Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials for the Circular Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

Übersicht

How advanced technologies and systemic solutions can promote the transition from a linear to a circular economy of fiber-reinforced composite materials.

Lehrplan

• Board
• Week 0 - Course Introduction
• Week 1 - Supply Chain
• Geographical and sectorial mapping and distribution of end-of-life (EoL) composite waste
• Typical composition and technical features (e.g. typical sizes, parts etc.)
• Issues related to dismantling, transportation and logistics
• Selection of EoL composite parts in relation to their second life use (e.g. selection criteria, definition of key performance indicators etc.)
• Week 2 - De-manufacturing and Re-manufacturing of Composite Parts and Structures
• Advanced material identification and characterization methods (e.g. non-destructive techniques, decision-support systems based on artificial intelligence, etc.)
• Advanced repair, reuse and remanufacturing strategies for complex EoL composite parts (e.g. laser-shock-assisted active dismantling of multilayer structures, T-assisted reshaping)
• Advanced recycling technologies for fiber and matrix liberation (e.g. electrofragmentation, catalyst-assisted low-T green solvolysis)
• Week 3 - Next Generation Recyclable by Design Composites
• Design strategies for reusability and recyclability of composite components (e.g. modular design)
• Advanced technologies for recyclable-by-design composite components (e.g. reversible joining approaches, reversible adhesives, reversible resins)
• Chemical foundations for reversible material systems
• Advanced material characterization techniques and reprocessing (e.g. single-fiber testing, fiber resizing, resin characterization strategies for reuse)
• Week 4 - Circular Economy and Sustainability
• The circular economy - general principles and application to the composite field
• Innovation management and circular business plans - general principles and application to reuse and recycling of composite parts and materials-digital technologies for the circular economy
• Environmental and socio-economic sustainbility assessment - general principles and application to the composite field
• Risks
• Knowledge management and intellectual property
• Additional Resources

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Unterrichtet von

Gianmarco Griffini, Mohammad Jawad Berro, Alexander Erler, Jurij Giacomelli, Michael Haumann, Kirsten Lange, Eric Le Gal La Salle, Volker Mathes, Maxime Olive, Essi Sarlin, and Christina Vogiantzi

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Fachgebiete

Science