Novel photothermal pyrolysis on waste fan blade to generate bisphenol A

Recycling and recovery of fiber-reinforced polymer composites for end-of-life wind turbine blade management

“…However, the economic benefit of the pyrolysis process of WTBs is low due to the high treatment cost (e.g., high energy consumption) and the complex pyrolysis products, which make the development of pyrolysis recycling of WTBs a big challenge. To reduce the energy consumption of the pyrolysis process, some emerging heating methods such as microwave-assisted pyrolysis, 60 photothermal pyrolysis, 61 and liquefaction 62,63 have been developed for recycling end-of-life WTBs. In particular, microwave-assisted pyrolysis reactors use high-frequency microwaves for heating owing to the advantages of rapid and uniform heating of the feedstock and facile control of the pyrolysis temperature.…”