- Start: 01/09/2021
- End: 28/02/2025
BACKGROUND
There are a number of different carbon waste streams without a suitable recycling solution (i.e: manure in agriculture, biomass residues , spent activated carbon and Carbon (Glass) Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites (CFRP and GFRP) waste from end-of-life components from automotive, aerospace and wind energy (wind blades). The conventional approach has been landfilling, incineration or recovery by using cement co-processing technology. However, none of these are sustainable approaches. This is particularly alarming as end-of-life wind turbines are expected to reach 50 kton/y in 2020 and 100 kton/y by 2034. The experimental “ThorSpin” process is a promising new technology for recovering and recycling CFRP and GFRP.
OBJECTIVES
The objective of LIFE CarbonGreen project is to scale-up the “ThorSpin” process and demonstrate its cost-effectiveness and value to convert Carbon (Glass) Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites (CFRP and GFRP) waste from end-of-life wind turbines and other carbon rich waste streams (biomass, manufacturing scrap) into high-value micro-carbon. AIMEN will optimize and characterise these CG-products to ensure their market acceptance .
RESULTS
During its lifetime, the project is expected to:
• Contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions of more than 14 000 tons CO2 equiv.;
• Waste reduction of 1 750 tons;
• Demonstrate pollutant removal in indoor air, biogas and water with products that use activated carbon produced/regenerated using the proposed technology.
- Sectors: agricultural, Recycling, Wind energy
- R&D&i: waste treatment and valorisation
- Leader: BlueXPRT
- Partners: AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, Reimer, WPS, Surplus Holding BV, Vattenfall, Vattenfall Vindkraft AB, Asfalt Kennis Centrum B.V.
- Acronym: LIFE CARBONGREEN
- Ambit: International
- Web: https://carbongreen.eu/
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