SAMPE Journal - May/June 2021 - 1

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MAY J UNE 2021 | Vol. 57, No. 3 | www.sampe.org

DEPARTMENTS + NEWS

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2	Technical Director's 	
Corner
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SAMPE Conference 21 		

	Baden/Zürich

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Wind Blade Demonstrator

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SAMPE Materials 		

	

Innovation & Advanced 		

	

Technology Forum

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SAMPE Corporate 		

	Partners
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Corporate Partners 		

	Program
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Industry Announcements

52	Welcome SAMPE New
Members

Testing of 6m Hybrid Glass/Carbon Fibre Powder Epoxy
Composite Wind Blade Demonstrator

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Additive Manufacturing

	

2-Day Workshop & Tutorial

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CAMX 2021 Dallas, TX

56	Upcoming SAMPE Journal 	

FEATURES

	Webinars

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Engineering Viscoelastic
Properties in Polyurethane
Coatings to Reduce Erosion
Risks in Wind Turbine Blades

SYSTEM

Effect of Nanoparticle
Concentration on Passive
Cooling Performance
of ZNO-Low Density
Polyethylene Composite
Films Under Solar Radiation

WIND TURBINE BLADES

AIRBORNE WIND ENERGY

Composite Production
Methods for a Cost Effective
Airborne Wind Energy
System

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SAMPE 365

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SAMPE Journal Editorial 		

	Calendar

SOLAR RADIATION

59	

SAMPE Online Store

60	

Advertiser Index

62	

Resource Center

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Events Calendar

JOURNAL ASPECTS: Last month the focus was on " recycling technologies and their applications " . The current May-June issue covers another key
sustainability subject, " Energy Solutions Applications. " Both are important to overall sustainability in the concern over climate change and conserving
our global resources. The cover photo, furnished by leading wind energy manufacturing company, TPI Composites, Inc., very nicely indicates the size of
these huge glass fiber composite wind blades in obviously supporting the energy generation advances.
The issue's lead article, on the development and testing of a 6m hybrid glass/carbon fibre " powder " epoxy composite wind blade represents the effort
conducted jointly by the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), Suzlon Energy Blade Technology, Hengelo, Netherlands, Match ID, Drongen, Belgium and
Eire Composites Teo, Galway, Ireland. The Edinburgh team will be providing a SAMPE Journal Webinar on the featured project effort.
Erosion aspects affect wind turbine blade to the extent that the University of Bristol (UK) and Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Glasgow (UK) teamed
up to look at polyurethane coatings while engineering viscoelastic properties were applied to understanding them on blade leading edges.
The third article, by the team from the University of Galway, Galway, Ireland and Amoyx Power B.V., The Hague, Netherlands, provides an interesting study
and cost effectiveness of composite production methods for unique " airborne wind energy systems (AWES). " Studies included studies on arriving at
suitable materials in combination with cost-effective production models for such unique vehicles.
Solar panels, the last article, require effective passive cooling technology in which polyethylene composite films proved effective when nanoparticle
concentrations were added and studied under solar radiation exposure. The project, with a team from SAMPE Global in China, consisted of Quanzhou
Normal University, Quanzhou, China, Fujian Fiber Inspection Center, Fuzhou, China, and Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, China.

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