European recycling and circularity in large composite components

Digital, Industry & SpaceHORIZON-RIAID: 101058089
EC Contribution
€89,036
Consortium Size
20 orgs
Start Year
2022
Summary

EUReCOMP aims to provide sustainable methods towards recycling and reuse of composite materials, coming from components used in various industries, such as aeronautics and wind energy. The main pathways to achieve circularity will include: i) repairing, repurposing and redesigning parts from end-of-life large scale products and ii) recycling and reclamation of the materials used in such parts; thus, accomplishing reduction of waste and transformation to high-added value products.

Consortium (20)

Project Results (18)

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Publications (15)
Automatic Detection of Defects Using Active Thermography
Engineering Proceedings· 2025DOI
Miguel Gómez Fernández; Castro Boga, David
Computational Fluid Dynamics as a Digital Tool for Enhancing Safety Uptake in Advanced Manufacturing Environments Within a Safe-by-Design Strategy
Materials (Special Issue)· 2025DOI
Voultsou, Dionysia Maria; Saliakas, Stratos; Damilos, Spyridon; Koumoulos, Elias
A Comparative Analysis of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods and Normalization Techniques in Holistic Sustainability Assessment for Engineering Applications
Aerospace (Special Issue)· 2024DOI
Malefaki, Sonia; Markatos, Dionysios; Filippatos, Angelos; Pantelakis, Spiros
A Novel Plasma-Enhanced Solvolysis as Alternative for Recycling Composites
Polymers· 2024DOI
Marinis, Dimitrios; Amanatides, Eleftherios; Markatos, Dionysios; Farsari, Ergina; Mataras, Dimitrios; Pantelakis, Spiros
Chemical recovery of carbon fibers from composites via plasma assisted solvolysis
Journal of Physics: Conference Series· 2024DOI
Amanatides, Eleftherios; Marinis, Dimitrios; Farsari, E; Alexandridou, C; Mataras, Dimitrios
Concept and Life Cycle Assessment of a Tiny House Made from Root Section Structures of a Decommissioned Large-Scale Wind Turbine Blade as a Repurposed Application
Materials Circular Economy· 2024DOI
P. Johst; K.-R. Chatzipanagiotou; M. Kucher; W. Zschiebsch; P. Voigt; D. Breinl; E. P. Koumoulos; R. Böhm
Eco-efficient manufacturing: Transforming end-of-life wind turbine blade components into floats for PV-floating systems
MATEC Web of Conferences Volume 401 (2024)· 2024DOI
Johst, Philipp; Dimitrij, Seibert; Zschiebsch, Willi; Kucher, Michael; Carneiro, Carlos; Araújo, Andreia; Santos, Raquel Miriam; Rodriguez-Ortiz, Leandro A.; Böhm, Robert
Performance Restoration of Chemically Recycled Carbon Fibres Through Surface Modification with Sizing
Polymers (Special Issue)· 2024DOI
Semitekolos, Dionisis; Zecchi, Silvia; Marinis, Dimitrios; Farsari, Ergina; Amanatides, Eleftherios; Sajdak, Marcin; Sobek, Szymon; Smok, Weronika; Tanski, Tomasz; Werle, Sebastian; tagliaferro, alberto; Charitidis, Costas
Recent Trends of Recycling and Upcycling of Polymers and Composites: A Comprehensive Review
Recycling· 2024DOI
Podara, Christina; Termine, Stefania; Modestou, Maria; Semitekolos, Dionisis; Tsirogiannis, Christos; Karamitrou, Melpo; Trompeta, Aikaterini-Flora; Kosanovic Milickovic, Tatjana; Charitidis, Costas
A Micromechanical Modeling Approach for the Estimation of the Weathering-Induced Degradation of Wind Turbine Blades
Materials Circular Economy· 2023DOI
Michael Kucher; Philipp Johst; Miguel Lizaranzu; Francisco Lahuerta; Robert Böhm
Decommissioning Inventory for Wind Turbine Blades Installed Until 2022 in Europe
Materials Circular Economy· 2023DOI
F. Lahuerta; D. Gesto; C. Prieto; P. Johst; M. Kucher; E. Mozas; O. Gracia; R. Böhm; J. M. Bielsa
Identification and Environmental Assessments for Different Scenarios of Repurposed Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades
Materials Circular Economy· 2023DOI
P. Johst; M. Kucher; M. Bühl; P. Schulz; R. Kupfer; L. Schilling; R. M. Santos; C. Carneiro; P. Voigt; N. Modler; R. Böhm
Identification of circular eco-subsystems for end-of-life aviation composite components based on a systematized R6-strategy
Journal of Physics: Conference Series· 2023DOI
P Johst, M Kucher, P Schulz, A Knorr, R Kupfer, R Böhm
Sensitivity Analysis of a Hybrid MCDM Model for Sustainability Assessment—An Example from the Aviation Industry
Aerospace, Volume 10, Issue 4 (April 2023)· 2023DOI
Dionysios N. Markatos, Sonia Malefaki and Spiros G. Pantelakis
Sustainability
Sustainability· 2023DOI
Konstantina-Roxani Chatzipanagiotou; Despoina Antypa; Foteini Petrakli; Anna Karatza; Krzysztof Pikoń; Magdalena Bogacka; Nikolina Poranek; Sebastian Werle; Eleftherios Amanatides; Dimitrios Mataras; Elias P. Koumoulos
Deliverables (3)