Recover : regenerating the strength and value of glass fibres thermally recycled from end-of-life GRP composites

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Jenkins, Peter and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Nagel, Ulf (2016) Recover : regenerating the strength and value of glass fibres thermally recycled from end-of-life GRP composites. In: Refocus Recycling Summit & Expo, 2016-04-25 - 2016-04-27, Florida.

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Abstract

The recovery and reuse of end-of-life GRP in an environmentally friendly, cost-effective manner is one of the most important challenges facing the polymer composites industry. A number of processes for recycling GRP are available or under development. However, nearly all options deliver recycled glass fibres which are not cost-performance competitive due to the huge drop in performance of recycled glass fibre compared to its original state. A breakthrough in the regeneration of recycled glass fibre performance has the potential to totally transform the economics of recycling such GRP composites. This presentation will review the status of the ReCoVeR project which is focussed on the enabling cost-effective regeneration of the performance and value of glass fibres obtained from thermal recycling of end-of-life GRP and GRP manufacturing waste. Highlights of our latest results will be presented with emphasis on our breakthrough treatments to regenerate the properties of thermally conditioned glass fibres.

ORCID iDs

Thomason, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0868-3793

Yang, Liu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-1757

Jenkins, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3888-2155

Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0431-4053

Nagel, Ulf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6169-9367

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  Item type:	Conference or Workshop Item(Speech)
  ID code:	56335
  Dates:	Date Event 27 April 2016 Published
  Keywords:	composites, recycling, glass fibres, Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites, Polymers and Plastics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Materials Chemistry
  Subjects:	Science > Chemistry
  Department:	Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	10 May 2016 10:32
  Last modified:	18 Jan 2023 13:19
  Related URLs:	http://www.refocussummit.org/
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/56335