TY  - CHAP
A1  - Maurer, Florian
A1  - Miskiw, Kim K.
A1  - Acosta, Rebeca Ramirez
A1  - Harder, Nick
A1  - Sander, Volker
A1  - Lehnhoff, Sebastian
ED  - Jorgensen, Bo Norregaard
ED  - Pereira da Silva, Luiz Carlos
ED  - Ma, Zheng
T1  - Market abstraction of energy markets and policies - application in an agent-based modeling toolbox
T2  - EI.A 2023: Energy Informatics
N2  - In light of emerging challenges in energy systems, markets are prone to changing dynamics and market design. Simulation models are commonly used to understand the changing dynamics of future electricity markets. However, existing market models were often created with specific use cases in mind, which limits their flexibility and usability. This can impose challenges for using a single model to compare different market designs. This paper introduces a new method of defining market designs for energy market simulations. The proposed concept makes it easy to incorporate different market designs into electricity market models by using relevant parameters derived from analyzing existing simulation tools, morphological categorization and ontologies. These parameters are then used to derive a market abstraction and integrate it into an agent-based simulation framework, allowing for a unified analysis of diverse market designs. Furthermore, we showcase the usability of integrating new types of long-term contracts and over-the-counter trading. To validate this approach, two case studies are demonstrated: a pay-as-clear market and a pay-as-bid long-term market. These examples demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed framework.
KW  - Energy market design
KW  - Agent-based simulation
KW  - Market modeling
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 978-3-031-48651-7 (Print)
SN  - 978-3-031-48652-4 (eBook)
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48652-4_10
N1  - Energy Informatics Academy Conference, 6-8 December 23, Campinas, Brazil.
N1  - Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS,volume 14468).
SP  - 139
EP  - 157
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Morais, Paulo V.
A1  - Suman, Pedro H.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Siqueira Junior, José R.
A1  - Orlandi, Marcelo O.
T1  - Layer-by-layer film based on Sn₃O₄ nanobelts as sensing units to detect heavy metals using a capacitive field-effect sensor platform
JF  - Chemosensors
N2  - Lead and nickel, as heavy metals, are still used in industrial processes, and are classified as “environmental health hazards” due to their toxicity and polluting potential. The detection of heavy metals can prevent environmental pollution at toxic levels that are critical to human health. In this sense, the electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor (EIS) field-effect sensor is an attractive sensing platform concerning the fabrication of reusable and robust sensors to detect such substances. This study is aimed to fabricate a sensing unit on an EIS device based on Sn₃O₄ nanobelts embedded in a polyelectrolyte matrix of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and polyacrylic acid (PAA) using the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique. The EIS-Sn₃O₄ sensor exhibited enhanced electrochemical performance for detecting Pb²⁺ and Ni²⁺ ions, revealing a higher affinity for Pb²⁺ ions, with sensitivities of ca. 25.8 mV/decade and 2.4 mV/decade, respectively. Such results indicate that Sn₃O₄ nanobelts can contemplate a feasible proof-of-concept capacitive field-effect sensor for heavy metal detection, envisaging other future studies focusing on environmental monitoring.
KW  - Sn₃O₄
KW  - nanobelts
KW  - field-effect sensor
KW  - LbL films
KW  - heavy metals
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11080436
SN  - 2227-9040
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue The Application of Electrochemical Sensors or Biosensors Based on Nanomaterials
VL  - 11
IS  - 8
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hüning, Felix
A1  - Mund, Cindy
T1  - Integration of agile development in standard labs
T2  - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
N2  - In addition to the technical content, modern courses at university should also teach professional skills to enhance the competencies of students towards their future work. The competency driven approach including technical as well as professional skills makes it necessary to find a suitable way for the integration into the corresponding module in a scalable and flexible manner. Agile development, for example, is essential for the development of modern systems and applications and makes use of dedicated professional skills of the team members, like structured group dynamics and communication, to enable the fast and reliable development. This paper presents an easy to integrate and flexible approach to integrate Scrum, an agile development method, into the lab of an existing module. Due to the different role models of Scrum the students have an individual learning success, gain valuable insight into modern system development and strengthen their communication and organization skills. The approach is implemented and evaluated in the module Vehicle Systems, but it can be transferred easily to other technical courses as well. The evaluation of the implementation considers feedback of all stakeholders, students, supervisor and lecturers, and monitors the observations during project lifetime.
KW  - professional skills
KW  - active learning
KW  - lab work
KW  - Agile development
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.21427/NK4Z-WS73
N1  - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Technological University Dublin, 10th-14th September, 2023
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - El Bergui, Omnia
A1  - Abouabdillah, Aziz
A1  - Bourioug, Mohamed
A1  - Schmitz, Dominik
A1  - Biel, Markus
A1  - Aboudrare, Abdellah
A1  - Krauss, Manuel
A1  - Jomaa, Ahlem
A1  - Romuli, Sebastian
A1  - Müller, Joachim
A1  - Fagroud, Mustapha
A1  - Bouabid, Rachid
T1  - Innovative solutions for drought: Evaluating hydrogel application on onion cultivation (Allium cepa) in Morocco
JF  - Water
N2  - Throughout the last decade, and particularly in 2022, water scarcity has become a critical concern in Morocco and other Mediterranean countries. The lack of rainfall during spring was worsened by a succession of heat waves during the summer. To address this drought, innovative solutions, including the use of new technologies such as hydrogels, will be essential to transform agriculture. This paper presents the findings of a study that evaluated the impact of hydrogel application on onion (Allium cepa) cultivation in Meknes, Morocco. The treatments investigated in this study comprised two different types of hydrogel-based soil additives (Arbovit® polyacrylate and Huminsorb® polyacrylate), applied at two rates (30 and 20 kg/ha), and irrigated at two levels of water supply (100% and 50% of daily crop evapotranspiration; ETc). Two control treatments were included, without hydrogel application and with both water amounts. The experiment was conducted in an open field using a completely randomized design. The results indicated a significant impact of both hydrogel-type dose and water dose on onion plant growth, as evidenced by various vegetation parameters. Among the hydrogels tested, Huminsorb® Polyacrylate produced the most favorable outcomes, with treatment T9 (100%, HP, 30 kg/ha) yielding 70.55 t/ha; this represented an increase of 11 t/ha as compared to the 100% ETc treatment without hydrogel application. Moreover, the combination of hydrogel application with 50% ETc water stress showed promising results, with treatment T4 (HP, 30 kg, 50%) producing almost the same yield as the 100% ETc treatment without hydrogel while saving 208 mm of water.
KW  - water economy
KW  - yield
KW  - deficit irrigation
KW  - hydrogel
KW  - onion
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/w15111972
VL  - 15
IS  - 11
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Šakić, Bogdan
A1  - Marinković, Marko
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - Klinkel, Sven
ED  - Yang, J.
T1  - Influence of slab deflection on the out-of-plane capacity of unreinforced masonry partition walls
JF  - Engineering Structures
N2  - Severe damage of non-structural elements is noticed in previous earthquakes, causing high economic losses and posing a life threat for the people. Masonry partition walls are one of the most commonly used non-structural elements. Therefore, their behaviour under earthquake loading in out-of-plane (OOP) direction is investigated by several researches in the past years. However, none of the existing experimental campaigns or analytical approaches consider the influence of prior slab deflection on OOP response of partition walls. Moreover, none of the existing construction techniques for the connection of partition walls with surrounding reinforced concrete (RC) is investigated for the combined slab deflection and OOP loading. However, the inevitable time-dependent behaviour of RC slabs leads to high values of final slab deflections which can further influence boundary conditions of partition walls. Therefore, a comprehensive study on the influence of slab deflection on the OOP capacity of masonry partitions is conducted. In the first step, experimental tests are carried out. Results of experimental tests are further used for the calibration of the numerical model employed for a parametric study. Based on the results, behaviour under combined loading for different construction techniques is explained. The results show that slab deflection leads either to severe damage or to a high reduction of OOP capacity. Existing practical solutions do not account for these effects. In this contribution, recommendations to overcome the problems of combined slab deflection and OOP loading on masonry partition walls are given. Possible interaction of in-plane (IP) loading, with the combined slab deflection and OOP loading on partition walls, is not investigated in this study.
KW  - Masonry partition walls
KW  - Earthquake
KW  - Out-of-plane capacity
KW  - Slab deflection
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.115342
SN  - 0141-0296
VL  - 276
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Janus, Kevin Alexander
A1  - Achtsnicht, Stefan
A1  - Tempel, Laura
A1  - Drinic, Aleksaner
A1  - Kopp, Alexander
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Influence of fibroin membrane composition and curing parameters on the performance of a biodegradable enzymatic biosensor manufactured from Silicon-Free Carbon
JF  - Physica status solidi : pss. A, Applications and materials science
N2  - Herein, fibroin, polylactide (PLA), and carbon are investigated for their suitability as biocompatible and biodegradable materials for amperometric biosensors. For this purpose, screen-printed carbon electrodes on the biodegradable substrates fibroin and PLA are modified with a glucose oxidase membrane and then encapsulated with the biocompatible material Ecoflex. The influence of different curing parameters of the carbon electrodes on the resulting biosensor characteristics is studied. The morphology of the electrodes is investigated by scanning electron microscopy, and the biosensor performance is examined by amperometric measurements of glucose (0.5–10 mM) in phosphate buffer solution, pH 7.4, at an applied potential of 1.2 V versus a Ag/AgCl reference electrode. Instead of Ecoflex, fibroin, PLA, and wound adhesive are tested as alternative encapsulation compounds: a series of swelling tests with different fibroin compositions, PLA, and Ecoflex has been performed before characterizing the most promising candidates by chronoamperometry. Therefore, the carbon electrodes are completely covered with the particular encapsulation material. Chronoamperometric measurements with H2O2 concentrations between 0.5 and 10 mM enable studying the leakage current behavior.
KW  - amperometric biosensors
KW  - biocompatible
KW  - biodegradabl
KW  - encapsulation materials
KW  - fibroin
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300081
SN  - 1862-6300 (Print)
SN  - 1862-6319 (Online)
N1  - Corresponding author: Michael J. Schöning
VL  - 220
IS  - 22
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Bung, Daniel Bernhard
A1  - Langohr, Phillip
A1  - Waldenberger, Lisa
ED  - Habersack, Helmut
ED  - Tritthart, Michael
T1  - Influence of cycle number in CFD studies of labyrinth weirs
T2  - Proceedings of the 40th IAHR World Congress (Vienna, 2023)
N2  - The major advantage of labyrinth weirs over linear weirs is hydraulic efficiency. In hydraulic modeling efforts, this strength contrasts with limited pump capacity as well as limited computational power for CFD simulations. For the latter, reducing the number of investigated cycles can significantly reduce necessary computational time. In this study, a labyrinth weir with different cycle numbers was investigated. The simulations were conducted in FLOW-3D HYDRO as a Large Eddy Simulation. With a mean deviation of 1.75 % between simulated discharge coefficients and literature design equations, a reasonable agreement was found. For downstream conditions, overall consistent results were observed as well. However, the orientation of labyrinth weirs with a single cycle should be chosen carefully under consideration of the individual research purpose.
KW  - CFD
KW  - Large Eddy Simulation
KW  - Labyfrinth weirs
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 978-90-833476-1-5
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3850/978-90-833476-1-5_iahr40wc-p0531-cd
SN  - L 2521-7119 (online)
N1  - Vienna, Austria, from August 21 to 25, 2023
PB  - International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
CY  - Madrid
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Böhnert, Arno
A1  - Blaschke, Florian
A1  - Biewendt, Marcel
T1  - Impact of sustainability on the strategic direction of luxury companies
JF  - European Journal of Marketing and Economics
N2  - Today’s society is undergoing a paradigm shift driven by the megatrend of sustainability. This undeniably affects all areas of Western life. This paper aims to find out how the luxury industry is dealing with this change and what adjustments are made by the companies. For this purpose, interviews were conducted with managers from the luxury industry, in which they were asked about specific measures taken by their companies as well as trends in the industry. In a subsequent evaluation, the trends in the luxury industry were summarized for the areas of ecological, social, and economic sustainability. It was found that the area of environmental sustainability is significantly more focused than the other sub-areas. Furthermore, the need for a customer survey to validate the industry-based measures was identified.
KW  - Operations
KW  - Brands
KW  - Luxury
KW  - Change
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 2601-8659
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SP  - 70
EP  - 85
PB  - Revistia
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Bung, Daniel Bernhard
T1  - Imaging techniques for investigation of free-surface flows in hydraulic laboratories
N2  - This thesis aims at the presentation and discussion of well-accepted and new
imaging techniques applied to different types of flow in common hydraulic
engineering environments. All studies are conducted in laboratory conditions and
focus on flow depth and velocity measurements. Investigated flows cover a wide
range of complexity, e.g. propagation of waves, dam-break flows, slightly and fully
aerated spillway flows as well as highly turbulent hydraulic jumps.
Newimagingmethods are compared to different types of sensorswhich are frequently
employed in contemporary laboratory studies. This classical instrumentation as well
as the general concept of hydraulic modeling is introduced to give an overview on
experimental methods.
Flow depths are commonly measured by means of ultrasonic sensors, also known as
acoustic displacement sensors. These sensors may provide accurate data with high
sample rates in case of simple flow conditions, e.g. low-turbulent clear water flows.
However, with increasing turbulence, higher uncertainty must be considered.
Moreover, ultrasonic sensors can provide point data only, while the relatively large
acoustic beam footprint may lead to another source of uncertainty in case of
relatively short, highly turbulent surface fluctuations (ripples) or free-surface
air-water flows. Analysis of turbulent length and time scales of surface fluctuations
from point measurements is also difficult. Imaging techniques with different
dimensionality, however, may close this gap. It is shown in this thesis that edge
detection methods (known from computer vision) may be used for two-dimensional
free-surface extraction (i.e. from images taken through transparant sidewalls in
laboratory flumes). Another opportunity in hydraulic laboratory studies comes with
the application of stereo vision. Low-cost RGB-D sensors can be used to gather
instantaneous, three-dimensional free-surface elevations, even in flows with very
high complexity (e.g. aerated hydraulic jumps). It will be shown that the uncertainty
of these methods is of similar order as for classical instruments.
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is a well-accepted and widespread imaging
technique for velocity determination in laboratory conditions. In combination with
high-speed cameras, PIV can give time-resolved velocity fields in 2D/3D or even as
volumetric flow fields. PIV is based on a cross-correlation technique applied to small
subimages of seeded flows. The minimum size of these subimages defines the
maximum spatial resolution of resulting velocity fields. A derivative of PIV for
aerated flows is also available, i.e. the so-called Bubble Image Velocimetry (BIV). This
thesis emphasizes the capacities and limitations of both methods, using relatively
simple setups with halogen and LED illuminations. It will be demonstrated that
PIV/BIV images may also be processed by means of Optical Flow (OF) techniques.
OF is another method originating from the computer vision discipline, based on the
assumption of image brightness conservation within a sequence of images. The
Horn-Schunck approach, which has been first employed to hydraulic engineering
problems in the studies presented herein, yields dense velocity fields, i.e. pixelwise
velocity data. As discussed hereinafter, the accuracy of OF competes well with PIV
for clear-water flows and even improves results (compared to BIV) for aerated flow
conditions. In order to independently benchmark the OF approach, synthetic images
with defined turbulence intensitiy are used.
Computer vision offers new opportunities that may help to improve the
understanding of fluid mechanics and fluid-structure interactions in laboratory
investigations. In prototype environments, it can be employed for obstacle detection
(e.g. identification of potential fish migration corridors) and recognition (e.g. fish
species for monitoring in a fishway) or surface reconstruction (e.g. inspection of
hydraulic structures). It can thus be expected that applications to hydraulic
engineering problems will develop rapidly in near future. Current methods have not
been developed for fluids in motion. Systematic future developments are needed to
improve the results in such difficult conditions.
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.25926/BUW/0-172
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Boxberg, Marc S.
A1  - Baader, Fabian
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Kömle, Norbert
ED  - Badescu, Viorel
ED  - Zacny, Kris
ED  - Bar-Cohen, Yoseph
T1  - Ice melting probes
T2  - Handbook of Space Resources
N2  - The exploration of icy environments in the solar system, such as the poles of Mars and the icy moons (a.k.a. ocean worlds), is a key aspect for understanding their astrobiological potential as well as for extraterrestrial resource inspection. On these worlds, ice melting probes are considered to be well suited for the robotic clean execution of such missions. In this chapter, we describe ice melting probes and their applications, the physics of ice melting and how the melting behavior can be modeled and simulated numerically, the challenges for ice melting, and the required key technologies to deal with those challenges. We also give an overview of existing ice melting probes and report some results and lessons learned from laboratory and field tests.
KW  - Ice melting probe
KW  - Ice penetration
KW  - Icy moons
KW  - Ocean worlds
KW  - Mars
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 978-3-030-97912-6 (Print)
SN  - 978-3-030-97913-3 (Online)
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97913-3_29
SP  - 955
EP  - 996
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  -