Fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials with high specific strength and excellent solid particle erosion resistance

Qian, Danna; Bao, Limin; Takatera, Masayuki; Kemmochi, Kiyoshi; Yamanaka, Akihiro

doi:10.1016/j.wear.2009.08.038

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“…It is a combination of two or more different materials in order to take advantage of positive properties of each constitutive material [20]. It has high strength to weight ratio (specific strength) [21], stiffness to weight ratio (specific stiffness) [22], and high resistance to heat [23] and corrosion due to chemicals. The most common composite materials used for industrial applications are carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP).…”

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Design, Simulation and Manufacturing of an Integrated Composite Material Parabolic Trough Solar Collector

Abdel-Hady¹,

Shakil²,

Hamed³

et al. 2016

IJET

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Abstract-Design, simulation, and manufacturing process of an integrated thermal photovoltaic closed parabolic collector (ITPVCPC) using composite material is presented in this paper. The design includes two flanges for supporting photovoltaic panels. Two cases of troughs were designed and studied, one with glass cover over the aperture area and another without it in order to investigate the structure rigidity and solar ray collection in the absorber tube. Three-dimensional modelling and structural finite element analysis (FEA) based simulation was done for the design. In the simulation, the ITPVCPC structure was subjected to the upper limits of wind pressure and temperature-rise loadings similar to the real working conditions. Optical analysis was done for the trough to study the effect of structure deformation on solar ray collection. The glass covered ITPVCPC showed higher structure deformation than the one without glass. Glass fiber with polyester resin was used in the manufacture of ITPVCPC for its low price compared to other composite materials. The study shows that glass fiber (with polyester matrix) is an ideal composite material for ITPVCPC for its high rigidity, low cost, and ease of manufacture. This design is successfully implemented and is the source of thermal and electrical power for a solar desalination system installed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Keywords: Finite element analysis (FEA), concentrating solar power (CSP), hand-layup method, glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) I.INTRODUCTION Fossil fuels such as petroleum oil, coal and natural gas are used as a primary energy source in developed nations. These carbon rich fuels release CO2 to the environment which has a negative effect on the atmosphere. It alters the radiation-balance of the earth and promotes global warming [1]. This has forced the consumers to think of alternate sources which would be cheap at least in the long run. Due to awareness of pollution and economics of fuel, the focus is now shifted to solar and other clean energy sources. Parabolic trough technology is currently the lowest-cost concentrating solar power (CSP) technology for electricity production [2]. Parabolic trough collector (PTC) uses a highly reflective surface to focus incident solar rays on a heat collector element (HCE) also called receiver tube. The receiver tube is placed at the point of convergence (focal point of parabola). The tube contains a working fluid that absorbs solar heat and gets heated up to temperatures of 350o C or more. It is enveloped by an evacuated (vacuumed) glass tube to reduce convective heat loss to the surrounding. The collector has a disadvantage of smaller angle of view. Therefore, to maximize the solar heat gain, a tracking mechanism is used to align it with respect to the changing position of the sun. Collector is being considered for a lot of applications like Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) [3], water disinfection in third world countries [4], desalination [5], refrigeration and cooling [6], heating applications [7] etc. Many innovativ...

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Section: Materials Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design, Simulation and Manufacturing of an Integrated Composite Material Parabolic Trough Solar Collector

Abdel-Hady¹,

Shakil²,

Hamed³

et al. 2016

IJET

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“…investigated the erosion resistances of GFRP and CFRP, which are widely used industrial materials. We also developed FRP with high specific strength and excellent solid particle erosion resistance by utilizing super fiber, which is a polymer fiber [7,8].…”

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Damage Characteristics of Dry Sand Erosion of Fiberin a Hot Environment

Bao

2013

J. Text. Eng.

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The damage characteristics of dry sand erosion of fiber in a hot environment are important for bag filters for garbage incinerators. In this study, we use a newly developed measuring device and evaluation method to investigate the erosion resistance of three types of fiber used for bag filters at a site in a hot environment. We found that the erosion resistance of all three types of fiber decreased as the ambient temperature increased. The erosion resistance of fiber in a hot environment is largely influenced by the decrease in fiber strength in such an environment.

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“…Because of its excellent thermal stability, specific stiffness and strength, and environmental resistance, PBO provides great potential applications as reinforcement fibers for composites [6]. Even though many attempts have been made to use PBO as a reinforcing agent in epoxy and polyester composites, its use is found to be scarce in thermoplastic elastomers [7, 8]. To achieve maximum reinforcement, the problem of poor interfacial adhesion between fibers and matrix especially thermoplastic has to be solved and various methods are adopted to modify the surface of the fiber or the matrix.…”

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Effects of PBO fiber and clay on the mechanical, morphological, and dynamic mechanical properties of NR/HDPE blends

Ahmad

Ismail

Abdullah

2010

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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Poly(p‐phenylene‐2,6‐benzobisoksazole) (PBO) and natural rubber (NR)/high density polyethylene (HDPE) composites were melt‐blended in a Haake internal mixer. The tensile strength, tensile modulus, and impact strength increased with fiber loading and optimized at 20%. Incorporation of clay into the NR/HDPE/PBO composites resulted in an improvement of tensile strength for NR/HDPE/PBO composites compared to the systems without clay. However, addition of clay was only effective at low contents (5–7.5%). Additional improvement of tensile strength, tensile modulus, and impact strength of the hybrid composite was observed on addition of liquid natural rubber (LNR). Scanning electron micrographs of the samples had indicated that the presence of clay decreased the domain size of the dispersed phase. Results on dynamic response showed that incorporation of clay and LNR into the composites had increased the storage modulus and reduced the tan δ. The shift of glass transition temperature (Tg) to higher values for composites also indicated good interaction between the fiber and the matrix. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2011. © 2010 Society of Plastics Engineers.

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Fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials with high specific strength and excellent solid particle erosion resistance

Cited by 54 publications

References 16 publications

Design, Simulation and Manufacturing of an Integrated Composite Material Parabolic Trough Solar Collector

Design, Simulation and Manufacturing of an Integrated Composite Material Parabolic Trough Solar Collector

Damage Characteristics of Dry Sand Erosion of Fiberin a Hot Environment

Effects of PBO fiber and clay on the mechanical, morphological, and dynamic mechanical properties of NR/HDPE blends

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