REcyclable MArine Structure Towards Emission Reduction (REMASTER)

海洋运输业每年排放9.4亿吨二氧化碳，占全球温室气体排放量的2.5%。为履行英国对《巴黎协定》的承诺，应开发更绿色的减少/零排放的海运解决方案，旨在将全球气温上升幅度限制在1.5度以内，从而显著降低气候变化的风险和影响。该项目将探索在船舶结构中采用可回收热塑性复合材料的潜力，同时开发全自动化方法，由经验丰富的游艇设计师与自动化制造和组装流程专家共同开发的模块化船舶优化结构的制造和组装。该项目的成果旨在为大型远程零排放船舶建立一条热塑性复合材料制造和组装集成自动化生产线，在电力推进动力系统中采用氢，风能和太阳能发电技术。为船舶定制的自动化系统将显著提高制造效率，减少浪费和缺陷。此外，使用热塑性复合材料作为船舶结构组合物将展示可回收性和再利用的潜力，有助于减少海洋船舶生命周期的温室气体排放，从设计，材料选择和制造，到服务寿命到最终退役。

The marine transport industry contributes 940 million tonnes of CO2 annually, which is responsible for 2.5% of global greenhouse emissions. To meet UK's commitment to the Paris Agreement, a greener reduced / zero emissions' maritime transport solution should be developed, aiming at limiting the increase of global temperatures to 1.5 degrees and therefore significantly reduce the risk and impacts of climate change.This project will explore the potential for the adoption of recyclable thermoplastic composite within a marine vessel structure while developing a full automation approach to manufacture and assembly of a modular vessel's optimised structure developed by the experienced yacht designer with specialists in automatic manufacturing and assembly processes. The outcomes of the project aim to build an automation line for manufacturing and assembly integration of thermoplastic composite for a large and long-ranged zero-emissions vessel, featuring hydrogen, wind and solar power generation technologies within an electric propulsion power train. The bespoke automation system for the vessel will significantly increase the manufacturing efficiency with reduced waste and defects. Moreover, the use of thermoplastic composite as a vessel structural composition will demonstrate the potential of recyclability and reuse in contributing to cutting greenhouse gas emissions of the marine vessel life cycle, from design, material selection and manufacturing, through services life to eventual decommissioning.