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ArticleACS sustainable resource management2025

Life Cycle Analysis of Coaxial Layered Fiber Spinning for Wind Turbine Blade Recycling.

M Taylor Sobczak, Gengyang Li, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Lindsay B Chambers, Taylor Theobald, Hongyue Sun, Stephen Nolet, Ke Li and 1 more

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Article in ACS sustainable resource management, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

M Taylor SobczakMechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0228-6658
Gengyang LiMechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.
Arunachalam RamanathanMechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4683-5663
Sri Vaishnavi ThummalapalliMechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5903-6131
Varunkumar ThippannaMechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.
Lindsay B ChambersMechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.
Taylor TheobaldMechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.
Hongyue SunMechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.
Stephen NoletTPI Composites, Scottsdale, Arizona 85253, United States.
Ke LiEnvironmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.
Kenan SongMechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0447-2449

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article explores the environmental sustainability of recycling decommissioned wind turbine blades to produce polyacrylonitrile fiber. By comparing greenhouse gas emissions across various scales of production in different regions, including the US and Europe, the study highlights how cleaner energy grids, such as those in France, can substantially reduce the carbon footprint. The carbonization and graphitization stages, identified as highly energy-intensive, underscore the need for energy-efficient techniques and alternative energy sources. The study reveals significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions with scalable production, demonstrating US production emissions reduced to 3.89 kg CO

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composite fiberfiber spinningLCArecyclingwind turbine

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