Advanced lightweight materials for Energy-efficient Structures.

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Title
Advanced lightweight materials for Energy-efficient Structures.

CoPED ID
d55a5840-5b5e-4781-af6b-4b30563ec707

Status
Active


Value
£1,234,105

Start Date
Dec. 1, 2022

End Date
May 31, 2026

Description

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The transport sector has always been the focus of decarbonization in Europe. FOREST project proposes to combine the Reduce, Recovery and Reshape” drivers to face the decarbonization issues in the transport sector. Reduce: On the one hand, the greenhouse gas emissions of fuel vehicles and the energy consumption of electric vehicles reduction is one of the major dares of the global mobility sector. FOREST will reduce the structural weight of the vehicles by providing light components made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic. In this way, less fuel and energy consumption will be necessary to cover the same distance. On the other hand, fossil sources are being run out more and more. Besides, their use at the End-of-Life (EoL) has a negative impact on the carbon footprint. FOREST will develop new chemistries based on high-biobased content for polymers (bioacrylic, biobenxozaxine, biopolyamide) and additives (bio fire-retardant). In this regard, the fossil sources' dependency will be reduced. Recovery: The CFRP market is expected to increase more and more in the transport sector (aerospace, automotive, and heavy-duty). However, an important issue which has not totally overcome isthe recovery of the large volume the carbon fibre waste to provide added value materials. FOREST will implement efficient methods to recover 100% of CF waste to develop high-quality semi-finished materials (non-woven, organosheet/SMC, LFT) for valuable transport applications. Reshape: The use of biobased and recycled materials is a real opportunity for mobility decarbonization but a detriment on the stability and safety properties of the performance could occur. FOREST will research the influence of the multifunctional properties on the biocomposite (mechanical, fire-retardant, and EMI-shielding). Therefore, FOREST will combine the biobased, recycled, and multifunctionality material nature to obtain sustainable solutions for the bus, aeronautic, and automotive sectors.

BITREZ LIMITED LEAD_ORG
BITREZ LIMITED PARTICIPANT_ORG

Paul Jones PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Emissions
  2. Forests
  3. Traffic
  4. Forest sector
  5. Environmental effects
  6. Sustainable development
  7. Recycling
  8. Greenhouse gases
  9. Transport
  10. Decrease (active)

Extracted key phrases
  1. Advanced lightweight material
  2. Transport sector
  3. Multifunctionality material nature
  4. Recycled material
  5. Value material
  6. Finished material
  7. Efficient structure
  8. Global mobility sector
  9. Energy consumption
  10. FOREST project
  11. Valuable transport application
  12. Automotive sector
  13. Carbon fibre waste
  14. Efficient method
  15. Decarbonization issue

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