Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste

MY Khalid, ZU Arif, M Hossain, R Umer - Renewable Energy Focus, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind is a clean, efficient, fastest-growing, renewable energy source, which is extensively
applied for power generation. The expected design lifetime of a wind turbine lies between …

A comprehensive review on the recycling of discarded printed circuit boards for resource recovery

S Mir, N Dhawan - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are an essential and central component of electronic waste.
The rapid depletion of natural resources, massive generation of end-of-life PCBs and …

[HTML][HTML] Recycling of fiber reinforced composites with a focus on thermoplastic composites

R Bernatas, S Dagréou, A Despax-Ferreres… - Cleaner Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
With an increasing demand for composite materials in many fields, awareness concerning
their waste management collection and treatment is rising. An overview of the composite …

A review of thermoplastic polymer foams for functional applications

G Wu, P Xie, H Yang, K Dang, Y Xu, M Sain… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Recently, functional applications of thermoplastic foams have received extensive attention
from the research and materials communities, focusing on their various applications, key …

Eco-friendly recovery of base and precious metals from waste printed circuit boards by step-wise glycine leaching: process optimization, kinetics modeling, and …

M Rezaee, R Saneie, A Mohammadzadeh… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glycine as a green alternative to cyanide for gold leaching is a promising reagent to put a
curb on the environmental footprints of conventional hydrometallurgical processes. This …

Sustainable additive manufacturing: Mechanical response of polypropylene over multiple recycling processes

N Vidakis, M Petousis, L Tzounis, A Maniadi… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The recycling of polymeric materials has received a steadily growing scientific and industrial
interest due to the increase in demand and production of durable and lightweight plastic …

Enhanced bromine fixation and tar lightweighting in co-pyrolysis of non-metallic fractions of waste printed circuit boards with Bayer red mud

Y Chen, Y Ke, S Liang, J Hu, H Hou, J Yang - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
A co-pyrolysis process for non-metallic fractions (NMFs) from WPCBs with Bayer red mud
(RM) is proposed to upgrade pyrolysis products in this study. High bromine fixation efficiency …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale viscoplastic modeling of recycled glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites: Experimental and numerical investigations

M Nachtane, F Meraghni, G Chatzigeorgiou… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the main challenges facing fiber-reinforced polymer composites is the lack of options
for end-of-life recycling. The environmental impact of waste materials disposed of at landfill …

Structural study and metal speciation assessments of waste PCBs and environmental implications: Outlooks for choosing efficient recycling routes

F Vakilchap, SM Mousavi - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental protection from risks and disposal management of discarded mobile phone
printed circuit boards (MPhPCBs) is a global issue. Although recycling is proposed as a …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of impact resistance performance of carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene composites with different lamination to applicate fender parts

DJ Kwon, YJ Jang, SB Yang, JH Yeum, JH Jung… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic composites are rapidly emerging as alternative materials for auto parts owing
to recyclability as well as excellent stiffness-and strength-to weight ratios. In this study, an …