Sustainable, safe-by-design, depolymerizable closed loop recyclable epoxy systems for cost efficient structures
Abstract
Materials, especially advanced materials, are the backbone and source of prosperity of an industrial society” (Materials 2030 Manifesto). The Green Deal and the Digital Decade establish high-priority policies for Europe, where 70% of all technical innovations are directly or indirectly attributed to advanced materials. Lightweight and high-strength materials have consistently played a key role in the construction of fuel-efficient and high-performing transportation structures. Lightweight materials such as glass and carbon fibres composites are commonly used due to their intrinsic properties such as high mechanical performance. However, the poor recyclability and recovery aspect poses a significant challenge. The end-of-life aspect of these materials is crucial, as when landfilled they release toxic substances into the environment. Moreover, minimising resource use, energy of manufacturing processes and optimising waste disposal of future advanced materials can help mitigate cost and product’s end-to-end footprint across its global lifecycle, thereby significantly improving its overall environmental performance. REPOXYBLE will create a new class of high-performance materials -bio-based epoxy composites- targeting cost and energy effectiveness, recyclability and sustainability. REPOXYBLE assumes an upstream approach more efficient and effective than having to address deficiencies at the end of the product development process. This approach integrates product performance, multifunctionality, sustainability, safety and potential legal concerns, while there is still time to act, on the monomers’ synthesis, the resin formulation and the future composite design. In REPOXYBLE, two complementary market applications in the aerospace and automotive sectors are used as business cases.
keywords bio-based epoxy composites nanomaterials Advanced Materials Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design Recyclability
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Project staff
Florian Part
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Florian Part
florian.part@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81344
BOKU Project Leader
01.12.2022 - 31.05.2026
Christoph Olscher
Christoph Olscher MSc.
christoph.olscher@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81320
Project Staff
01.12.2022 - 31.05.2026
BOKU partners
External partners
AVANZARE INNOVACION TECNOLOGICA SL (AVA)
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coordinator
University of Patras
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partner
Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale della Campania- DAC Scarl
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partner
Airi – Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale
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partner
SaturnTech LDA
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partner
University of Ljubljana
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Gaiker
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University of Girona
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partner
ONYRIQ LABS, S.L.
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partner