Microwave heating as a means for carbon fibre recovery from polymer composites: a technical feasibility study

By E. Lester, S. Kingman, Kok Hoong Wong, C. Rudd, S. Pickering, N. Hilal. 2004

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Subfields: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering

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Recycling and reuse of composite materials for wind turbine blades: An overview (2019, methodology): “Lester et al.(27) used a multi-mode microwave resonant cavity with a power of 3 kW for 8 s to decompose CFRP with an epoxy resin matrix, rCF can be obtained with excellent mechanical properties and clean surfaces.”
Economic and environmental assessment of recovery and disposal pathways for CFRP waste management (2018, background): “, 2012, 2013) or microwave radiation (microwave) (Lester et al., 2004; Akesson et al., 2013; Obunai et al., 2015) into heat or residual liquid; and (3) Solvolysis techniques in which matrix is decomposed by chemical reactions in water or in other organic liquids at atmospheric pressure or supercriti”
Microwave pyrolysis as a method of recycling glass fibre from used blades of wind turbines (2012, methodology): “Lester et al.16 used microwave pyrolysis in order to recycle carbon fibre-reinforced composites, with promising results.”
Recycling carbon fibre reinforced polymers for structural applications: technology review and market outlook. (2011, methodology): “A variation of the pyrolysis process, using a continuous microwave approach (which avoids char formation, Lester et al. 2004) has been implemented by Firebird Advanced Materials, Inc., in the USA (Hunter 2009).”
Near- and supercritical solvolysis of carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) for recycling carbon fibers as a valuable resource: State of the art (2012, methodology): “[35] In 2007, a pilot-scale installation has been built by Firebird Advanced Materials Inc in Raleigh,”
Recycling of fiber-reinforced composites and direct structural composite recycling concept (2014, methodology): “The authors mentioned that recovered fibers were moderately clean but still had some small remnants on the surface topology.(25) Meyer et al.”
Composite Material Recycling Technology—State-of-the-Art and Sustainable Development for the 2020s (2020, unknown): “Apart from the pyrolysis processes for recycled carbon fibers, there are solvolysis [121,122] and fluidized bed techniques [3,123,124] which are promising as far as decreased energy consumption is concerned.”