The Design of a Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based Heating System for De-icing Wind Turbine Blades Using Rotational Movement
School Name
Spring Valley High School
Grade Level
11th Grade
Presentation Topic
Engineering
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
As wind turbines become a more prominent figure in the clean energy production race, many advances in its technologies would need to take place before it can become the leading energy producing method. One concern that inhibits it currently is ice formation on the blades. Ice formation is common in wind turbines as windy places are normally lower temperature climates, meaning any water in the air will likely freeze on impact. This can not only cause stress on the machine, but can be an environmental hazard as ice can be flung from the blades onto the surrounding area (Sabatier et al., 2016). Moreover, this can lead to a significant decrease in power production that the wind turbine is doing and will be able to do in the future (Parent & Ilinca, 2011). With this in mind, a promising novel technology has been discovered: triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). TENGs use the electrochemical imbalance between two materials to build up small charges which can be discharged into a circuit (Nurmakanov et al., 2021). Using the technology, an H-type wind turbine was constructed and tested with a control and a TENG based heating system in one of the blades. The results showed the control had a mean of 32.076 minutes taken to de-ice while the TENG showed slightly less with 29.044 minutes. Furthermore, the TENG trial had a lower maximum and minimum for the trials, making it seem significantly superior to a non-TENG based system.
Recommended Citation
Ravindran, Joseph, "The Design of a Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based Heating System for De-icing Wind Turbine Blades Using Rotational Movement" (2023). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 66.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2023/all/66
Location
BS 302
Start Date
3-25-2023 11:45 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
The Design of a Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based Heating System for De-icing Wind Turbine Blades Using Rotational Movement
BS 302
As wind turbines become a more prominent figure in the clean energy production race, many advances in its technologies would need to take place before it can become the leading energy producing method. One concern that inhibits it currently is ice formation on the blades. Ice formation is common in wind turbines as windy places are normally lower temperature climates, meaning any water in the air will likely freeze on impact. This can not only cause stress on the machine, but can be an environmental hazard as ice can be flung from the blades onto the surrounding area (Sabatier et al., 2016). Moreover, this can lead to a significant decrease in power production that the wind turbine is doing and will be able to do in the future (Parent & Ilinca, 2011). With this in mind, a promising novel technology has been discovered: triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). TENGs use the electrochemical imbalance between two materials to build up small charges which can be discharged into a circuit (Nurmakanov et al., 2021). Using the technology, an H-type wind turbine was constructed and tested with a control and a TENG based heating system in one of the blades. The results showed the control had a mean of 32.076 minutes taken to de-ice while the TENG showed slightly less with 29.044 minutes. Furthermore, the TENG trial had a lower maximum and minimum for the trials, making it seem significantly superior to a non-TENG based system.
