4-Hydroxycinnamic acid: Let the power plant dance with the wind

Wind energy is one of the earliest energy sources used by mankind. As early as 1800 years ago, China has recorded wind applications and is one of the first countries in the world to use wind energy. Because wind power generation does not have to worry about the fuel problem, it will not produce radiation and air pollution, which is in line with the ecological philosophy of low-carbon and environmental protection pursued by modern society. As a clean and renewable energy source, wind energy development has attracted the attention of all countries in the world. In the world, there has been an upsurge of power generation that dances with the wind.

Wind power generators in wind power generation systems are also called windmills. They are power machines that convert wind energy into mechanical work. The sun uses heat as the heat source, and the atmosphere uses the engine as the heat energy of the working medium. Wind turbines are again made up of noses, swivels, tails and blades. Wind turbine blades play an important role in receiving wind power and converting it into electrical energy through the machine head during the entire power generation process.

In order to increase the structural rigidity, prevent local instability, and improve the load-bearing capacity of the entire blade, the sandwich material is one of the key materials of the wind power blade. At present, the sandwich materials for blades mainly include rigid foam, honeycomb and balsa. However, due to the lack of density and strength of these sandwich materials, the core materials are expensive to process and become unstable and unstable, causing a lot of waste of resources and reducing the efficiency of wind power generation.

Armacell Benelux S, Belgium. A. The company has made bold attempts on sandwich materials to develop a new type of blade material. In a large number of experiments, it was unexpectedly discovered that the polyester foam of sandwich material synthesized with 4-hydroxycinnamic acid has a unique density, good ratio, strength and rigidity far exceeding the quality of various foams, and has a wide molding temperature. Ideal natural sandwich material. At the same time, the foam used for the synthesis of 4-hydroxycinnamic acid is used in wind power blades. It has excellent mechanical properties, high abrasion resistance, good dimensional stability, high production efficiency, high cost performance, fatigue resistance, and hot forming. It is easy to use, and it does not produce any greenhouse gas during the production process, which greatly improves the environmental protection of the product. 4-Hydroxycinnamic acid has the advantages of sufficient source and low price, and it has stable physicochemical properties in itself, so it has a wide range of applications. The company also used 4-hydroxycinnamic acid in shipbuilding and related composite applications, and there have been significant breakthroughs in its application.

Belgium’s bold attempt to apply 4-hydroxycinnamic acid to the sandwich material used in the leaves created a new world of dance with the wind.