Regular Article
Evaluation of the electromechanical behavior of polyvinylidene fluoride used as a component of risers in the offshore oil industry
1
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
3
Postgraduate Metrology Programme, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
* Corresponding author: khrissymedeiros@gmail.com
Received:
18
January
2018
Accepted:
29
August
2018
A sample of polyvinylidene fluoride removed from a riser component was tested in laboratory to evaluate its electromechanical behavior. For this, an experimental setup was developed, after Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) results have shown through the absorption bands, that this sample had a spectrum of the piezoelectric phase β. In order to identify if such sample would be able to respond electrically to the application of external mechanical excitation applied by a shaker, measurements were made of the induced voltages by piezoelectric effect, with varying accelerations and frequencies. The results indicated that the material, although it has not been processed for this purpose, responds electrically to the applied mechanical stimulus, demonstrating a good correlation between the measured signals and the accelerations.
© K. Medeiros et al., published by IFP Energies nouvelles, 2018
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