRP waste recycling methods could be compared. Another conclusion is that different methods have different strengths which makes it hard to compare them. While FRP waste recycling is getting more broadly used, there still is a lot of work to establish wide spread effective system of FRP waste recycling that is both economically viable and gives the best results concerning recycled material quality.

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Section: Methods and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 98%

Evaluation of Polymer Matrix Composite Waste Recycling Methods

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Iltiņa

Shanbayev

et al. 2019

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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“…aircrafts. Thus, material fatigue properties are an important consideration in wind turbine design and materials selection [21].…”

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“…The evaluation of a wind turbine's performance should come after defining the equilibrium between environmental impacts during the lifecycle and the energy saved. The energy consumed by the entirety of processes is associated with the manufacture of a wind turbine, ranging from mining and processing of natural resources to transport and installation, while the emission payback time is the time during which avoided emissions, via use of the wind turbine, are equal to those released for manufacturing and all related processes [21].…”

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“…The total mass of composite waste from EOL wind turbines at the end of service life for such composite structures will escalate in the next decade as seen in Figure 2. [8,16,21,29]).…”

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“…Expected volumes of composite material waste from the wind energy industry until the year 2036 (Data source[8,16,21,29]). …”

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A Review of the Potential for the Recovery of Wind Turbine Blade Waste Materials

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A successful circular economy can only exist when it relies solely on renewable energy sources. The adoption of resilient business models and the consequent redesign of legislation on all sectors are essential to ensure sustainable economic growth. Wind energy can offer clean and renewable energy with a low environmental impact. Nevertheless, waste in end of life composite materials resulting from wind turbines is a problem that needs to be addressed. Composite materials are commonly used in wind turbines due to their excellent mechanical properties, matched by low weight. Notably, the recycling technologies of such materials is limited. Material flows and estimations of end of life materials are of great importance and will convince stakeholders that markets for recycling composites are viable investments.

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Study on the thermal transformation of basic components of wind turbine blade

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To alleviate the environmental pollution caused by waste wind turbine blades and provide new ideas for recycling, the thermochemical characteristics of four basic components of composite materials commonly used in wind turbine blades were studied in this paper. Thermogravimetric experiments in different atmospheres and heating rates, and thermogravimetric‐infrared combined experiments were carried out. The results show that the reaction of epoxy resin and thermoplastic polyurethane was easy and deep in N2 and CO2. Except for glass fiber, the other three components showed different combustion characteristics in air. The maximum reaction rates and activation energy of resin‐based components in N2 increased with increasing heating rate. The pyrolysis products of the four basic components all contained CO2 and CO, and some aromatic substances could be generated during the thermal transformation of epoxy resin and thermoplastic polyurethane. It can be concluded that the thermal transformation properties of the basic components of the composite material of wind turbine blades can be used to treat the waste blades, making the resin as the matrix material undergo a thermal transformation reaction and recover the fiber. This is to effectively guarantee the green and sustainable development of wind power generation.

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Wind turbine blade composite materials - End of life treatment methods

Cited by 40 publications

References 12 publications

Evaluation of Polymer Matrix Composite Waste Recycling Methods

Evaluation of Polymer Matrix Composite Waste Recycling Methods

A Review of the Potential for the Recovery of Wind Turbine Blade Waste Materials

Study on the thermal transformation of basic components of wind turbine blade

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