Title
Integrating end-of-life wind turbine blades into a variety of building layers through multiple use cycles – a strategy to maximize the lifetime of wasted materials; a case study in Eemshaven
Author
Nguyen, Binh Minh (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)
Contributor
Verkuijlen, S.H. (mentor)
Koskamp, G. (graduation committee)
de Krieger, J. (graduation committee)
Degree granting institution
Delft University of Technology
Programme
Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Architectural Engineering
Date
2023
Abstract
An increasing massive volume of wind turbine blades are coming to end-of-life in the Netherlands. These components contain mostly fibre-reinforced plastics, which has been banned from landfill and incineration. Since then, companies and institutions have spent their efforts to expand the lifetime of this material by developing a circular wind hub with various circular strategies. While some strategies, such as recycling or recovery, are less desirable due to low-quality outcomes and environmental pollution, repurposing seems to be a potential option, which uses decommissioned blades in certain products, such as building elements in one-off applications. This strategy can be enhanced by reprocessing the applications through multiple-use cycles. This research will investigate that concept based on the building layers principle to figure out its feasibility and the potential to extend the lifetime of the end-of-life material.
Subject
Wind Farm
Wind Turbine Blade
End of Life
Fibre-Reinforced Polymer
Circular strategies
Circularity
building layers
life cycle
Eemshaven
Groningen
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Embargo date
2025-06-30
Part of collection
Student theses
Document type
master thesis
Rights
© 2023 Binh Minh Nguyen