Curauá fibers in the automobile industry – a sustainability assessment |
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| Institution: | 1. Technology and Society Lab, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland;2. UNESP, FCA, Campus Botucatu, SP, Brazil;3. Volkswagen AutoUni, 38842 Wolfsburg, Germany;1. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Materials Engineering Department, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;2. São Paulo State University, Department of Materials and Technology, Av. Ariberto Pereira da Cunha, 333, 12516-410 Guaratinguetá, SP, Brazil;3. State University of Santa Cruz, Exact Science and Technology Department, Ilheus-Itabuna Highway, km 16, 45662-900 Ilheus, BA, Brazil;1. Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Department of Management, Venice, Italy;2. US Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center, Concord, MA, USA;3. Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy;4. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;1. FORE School of Management, New Delhi 110070, India;2. Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 247667, India;1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra 136119, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi 110025, India;1. Federal Center of Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro, CEFET/RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;2. Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade Do Porto, Porto, Portugal;3. Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (INEGI), Porto, Portugal;1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, India;2. Department of Civil Engineering, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Replacing glass fibers with natural fibers in the automobile industry can yield economic, environmental and social benefits. This article evaluates the prospective environmental impacts of automobile applications of curauá fiber (Ananas erectifolius), which nearly equates the physical properties of glass fibers. The study identified economic and social advantages of applying curauá fiber composites in car parts. Besides costing 50% less than fiber glass, the use of curauá fibers can promote regional development in the Amazon region. In order to realize significant environmental benefits, however, the curauá-based composites would have to be lighter than their glass fiber-based counterparts. |
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