{"id":1916,"date":"2025-11-19T14:21:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taishicn.com\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2025-11-21T08:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:20:12","slug":"une-nouvelle-fibre-de-carbone-pour-les-pales-deoliennes-pourrait-apporter-des-avantages-en-termes-de-couts-et-de-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taishicn.com\/fr\/une-nouvelle-fibre-de-carbone-pour-les-pales-deoliennes-pourrait-apporter-des-avantages-en-termes-de-couts-et-de-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"Une nouvelle fibre de carbone pour les pales d'\u00e9oliennes pourrait apporter des avantages en termes de co\u00fbts et de performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selon une \u00e9tude men\u00e9e par des chercheurs des Sandia National Laboratories, un nouveau mat\u00e9riau \u00e0 base de fibres de carbone pourrait, s'il \u00e9tait d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 commercialement, apporter des avantages en termes de co\u00fbts et de performances \u00e0 l'industrie \u00e9olienne.<\/p>\n<p>Les pales d'\u00e9oliennes en fibre de carbone p\u00e8sent 25% de moins que celles fabriqu\u00e9es \u00e0 partir de mat\u00e9riaux traditionnels en fibre de verre. Cela signifie que les pales en fibre de carbone pourraient \u00eatre plus longues que celles en fibre de verre et, par cons\u00e9quent, capter plus d'\u00e9nergie dans les endroits o\u00f9 le vent est faible. Le passage \u00e0 la fibre de carbone pourrait \u00e9galement prolonger la dur\u00e9e de vie des pales, car les mat\u00e9riaux en fibre de carbone ont une grande r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la fatigue, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Brandon Ennis, chercheur en \u00e9nergie \u00e9olienne au Sandia Labs et principal investigateur du projet.<\/p>\n<p>Le projet est financ\u00e9 par l'Office des technologies de l'\u00e9nergie \u00e9olienne du minist\u00e8re de l'\u00e9nergie, qui fait partie de l'Office de l'efficacit\u00e9 \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique et des \u00e9nergies renouvelables. Les partenaires du projet sont les suivants\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.compositesdirectory.com\/listing\/ornl\">Oak Ridge National<\/a>\u00a0Laboratory et Montana State University.<\/p>\n<p>De toutes les entreprises produisant des \u00e9oliennes, une seule utilise\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.compositestoday.com\/tag\/carbon-fibre\">fibre de carbone<\/a>\u00a0dans la conception de leurs pales. Les pales d'\u00e9oliennes sont les plus grandes structures composites d'un seul tenant au monde, et l'industrie \u00e9olienne pourrait repr\u00e9senter le plus grand march\u00e9 pour les mat\u00e9riaux en fibre de carbone en termes de poids si un mat\u00e9riau rivalisant en termes de co\u00fbt et de valeur avec les composites renforc\u00e9s de fibre de verre \u00e9tait disponible dans le commerce, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 M. Ennis.<\/p>\n<p>Le co\u00fbt est la principale consid\u00e9ration lors de la conception des composants dans l'industrie \u00e9olienne, mais les fabricants de turbines doivent \u00e9galement construire des pales qui r\u00e9sistent aux charges de compression et de fatigue qu'elles subissent lorsqu'elles tournent pendant une p\u00e9riode pouvant aller jusqu'\u00e0 30 ans.<\/p>\n<p>Ennis et ses coll\u00e8gues se sont demand\u00e9 si une nouvelle fibre de carbone bon march\u00e9 mise au point au laboratoire national d'Oak Ridge pouvait r\u00e9pondre aux besoins de performance tout en apportant des avantages en termes de co\u00fbts \u00e0 l'industrie \u00e9olienne. Ce mat\u00e9riau part d'un pr\u00e9curseur largement disponible dans l'industrie textile, qui contient d'\u00e9pais faisceaux de fibres acryliques. Le processus de fabrication, qui chauffe les fibres pour les convertir en carbone, est suivi d'une \u00e9tape interm\u00e9diaire qui consiste \u00e0 tirer la fibre de carbone pour en faire des planches. Le processus de pultrusion pour la fabrication des planches permet de cr\u00e9er des fibres de carbone tr\u00e8s performantes et fiables, n\u00e9cessaires \u00e0 la fabrication des lames, et permet \u00e9galement d'atteindre une capacit\u00e9 de production \u00e9lev\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>Lorsque l'\u00e9quipe de recherche a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 cette fibre de carbone bon march\u00e9, elle a d\u00e9couvert qu'elle \u00e9tait plus performante que les mat\u00e9riaux commerciaux actuels en ce qui concerne les propri\u00e9t\u00e9s sp\u00e9cifiques au co\u00fbt qui pr\u00e9sentent le plus d'int\u00e9r\u00eat pour l'industrie \u00e9olienne.<\/p>\n<p>L'ORNL a fourni des \u00e9chantillons de d\u00e9veloppement de fibre de carbone provenant de sa Carbon Fiber Technology Facility et des composites fabriqu\u00e9s \u00e0 partir de ce mat\u00e9riau, ainsi que des composites similaires fabriqu\u00e9s \u00e0 partir de fibre de carbone disponible dans le commerce, \u00e0 des fins de comparaison.<\/p>\n<p>Des coll\u00e8gues de l'universit\u00e9 d'\u00c9tat du Montana ont mesur\u00e9 les propri\u00e9t\u00e9s m\u00e9caniques de la nouvelle fibre de carbone par rapport \u00e0 celles des composites en fibre de carbone et en fibre de verre standard disponibles dans le commerce. M. Ennis a ensuite combin\u00e9 ces mesures avec les r\u00e9sultats de la mod\u00e9lisation des co\u00fbts de l'ORNL. Il a utilis\u00e9 ces donn\u00e9es dans une analyse de la conception des pales afin d'\u00e9valuer l'impact sur le syst\u00e8me de l'utilisation de la nouvelle fibre de carbone, au lieu de la fibre de carbone standard ou de la fibre de verre, comme principal support structurel d'une pale d'\u00e9olienne. L'\u00e9tude a \u00e9t\u00e9 financ\u00e9e par l'Office des technologies de l'\u00e9nergie \u00e9olienne du minist\u00e8re am\u00e9ricain de l'\u00e9nergie.<\/p>\n<p>Ennis et ses coll\u00e8gues ont constat\u00e9 que le nouveau mat\u00e9riau en fibre de carbone pr\u00e9sentait une r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la compression sup\u00e9rieure de 56% par dollar \u00e0 celle de la fibre de carbone disponible dans le commerce, qui constitue la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence de l'industrie. G\u00e9n\u00e9ralement, les fabricants s'accommodent d'une r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la compression plus faible en utilisant plus de mat\u00e9riaux pour fabriquer un composant, ce qui augmente les co\u00fbts. Compte tenu de la r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la compression plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e par rapport au co\u00fbt de la nouvelle fibre de carbone, les calculs d'Ennis ont permis de pr\u00e9voir une \u00e9conomie d'environ 40% sur les co\u00fbts des mat\u00e9riaux pour un capuchon de longeron, qui est le principal composant structurel d'une pale d'\u00e9olienne, fabriqu\u00e9 \u00e0 partir de la nouvelle fibre de carbone par rapport \u00e0 la fibre de carbone commerciale.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selon une \u00e9tude men\u00e9e par des chercheurs des Sandia National Laboratories, un nouveau mat\u00e9riau \u00e0 base de fibres de carbone pourrait, s'il \u00e9tait d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 commercialement, apporter des avantages en termes de co\u00fbts et de performances \u00e0 l'industrie \u00e9olienne.<\/p>\n<p>Les pales d'\u00e9oliennes en fibre de carbone p\u00e8sent 25% de moins que celles fabriqu\u00e9es \u00e0 partir de mat\u00e9riaux traditionnels en fibre de verre. Cela signifie que les pales en fibre de carbone pourraient \u00eatre plus longues que celles en fibre de verre et, par cons\u00e9quent, capter plus d'\u00e9nergie dans les endroits o\u00f9 le vent est faible. Le passage \u00e0 la fibre de carbone pourrait \u00e9galement prolonger la dur\u00e9e de vie des pales, car les mat\u00e9riaux en fibre de carbone ont une grande r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la fatigue, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Brandon Ennis, chercheur en \u00e9nergie \u00e9olienne au Sandia Labs et principal investigateur du projet.<\/p>\n<p>Le projet est financ\u00e9 par l'Office des technologies de l'\u00e9nergie \u00e9olienne du minist\u00e8re de l'\u00e9nergie, qui fait partie de l'Office de l'efficacit\u00e9 \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique et des \u00e9nergies renouvelables. Les partenaires du projet sont le laboratoire national d'Oak Ridge et l'universit\u00e9 d'\u00c9tat du Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Parmi toutes les entreprises produisant des \u00e9oliennes, une seule utilise largement des mat\u00e9riaux en fibre de carbone dans la conception de ses pales. Les pales d'\u00e9oliennes sont les plus grandes structures composites d'un seul tenant au monde, et l'industrie \u00e9olienne pourrait repr\u00e9senter le plus grand march\u00e9 pour les mat\u00e9riaux en fibre de carbone en termes de poids si un mat\u00e9riau rivalisant en termes de co\u00fbt et de valeur avec les composites renforc\u00e9s de fibre de verre \u00e9tait disponible dans le commerce, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 M. Ennis.<\/p>\n<p>Le co\u00fbt est la principale consid\u00e9ration lors de la conception des composants dans l'industrie \u00e9olienne, mais les fabricants de turbines doivent \u00e9galement construire des pales qui r\u00e9sistent aux charges de compression et de fatigue qu'elles subissent lorsqu'elles tournent pendant une p\u00e9riode pouvant aller jusqu'\u00e0 30 ans.<\/p>\n<p>Ennis et ses coll\u00e8gues se sont demand\u00e9 si une nouvelle fibre de carbone bon march\u00e9 mise au point au laboratoire national d'Oak Ridge pouvait r\u00e9pondre aux besoins de performance tout en apportant des avantages en termes de co\u00fbts \u00e0 l'industrie \u00e9olienne. Ce mat\u00e9riau part d'un pr\u00e9curseur largement disponible dans l'industrie textile, qui contient d'\u00e9pais faisceaux de fibres acryliques. Le processus de fabrication, qui chauffe les fibres pour les convertir en carbone, est suivi d'une \u00e9tape interm\u00e9diaire qui consiste \u00e0 tirer la fibre de carbone pour en faire des planches. Le processus de pultrusion pour la fabrication des planches permet de cr\u00e9er des fibres de carbone tr\u00e8s performantes et fiables, n\u00e9cessaires \u00e0 la fabrication des lames, et permet \u00e9galement d'atteindre une capacit\u00e9 de production \u00e9lev\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>Lorsque l'\u00e9quipe de recherche a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 cette fibre de carbone bon march\u00e9, elle a d\u00e9couvert qu'elle \u00e9tait plus performante que les mat\u00e9riaux commerciaux actuels en ce qui concerne les propri\u00e9t\u00e9s sp\u00e9cifiques au co\u00fbt qui pr\u00e9sentent le plus d'int\u00e9r\u00eat pour l'industrie \u00e9olienne.<\/p>\n<p>L'ORNL a fourni des \u00e9chantillons de d\u00e9veloppement de fibre de carbone provenant de sa Carbon Fiber Technology Facility et des composites fabriqu\u00e9s \u00e0 partir de ce mat\u00e9riau, ainsi que des composites similaires fabriqu\u00e9s \u00e0 partir de fibre de carbone disponible dans le commerce, \u00e0 des fins de comparaison.<\/p>\n<p>Des coll\u00e8gues de l'universit\u00e9 d'\u00c9tat du Montana ont mesur\u00e9 les propri\u00e9t\u00e9s m\u00e9caniques de la nouvelle fibre de carbone par rapport \u00e0 celles des composites en fibre de carbone et en fibre de verre standard disponibles dans le commerce. M. Ennis a ensuite combin\u00e9 ces mesures avec les r\u00e9sultats de la mod\u00e9lisation des co\u00fbts de l'ORNL. Il a utilis\u00e9 ces donn\u00e9es dans une analyse de la conception des pales afin d'\u00e9valuer l'impact sur le syst\u00e8me de l'utilisation de la nouvelle fibre de carbone, au lieu de la fibre de carbone standard ou de la fibre de verre, comme principal support structurel d'une pale d'\u00e9olienne. L'\u00e9tude a \u00e9t\u00e9 financ\u00e9e par l'Office des technologies de l'\u00e9nergie \u00e9olienne du minist\u00e8re am\u00e9ricain de l'\u00e9nergie.<\/p>\n<p>Ennis et ses coll\u00e8gues ont constat\u00e9 que le nouveau mat\u00e9riau en fibre de carbone pr\u00e9sentait une r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la compression sup\u00e9rieure de 56% par dollar \u00e0 celle de la fibre de carbone disponible dans le commerce, qui constitue la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence de l'industrie. G\u00e9n\u00e9ralement, les fabricants s'accommodent d'une r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la compression plus faible en utilisant plus de mat\u00e9riaux pour fabriquer un composant, ce qui augmente les co\u00fbts. Compte tenu de la r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la compression plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e par rapport au co\u00fbt de la nouvelle fibre de carbone, les calculs d'Ennis ont permis de pr\u00e9voir une \u00e9conomie d'environ 40% sur les co\u00fbts des mat\u00e9riaux pour un capuchon de longeron, qui est le principal composant structurel d'une pale d'\u00e9olienne, fabriqu\u00e9 \u00e0 partir de la nouvelle fibre de carbone par rapport \u00e0 la fibre de carbone commerciale.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-coverage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Carbon Fibre for Wind Turbine Blades Could Bring Cost and Performance Benefits - Taishi Technology: Lightweight Expert, New Frontier of Carbon Fiber _ Taishi Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/taishicn.com\/fr\/une-nouvelle-fibre-de-carbone-pour-les-pales-deoliennes-pourrait-apporter-des-avantages-en-termes-de-couts-et-de-performances\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Carbon Fibre for Wind Turbine Blades Could Bring Cost and Performance Benefits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new carbon fibre material could bring cost and performance benefits to the wind industry if developed commercially, according to a study led by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories.  Wind blades containing carbon fibre weigh 25% less than ones made from traditional fibreglass materials. That means carbon fibre blades could be longer than fibreglass ones and, therefore, capture more energy in locations with low wind. A switch to carbon fibre could also extend blade lifetime because carbon fibre materials have a high fatigue resistance, said Brandon Ennis, a wind energy researcher at Sandia Labs and the principal investigator for the project.  The project is funded by DOE\u2019s Wind Energy Technologies Office in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Partners on the project include Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Montana State University.  Of all the companies producing wind turbines, only one uses carbon fibre materials extensively in their blade designs. Wind turbine blades are the largest single-piece composite structures in the world, and the wind industry could represent the largest market for carbon fibre materials by weight if a material that competed on a cost-value basis to fibreglass reinforced composites was commercially available, said Ennis.  Cost is the main consideration during component design in the wind industry, yet turbine manufacturers also have to build blades that withstand the compressive and fatigue loads that blade experience as they rotate for up to 30 years.  Ennis and his colleagues wondered if a novel low-cost carbon fibre developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory could meet performance needs while also bringing cost benefits for the wind industry. This material starts with a widely available precursor from the textile industry that contains thick bundles of acrylic fibres. The manufacturing process, which heats the fibres to convert them to carbon, is followed by an intermediate step that pulls the carbon fibre into planks. The plank-making pultrusion process creates carbon fibre with high performance and reliability needed for blade manufacturing and also allows for high production capacity.  When the research team studied this low-cost carbon fibre, they discovered it performed better than current commercial materials in terms of cost-specific properties of most interest to the wind industry.  ORNL provided developmental samples of carbon fibre from its Carbon Fiber Technology Facility and composites made from this material as well as similar composites made from commercially available carbon fibre for comparison.  Colleagues at Montana State University measured the mechanical properties of the novel carbon fibre versus commercially available carbon fibre and standard fibreglass composites. 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