No Cover Image

Journal article 473 views

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

Muhammad Yasir Khalid, Zia Ullah Arif, Mokarram Hossain Orcid Logo, Rehan Umer

Renewable Energy Focus, Volume: 44, Pages: 373 - 389

Swansea University Author: Mokarram Hossain Orcid Logo

Full text not available from this repository: check for access using links below.

Check full text

DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.ref.2023.02.001

Abstract

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 20 to 25 years and requires decommissioning at its end-of-life (EOL) stage. In recent years, the global trend is shifte...

Full description

Published in: Renewable Energy Focus
ISSN: 1755-0084
Published: Elsevier BV 2023
Online Access: Check full text

URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62640
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
first_indexed 2023-02-09T11:03:28Z
last_indexed 2023-03-07T04:17:48Z
id cronfa62640
recordtype SURis
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0"?><rfc1807><datestamp>2023-03-06T14:15:10.9419520</datestamp><bib-version>v2</bib-version><id>62640</id><entry>2023-02-09</entry><title>Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste</title><swanseaauthors><author><sid>140f4aa5c5ec18ec173c8542a7fddafd</sid><ORCID>0000-0002-4616-1104</ORCID><firstname>Mokarram</firstname><surname>Hossain</surname><name>Mokarram Hossain</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author></swanseaauthors><date>2023-02-09</date><deptcode>GENG</deptcode><abstract>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 20 to 25 years and requires decommissioning at its end-of-life (EOL) stage. In recent years, the global trend is shifted towards power generation through wind turbines and has globally increased the decommissioned wind turbine blades (WTBs). Compared to other components of wind turbines, it is not convenient to recycle the carbon/glass fiber-reinforced composite-based WTBs, due to their complicated nature and inhomogeneity. Additionally, it is extremely dangerous to landfill or incinerate WTBs, as these strategies may result in severe health and environmental issues. Consequently, recycling of WTBs is a viable pathway for the renewable energy sector that ensures the sustainability of wind turbines. To date, only 80% - 85% of the wind turbine materials can be recycled but have potential to reach at 100 % through proper attention required on recovery of all wind turbine materials and adaptation of circular economy (CE) models. The motivation behind this review is to emphasize the importance of sustainable options to treat WTB wastes and minimize the utilization of conventional EOL approaches such as landfilling and incineration. This review also shed lights on the current research and development (R&amp;D) projects, which are related to the adaption of various hybrid recycling technologies and CE models. Moreover, this review also highlights current challenges and future developments of WTB composites. It is concluded that concerted efforts should be made by each of the individuals, such as researchers, policy makers, and legislative and industrialist stake holders to improve the viability and effectiveness of the wind energy.</abstract><type>Journal Article</type><journal>Renewable Energy Focus</journal><volume>44</volume><journalNumber/><paginationStart>373</paginationStart><paginationEnd>389</paginationEnd><publisher>Elsevier BV</publisher><placeOfPublication/><isbnPrint/><isbnElectronic/><issnPrint>1755-0084</issnPrint><issnElectronic/><keywords>Wind turbine blades, recycling, circular economy, composite waste, glass fibers, carbon fibers</keywords><publishedDay>1</publishedDay><publishedMonth>3</publishedMonth><publishedYear>2023</publishedYear><publishedDate>2023-03-01</publishedDate><doi>10.1016/j.ref.2023.02.001</doi><url/><notes/><college>COLLEGE NANME</college><department>General Engineering</department><CollegeCode>COLLEGE CODE</CollegeCode><DepartmentCode>GENG</DepartmentCode><institution>Swansea University</institution><apcterm/><funders/><projectreference/><lastEdited>2023-03-06T14:15:10.9419520</lastEdited><Created>2023-02-09T10:56:27.2313928</Created><path><level id="1">Faculty of Science and Engineering</level><level id="2">School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Uncategorised</level></path><authors><author><firstname>Muhammad Yasir</firstname><surname>Khalid</surname><order>1</order></author><author><firstname>Zia Ullah</firstname><surname>Arif</surname><order>2</order></author><author><firstname>Mokarram</firstname><surname>Hossain</surname><orcid>0000-0002-4616-1104</orcid><order>3</order></author><author><firstname>Rehan</firstname><surname>Umer</surname><order>4</order></author></authors><documents><document><filename>Under embargo</filename><originalFilename>Under embargo</originalFilename><uploaded>2023-02-09T11:02:12.2754058</uploaded><type>Output</type><contentLength>9045197</contentLength><contentType>application/pdf</contentType><version>Accepted Manuscript</version><cronfaStatus>true</cronfaStatus><embargoDate>2024-02-06T00:00:00.0000000</embargoDate><documentNotes>&#xA9;2023 All rights reserved. All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC-BY-NC-ND)</documentNotes><copyrightCorrect>true</copyrightCorrect><language>eng</language><licence>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/</licence></document></documents><OutputDurs/></rfc1807>
spelling 2023-03-06T14:15:10.9419520 v2 62640 2023-02-09 Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste 140f4aa5c5ec18ec173c8542a7fddafd 0000-0002-4616-1104 Mokarram Hossain Mokarram Hossain true false 2023-02-09 GENG 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 20 to 25 years and requires decommissioning at its end-of-life (EOL) stage. In recent years, the global trend is shifted towards power generation through wind turbines and has globally increased the decommissioned wind turbine blades (WTBs). Compared to other components of wind turbines, it is not convenient to recycle the carbon/glass fiber-reinforced composite-based WTBs, due to their complicated nature and inhomogeneity. Additionally, it is extremely dangerous to landfill or incinerate WTBs, as these strategies may result in severe health and environmental issues. Consequently, recycling of WTBs is a viable pathway for the renewable energy sector that ensures the sustainability of wind turbines. To date, only 80% - 85% of the wind turbine materials can be recycled but have potential to reach at 100 % through proper attention required on recovery of all wind turbine materials and adaptation of circular economy (CE) models. The motivation behind this review is to emphasize the importance of sustainable options to treat WTB wastes and minimize the utilization of conventional EOL approaches such as landfilling and incineration. This review also shed lights on the current research and development (R&D) projects, which are related to the adaption of various hybrid recycling technologies and CE models. Moreover, this review also highlights current challenges and future developments of WTB composites. It is concluded that concerted efforts should be made by each of the individuals, such as researchers, policy makers, and legislative and industrialist stake holders to improve the viability and effectiveness of the wind energy. Journal Article Renewable Energy Focus 44 373 389 Elsevier BV 1755-0084 Wind turbine blades, recycling, circular economy, composite waste, glass fibers, carbon fibers 1 3 2023 2023-03-01 10.1016/j.ref.2023.02.001 COLLEGE NANME General Engineering COLLEGE CODE GENG Swansea University 2023-03-06T14:15:10.9419520 2023-02-09T10:56:27.2313928 Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Uncategorised Muhammad Yasir Khalid 1 Zia Ullah Arif 2 Mokarram Hossain 0000-0002-4616-1104 3 Rehan Umer 4 Under embargo Under embargo 2023-02-09T11:02:12.2754058 Output 9045197 application/pdf Accepted Manuscript true 2024-02-06T00:00:00.0000000 ©2023 All rights reserved. All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC-BY-NC-ND) true eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
title Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste
spellingShingle Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste
Mokarram Hossain
title_short Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste
title_full Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste
title_fullStr Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste
title_full_unstemmed Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste
title_sort Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste
author_id_str_mv 140f4aa5c5ec18ec173c8542a7fddafd
author_id_fullname_str_mv 140f4aa5c5ec18ec173c8542a7fddafd_***_Mokarram Hossain
author Mokarram Hossain
author2 Muhammad Yasir Khalid
Zia Ullah Arif
Mokarram Hossain
Rehan Umer
format Journal article
container_title Renewable Energy Focus
container_volume 44
container_start_page 373
publishDate 2023
institution Swansea University
issn 1755-0084
doi_str_mv 10.1016/j.ref.2023.02.001
publisher Elsevier BV
college_str Faculty of Science and Engineering
hierarchytype
hierarchy_top_id facultyofscienceandengineering
hierarchy_top_title Faculty of Science and Engineering
hierarchy_parent_id facultyofscienceandengineering
hierarchy_parent_title Faculty of Science and Engineering
department_str School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Uncategorised{{{_:::_}}}Faculty of Science and Engineering{{{_:::_}}}School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Uncategorised
document_store_str 0
active_str 0
description 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 20 to 25 years and requires decommissioning at its end-of-life (EOL) stage. In recent years, the global trend is shifted towards power generation through wind turbines and has globally increased the decommissioned wind turbine blades (WTBs). Compared to other components of wind turbines, it is not convenient to recycle the carbon/glass fiber-reinforced composite-based WTBs, due to their complicated nature and inhomogeneity. Additionally, it is extremely dangerous to landfill or incinerate WTBs, as these strategies may result in severe health and environmental issues. Consequently, recycling of WTBs is a viable pathway for the renewable energy sector that ensures the sustainability of wind turbines. To date, only 80% - 85% of the wind turbine materials can be recycled but have potential to reach at 100 % through proper attention required on recovery of all wind turbine materials and adaptation of circular economy (CE) models. The motivation behind this review is to emphasize the importance of sustainable options to treat WTB wastes and minimize the utilization of conventional EOL approaches such as landfilling and incineration. This review also shed lights on the current research and development (R&D) projects, which are related to the adaption of various hybrid recycling technologies and CE models. Moreover, this review also highlights current challenges and future developments of WTB composites. It is concluded that concerted efforts should be made by each of the individuals, such as researchers, policy makers, and legislative and industrialist stake holders to improve the viability and effectiveness of the wind energy.
published_date 2023-03-01T04:22:25Z
_version_ 1763754477206110208
score 10.999207

Similar Items