TY - JOUR A1 - Hartnig, C. A1 - Kuhn, R. A1 - Krüger, P. A1 - Manke, I. A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Goebbels, Jürgen A1 - Müller, Bernd R. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich T1 - Wassermanagement in Brennstoffzellen - die Bedeutung von hochauflösenden zerstörungsfreien Untersuchungsmethoden JF - MP materials testing N2 - Ein effektives Wassermanagement ist ein wichtiger Aspekt in der Entwicklung von Brennstoffzellen hinsichtlich Langzeitstabilität und Optimierung der Leistungsfähigkeit. Eine zentrale Rolle spielt dabei die Gasdiffusionslage, die für die gleichmäßige Verteilung der Reaktionsgase auf die elektrochemisch aktive Schicht (Katalysator) sorgen soll. In diesem Beitrag werden gemeinsame Forschungsaktivitäten des Helmholtz-Zentrums Berlin für Materialien und Energie (Entwicklung bildgebender Verfahren) sowie des Zentrums für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung (ZSW, Entwicklung von Brennstoffzellen) vorgestellt. Im Rahmen dieser Kooperation werden die Entstehung, die Verteilung und der Transport von flüssigem Wasser, kurz das Wassermanagement, unter Betriebsbedingungen untersucht. Mittels Synchrotronradiografie und -tomografie werden kleinste Wassercluster in der Gasdiffusionslage detektiert. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse dienen der Modifikation und einer gezielten Auswahl der eingesetzten Materialien. KW - Synchrotronstrahlung KW - Brennstoffzellen KW - Materialcharakterisierung KW - Zerstörungsfrei PY - 2008 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 50 IS - 10 SP - 609 EP - 614 PB - Hanser CY - München AN - OPUS4-18656 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Markötter, H. A1 - Manke, I. A1 - Kuhn, R. A1 - Arlt, Tobias A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Hentschel, Manfred P. A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Lange, Axel A1 - Hartnig, C. A1 - Scholta, J. A1 - Banhart, J. T1 - Neutron tomographic investigations of water distributions in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stacks JF - Journal of power sources N2 - Neutron tomography was applied to study the 3D water distribution in full polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stacks. The water distribution after switch-off of the fuel cell was analyzed over a period of 36 h. We found a slowly increasing water amount in the fuel cell, but only few changes within a time period of 5 h, which is about the time necessary for neutron tomography. In this way, the requirement for successful tomography was obtained. It is demonstrated how the quasi in-situ tomography technique enables us to study the water content in individual flow field channels of three-fold stacks. Flow field as well as stack design issues are addressed by this visualization method showing weak points due to a non-uniform water distribution that can be identified by means of neutron imaging. KW - Radiography KW - Tomography KW - Neutron imaging KW - Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) KW - Manifold stack KW - Water management PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.07.043 SN - 0378-7753 VL - 219 SP - 120 EP - 125 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-26317 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tötzke, C. A1 - Manke, I. A1 - Hartnig, C. A1 - Kuhn, R. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Banhart, J. T1 - Investigation of carbon fiber gas diffusion layers by means of synchrotron X-ray tomography JF - ECS transactions N2 - The 3-dimensional spatial distribution of liquid water in different gas diffusion layer (GDL) materials was analyzed using synchrotron X-ray tomography. The capability of the method was demonstrated by virtually separating the GDL components in order to facilitate individual analysis of fiber material, liquid water and gas filled pore spaces. The influence of hydrophobic surface treatment on the water distribution in the GDL was illustrated by analyzing three GDL materials with different degrees of hydrophobicity. In the least hydrophobic sample, liquid water tends to form larger clusters which stretch out about several hundred µm inside the porous GDL. In contrast, only small water clusters were found in the strongly hydrophobic material with high Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-content as the liquid is partially pressed out of the GDL. Additionally, the influence of fiber orientation on the water distribution in the felt material was demonstrated. KW - Synchrotron X-ray tomography KW - Fuel cell KW - Gas diffusion layer (GDL) materials KW - Analysis of fiber material PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3635571 SN - 1938-6737 SN - 1938-5862 VL - 41 IS - 1 SP - 379 EP - 386 CY - Pennington, NJ, USA AN - OPUS4-25348 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ostermann, Markus A1 - Kühn, Andreas A1 - Bjeoumikhov, A. A1 - Wedell, R. T1 - Einsatz der Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse in der Prozessanalytik JF - Technisches Messen N2 - Elementanalyse mit Röntgenfluoreszenzspektrometrie direkt am Materialstrom in Produktionsprozessen gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die Röntgenfluoreszenzspektrometrie kann aufgrund der technischen Entwicklung mittlerweile ohne aufwändige Probenvorbereitung als aussagekräftige Informationsquelle für Stoffparameter im industriellen Prozess eingesetzt werden. Der Einsatz von online Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse zahlt sich sowohl finanziell als auch zeitlich schnell aus, da sie sowohl für den ökonomischen Einsatz von Rohmaterialien, als auch z. B. im Materialrecycling zu gebrauchen ist. In diesem Beitrag werden vier unterschiedliche Einsatzmöglichkeiten beschrieben. N2 - Elemental analysis directly at the material stream of production processes using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry is gathering importance. Thanks to technical developments, X-ray fluorescence analysis can be used as information source in the elemental analysis of material in industrial processes without tedious sample preparation steps. The employment of online X-ray fluorescence analysis pays off both in financial as well in time aspects, since it can be used for the economic application of raw materials or e. g. for recycling. This paper describes four different applications of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. KW - Röntgenfluoreszenzspektrometrie KW - Stoffparameter KW - Materialanalyse KW - X-ray fluorescence spectrometry KW - Elemental analysis KW - Material analysis PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1524/teme.2011.0162 SN - 0340-837X SN - 0178-2312 SN - 0171-8096 VL - 78 IS - 12 SP - 559 EP - 568 PB - Oldenbourg CY - München AN - OPUS4-24973 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Quell, P. A1 - Knops, M. A1 - Heinicke, M. A1 - Rettenmeier, A. A1 - Kühn, M. A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Rolfes, R. A1 - Haake, G. A1 - Hahn, B. A1 - Benesch, M. A1 - van Radecke, H. A1 - Finger, K. A1 - Neumann, T. A1 - Herklotz, K. T1 - Offshore Wind Energy Research in Germany - RAVE - Research at Alpha VEntus T2 - European Offshore Wind 2007 Conference & Exhibition, December 4-6, 2007, Berlin N2 - To start the large-scale deployment of offshore wind in German waters, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) supports the offshore test site "alpha ventus" in the North Sea with a research budget of about 50 million Euro in the next years. The overall objective of the research is to reduce the costs of offshore wind energy deployment in deep water. In order to provide all participating research projects with detailed data, the test site will be equipped with extensive measurement instrumentation. This research initiative was named RAVE – Research at Alpha VEntus – and consists of a variety of projects in connection with the installation and operation of alpha ventus. As part of the RAVE initiative, so far the participating institutes and companies have prepared projects on the following topics: • Realization of the joint measurements and data management • Analysis of loads, modelling and further development of the different components of offshore wind turbines • Loads at offshore foundations and structures • Further development of LIDAR wind measuring techniques • Grid integration of offshore wind energy • Monitoring of the offshore wind energy deployment in Germany – "Offshore WMEP" • Measurement of the operating noises and modelling of the sound propagation between tower and water • Ecologic research T2 - European Offshore Wind 2007 Conference & Exhibition CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2007-12-04 KW - Offshore Wind Energy KW - Rave KW - Foundations PY - 2007 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-17976 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Manke, I. A1 - Hartnig, C. A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Goebbels, Jürgen A1 - Kuhn, R. A1 - Krüger, P. A1 - Banhart, J. T1 - In situ synchrotron X-ray radiography investigations of water transport in PEM fuel cells JF - Fuel Cells N2 - Water transport in an operating PEM fuel cell was investigated with synchrotron X-ray radiography with a spatial resolution of 3 µm and a temporal resolution of 5 s. This method allows for the detection of water accumulations with less than 10 µm diameter. We demonstrate that synchrotron X-ray imaging can dramatically expand the possibilities of imaging with high spatial and time resolution, especially as a complement to neutron radiography. Water transport processes from the first appearance of small water accumulations in the gas diffusion layer to their transport into the channel system were analysed in situ. Correlations between local effects such as water formation and operating conditions of the whole system, e.g. power variations, were found. A recently described eruptive water transport mechanism is analysed in detail. KW - Fuel cell KW - Gas diffusion layer KW - Imaging KW - Synchrotron KW - X-ray radiography KW - Two-phase flow KW - Water transport PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/fuce.200800123 SN - 1615-6846 SN - 1615-6854 VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 26 EP - 34 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-22730 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ostermann, Markus A1 - Herzel, Hannes A1 - Kühn, A. A1 - Mory, D. A1 - Wedell, R. T1 - Prozessanalytik mit Online-RFA und Online-LIBS für die Regelung der Aufarbeitung von Klärschlammaschen T1 - Online Process Analytics with XRF and LIBS for the Control of the Recycling of Sewage Sludge Ashes JF - Chemie Ingenieur Technik N2 - Es wurde ein Online-Analysenverfahren zur Bestimmung von Elementgehalten in Klär-schlammaschen und deren Produkten aus einem thermochemischen Verfahren entwickelt. Durch das thermochemische Verfahren können Wertstoffe aus den Aschen wieder für die Kreislaufwirtschaft nutzbar gemacht und Schadstoffe sicher entfernt werden. Das Analysensystem ist eine Methodenkombination von Online-Laser induzierter Plasma Spektroskopie (LIBS) und Online-Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse (RFA). Robustheit und modulare Bauweise des Verfahrens sind wichtige Anforderungen um auch für andere Anwendungen nutzbar zu sein. N2 - An online analysis method has been developed for the determination of element mass fractions in sewage sludge ashes and their products originating from a thermochemical process. Within this process resources from the sewage sludge ashes can be re-utilized for the recycling economy and pollutants can be removed. The applied analysis system is a method combination of Online-laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and online- X-ray fluorescence (XRF). Robustness and a modular construction are important demands for successful future applications. KW - Klärschlammasche KW - Phosphor KW - Prozessanalytik KW - Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse KW - LIBS PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201500186 SN - 1522-2640 VL - 88 IS - 6 SP - 786 EP - 792 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA CY - Weinheim, Germany AN - OPUS4-36334 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schoetz, U. A1 - Deliolanis, N.C. A1 - Ng, D. A1 - Pauli, Jutta A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Kühn, E. A1 - Heuer, S. A1 - Beisker, W. A1 - Köster, R.W. A1 - Zitzelsberger, H. A1 - Caldwell, R.B. T1 - Usefulness of a Darwinian system in a biotechnological application: evolution of optical window fluorescent protein variants under selective pressure JF - PLoS one N2 - With rare exceptions, natural evolution is an extremely slow process. One particularly striking exception in the case of protein evolution is in the natural production of antibodies. Developing B cells activate and diversify their immunoglobulin (Ig) genes by recombination, gene conversion (GC) and somatic hypermutation (SHM). Iterative cycles of hypermutation and selection continue until antibodies of high antigen binding specificity emerge (affinity maturation). The avian B cell line DT40, a cell line which is highly amenable to genetic manipulation and exhibits a high rate of targeted integration, utilizes both GC and SHM. Targeting the DT40's diversification machinery onto transgenes of interest inserted into the Ig loci and coupling selective pressure based on the desired outcome mimics evolution. Here we further demonstrate the usefulness of this platform technology by selectively pressuring a large shift in the spectral properties of the fluorescent protein eqFP615 into the highly stable and advanced optical imaging expediting fluorescent protein Amrose. The method is advantageous as it is time and cost effective and no prior knowledge of the outcome protein's structure is necessary. Amrose was evolved to have high excitation at 633 nm and excitation/emission into the far-red, which is optimal for whole-body and deep tissue imaging as we demonstrate in the zebrafish and mouse model. KW - Fluorescent protein KW - Quantum yield PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107069 SN - 1932-6203 VL - 9 IS - 9 SP - e107069-1 EP - e107069-12 PB - PubMed Central AN - OPUS4-31976 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hartnig, C. A1 - Manke, I. A1 - Schloesser, J. A1 - Krüger, P. A1 - Kuhn, R. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Wippermann, K. A1 - Banhart, J. T1 - High resolution synchrotron X-ray investigation of carbon dioxide evolution in operating direct methanol fuel cells JF - Electrochemistry communications N2 - The carbon dioxide evolution and bubble formation in an operating fuel has been studied by means of synchrotron X-ray radiography. Two different observation directions have been chosen: a through-plane insight has been employed to track the formation of bubbles starting at the corner of the lands of the flow field; a depth profile of the carbon dioxide evolution has been derived from cross sectional studies describing an affected area of up to 100 µm. The dynamics of the bubble formation and detachment of the bubbles from the position of formation is strongly correlated with the current density. Cracks and breaks in the catalyst layer which result from the preparation process are visible under operating conditions and a possible swelling of the catalyst layer does not reach a complete vanishing of the cracks. KW - DMFC KW - Carbon dioxide evolution KW - Synchrotron radiography KW - In situ study KW - Cross section KW - Through-plane PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2009.05.047 SN - 1388-2481 VL - 11 IS - 8 SP - 1559 EP - 1562 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-20577 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - di Matteo, G. A1 - Staude, Andreas A1 - Kuhn, R. A1 - Hertel, I. A1 - Seyfried, F. A1 - Reiche, I. ED - Reiche, I. T1 - Investigation of Ancient Egyptian Metallic Artefacts by Means of Micro-Computed Tomography T2 - Berliner Beiträge zur Archäometrie, Kunsttechnologie und Konservierungswissenschaft N2 - In this paper we present the results of imaging studies of ancient Egyptian metallic artifacts using micro-Computed Tomography (micro-CT). Micro-CT is a non-destructive imaging method with high spatial resolution, which enables the examination of the internal structure of objects. It is thus especially suitable for the investigation of cultural heritage and archaeological findings, when it is not possible to sample or difficult to manipulate the object. Using specialized software for 3D visualization and segmentation, data sets of two objects were analyzed. We gained a clear view of the inner structure of a metallic archaeological artifact from the necropolis of Abusir el-Meleq, which is believed to be very ancient in the Egyptian archaeological context (from the Predynastic Era), and were able to distinguish its different omponents under the thick layers of external concretions. These components give hints about the production technology of the object. We also investigated the contents of a closed metal box found near Abusir dated to the Late/Greco-Roman Period. The identified Content corresponds either to sediments or to mineral remains of the original content of the box. Both artifacts are from excavations conducted in Egypt and are part of the archeological collection of the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung in Berlin. KW - Computertomographie KW - computed tomography KW - Archäologie KW - archaeology KW - Metall KW - metal PY - 2015 SN - 0344-5089 VL - 23 SP - 79 EP - 84 CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-35432 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -