Recent Projects
Advancing technologies from research towards industrial application.
Explore TRL9 Limited’s portfolio of research, development and technology commercialisation projects, spanning advanced materials, surface engineering, composite resource recovery and innovative industrial technologies.
Each project reflects our commitment to combining scientific expertise with practical engineering and commercial thinking to address real-world industrial challenges.
CYCLONOX
Composite resource recovery
The Cyclonox Project
End-of-life composite materials contain organic and inorganic constituents that are difficult to recover as useful outputs. A viable treatment process must address emissions, energy use, recovered-material quality and operating costs.
TRL9 is supporting the development of a modular high-temperature processing concept for these materials, including end-of-life wind-turbine blades. Our contribution includes engineering development, materials selection, validation planning and the commercial route to application.
The programme will assess process performance and the quality of the recovered outputs. Mass and energy balances, emissions performance and operating economics are central to that evaluation.
Status: Development programme with process performance and commercial viability subject to validation.
ICoRAS
Composite non-skid coating
The ICoRAS Project
Maritime deck coatings must combine grip, durability and corrosion protection with practical application and repair. ICoRAS addresses these requirements through the development of a composite non-skid coating system.
TRL9 contributes to materials development, technical evaluation and the route from controlled testing towards representative-scale validation. The programme considers coating performance alongside installation, maintenance and commercial manufacture.
The development approach is to establish evidence at each stage and use it to define the next step. Larger-scale validation forms part of that progression.
Status: Technology development and validation.
Commercial enquiries are considered within the programme’s partnership and intellectual-property arrangements.
WARPSPEED
Controlled disbonding adhesives
The Warpspeed Project
Structural adhesives can produce effective joints that are difficult to separate for repair, component recovery or end-of-life processing. WARPSPEED explores how useful, bonded performance can be combined with separation when deliberately activated.
The technology uses conductive adhesive systems in which electrical resistance heating enables controlled disbonding. Development connects formulation and joint design with electrical, thermal and mechanical behaviour.
Controlled separation offers potential benefits for maintenance and material recovery. Suitability depends on the substrates, joint geometry, service loads and activation conditions of the intended application.
Status: Application-specific development and validation.
UVCR
Ultraviolet air treatment
The UVCR Project
Treating moving air with ultraviolet light requires sufficient exposure at the airflow rate the application demands. UVCR is TRL9’s patented technology for treating airborne microorganisms as air passes through the unit.
TRL9 has developed prototypes for airflow rates of 450 and 900 litres per second. Testing in a Containment Level 3 laboratory demonstrated activity against SARS-CoV-2 under the conditions tested.
For a proposed installation, the next step is to establish the required airflow and confirm treatment performance under representative operating conditions.
Status: Prototype development and laboratory testing complete. Application-specific validation is the next step.
TRL9 welcomes enquiries from manufacturers interested in licensing the technology or integrating it into their equipment.
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