Advanced lightweight materials FOR Energy-efficient STructures

运输部门一直是欧洲脱碳的重点。森林项目建议将减少、恢复和重塑“驱动因素”结合起来，共同面对运输部门的脱碳问题。减少：一方面，减少燃油汽车的温室气体排放和减少电动汽车的能源消耗是全球移动部门的一大大胆之举。森林公司将通过提供由碳纤维增强塑料制成的轻型部件来减轻车辆的结构重量。这样，行驶相同距离所需的燃料和能源消耗将会更少。另一方面，化石资源也越来越枯竭。此外，在使用寿命结束(EoL)时使用它们会对碳足迹产生负面影响。森林公司将开发基于聚合物(生物丙烯酸、生物苯扎辛、生物聚酰胺)和添加剂(生物阻燃剂)的高生物基含量的新化学物质。在这方面，化石资源的依赖性将会降低。复苏：预计运输行业(航空航天、汽车和重型)的碳纤维市场将越来越多。然而，一个尚未完全克服的重要问题是回收大量的碳纤维废料以提供增值材料。森林将实施有效的方法100%回收碳纤维废物，以开发高质量的半成品材料(无纺布、有机薄片/SMC、LFT)，用于有价值的运输应用。重塑：使用生物基和可回收材料是机动性脱碳的真正机会，但可能会对性能的稳定性和安全性能造成损害。森林将研究多功能特性对生物复合材料(机械、阻燃和电磁干扰屏蔽)的影响。因此，森林将结合生物基、可回收和多功能材料的性质，为公共汽车、航空和汽车部门获得可持续的解决方案

The transport sector has always been the focus of decarbonization in Europe. FOREST project proposes to combine the Reduce, Recovery and Reshape” drivers to face the decarbonization issues in the transport sector. Reduce: On the one hand, the greenhouse gas emissions of fuel vehicles and the energy consumption of electric vehicles reduction is one of the major dares of the global mobility sector. FOREST will reduce the structural weight of the vehicles by providing light components made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic. In this way, less fuel and energy consumption will be necessary to cover the same distance. On the other hand, fossil sources are being run out more and more. Besides, their use at the End-of-Life (EoL) has a negative impact on the carbon footprint. FOREST will develop new chemistries based on high-biobased content for polymers (bioacrylic, biobenxozaxine, biopolyamide) and additives (bio fire-retardant). In this regard, the fossil sources' dependency will be reduced. Recovery: The CFRP market is expected to increase more and more in the transport sector (aerospace, automotive, and heavy-duty). However, an important issue which has not totally overcome isthe recovery of the large volume the carbon fibre waste to provide added value materials. FOREST will implement efficient methods to recover 100% of CF waste to develop high-quality semi-finished materials (non-woven, organosheet/SMC, LFT) for valuable transport applications. Reshape: The use of biobased and recycled materials is a real opportunity for mobility decarbonization but a detriment on the stability and safety properties of the performance could occur. FOREST will research the influence of the multifunctional properties on the biocomposite (mechanical, fire-retardant, and EMI-shielding). Therefore, FOREST will combine the biobased, recycled, and multifunctionality material nature to obtain sustainable solutions for the bus, aeronautic, and automotive sectors