Recycling and Recovery of Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites for End-of-Life Wind Turbine Blades Management

Y Shen, SE Apraku, Y Zhu - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The 3R (reuse, recycling, and recovery) management of waste wind turbine blades (WTBs)
is becoming a hot subject, since it has a great practical significance to dispose the upcoming …

A comprehensive review of sustainable solutions for reusing wind turbine blade waste materials

A Hasheminezhad, Z Nazari, B Yang, H Ceylan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
By 2050, approximately 43 million tons of wind-turbine blade (WTB) waste materials will
have accumulated, emphasizing the critical importance of effective waste management …

More mixed-integer linear programming models for solving three-stage remanufacturing system scheduling problem

W Wang, G Tian, M Luo, H Zhang, G Yuan… - Computers & Industrial …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper aims to deal with the three-stage remanufacturing system scheduling problem
(3T-RSSP) that minimizes the maximum completion time ie, makespan. To this end, inspired …

Sustainability Implications of Current Approaches to End-of-Life of Wind Turbine Blades—A Review

EL Delaney, PG Leahy, JM McKinley, TR Gentry… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the sustainability of wind power has been called into question because there
are currently no truly sustainable solutions to the problem of how to deal with the non …

Compressive behavior of concrete-filled FRP tubes with FRP solid waste as recycled aggregates: Experimental study and analytical modelling

B Zhang, J Sun, S Zhang, C Zhou, Z Fan, Y Yan… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The disposal and recycling of FRP (Fiber-Reinforced Polymer) solid waste pose significant
challenges globally, with a recycling rate of less than 10%. Current methods of handling …

Identification and Environmental Assessments for Different Scenarios of Repurposed Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades

P Johst, M Kucher, M Bühl, P Schulz, R Kupfer… - Materials Circular …, 2023 - Springer
The rapidly growing wind industry poses a fundamental problem for wind turbine blade
(WTB) disposal in many areas of the world. WTBs are primarily manufactured from …

Concept and Life Cycle Assessment of a Tiny House Made from Root Section Structures of a Decommissioned Large-Scale Wind Turbine Blade as a Repurposed …

P Johst, KR Chatzipanagiotou, M Kucher… - Materials Circular …, 2024 - Springer
With the green energy transition, the wind industry has grown rapidly in recent decades.
Wind turbine blades (WTBs) are primarily manufactured from glass fibers and thermoset …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable repurpose of end-of-life fiber reinforced polymer composites: A new circular pedestrian bridge concept

A André, M Juntikka, C Mattsson, T Hammar… - Journal of environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to global challenges in resource supply, many industries are adopting the
principles of the Circular Economy (CE) to improve their resource acquisition strategies. This …

[HTML][HTML] Stiffness assessment of the laminate recovered from end-of-life wind turbine blade

A Sabik, J Kluska, J Zembrzuski - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
In the paper the stiffness parameters of the laminate recovered from an aerodynamic shell of
a decommissioned wind turbine blade are evaluated. The aim of the work is to assess …

Experimental Testing and Numerical Analysis of a GFRP BladePole Prototype Repurposed from a Decommissioned GE37 Wind Turbine Blade

AA Alshannaq, JA Respert, Y Henao… - … of Composites for …, 2025 - ascelibrary.org
Glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites are the main constituents of wind turbine
blades. Due to the large numbers of wind turbine blades deployed around the globe and …