Basalt fibre reinfored HDPE for wave energy converters
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This project addresses the renewable energy theme, with the objective of establishing the technical feasibility
of basalt fibre reinforced High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) as a material for the primary structure of an ocean
wave energy converter (WEC). HDPE offers a low cost structural material that is resistant to UV, corrosion and
biofouling increasing the lifetime and reducing the maintenance requirements for a wave energy converter.
While fibre reinforced HDPE has been previously investigated, the use of basalt fibres is innovative and offers
superior properties compared to a standard E-glass which is commonly used in fibre composite manufacture.
Basalt fibre is also chemically inert and when combined with recycled HDPE potentially offers a high
performance, low cost, green structural material for WEC's. The project will develop a suitable composition for
the material that provides improved mechanical properties over unreinforced HDPE while retaining exiting
advantages of the material when used in the ocean environment.
| ASSET INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | LEAD_ORG |
| BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| SEA ENERGIES OFFSHORE MARINE LIMITED | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| ASSET INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Neil Bryan | PM_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Fibres
- Composites
- Plastic
- Materials (matter)
- Basalt
- Projects
- Polyethylene
Extracted key phrases
- Basalt fibre
- Wave energy converter
- Fibre composite manufacture
- Low cost structural material
- Renewable energy theme
- Recycled HDPE
- Unreinforced HDPE
- Green structural material
- High Density Polyethylene
- Project
- Use
- Superior property
- Mechanical property
- Technical feasibility
- Primary structure
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