Towards a circular economy in the aviation sector using eco-composites for interior and secondary structures. Results and recommendations from the EU/China project ECO-COMPASS

Jens Bachmann; XiaoSu Yi; Konstantinos Tserpes; Carmen Sguazzo; Lucia Gratiela Barbu; Barbara Tse; Constantinos Soutis; Eric Ramón; Hector Linuesa; Stéphane Bechtel

doi:10.3390/aerospace8050131

Towards a circular economy in the aviation sector using eco-composites for interior and secondary structures. Results and recommendations from the EU/China project ECO-COMPASS

Jens Bachmann, XiaoSu Yi, Konstantinos Tserpes, Carmen Sguazzo, Lucia Gratiela Barbu, Barbara Tse, Constantinos Soutis, Eric Ramón, Hector Linuesa, Stéphane Bechtel

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

Fiber reinforced polymers play a crucial role as enablers of lightweight and high performing structures to increase efficiency in aviation. However, the ever-increasing awareness for the environmental impacts has led to a growing interest in bio-based and recycled ‘eco-composites’ as substitutes for the conventional synthetic con-stituents. Recently, the international collaboration of Chinese and European partners in the ECO-COMPASS pro-ject provided an assessment of different eco-materials and technologies for their potential application in aircraft interior and secondary composite structures. This project summary reports the main findings of the ECO-COM-PASS project and gives an outlook to the next steps necessary for introducing eco-composites as an alternative solution to fulfill the CLEAN SKY target.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131
Journal	Aerospace
Volume	8
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8050131
Publication status	Published - 5 May 2021

Keywords

aviation
interior
secondary structure
eco-composite
bio-composite
natural fiber
bio-based
life cycle assessment
ECO-COMPASS
Europe
China
international collaboration

UN SDGs

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