TY - JOUR A1 - Mansurova, Maria A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Rurack, Knut A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Bell, Jérémy T1 - On-Site Analytical Tool Based on Crude Oil Fluorescence and Chemometrics for the Rapid Determination of the Nature and Essential Properties of Oil Spills JF - ACS ES&T Water N2 - With the reduction of large oil spills because of stricter regulations and safety measures, the question of how to manage smaller oil spills arises. Few on-site analytical tools are available for first responders or other law enforcement personnel to rapidly test for crude oil in the early management of localized polluted areas. The approach reported here relies on well-described computer-assisted multivariate data analysis of the intrinsic fluorescence fingerprints of crude oils to build a multivariate model for the rapid classification of crude oils and the prediction of their properties. Thanks to a dedicated robust portable reader, the method allowed classification and accurate prediction of various properties of crude oil samples like density (according to API, the American Petroleum Institute and viscosity as well as composition parameters such as volume fractions of paraffins or aromatics. In this way, autonomous operation in on-site or in-the-field applications becomes possible based on the direct (undiluted and untreated) measurement of samples and a rapid, tablet-operated readout system to yield a robust and simple analytical test with superior performance. Testing in real-life scenarios allowed the successful classification and prediction of a number of oil spill samples as well as weathered samples that closely resemble samples collected by first responders. KW - Oil spills KW - Fluorescence KW - PCA KW - Petroleum KW - Rapid test KW - Portable PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-595442 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00648 VL - 4 IS - 2 SP - 621 EP - 627 PB - American Chemical Society (ACS) AN - OPUS4-59544 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Winkler, Nicolas P. A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Neumann, Patrick P. T1 - Revisiting Environmental Sensing Nodes: Lessons Learned and Way Forward T2 - SMSI 2023 Conference Sensor and Measurement Science International Proceedings N2 - Setting up sensors for the purpose of environmental monitoring should be a matter of days, but often drags over weeks or even months, preventing scientists from doing real research. Additionally, the newly developed hardware and software solutions are often reinventing existing wheels. In this short paper, we revisit the design of our environmental sensing node that has been monitoring industrial areas over a span of two years. We share our findings and lessons learned. Based on this, we outline how a new generation of sensing node(s) can look like. T2 - SMSI 2023 Conference Sensor and Measurement Science International CY - Nuremberg, Germany DA - 08.05.2023 KW - Sensing node KW - Sensor network KW - Environmental monitoring KW - Low-cost KW - LoRaWAN PY - 2023 SN - 978-3-9819376-8-8 DO - https://doi.org/10.5162/SMSI2023/C5.1 SP - 173 EP - 174 PB - AMA Service GmbH CY - Wunstorf AN - OPUS4-57454 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Neumann, Patrick P. A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Erdmann, Jessica A1 - Winkler, Nicolas P. ED - Kourkoulis, S. K. T1 - The RASEM System: A Technical Overview T2 - 38th Danubia-Adria Symposium on Advances in Experimental Mechanics - Extended abstracts N2 - Occupational health is an important topic, especially in industry, where workers are exposed to airborne by-products (e.g., dust particles and gases). Therefore, continuous monitoring of the air quality in industrial environments is crucial to meet safety standards. For practical and economic reasons, high-quality, costly measurements are currently only carried out sparsely, both in time and space, i.e., measurement data are collected in single day campaigns at selected locations only. The project “Robot-assisted Environmental Monitoring for Air Quality Assessment in Industrial Scenarios” (RASEM) addresses this issue by bringing together the benefits of both – low- and high-cost – measuring technologies enabling costefficient long-term air quality monitoring in realtime: A stationary network of low-cost sensors that is augmented by mobile units carrying high-quality sensors. By mapping the distribution of gases and particles in industrial environments with the proposed RASEM system, measures can be identified to improve on-site working conditions much faster than using traditional methods. In this paper, we detail the technical aspects of RASEM and introduce the mobile platforms used. T2 - 38th Danubia-Adria Symposium on Advances in Experimental Mechanics CY - Poros, Greece DA - 20.09.2022 KW - RASEM KW - Dust sensor KW - Low-cost KW - Sensor network KW - Ground Robot KW - Aerial Robot PY - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 2 CY - Athens, Greece AN - OPUS4-55915 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Mansurova, Maria A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Bell, Jérémy A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Semi-automatic Measurement Device for Long-Term Monitoring of Ammonia in Gas Phase T2 - SMSI 2021 Proceedings N2 - In the present paper the development of a semi-automated device for long-term monitoring of gaseous ammonia is described. A sensor material was produced that changes its optical properties in the pres-ence of low concentrations of ammonia in air. The implementation into an electronic device enables precise, simple, economic and fast monitoring of low concentrations of harmful gases, like ammonia, and hence can help to improve the climate monitoring in livestock housing, barns or stables. T2 - SMSI 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 03.05.2021 KW - Spectroscopy KW - Embedded sensor KW - Environment KW - Air quality PY - 2021 SP - 133 EP - 134 AN - OPUS4-52576 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Winkler, Nicolas P. A1 - Neumann, Patrick P. A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Erdmann, Jessica A1 - Schaffernicht, Erik A1 - Lilienthal, Achim J. T1 - Development of a Low-Cost Sensing Node with Active Ventilation Fan for Air Pollution Monitoring T2 - SMSI 2021 Proceedings N2 - A fully designed low-cost sensing node for air pollution monitoring and calibration results for several low-cost gas sensors are presented. As the state of the art is lacking information on the importance of an active ventilation system, the effect of an active fan is compared to the passive ventilation of a lamellar structured casing. Measurements obtained in an urban outdoor environment show that readings of the low-cost dust sensor (Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F) are distorted by the active ventilation system. While this behavior requires further research, a correlation with temperature and humidity inside the node shown. T2 - SMSI 2021 Conference: Sensor and Measurement Science International CY - Online meeting DA - 03.05.2021 KW - Wireless sensing node KW - Air pollution KW - Sensor network KW - Environmental monitoring PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.5162/SMSI2021/D3.5 VL - 2021 SP - 260 EP - 261 AN - OPUS4-52607 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias T1 - Feasibility Study for Safe Workplaces through automation and digitalization technology with redesigned Smart Sensors and LoRaWAN Monitoring System T2 - SMSI 2021 Proceedings N2 - This project addresses the application of safe and healthy workplaces in offices, chemical laboratories and other workplaces where indoor air quality plays an important role. The LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) is used as a communication interface to make sensor data globally accessible. The objectives of the project are to create a sensor node and an online and offline system that collects the data from the sensor nodes and stores it on a local server, in a cloud, and also locally on the node to prevent communication failures. An important point in this project is the development of the sensor nodes and the placement of these in the premises, thus no development work is involved in Building the infrastructure. T2 - SMSI 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 03.05.2021 KW - Smart sensors KW - Air quality monitoring KW - LoRaWAN KW - VOC KW - Multisensor system PY - 2021 SP - 230 EP - 231 AN - OPUS4-52649 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Mansurova, M. A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Bell, Jérémy A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Semi-automatic Measurement Device for Long-Term Monitoring of Ammonia in Gas Phase T2 - SMSI 2020 Proceedings N2 - The present paper describes the development of a sensor material that changes its fluorescence in the presence of gaseous ammonia in a relevant concentration range. The implementation into a semi-automatic gas measurement device enables low-cost, precise, simple and fast monitoring of low con-centrations of harmful gases, like ammonia, and hence can help to improve the climate monitoring in livestock housing, barns or stables. T2 - SMSI 2020 CY - Meeting was canceled KW - Spectroscopy KW - Emmbedded sensor KW - Environment KW - Air quality PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.5162/SMSI2020/B5.4 SP - 133 EP - 134 AN - OPUS4-50867 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wu, Cheng-Chieh A1 - Weisbrich, S. A1 - Neitzel, F. A1 - Kadoke, Daniel A1 - Fischer, Michael A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald ED - Pastramă, Ştefan Dan ED - Constantinescu, Dan Mihai T1 - A Small-Scale Test Bridge for Measurement and Model-based Structural Analysis JF - Materials Today: Proceedings N2 - The Measurement- and Model-based Structural Analysis (MeMoS) integrates a finite element model into least squares adjustment and thus allows to evaluate a mechanical model and measurements in a combined analysis. To examine the capability to detect and localise damage using this integrated analysis MeMoS, a small-scale truss bridge made of aluminium profiles is built as a test specimen for this purpose. T2 - 35th Danubia Adria Symposium on Advances in Experimental Mechanics CY - Sinaia, Romania DA - 25.09.2018 KW - Structural analysis KW - Damage detection and localisation KW - Finite element method KW - Photogrammetry KW - Adjustment calculation PY - 2019 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785319304894 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.03.130 SN - 2214-7853 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 319 EP - 328 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-48053 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Neumann, Patrick P. A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Hüllmann, Dino A1 - Krentel, Daniel A1 - Kluge, Martin A1 - Dzierliński, M. A1 - Lilienthal, A. J. A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias T1 - Aerial-based gas tomography – from single beams to complex gas distributions JF - European Journal of Remote Sensing N2 - In this paper, we present and validate the concept of an autonomous aerial robot to reconstruct tomographic 2D slices of gas plumes in outdoor environments. Our platform, the so-called Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Remote Gas Sensing (UAV-REGAS), combines a lightweight Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) gas sensor with a 3-axis aerial stabilization gimbal for aiming at a versatile octocopter. While the TDLAS sensor provides integral gas concentration measurements, it does not measure the distance traveled by the laser diode’s beam nor the distribution of gas along the optical path. Thus, we complement the set-up with a laser rangefinder and apply principles of Computed Tomography (CT) to create a model of the spatial gas distribution from a set of integral concentration measurements. To allow for a fundamental ground truth evaluation of the applied gas tomography algorithm, we set up a unique outdoor test environment based on two 3D ultrasonic anemometers and a distributed array of 10 infrared gas transmitters. We present results showing its performance characteristics and 2D plume reconstruction capabilities under realistic conditions. The proposed system can be deployed in scenarios that cannot be addressed by currently available robots and thus constitutes a significant step forward for the field of Mobile Robot Olfaction (MRO). KW - Aerial robot olfaction KW - Mobile robot olfaction KW - Gas tomography KW - TDLAS KW - Plume PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-487843 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2019.1640078 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London AN - OPUS4-48784 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hüllmann, Dino A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Erdmann, Jessica A1 - Neumann, Patrick P. ED - Pastramă, Ş. D. ED - Constantinescu, D. M. T1 - Control of a spherical parallel manipulator JF - Materials Today: Proceedings N2 - In mobile robot applications, some sensors such as open-path gas detectors or laser rangefinders need to be aimed at specific targets in order to get the desired measurements. To do this in a fast and elegant manner, we present a spherical parallel manipulator with three degrees of freedom. Compared to typical serial manipulators, it offers superior dynamics and structural stiffness, which are important parameters for this type of task. We present the mechanical design and derive kinematic equations both to compute set-points for the desired orientation and to estimate the current state of the system. A PID controller is used to generate control signals. T2 - 35th Danubia-Adria Symposium on Advances in Experimental Mechanics CY - Sinaia, Romania DA - 25.09.2018 KW - Spherical parallel manipulator KW - Sensor orientation KW - Sensor alignment KW - Sensor aiming PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.03.145 SN - 2214-7853 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 423 EP - 430 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam, Netherlands AN - OPUS4-48044 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -