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  - Nowack, N.
A1  - Röth, Thilo
A1  - Bührig-Polaczek, Andreas
A1  - Klaus, G.
ED  - Hirsch, Jürgen
T1  - Advanced Sheet Metal Components Reinforced by Light Metal Cast Structures
T2  - Aluminium alloys : their physical and mechanical properties ; [proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Aluminium Alloys, 22 - 26 Sept. 2008, Aachen, Germany ; ICAA 11]
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 978-3-527-32367-8
IS  - 2
SP  - 2374
EP  - 2381
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rake, Heinrich
A1  - Enning, Manfred
A1  - Kurth, Johannes
A1  - Schröder, Walter
T1  - Automatic uncoupler completes automation at the hump
JF  - RGI - Railway Gazette International
Y1  - 1994
SN  - 0373-5346
VL  - 150
IS  - 6
SP  - 371
EP  - 374
PB  - Reed Business
CY  - Sutton
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Schmidt, Bernd
A1  - Wilbring, Daniela
A1  - Franzen, Julian
T1  - Wagon4.0 – the smart wagon for improved integration into Industry 4.0 plants
T2  - Proceedings of the International Heavy Haul Association STS Conference 2019
N2  - In many instances, freight vehicles exchange load or information with plants that are or will soon be Industry4.0 plants. The Wagon4.0 concept, as developed in close cooperation with e.g. port or mine operations, offers a maximum in railway operational efficiency while providing strong business cases already in the respective plant interaction. The Wagon4.0 consists of main components, a power supply, data network, sensors, actuators and an operating system, the so called WagonOS. The Wagon OS is implemented in a granular, self-sufficient manner, to allow basic features such as WiFi-Mesh and train christening in remote areas without network connection. Furthermore, the granularity of the operating system allows to extend the familiar app concept to freight rail rolling stock, making it possible to use specialised actuators for certain applications, e.g. an electrical parking brake or an auxiliary drive. In order to facilitate migration to the Wagon4.0 for existing fleets, a migration concept featuring five levels of technical adaptation was developed. The present paper investigates the benefits of Wagon4.0-implementations for the particular challenges of heavy haul operations by focusing on train christening, ep-assisted braking, autonomous last mile and traction boost operation as well as improved maintenance schedules
Y1  - 2019
N1  - International Heavy Haul Association STS Conference, 10th to 14th June 2019, Narvik, Norway
ER  -