European recycling and circularity in large composite components (EuReComp)
Program: HORIZONTE EUROPA
Reference: 101058089
RESOLUTION Date: 05/20/2022
Execution date: 01/04/2022-31/03/2026
The incipient use of composite materials (fiberglass or carbon fiber) during the last 25 years in the wind energy, aeronautical and naval sectors has grown exponentially. By 2030, it is expected that around one million tons of composite materials will need to be disposed of in the European Union and two million tons worldwide. These materials are usually dumped as inert waste in landfills. In order to improve the circularity of the sectors related to composite materials, some countries of the European Union (Austria, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands) have modified their legislation for a more rational disposal of composite materials by banning direct disposal in landfills, with the aim of promoting more circular economies. Creating the need to develop new routes and circular recycling or reuse strategies for composite materials.
In this area EuReComp promotes the development of sustainable and circular processes through the recycling and reuse of composite materials (based on glass and carbon fiber) from various sectors, such as the aeronautical and wind energy sectors. EuReComp develops different circular strategies related to the redesign, dismantling and scrapping of wind turbine blades and aeronautical parts made of composite materials at the end of their useful life. The redesign of these components and the development of circular strategies seeks to reduce and improve the efficiency of waste management. In order to demonstrate the benefits of developing new circular recycling strategies, modeling will be carried out using integrated life cycle analysis techniques in digital environments by software development companies with experience in this field.
The EuReComp consortium is made up of partners from Greece, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cyprus, the Netherlands and Spain. The consortium will develop composite recycling and reuse technologies related to Solvolysis chemical techniques to carry out the recycling of complete composite parts as well as the continuous fiber forming the composites. In order to incorporate these recycled materials into recycling strategies and to ensure circularity, demonstrators will be carried out incorporating the recycling and reuse of composite materials, through the development of manufacturing processes that integrate composite materials and recycled fibers into new products, thus closing the circularity of the recycling routes. Second generations of parts will be designed and manufactured using recycled composite materials through advanced manufacturing processes based on additive manufacturing, filament winding, RTM and VARI techniques by industrial companies in the automotive, aeronautical and marine sectors.
ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION (NTUA),
INEGI – INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (INEGI)
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN (TUD)
ELBE FLUGZEUGWERKE GMBH (EFW)
TIRIAKIDIS BASILEIOS ANONIMI BIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI TECHNIKI ETAIRIA AE (B&T)
INNOVATION IN RESEARCH & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS (IRES)
HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK WIRTSCHAFT UND KULTUR LEIPZIG (HTWK)
KUNSTSTOFF-ZENTRUM IN LEIPZIG GGMBH (KUZ)
DALLARA AUTOMOBILI SPA (DAL)
POLITECHNIKA SLASKA (SUT
INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON (ITA)
POLITECNICO DI TORINO (POLITO),
NORTHWESTERN METALLURGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (AIMEN)
PANEPISTIMIO PATRON (UPAT),
BIOG3D MONOPROSOPI IKE (BIOG3D),
EASN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SERVICES BVBA (EASN)
STRATAGEM ENERGY LTD (STRATA)
ANTHONY, PATRICK & MURTA-EXPORTACAO LDA (APM)
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN
FORSCHUNG EV (FRAUN)
CIRCULARISE BV (CIRC)
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET: 8,903,632.50€.
TOTAL BUDGET ITAINNOVA: 458.592,66 €.
TOTAL PROJECT SUBSIDY: 8.903.632,50€.
TOTAL FINANCING ITANNOVA: 465,125 €.
“Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.”
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101058089.
The statements made herein do not necessarily have the consent or agreement of the EuReComp Consortium. These represent the opinion and findings of the author(s).
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