The objective of the PATRON project is to develop the next generation of Prognostic and Health Monitoring methodologies, algorithms and technologies, so enabling condition monitoring of drivetrains, with the focus on real-time diagnostics and prognostics. This objective will be achieved by having 10 Doctoral Candidates working closely and interacting frequently in this inter and multi-disciplinary area.

Several issues have been identified concerning the recycling of plastics during the analysis of the state of the art. Firstly, the presence of contaminants and the disassembly of complex structures appear as major issue and limit the development of mechanical recycling of plastics. On the other hand, tertiary recycling or chemical recycling is in its infancy and fundamental knowledge in this field is still needed to allow its spreading at different scales.