TY - JOUR A1 - Keiner, Dominik A1 - Breyer, Christian A1 - Sterner, Michael T1 - Coupling heat and electricity storage technologies for cost and self-consumption optimised residential PV prosumer systems in Germany JF - International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management N2 - Coupling energy sectors within the emerging residential PV prosumer systems is necessary for an optimised use of the houseowners’ own produced electricity. But the pure availability of different energy technologies in the system is not enough. By optimising the electricity usage as well as the capacities of PV generators, storage technologies, heat pumps and battery electric vehicles, not only the best solution in a technical point of view can be achieved, the need of finding the most financially beneficial system composition for single-family houses and tenements is possible. The study provides a detailed model for average German single-family houses and tenements and results for the energy transition period until 2050 for the optimised energy systems regarding optimised PV and stationary battery capacities and different heat storage capacities. Most noticeable outcomes can be observed by using a vehicle-to-home car, where a car can mostly take over the tasks of a stationary battery and by introducing a solidarity model using this type of car in tenement systems. Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.2019.21.4 VL - 21 PB - OJS/PKP ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Estermann, Thomas A1 - Newborough, Marcus N. A1 - Sterner, Michael T1 - Power-to-gas systems for absorbing excess solar power in electricity distribution networks JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy N2 - The feasibility of implementing power-to-gas systems, to absorb surplus solar power from electricity distribution networks and carbon dioxide from biomass anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, in order to produce synthetic methane was investigated for a region of Southern Germany that has a high solar power penetration. The analysis was based on time series electricity data for 2012 from which future load profiles were computed in accordance with the expected installed capacities of solar power across the period 2015–2025. The electrolyser capacity required to absorb 20% of excess solar energy occurring within the region's low voltage network in 2025 was estimated to be 370 MWe. First order considerations of the region's gas grid, electricity network and existing AD sites suggest that such a deployment could be achieved by installing sub-MW (and some multi-MW) power-to-gas plant at several hundred AD sites. KW - Energy storage KW - Power-to-gas KW - Solar power KW - Synthetic methane Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.278 VL - 41 IS - 32 SP - 13950 EP - 13959 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rill, Daniel A1 - Butz, Christiane A1 - Rill, Georg ED - Kecskeméthy, Andrés ED - Geu Flores, Francisco T1 - Dynamic Interaction of Heavy Duty Vehicles and Expansion Joints T2 - Multibody Dynamics 2019, Proceedings of the 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics N2 - The “Smart Bridge (Intelligente Brücke)” project cluster, initiated by the German Federal Highway Research Institute (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, BASt) and the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), focuses on “smart” monitoring devices that allow an efficient and economic maintenance management of bridge infrastructures. Among the participating projects, the one presented herein focuses on the development of a smart expansion joint, to assess the traffic parameters on site. This is achieved by measuring velocity and weight of crossing vehicles. In reference measurements, performed with a three-axle truck and a typical tractor semi-trailer combination with five axles in total, it was shown that the interaction between the vehicle and the expansion joint is highly dynamic and depends on several factors. To get more insight into this dynamic problem, a virtual test rig was set up. Although nearly all vehicle parameters had to be estimated, the simulation results conform very well with the measurements and are robust to vehicle parameter variations. In addition, they indicate a significant influence of the expansion joint dynamic to the peak values of the measured wheel loads, in particular on higher driving velocities. By compensating the relevant dynamic effects in the measurements, a “smart” data processing algorithm makes it possible to determine the actual vehicle weights in random traffic with reliability and appropriate accuracy. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-23131-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23132-3_56 VL - 53 SP - 471 EP - 478 PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Buschmann, Knut A1 - Briem, Ulrich ED - Dohm, Martin T1 - Ultra Deep Temperature Behaviour of Wire Rope and Rope Wires T2 - Proceedings of the OIPEEC Conference, La Rochelle, France, 12th - 15th March 2019 N2 - Mobile cranes are regularly operated in regions which experience ultra deep operating temperatures of down to -60?C (-76?F). In safety regulated work environments crane operations will be suspended simply because the lowest wire rope working temperature stated in the applicable standards is -40?C/F. Examples of ultra deep temperature wire rope application are shown in Figure 1.1 and 1.3. It should be noted that this paper is written in conjunction with a paper written by the co-author Ulrich Briem titled “Fatigue Behaviour of Rope Wires”, presented and published in unison with this one. In order to analyze the behaviour under ultra deep temperature conditions, tests on wire rope as well as on rope wires were carried out. In the following, static tensile and bending test results with rope and rope wires will be reported, which were carried out in conditions of down to -95?C (-139?F) as well as at room temperature. The conclusion is that the results of these tests can be adopted to crane wire rope as well. Y1 - 2019 UR - https://oipeec.org/products/ultra-deep-temperature-behaviour-of-wire-rope-and-rope-wires ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hofmeister, Justus A1 - Krebs, Stefan A1 - Schickhuber, Gerald A1 - Scharfenberg, Georg T1 - Design and development of a Pico Hydro turbine system for the use in developing countries T2 - 2015 5th International Youth Conference on Energy (IYCE), 27-30 May 2015, Pisa, Italy N2 - In Sub-Saharan Africa less than 10% of the rural population has access to electricity [1]. Stand-alone power systems (SPS) can be a solution to the problem of the lack of electricity, which highlights challenges such as modules installation costs as well as the sufficient knowledge required for installing, maintaining and operating such systems. With this fact in mind, a 250 W Low Head turbine system was developed and optimized to have the advantage of the simplicity of installation and a construction from readily available materials. This design scores the electrical efficiency of 60%, reduces manufacturing unit coast to 130 € and takes into account the necessity of providing a clear and simple manual describing the manufacturing and installation. A better version of the load controller, using a microcomputer is under current development. Mounting of the system have been simplified to reduce the amount of construction material required to provide uninterrupted 230 V at 50 Hz AC or optional 12 V DC power supply. Current efforts aim on transferring the required mechanical and electrical knowledge for building, programming, installing and maintaining such system to schools in targeted countries. This project doesn’t only provide people in rural developing countries a gleam of hope to catch up with the developed countries, but also helps students to use their theoretical knowledge to realize practical applications. KW - Coils KW - Development Cooperation KW - Generators KW - Hydraulic turbines KW - Low Head KW - Pico Hydro KW - Propellers KW - Shafts KW - Synchronous Generator KW - Water Turbine KW - Windings Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/IYCE.2015.7180767 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - IEEE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Federrath, H. A1 - Mottok, Jürgen A1 - Plößl, K. A1 - Völkl, Thomas T1 - Automotive safety and security JF - Jahresrückblick 2007 des Bayerischen IT-Sicherheitsclusters Y1 - 2007 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sýkora, Miroslav A1 - Markova, Jana A1 - Diamantidis, Dimitris T1 - Bayesian network application for the risk assessment of existing energy production units JF - Reliability Engineering & System Safety N2 - The assessment of existing infrastructures in the energy sector is of great economic significance worldwide. Fossil power stations are reaching their design service life and rational decisions concerning extensions of service life, maintenance and replacements of devices should be based on updated information of the actual conditions of the energy devices and their components, and on cost-benefit analysis using risk analysis and probabilistic optimisation procedures. The contribution provides an integrated framework for probabilistic reliability and risk assessment of existing energy production units considering availability and human safety criteria. An extensive case study focused on risks of an energy production unit in a fossil power station is provided to support practical applications. A Bayesian network is thereby implemented to assess the risks of the selected production unit. Special emphasis is given to the input data consisting of failure rates obtained from recorded data and expert judgements. The influence of uncertainties in the considered performance indicators on the availability of the unit is analysed. It is shown that a reasonably simplified framework can provide a valuable assessment of the influence of individual devices and their components on availability and societal risk, identifying thus the major risk contributors. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - Availability KW - Bayesian networks KW - Decision-making KW - design KW - Failure probability KW - FRAMEWORK KW - Optimization KW - Production unit KW - Risk analysis KW - Societal risk KW - SYSTEMS KW - Uncertainties Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.09.006 VL - 169 IS - January SP - 312 EP - 320 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, Karsten A1 - Haug, Sonja T1 - Ist automatisiertes Fahren nachhaltig? BT - Entwicklungstendenzen und Forschungsüberlegungen angesichts geringer Akzeptanz JF - TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis N2 - Automatisiertes Fahren stößt derzeit noch auf große Skepsis. Eine disruptive Strategie bei der Einführung (voll-)automatisierten Fahrens könnte daher auf fehlende Akzeptanz treffen. Um dem zu entgehen, laufen evolutionäre Strategien darauf hinaus, durch die Entwicklung adaptiver Fahrassistenzsysteme Vertrautheit, Vertrauen und damit Akzeptanz bei den prospektiven NutzerInnen zu schaffen. Erste Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudie lassen jedoch Zweifel an der Nachhaltigkeit dieser Strategie aufkommen. KW - driver assistance systems KW - automated driving KW - acceptance KW - sustainability Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.27.2.16 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 16 EP - 22 PB - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Keim, Vincent A1 - Nonn, Aida A1 - Lenz, D. A1 - Brinnel, Viktoria A1 - Münstermann, Sebastian T1 - Simulation of the ductile fracture behaviour of high toughness pipeline steels using combined damage models T2 - Proceedings of the conference on Technology for future and ageing piplines, Ghent, Belgium Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Nonn, Aida A1 - Kalwa, Christoph T1 - Simulation of ductile crack propagation in high-strength pipeline steel using damage models T2 - 9th International Pipeline Conference 2012 (IPC 2012), Calgary, Canada N2 - The performance of engineering design of high-strength steel pipelines has revealed the necessity to revise current design procedures. Therefore, an improved and detailed comprehension of fracture mechanisms and development of failure prediction tools are required in order to derive new design criteria. In last decades the most successful failure prediction tools for steel structures subjected to various type of loading can be encountered in the field of damage mechanics. This paper aims to describe ductile fracture behavior of high-strength steel pipelines by applying three different damage models, Gurson-Tvergaard-Needelman (GTN), Fracture Locus Curve (FLC) and Cohesive Zone (CZ). These models are evaluated regarding their capability to estimate ductile crack propagation in laboratory specimens and linepipe components without adjusting the calibrated parameters. It can be shown that appropriate parameter sets can be identified to reproduce load-deformation and fracture resistance curves accurately. The strain rate effect on the fracture behavior is examined by dynamic tests on the BDWT specimens. Finally, the shortcomings of the applied models are pointed out with the reference to possible extensions and modifications. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1115/IPC2012-90653 ER -