TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hoffstadt, Kevin
A1  - Pohen, Gino D.
A1  - Dicke, Max D.
A1  - Paulsen, Svea
A1  - Krafft, Simone
A1  - Zang, Joachim W.
A1  - Fonseca-Zang, Warde A. da
A1  - Leite, Athaydes
A1  - Kuperjans, Isabel
T1  - Challenges and prospects of biogas from energy cane as supplement to bioethanol production
JF  - Agronomy
N2  - Innovative breeds of sugar cane yield up to 2.5 times as much organic matter as conventional breeds, resulting in a great potential for biogas production. The use of biogas production as a complementary solution to conventional and second-generation ethanol production in Brazil may increase the energy produced per hectare in the sugarcane sector. Herein, it was demonstrated that through ensiling, energy cane can be conserved for six months; the stored cane can then be fed into a continuous biogas process. This approach is necessary to achieve year-round biogas production at an industrial scale. Batch tests revealed specific biogas potentials between 400 and 600 LN/kgVS for both the ensiled and non-ensiled energy cane, and the specific biogas potential of a continuous biogas process fed with ensiled energy cane was in the same range. Peak biogas losses through ensiling of up to 27% after six months were observed. Finally, compared with second-generation ethanol production using energy cane, the results indicated that biogas production from energy cane may lead to higher energy yields per hectare, with an average energy yield of up to 162 MWh/ha. Finally, the Farm²CBG concept is introduced, showing an approach for decentralized biogas production.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10060821
SN  - 2073-4395
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Gorzalka, Philip
A1  - Dahlke, Dennis
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Israel, Martin
A1  - Patel, Dhruvkumar
A1  - Prahl, Christoph
A1  - Schmiedt, Jacob Estevam
A1  - Frommholz, Dirk
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Linkiewicz, Magdalena
T1  - Building Tomograph–From Remote Sensing Data of Existing Buildings to Building Energy Simulation Input
T2  - EBC, Annex 71, Fifth expert meeting, October 17-19, 2018, Innsbruck, Austria
Y1  - 2018
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Sattler, Johannes Christoph
A1  - Schneider, Iesse Peer
A1  - Angele, Florian
A1  - Atti, Vikrama Naga Babu
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Development of heliostat field calibration methods: Theory and experimental test results
T2  - SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings
N2  - In this work, three patent pending calibration methods for heliostat fields of central receiver systems (CRS) developed by the Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ) of the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences are presented. The calibration methods can either operate in a combined mode or in stand-alone mode. The first calibration method, method A, foresees that a camera matrix is placed into the receiver plane where it is subjected to concentrated solar irradiance during a measurement process. The second calibration method, method B, uses an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) such as a quadrocopter to automatically fly into the reflected solar irradiance cross-section of one or more heliostats (two variants of method B were tested). The third calibration method, method C, foresees a stereo central camera or multiple stereo cameras installed e.g. on the solar tower whereby the orientations of the heliostats are calculated from the location detection of spherical red markers attached to the heliostats. The most accurate method is method A which has a mean accuracy of 0.17 mrad. The mean accuracy of method B variant 1 is 1.36 mrad and of variant 2 is 1.73 mrad. Method C has a mean accuracy of 15.07 mrad. For method B there is great potential regarding improving the measurement accuracy. For method C the collected data was not sufficient for determining whether or not there is potential for improving the accuracy.
KW  - Heliostat Field Calibration
KW  - Unmanned aerial vehicle
KW  - UAV
KW  - Quadrocopter
KW  - Camera system
Y1  - 2024
U6  - https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v1i.678
SN  - 2751-9899 (online)
N1  - SolarPACES 2022: 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27-30 September, Albuquerque, NM, USA
IS  - 1
PB  - TIB Open Publishing
CY  - Hannover
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Morandi, Paolo
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - Breis, Khaled
A1  - Beyer, Katrin
A1  - Magenes, Guido
ED  - Arion, Cristian
ED  - Scupin, Alexandra
ED  - Ţigănescu, Alexandru
T1  - Behaviour factor q for the seismic design of URM buildings
T2  - The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
N2  - Recent earthquakes showed that low-rise URM buildings following codecompliant seismic design and details behaved in general very well without substantial damages. Although advances in simulation tools make nonlinear calculation methods more readily accessible to designers, linear analyses will still be the standard design method for years to come. The present paper aims to improve the linear seismic design method by providing a proper definition of the q-factor of URM buildings. Values of q-factors are derived for low-rise URM buildings with rigid diaphragms, with reference to modern structural configurations realized in low to moderate seismic areas of Italy and Germany. The behaviour factor components for deformation and energy dissipation capacity and for overstrength due to the redistribution of forces are derived by means of pushover analyses. As a result of the investigations, rationally based values of the behaviour factor q to be used in linear analyses in the range of 2.0 to 3.0 are proposed.
KW  - unreinforced masonry buildings
KW  - modern constructions
KW  - seismic design
KW  - linear elastic analysis;
KW  - behaviour factor q
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-973-100-533-1
N1  - 3ECEES - Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, September 4 – September 9, 2022, Bucharest
SP  - 1184
EP  - 1194
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander
A1  - Schmitz, Pascal
A1  - Atti, Vikrama Naga Babu
A1  - Mahdi, Zahra
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Sattler, Johannes Christoph
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Hilger, Patrick
A1  - Dieckmann, Simon
T1  - Development of a micro heliostat and optical qualification assessment with a 3D laser scanning method
T2  - SOLARPACES 2020
N2  - The Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ) and the companies Hilger GmbH and Heliokon GmbH from Germany have developed a small-scale cost-effective heliostat, called “micro heliostat”. Micro heliostats can be deployed in small-scale concentrated solar power (CSP) plants to concentrate the sun's radiation for electricity generation, space or domestic water heating or industrial process heat. In contrast to conventional heliostats, the special feature of a micro heliostat is that it consists of dozens of parallel-moving, interconnected, rotatable mirror facets. The mirror facets array is fixed inside a box-shaped module and is protected from weathering and wind forces by a transparent glass cover. The choice of the building materials for the box, tracking mechanism and mirrors is largely dependent on the selected production process and the intended application of the micro heliostat. Special attention was paid to the material of the tracking mechanism as this has a direct influence on the accuracy of the micro heliostat. The choice of materials for the mirror support structure and the tracking mechanism is made in favor of plastic molded parts. A qualification assessment method has been developed by the SIJ in which a 3D laser scanner is used in combination with a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). For the validation of this assessment method, a single mirror facet was scanned and the slope deviation was computed.
KW  - Concentrated solar power
KW  - Electricity generation
KW  - Measuring instruments
KW  - Heliostats
KW  - Global change
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-0-7354-4195-8
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086262
SN  - 1551-7616 (online)
SN  - 0094-243X (print)
N1  - SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September–2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany
IS  - 2445 / 1
PB  - AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Mahdi, Zahra
A1  - Rendón, Carlos
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Novel concept for indirect solar-heated methane reforming
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117694
SN  - 0094-243X
VL  - 2126
SP  - 180014-1
EP  - 180014-7
PB  - AIP Publishing
CY  - Melville, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Geimer, Konstantin
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Schmitz, Mark
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
T1  - Test facility for absorber specimens of solar tower power plants
T2  - Advances in Science and Technology
N2  - The Solar-Institute Jülich (SIJ) has initiated the construction of the first and only German solar tower power plant and is now involved in the accompanying research. The power plant for experimental and demonstration purposes in the town of Jülich started supplying electric energy in the beginning of 2008. The central receiver plant features as central innovation an open volumetric receiver, consisting of porous ceramic elements that simultaneously absorb the concentrated sunlight and transfer the heat to ambient air passing through the pores so that an average temperature of 680°C is reached. The subsequent steam cycle generates up to 1.5 MWe. A main field of research at the SIJ is the optimization of the absorber structures. To analyze the capability of new absorber specimens a special test facility was developed and set up in the laboratory. A high-performance near-infrared radiator offers for single test samples a variable and repeatable beam with a power of up to 320 kW/m² peak. The temperatures achieved on the absorber surface can reach more than 1000°C. To suck ambient air through the open absorber - like on the tower - it is mounted on a special blower system. An overview about the test facility and some recent results will be presented.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.74.266
N1  - 5th Forum on New Materials : CIMTEC 2010, Montecatini Terme, Italy 13-18 June 2010. Part C
VL  - 74
SP  - 266
EP  - 271
PB  - Trans Tech Publications
CY  - Baech
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Bouquegneau, Christian
A1  - Kern, Alexander
A1  - Rousseau, Alain
T1  - Lightning safety guidelines
N2  - This paper introduces lightning to the layman, noting the right behaviour in front of thunderstorms as well as protective measures against lightning. It also contributes to the prevention of lightning injuries and damages. This report was prepared by the authors inside the AHG1 Group for IEC TC81 (Lightning Protection).
Y1  - 2010
N1  - Ground´2010 & 4th LPE, International Conference on Grounding and Earthing & 4th International Conference on Lightning Physics and Effects, Salvador - Brazil, November, 2010
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kern, Alexander
A1  - Frentzel, Ralf
A1  - Behrens, Jörg
T1  - Simulation of the transient voltages in the auxiliary power network of a large power plant in case of a direct lightning strike to the high-voltage overhead transmission line
N2  - Large power plants can be endangered by lightning strikes with possible consequences regarding their safety and availability. A special scenario is a lightning strike to the HV overhead transmission line close to the power plant's connection to the power grid. If then additionally a so-called shielding failure of the overhead ground wire on top of the overhead transmission line is assumed, i.e. the lightning strikes directly into a phase conductor, this is an extreme electromagnetic disturbance. The paper deals with the numerical simulation of such a lightning strike and the consequences on the components of the power plant's auxiliary power network connected to different voltage levels.
KW  - power generation
KW  - surges
KW  - conductors
KW  - arresters
KW  - power transmission lines
KW  - lightning
Y1  - 2010
SN  - 978-88-905519-0-1
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICLP.2010.7845756
N1  - 2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), 13-17 Sept. 2010, Cagliari, Italy
SP  - 749-1
EP  - 749-7
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kern, Alexander
A1  - Schelthoff, Christof
A1  - Mathieu, Moritz
T1  - Probability of lightning strikes to air-terminations of structures using the electro-geometrical model theory and the statistics of lightning current parameters
N2  - Planning the air-terminations for a structure to be protected the use of the rolling-sphere method (electro-geometrical model) is the best way from the physics of lightning point-of-view. Therefore, international standards prefer this method. However, using the rolling-sphere method only results in possible point-of-strikes on a structure without giving information about the probability of strikes at the individual points compared to others.
KW  - atmospheric modeling
KW  - probability distribution
KW  - lightning protection
KW  - standards
KW  - planning
Y1  - 2010
SN  - 978-88-905519-0-1
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICLP.2010.7845757
N1  - 2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), 13-17 Sept. 2010, Cagliari, Italy
SP  - 750-1
EP  - 750-8
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York
ER  -