By 2050, the aviation sector is expected to generate about 500,000 tonnes of accumulated carbon fibre reinforced plastic waste from the production and end-of-life phase. In this study, aircraft interior applications of recycled carbon fibre (rCF) replacing virgin glass fibre are examined over the full life cycle in terms of environmental and financial viability. The viability of rCF for closed-loop aviation applications are demonstrated across rCF conversion (papermaking; fibre alignment) and composite manufacture (compression moulding; injection moulding)The results show that rCF composites, especially aligned rCF composites, give reasonable environmental (4–31%) and cost reductions (5–31%) relative to virgin glass fibre composites.

到2050年，航空业预计将从生产和报废阶段产生约500,000吨累积的碳纤维增强塑料废物。在这项研究中，在整个生命周期中，就环境和财务可行性而言，研究了用再生碳纤维（rCF）代替原始玻璃纤维在飞机内部的应用。rCF在闭环航空应用中的可行性在rCF转换（造纸；纤维排列）和复合材料制造（压缩成型；注射成型）中得到了证明。结果表明，rCF复合材料，尤其是对准的rCF复合材料，具有合理的环境质量（4–31 ％）和相对于纯玻璃纤维复合材料的成本降低（5-31％）。