TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface treatment of large-area epoxy resin by water-perforated metal plate electrodes dielectric barrier discharge
T2 - Hydrophobic modification and uniformity improvement
AU - Huang, Jialiang
AU - Zhu, Yu
AU - Guo, Shijia
AU - Guo, Liang
AU - Yu, Weicheng
AU - Akram, Shakeel
AU - Zhu, Xi
AU - Cui, Xinglei
AU - Fang, Zhi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/12/1
Y1 - 2023/12/1
N2 - Wind power plays a vital role in the field of renewable energy. However, a significant challenge arises when operating wind turbines with epoxy resin blades in temperatures below 0 ℃, as they tend to ice up, causing unexpected shutdowns. Low-temperature plasma technology emerges as a promising solution that can produce hydrophobic thin films with excellent mechanical properties in an eco-friendly way, but its application is currently limited to small objects. This paper presents a novel design for a large-scale DBD (Dielectric Barrier Discharge) water-perforated metal electrode plasma treatment device that was optimized through simulations to achieve uniform gas discharge at low flow rates. The device successfully deposited a hydrophobic thin film uniformly on the surface of an epoxy resin plate with an average water contact angle of 139.5 ± 2.5°, which is an 87% improvement compared to the untreated surface. In addition, the device reduced the required working gas flow rate by 40–60% compared to existing large-area processing devices, and improved the effectiveness by 16%. Physical and chemical property tests demonstrated that the device's design increased surface roughness and generated a dense film containing hydrophobic silicon groups (such as Si-O-Si and Si-(CH3)x), contributing to the improvement in hydrophobicity. Overall, the presented device offers an efficient, eco-friendly, and effective method for depositing hydrophobic thin films on large-scale materials, which can enhance wind turbine performance by preventing ice formation on epoxy resin blades.
AB - Wind power plays a vital role in the field of renewable energy. However, a significant challenge arises when operating wind turbines with epoxy resin blades in temperatures below 0 ℃, as they tend to ice up, causing unexpected shutdowns. Low-temperature plasma technology emerges as a promising solution that can produce hydrophobic thin films with excellent mechanical properties in an eco-friendly way, but its application is currently limited to small objects. This paper presents a novel design for a large-scale DBD (Dielectric Barrier Discharge) water-perforated metal electrode plasma treatment device that was optimized through simulations to achieve uniform gas discharge at low flow rates. The device successfully deposited a hydrophobic thin film uniformly on the surface of an epoxy resin plate with an average water contact angle of 139.5 ± 2.5°, which is an 87% improvement compared to the untreated surface. In addition, the device reduced the required working gas flow rate by 40–60% compared to existing large-area processing devices, and improved the effectiveness by 16%. Physical and chemical property tests demonstrated that the device's design increased surface roughness and generated a dense film containing hydrophobic silicon groups (such as Si-O-Si and Si-(CH3)x), contributing to the improvement in hydrophobicity. Overall, the presented device offers an efficient, eco-friendly, and effective method for depositing hydrophobic thin films on large-scale materials, which can enhance wind turbine performance by preventing ice formation on epoxy resin blades.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.158166
DO - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.158166
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85167807886
SN - 0169-4332
VL - 639
JO - Applied Surface Science
JF - Applied Surface Science
M1 - 158166
ER -
