TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Toward sustainable and hydrogen compatible sealing materials N2 - As sealing components, polymeric materials are used in a wide range of applications e.g. as O-rings and piston rings in high-pressure and/or cryogenic hydrogen. For these extreme demanding application, PTFE or PPS based materials are often used as high-performance polymer matrix. This project aims to provide a safe and sustainable sealing solutions for hydrogen applications. New materials with improved sustainability were investigated and compared with conventional grades. Tests were performed in hydrogen over a wide range of temperature and pressure (0.1 MPa to 40 MPa, and 100°C down to -150°C) at Kyushu University and BAM using a pin-on-disk apparatus in a continuous sliding motion. Polymer samples ran against 316L disk at 0.5 m/s and 3 MPa contact pressure. Based on the tribological results and surface analyses, promising candidates are suggested along with friction mechanisms in both high-pressure and low temperature hydrogen. T2 - STLE Meeting CY - Atlanta, Georgia, USA DA - 18.05.2025 KW - Hydrogen KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Piston ring KW - Reciprocating seals PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63809 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Polymer tribology in cryogenic hydrogen N2 - In this presentation, an overview of polymer tribology in cryogenic hydrogen is given along comparison with other environments. T2 - Hydrogenius Symposium 2024 CY - Kyushu University Ito Campus, Japan DA - 12.09.2024 KW - Hydrogen KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Polymer materials KW - Cryogenic PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61426 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - An overview of tribology in gaseous Hydrogen N2 - In this presentation, an overview in gaseous hydrogen is given along with examples related to metal, coatings, polymers and rubbers materials. T2 - International Seminar, Hydrogen & Materials 2024 CY - Espoo, Finland DA - 06.06.2024 KW - Hydrogen KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Materials PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61408 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Comparison of the sliding behaviour of several polymers in hydrogen N2 - The work presented here deals with the friction and wear behaviour of polymer materials in hydrogen. Commercially available grades of PEEK, PA, PPA, PAI, PI and PBI were investigated at room temperature in air and hydrogen gas (H2) as well as in liquid hydrogen at - 253°C (LH2). T2 - 7th World Tribology Congress, WTC 2022 CY - Lyon, France DA - 10.07.2022 KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Polymers KW - Hydrogen KW - Cryogenic PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-62087 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Sliding behaviour of polymer materials in hydrogen N2 - This lecture deals with the sliding behaviour of polymer materials in hydrogen environment. After a short introduction of the hydrogen activities at BAM, the tribological performances of polymer materials in gaseous hydrogen are presented and compared with air and vacuum environment. The second part focusses on the influence of the counterface materials in hydrogen. Finally, the last section is dedicated to experiments liquid hydrogen. T2 - Invited lecture, TRIBOS+ program at Lulea University of Technology CY - Lulea, Sweden DA - 30.06.2021 KW - Polymers KW - Hydrogen KW - Friction KW - Wear PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53708 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Friction and wear of polymer materials at cryogenic temperatures N2 - This lecture deals with the friction and wear of polymeric materials at cryogenic temperatures. The first part is dedicated to the low temperature properties of polymers and cryogenic environment as well as an introduction to cryotribology and friction models. The second part presents some experimental results, focusing on the effect of polymer composition, cryogenic media and stick-slip behaviour. T2 - Invited lecture, TRIBOS+ program at Lulea University of Technology CY - Lulea, Sweden DA - 29.06.2021 KW - Polymers KW - Cryogenic temperature KW - Friction KW - Wear PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53706 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - On the tribological behaviour of polymer composites in vacuum N2 - This lecture deals with the sliding behaviour of polymer composites in vacuum environment. At first, the effect of the polymer matrix and solid lubricants such as graphite and MoS2 are presented. The second part focusses on the influence of the residual pressure with experimental results obtained in high and ultrahigh vacuum. T2 - Invited lecture, TRIBOS+ program at Lulea University of Technology CY - Lulea, Sweden DA - 29.06.2021 KW - Polymers KW - Vacuum KW - Friction KW - Wear PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53710 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Comparison of the sliding behaviour of several polymers in hydrogen N2 - The work presented here deals with the friction and wear behaviour of polymer materials in hydrogen. Commercially available grades of PEEK, PA, PPA, PAI, PI and PBI were investigated at room temperature in air and hydrogen gas (H2) as well as in liquid hydrogen at -253°C (LH2). T2 - 7th World Tribology Congress, WTC 2022 CY - Lyon, France DA - 10.07.2022 KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Polymers KW - Hydrogen KW - Cryogenic PY - 2021 SP - 1 AN - OPUS4-62089 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Influence of counterface and environment on the tribological behaviour of polymer materials N2 - This paper focuses on the influence of the counterface materials on the sliding behaviour of polymer materials in hydrogen. Polyimide (PI), polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) materials were investigated against hardened 52100 martensitic bearing steel and 304 austenitic stainless steel with similar roughness (Ra = 0.2 μm). Results indicate that the friction and wear of PI and PEEK materials depend on the counterface material. This effect wasn’t observed for PTFE composites. While the tribological performance of polyimide is better against 52100 in hydrogen, improved sliding behaviour of PEEK materials is observed with 304 counterface, particularly at higher sliding speed. Surface analyses of the transfer film reveal that the influence of the counterface is primarily related to the chemical nature of the steel for PI and to the thermal conductivity of the disc for PEEK materials. KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Polymers KW - Hydrogen Transfer Film PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-515483 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2020.106912 VL - 93 SP - 106912 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-51548 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Influence of the counterface on the sliding behavior of polymer materials in hydrogen N2 - This presentation deals with the influence of the counterface materials on the sliding behaviour of some polymer materials in hydrogen. Polyimide (PI), polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) materials were investigated against hardened 52100 martensitic bearing steel and 304 austenitic stainless steel with similar roughness (Ra = 0.2 μm). Results indicate that the friction and wear of PI and PEEK materials depend on the counterface material. This effect wasn’t observed for PTFE composites. While the tribological performance of polyimide is better against 52100 in hydrogen, improved sliding behaviour of PEEK materials is observed with 304 counterface, particularly at higher sliding speed. Surface analyses of the transfer film reveal that the influence of the counterface is primarily related to the chemical nature of the steel for PI and to the thermal conductivity of the disc for PEEK materials. T2 - Hydrogenius & I2CNER Tribology Symposium CY - Online meeting DA - 29.01.2021 KW - Polymers KW - Hydrogen KW - Counterface KW - Friction KW - Wear PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52093 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Tribology of polymeric materials in gaseous and liquid hydrogen N2 - This presentation gives an overview of the tribological behaviour of polymeric materials in gaseous and luquid hydrogen. T2 - HYDROGENIUS-BAM Joint Hydrogen Symposium CY - Online meeting DA - 06.07.2021 KW - Polymers KW - Hydrogen KW - Friction KW - Wear PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53701 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Benchmarking of polymer materials for tribological applications in hydrogen N2 - The focus of this study is to evaluate of hydrogen on the friction and wear behavior of a wide range of polymer materials. Thereby, the tribological performance of filled and unfilled polymers from different suppliers were compared at room temperature in air and hydrogen gas (H2) as well as in liquid hydrogen at -253°C (LH2). T2 - 62. Tribologie-Fachtagung der Gesellschaft für Tribologie e. V. CY - Online meeting DA - 27.09.2021 KW - Polymers KW - Hydrogen KW - Friction KW - Wear PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53700 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Benchmarking of polymer materials for tribological applications in hydrogen N2 - The focus of this study is to evaluate the influence of hydrogen on the friction and wear behavior of a wide range of polymer materials. Thereby, the tribological performance of filled und unfilled polymers from different suppliers were compared at room temperature in air and hydrogen gas (H2) as well as in liquid hydrogen at -235°C (LH2). T2 - 23rd International Conference on Wear of Materials CY - Online meeting DA - 26.04.2021 KW - Polymers KW - Hydrogen KW - Friction KW - Wear PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52651 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Sliding performance of polymer materials in hydrogen and methane N2 - In this talk, the sliding performance of polymer materials in hydrogen and methane are presented. The influence of the environmental conditions is discussed in terms of material composition, counterface, transfer film formation, and triboreactions. T2 - International Tribology Conference/ITC CY - Sendai, Japan DA - 17.09.2019 KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Polymer composites KW - Hydrogen KW - Methane PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49148 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Harsha, A. P. A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - On the sliding wear behavior of PEAK composites in vacuum environment N2 - The tribological behavior of neat and filled PEEK and PEKK composites were compared in air and vacuum conditions. Very low friction and wear coefficient were obtained at low sliding speed while severe wear occurred at high speed. Experimental results are discussed by analysing the transfer film and wear debris. KW - PEAK KW - Composites KW - Wear KW - Friction KW - Vacuum PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4042271 SN - 0022-2305 SN - 0742-4787 VL - 141 IS - 4 SP - 044502-1 EP - 044502-7 PB - ASME AN - OPUS4-47298 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Wachtendorf, Volker A1 - Elert, Anna Maria A1 - Weidner, Steffen T1 - Effects of UV radiation on the friction behavior of thermoplastic polyurethanes N2 - The effects of weathering exposure on unfilled and filled thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) materials are described as performed under different humidity conditions. For this purpose, a weathering device was used with UV-A 340 nm lamps at a constant temperature of 40 °C. The effects of environmental (UV and humidity condition) degradation on the frictional properties of TPU materials are presented along with surface analyses to characterize the chemistry of the degradative process. Photooxidative degradation of unfilled polymer leads to deterioration of physical and mechanical properties, which affects its tribological behavior significantly. Due to crosslinking, the stiffness of the material increases, reducing drastically the friction coefficient of unfilled TPUs. The frictional behavior of glass fiber reinforced TPU is less affected by radiation. KW - Photooxidation KW - UV radiation KW - Friction KW - TPU KW - Humidity PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2018.08.006 SN - 0142-9418 SN - 1873-2348 VL - 70 SP - 467 EP - 473 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-45709 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hausberger, A. A1 - Major, Z. A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Observation of the adhesive - and deformation - contribution to the friction and wear behaviour of thermoplastic polyurethanes N2 - In this study unfilled and graphite filled thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) were investigated in tribological pin-on-disc tests. KW - TPU KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Adhesion KW - Deformation KW - Vacuum PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2018.07.006 SN - 0043-1648 SN - 1873-2577 VL - 412-413 SP - 14 EP - 22 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-45897 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Friction and wear behaviour of polymers in liquid hydrogen N2 - The tribological behaviour of polymer composites were investigated in liquid hydrogen at -253°C and compared with previous results obtained in gaseous hydrogen at ambient temperature. KW - Polymers KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Hydrogen KW - Cryogenic temperature PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2018.05.002 SN - 0011-2275 VL - 93 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-44886 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gradt, Thomas A1 - Theiler, Geraldine T1 - Tribological properties of polymer composites for applications in LNG environment N2 - In a first test series, the friction and wear properties of 6 polymeric candidate materials for application in LNG tribosystems were tested. The most favorable properties showed PTFE composite, filled with carbon fibers and PEEK, which showed low and stable friction and a wear coefficient in the order of 10-7 mm3N-1m-1. PTFE containing PEEK composites seem to be also appropriate for LNG applications. Admixtures of graphite as solid lubricant result in lower wear. Contrary, a lubricating mechanism of MoS2 was not observed. The PI-materials showed comparatively high friction and medium wear. T2 - 21th International Colloquium Tribology CY - Stuttgart/Ostfildern, Germany DA - 09.01.2018 KW - Tribology KW - PEEK KW - PTFE composites KW - Friction PY - 2018 SP - 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-43900 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Friction and wear characteristics of polymers in gaseous and liquid hydrogen N2 - The tribological characteristics of pure and graphite filled polymers were investigated in gaseous hydrogen at ambient temperatures and in LH2 at -253°C. It could be shown that the tribological properties of PI and PEEK materials is related to the formation of a transfer film. The influence of both hydrogen and cryogenic temperatures will be discussed in the presentation. T2 - 21th International Colloquium Tribology CY - Stuttgart/Ostfildern, Germany DA - 09.11.2018 KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Hydrogen KW - PEEK PY - 2018 SP - 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-43903 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -