Evaluation of Basalt Fibers on Wind Turbine Blades through Finite Element Analysis

Garcia, Valdemar; Vargas, Lilian; Acuña, A.; Sosa, J. B.; Durazo, Eduardo; Ballesteros, Rodríguez; Ocampo, Juan de Dios

doi:10.1155/2019/1536925

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“…Based on the von Mises stress formula in CFD simulations, it was found that positive basalt fiber-based compounds for conventional material substitution can reduce deformation by up to 96%. [15] The von Mises stress is a measure of the total overall stress acting on a material including the normal stresses in the x and y directions as well as the shear stresses.…”

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Strength Analysis on Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Propeller Blade PVC Pipe with Angled Ends

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The basic problem of appropriate wind energy technology is how to design wind turbines from materials that are easily available on the market, one solution is PVC pipe as the blade material. For this reason, it is necessary to analyze the working stress that occurs in the blade construction, so that the PVC pipe propeller wind turbine is safe when applied in society. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of wind speed and tip elbow width on working stress. The simulation test method uses SolidWorks Flow Simulation Software and then the results are exported to Static Simulation to determine the strength of the material. Simulation tests were carried out with wind loads on PVC pipe propellers with wind speeds of 5 m/s, 6 m/s, and 7 m/s and elbow tip widths of 100 mm, 110 mm, and 130 mm. The results of the maximum stress value in the wind turbine simulation test with the addition of an elbow tip were obtained at a wind speed of 7 m/s and an elbow tip width of 130 mm

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“…Figure 4. Von Mises stress evaluation for E-glass-epoxy and basalt-epoxy at 40 m/s using CFD simulation[15] …”

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Strength Analysis on Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Propeller Blade PVC Pipe with Angled Ends

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2023

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“…Fiber-reinforced composites (FRCs) are found to be potential blade materials for SWT applications due to their lightweight and better mechanical properties [5]. E-Glass FRCs are presently used materials for developing SWT blades and carbon, basalt and flax FRCs are proposed as future materials for SWT blades [6,7]. Glass FRCs are cost-competitive materials, however, they are observed to possess moderate tensile and fatigue properties.…”

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Multi-objective optimization of glass/carbon hybrid composites for small wind turbine blades using extreme mixture design response surface methodology

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Naik

2024

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Small wind turbines (SWTs) are a prominent renewable energy technology for decentralized power generation. Blade material and its profile are vital parameters for the aerodynamic performance of SWTs. Traditionally E-glass fibre-reinforced composites (FRCs) are the widely accepted material for developing SWT blades. However, its application is limited by moderate tensile and fatigue properties. Alternatively, other FRC materials such as carbon, basalt and natural fibre composites are proposed as future materials for SWT blades. However, individual materials are observed to satisfy the requirements partially. Therefore, the hybridization of these materials, particularly Glass/Carbon composites is foreseen as a prospective solution for developing cost-competitive and high-strength SWT blades. There are various studies performed to obtain optimized glass/carbon hybrid composites. However, overall material properties required for SWT blades such as low cost, lightweight, moderate flexural strength and higher tensile and fatigue strengths have not been considered simultaneously during the optimization process. This work presents multi-objective optimization of Glass/Carbon hybrid composites using extreme mixture design response surface methodology (RSM) for small wind turbine (SWT) applications. The weight percentages of glass and carbon fibres are optimized to achieve desired material properties for SWT blades. The experiments are planned using extreme mixture design RSM and the regression models for desired material properties are developed with a 95% confidence level. RSM-based desirability function is employed to perform multi-objective optimization. Maximum composite desirability of 93.5% is achieved with optimal proportions of 37.9% and 27.1% for glass and carbon fibres respectively. An adequate tensile, flexural and fatigue strengths of 486.02, 435.41 and 316.27 MPa respectively are obtained for optimized glass/carbon hybrid composite at an optimum cost of 2228.76 Rs/Kg and density of 3.39 g/cm3. The regression models and optimization results are validated through a confirmation experiment with an error of less than 6.1%.

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“…Promising future directions for the composite materials are also discussed. V. García et al, [14] studied the suitability of basalt fibers on wind turbine blade applications using computation techniques. He concluded that, composite materials are an excellent replacement for metals in wind turbine applications.…”

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Development and Mechanical Testing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites for Micro Wind Turbine Applications

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2022

IJSREM

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In this century, composites have been discovered to be the most promising and discriminating material accessible. Composites reinforced with synthetic or natural fibres are becoming more popular as demand for light weight, high strength materials for specialized applications grows are on the rise in the market. In the current work Carbon fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite material is developed aiming wind turbine blade applications. This research demonstrates the successful development of a carbon fibre reinforced Epoxy matrix composite that can be utilized to make micro wind turbine blades and is very cost effective thanks to the utilization of a simple hand lay-up approach. The peak elongation varies from 12.248 mm to 14.417 mm, and the tensile strength varies from 939.472 N/mm2 to 960.910 N/mm2. It was observed that the Compressive Strength varies from 8.992 N/mm2 to 46.895 N/ mm2 and peak elongation varies from 1.808 mm to 3.462 mm. In three-point bending test, the peak load was found to be 509.96 N. Due to the presence of carbon fibre reinforcement, the bending strength of polyester resin has been greatly increased.

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Evaluation of Basalt Fibers on Wind Turbine Blades through Finite Element Analysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 31 publications

Strength Analysis on Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Propeller Blade PVC Pipe with Angled Ends

Strength Analysis on Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Propeller Blade PVC Pipe with Angled Ends

Multi-objective optimization of glass/carbon hybrid composites for small wind turbine blades using extreme mixture design response surface methodology

Development and Mechanical Testing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites for Micro Wind Turbine Applications

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