Concepts for Reusing Composite Materials from Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades in Affordable Housing
Concepts for Reusing Composite Materials from Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades in Affordable Housing
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DOI：
10.3390/recycling3010003
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发表时间：
2018-03-01
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4.3
通讯作者：
Morrow, Ruth
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作者：
Bank, Lawrence C.;Arias, Franco R.;Morrow, Ruth
在过去的15年里，风能技术的快速发展导致风力涡轮机叶片中使用的不可生物降解的热固性纤维增强聚合物（FRP）复合材料的数量迅速增长。本文讨论了通过在新建或改造住房项目中重复使用风力涡轮机叶片的部分来回收这些叶片的概念建筑和结构选择。它侧重于可以从涡轮机叶片中回收的大型玻璃钢片，并且可能在存在恶劣环境条件（水和高湿度）的基础设施项目中发挥作用。由于重用设计应该针对特定的区域位置和建筑特征，因此本文提出的设计是针对墨西哥湾墨西哥尤卡坦省沿海地区的设计，在那里，低质量的砖石砌块非正式住房容易受到严重的飓风和洪水的影响。为了演示这一概念，一个由桑迪亚国家实验室开发的100米长的风叶片模型原型被用来展示如何将风叶片分解成各个部分，从而使不同的风叶片部分在房屋应用中的建筑应用成为可能。
The very rapid growth in wind energy technology in the last 15 years has led to a rapid growth in the amount of non-biodegradable, thermosetting fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials used in wind turbine blades. This paper discusses conceptual architectural and structural options for recycling these blades by reusing parts of wind turbine blades in new or retrofitted housing projects. It focuses on large-sized FRP pieces that can be salvaged from the turbine blades and can potentially be useful in infrastructure projects where harsh environmental conditions (water and high humidity) exist. Since reuse design should be for specific regional locations and architectural characteristics the designs presented in this paper are for the coastal regions of the Yucatan province in Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico where low-quality masonry block informal housing is vulnerable to severe hurricanes and flooding. To demonstrate the concept a prototype 100 m long wind blade model developed by Sandia National Laboratories is used to show how a wind blade can be broken down into parts, thus making it possible to envision architectural applications for the different wind blade segments for housing applications.