Title :
LIBS combined with temporal and spatial measurements for detecting a salt deposit on a GFRP material
Author :
Kumar, V. Satya ; Vasa, Nilesh J. ; Sarathi, R. ; Nakamura, Daisuke ; Okada, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Design, Indian Inst. of Technol. Madras, Chennai, India
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
Remote detection of a salt deposit on a wind turbine blade was necessary to protect the blades from lightning damage in an offshore environment. Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy technique was used to identify and rank the severity of salt deposit on blades.
Keywords :
blades; glass fibre reinforced plastics; laser beam effects; measurement by laser beam; offshore installations; wind turbines; GFRP material; LIBS; glass fiber reinforced plastic; laser induced breakdown spectroscopy technique; lightning damage; offshore environment; remote detection; salt deposit; spatial measurement; temporal measurement; wind turbine blade; Blades; Lightning; Measurement by laser beam; Plasmas; Pollution measurement; Pulsed laser deposition; Wind turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600563
