Reconstructed CARBOn fabrics for mass Production of Low impact sUstainable compositeS

CARBO-PLUS

Proposing Institution: ENEA

Name of the project’s Scientific Coordinator: Claudio Mingazzini

E-mail address of the project’s Scientific Coordinator: claudio.mingazzini@enea.it

Other ECOSISTER partners involved in the project: Certimac, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Consorzio MUSP

Coordinating Spoke: Spoke 1

Other Spokes involved in the project: Spoke 3, Spoke 4

Name of partners based in the South: ENEA SSPT-TIMAS-MCC (Brindisi)

Project duration (in months): 13

Starting TRL: 5-6

End TRL: 6-7

ATECO/industrial sector of potential reference: Civil engineering and marine

Smart Specialization Strategy: Constructions and buildings; blue economy

EU Taxonomy: Sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources

Abstract

CARBO-PLUS complements the work currently being carried out by ENEA SSPT–TIMAS–MCC (Faenza and Brindisi), Certimac (Faenza), the University of Bologna, and Consorzio MUSP (Piacenza) within Spoke 1, WP5 of the ECOSISTER project, specifically targeting automotive and aeronautical applications.

The new proposal shifts the focus toward the construction and marine sectors, addressing the following priorities:

development of fire-resistant and recyclable glass-fiber reinforced panels
reuse of secondary C-felts for the acoustic insulation of the resulting structural wall

ENEA is coordinating the project activities, with support from Certimac, Consorzio MUSP, and the University of Bologna.

CARBO-PLUS will explore TNT made of secondary short carbon fibers (recovered via pyrolysis), but also other sustainable materials and processes of interest to the end users, including the closed-loop recyclability of cast and corrosion-protected aluminium.

AAC (Autoclaved Aerated Cements) have been identified as highly interesting materials, especially when their mechanical performances are increased using a wrapping-in-tension approach with glass fiber. This allows a disruptive increase in mechanical performance (in terms of flexural strength, fatigue resistance, and elongation at break) with minimal cost and C-footprint increase.