THE EVALUATION OF PET FOAM PROPERTIES AND STUDY ON ITS APPLICATION PROSPECTS IN WIND TURBINE BLADES

Abstract

Abstract: With the increasing of wind power installed capacity, the demand of wind turbine blades will grow, foam sandwich materials supply falls short of demand. PET foam has irreplaceable advantages compared with PVC ones, now PET foam has caught more attention due to its excellent mechanical performance, high temperature resistant, recyclable, and low cost advantage. The mechanical properties and processing propertpies were evaluated in this article by the parallel contrast with PVC foam. The application prospect of PET foam in the wind turbine blades in the future is also mentioned.

Key words: wind turbine blades, PET foam, PVC foam, mechanical properties

CLC Number:

TB332

WANG Peng, WANG Hai-zhen, LIU Bao-feng, YAO Hui. THE EVALUATION OF PET FOAM PROPERTIES AND STUDY ON ITS APPLICATION PROSPECTS IN WIND TURBINE BLADES[J]. Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites, 2016, 0(7): 60-62.

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