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INNOVATIONS INNOVATIONS Fi na l ist s FRP Equipment, Inc./Seawolf Designs, Inc. − USA Name of Product or Process: Fibreglass-reinforced plastics (FRP) waste recycling system. Partners: The Swedish Institute of Composites and USS Chemicals. Description: Seawolf Design has mastered recycling FRP scrap. Their earth-friendly "Green Machine", or grinder, can help any organization or business reduce, reuse or recycle their FRP scrap saving money and preserving the environment. The resulting FRP recyclate can be used with compression moulding and casting processes to make boat products and anything made from fibreglass. In combination with a dry additive system, the recyclate can be used with RTM, pultrusion, conventional spray-up, hand lay-up, rotational moulding, spin casting, and filament winding. Partners: Korea Electric Power Research Institute and Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials. Description: The world is now facing a global energy crisis that is more critical than ever. Conventional chemical batteries have limited service life, and contain potentially hazardous wastes that degrade the environment. Now the newly developed intra and inter hybrid composite (IIHC) rotors increase energy density by 200%, compared to a conventional rotor. They contain a large portion of glass fibres, reducing material costs by half. The safety factor is greatly increased, because the centrifugal stresses are offset by negative residual stresses (resulting in longer life cycle and lower maintenance costs), and the built-in health monitoring system prevents accidental rotor failure. HanYang University - South Korea Name of Product or Process: Flywheel energy storage system. Applications / Construction & Energy WINNER Cell Power Co., Ltd − Taiwan Fi na l ist s and businesses could benefit from small wind systems today. Cell Power’s small vertical axis wind turbines are particularly well adapted for urban areas: they are lightweight, and able to start up with a light breeze. They can collect winds from many directions in order to generate more electricity. Having relatively lower revolution speed and being made of composite materials, they are safer for mankind and birds. They are very quiet when operating – a breakthrough against traditional models. Composite materials are used to produce the impact-resistant blades and verticalaxis pole for these small wind turbines. Name of Product or Process: Small vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT). Partners: National Tsing Hua University, Feng Chia University, Marshal Industrial Corp, Tung Hsing Technology Corporation and Desunnano Co., Ltd. Description: According to the British and European Renewable Energy Associations, only 4% of the EU’s electricity consumption is met by wind power today, while this should represent 30% by 2030. Nearly 2 million homes Sinomatech − China Name of Product or Process: Wind turbine blades. Partner: Beijing FRP Research and Design Institute. Description: The Sinoma 40.2, 37.3, 31.5 and 23.3 blades are suitable for inland IEC, II, III, and coastal areas. Advanced aerodynamic design and RIM technology were used to design the main product, Sinoma 40.2, for low-wind-speed areas. The company can design and produce MW-class blade moulds, and provides different turning mechanisms and heating systems as a function of customer requirements. The company has developed several types of nacelle covers using RIM, spray-up and hand lay-up technologies. The largest one is 12 m long, 5.5 high and 4.5 m in diameter. jec composites magazine / No45 November-December 2008

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