Conference paper
Breakdown and tracking properties of rubber materials for wind turbine blades
The use of rubber materials in wind turbine blades, for example in controllable trailing edge flaps, requires research on their behavior under heavy exposure to electric fields and electrical discharges. Since the complex construction of blades usually involves several and often inhomogeneous materials, the testing methods selected should reflect the realistic conditions.
In this paper the applicability of rubber materials to thunderstorm environments is studied by performing electric breakdown tests and tracking resistance tests on selected samples, and the findings are related to the possible future application of rubber materials to wind turbine blades.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 516-519 |
Proceedings: | 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation |
ISBN: | 1467304867 , 1467304875 , 1467304883 , 9781467304863 , 9781467304870 and 9781467304887 |
ISSN: | 1089084x |
Types: | Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.1109/ELINSL.2012.6251523 |
ORCIDs: | Holboell, Joachim |
Blades Electric breakdown Electrodes Lightning Materials blades breakdown controllable flap controllable trailing edge flaps discharges (electric) electric breakdown test electric fields electrical discharges inhomogeneous materials lightning protection rubber rubber materials thunderstorm environment tracking properties tracking resistance test tracking tests wind turbine blades wind turbines