TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fayyazi, Mojgan
A1  - Sardar, Paramjotsingh
A1  - Thomas, Sumit Infent
A1  - Daghigh, Roonak
A1  - Jamali, Ali
A1  - Esch, Thomas
A1  - Kemper, Hans
A1  - Langari, Reza
A1  - Khayyam, Hamid
T1  - Artificial intelligence/machine learning in energy management systems, control, and optimization of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
N2  - Environmental emissions, global warming, and energy-related concerns have accelerated the advancements in conventional vehicles that primarily use internal combustion engines. Among the existing technologies, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles and fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles may have minimal contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and thus are the prime choices for environmental concerns. However, energy management in fuel cell electric vehicles and fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles is a major challenge. Appropriate control strategies should be used for effective energy management in these vehicles. On the other hand, there has been significant progress in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and designing data-driven intelligent controllers. These techniques have found much attention within the community, and state-of-the-art energy management technologies have been developed based on them. This manuscript reviews the application of machine learning and intelligent controllers for prediction, control, energy management, and vehicle to everything (V2X) in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The effectiveness of data-driven control and optimization systems are investigated to evolve, classify, and compare, and future trends and directions for sustainability are discussed.
KW  - optimization system
KW  - intelligent control
KW  - fuel cell vehicle
KW  - machine learning
KW  - artificial intelligence
KW  - intelligent energy management
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15065249
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Circular Economy and Artificial Intelligence"
VL  - 15
IS  - 6
SP  - 38
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Falkenberg, Fabian
A1  - Voß, Leonie
A1  - Bott, Michael
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Siegert, Petra
T1  - New robust subtilisins from halotolerant and halophilic Bacillaceae
JF  - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
N2  - The aim of the present study was the characterisation of three true subtilisins and one phylogenetically intermediate subtilisin from halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms. Considering the currently growing enzyme market for efficient and novel biocatalysts, data mining is a promising source for novel, as yet uncharacterised enzymes, especially from halophilic or halotolerant Bacillaceae, which offer great potential to meet industrial needs. Both halophilic bacteria Pontibacillus marinus DSM 16465ᵀ and Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus DSM 5271ᵀ and both halotolerant bacteria Metabacillus indicus DSM 16189 and Litchfieldia alkalitelluris DSM 16976ᵀ served as a source for the four new subtilisins SPPM, SPAH, SPMI and SPLA. The protease genes were cloned and expressed in Bacillus subtilis DB104. Purification to apparent homogeneity was achieved by ethanol precipitation, desalting and ion-exchange chromatography. Enzyme activity could be observed between pH 5.0–12.0 with an optimum for SPPM, SPMI and SPLA around pH 9.0 and for SPAH at pH 10.0. The optimal temperature for SPMI and SPLA was 70 °C and for SPPM and SPAH 55 °C and 50 °C, respectively. All proteases showed high stability towards 5% (w/v) SDS and were active even at NaCl concentrations of 5 M. The four proteases demonstrate potential for future biotechnological applications.
KW  - Biotechnological application
KW  - Bacillaceae
KW  - Subtilisin
KW  - Subtilases
KW  - Halotolerant protease
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-023-12553-w
SN  - 1432-0614
N1  - Corresponding author: Petra Siegert
VL  - 107
SP  - 3939
EP  - 3954
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Falkenberg, Fabian
A1  - Kohn, Sophie
A1  - Bott, Michael
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Siegert, Petra
T1  - Biochemical characterisation of a novel broad pH spectrum subtilisin from Fictibacillus arsenicus DSM 15822ᵀ
JF  - FEBS Open Bio
N2  - Subtilisins from microbial sources, especially from the Bacillaceae family, are of particular interest for biotechnological applications and serve the currently growing enzyme market as efficient and novel biocatalysts. Biotechnological applications include use in detergents, cosmetics, leather processing, wastewater treatment and pharmaceuticals. To identify a possible candidate for the enzyme market, here we cloned the gene of the subtilisin SPFA from Fictibacillus arsenicus DSM 15822ᵀ (obtained through a data mining-based search) and expressed it in Bacillus subtilis DB104. After production and purification, the protease showed a molecular mass of 27.57 kDa and a pI of 5.8. SPFA displayed hydrolytic activity at a temperature optimum of 80 °C and a very broad pH optimum between 8.5 and 11.5, with high activity up to pH 12.5. SPFA displayed no NaCl dependence but a high NaCl tolerance, with decreasing activity up to concentrations of 5 m NaCl. The stability enhanced with increasing NaCl concentration. Based on its substrate preference for 10 synthetic peptide 4-nitroanilide substrates with three or four amino acids and its phylogenetic classification, SPFA can be assigned to the subgroup of true subtilisins. Moreover, SPFA exhibited high tolerance to 5% (w/v) SDS and 5% H₂O₂ (v/v). The biochemical properties of SPFA, especially its tolerance of remarkably high pH, SDS and H₂O₂, suggest it has potential for biotechnological applications.
KW  - Bacillaceae
KW  - Biotechnological application
KW  - Broad pH spectrum
KW  - Subtilases
KW  - Subtilisin
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13701
SN  - 2211-5463
N1  - Corresponding author: Petra Siegert
VL  - 13
IS  - 11
SP  - 2035
EP  - 2046
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken, NJ
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  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15111972
VL  - 15
IS  - 11
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Eggert, Mathias
A1  - Kling, Rene
T1  - How to distribute charging requests of electronic vehicles? A reservation-based approach
JF  - International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research
N2  - The number of electronic vehicles increase steadily while the space for extending the charging infrastructure is limited. In particular in urban areas, where parking spaces in attractive areas are famous, opportunities to setup new charging stations is very limited. This leads to an overload of some very attractive charging stations and an underutilization of less attractive ones. Against this background, the paper at hand presents the design of an e-vehicle reservation system that aims at distributing the utilization of the charging infrastructure, particularly in urban areas. By applying a design science approach, the requirements for a reservation-based utilization approach are elicited and a model for a suitable distribution approach and its instantiation are developed. The artefact is evaluated by simulating the distribution effects based on data of real charging station utilizations.
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Parking
KW  - Charging station
KW  - Utilization improvement
KW  - Reservation system
KW  - Electronic vehicle
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13177-023-00367-z
SN  - 1868-8659
N1  - Corresponding author: Mathias Eggert
VL  - 21
IS  - 2023
SP  - 437
EP  - 460
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Akimbekov, Nuraly
A1  - Rogachev, Evgeniy
A1  - Pogorelova, Natalia
T1  - Bacterial cellulose produced by Medusomyces gisevii on glucose and sucrose: biosynthesis and structural properties
JF  - Cellulose
N2  - In this work, the effects of carbon sources and culture media on the production and structural properties of bacterial cellulose (BC) synthesized by Medusomyces gisevii have been studied. The culture medium was composed of different initial concentrations of glucose or sucrose dissolved in 0.4% extract of plain green tea. Parameters of the culture media (titratable acidity, substrate conversion degree etc.) were monitored daily for 20 days of cultivation. The BC pellicles produced on different carbon sources were characterized in terms of biomass yield, crystallinity and morphology by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Our results showed that Medusomyces gisevii had higher BC yields in media with sugar concentrations close to 10 g L−1 after a 18–20 days incubation period. Glucose in general lead to a higher BC yield (173 g L−1) compared to sucrose (163.5 g L−1). The BC crystallinity degree and surface roughness were higher in the samples synthetized from sucrose. Obtained FE-SEM micrographs show that the BC pellicles synthesized in the sucrose media contained densely packed tangles of cellulose fibrils whereas the BC produced in the glucose media displayed rather linear geometry of the BC fibrils without noticeable aggregates.
KW  - Bacterial cellulose
KW  - Medusomyces gisevi
KW  - Carbon sources
KW  - Culture media
KW  - Cellulose nanostructure
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05592-z
SN  - 1572-882X (Online)
SN  - 0969-0239 (Print)
N1  - Corresponding author: Ilya Digel
PB  - Springer Science + Business Media
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dellmann, Sophia Florence
A1  - Glorius, J.
A1  - Litvinov, Yu A.
A1  - Reifarth, R.
A1  - Al-Khasawneh, Kafa
A1  - Aliotta, M.
A1  - Bott, L.
A1  - Brückner, Benjamin
A1  - Bruno, C. G.
A1  - Chen, Ruijiu
A1  - Davinson, T.
A1  - Dickel, T.
A1  - Dillmann, Iris
A1  - Dmytriev, D.
A1  - Erbacher, P.
A1  - Freire-Fernández, D.
A1  - Forstner, Oliver
A1  - Geissel, H.
A1  - Göbel, K.
A1  - Griffin, Christopher J.
A1  - Grisenti, R.
A1  - Gumberidze, Alexandre
A1  - Haettner, Emma
A1  - Hagmann, Siegbert
A1  - Heil, M.
A1  - Heß, R.
A1  - Hillenbrand, P.-M.
A1  - Joseph, R.
A1  - Jurado, B.
A1  - Kozhuharov, Christophor
A1  - Kulikov, I.
A1  - Löher, Bastian
A1  - Langer, Christoph
A1  - Leckenby, Guy
A1  - Lederer-Woods, C.
A1  - Lestinsky, M.
A1  - Litvinov, S. A.
A1  - Lorenz, B. A.
A1  - Lorenz, E.
A1  - Marsh, J.
A1  - Menz, Esther Babette
A1  - Morgenroth, T.
A1  - Petridis, N.
A1  - Pibernat, Jerome
A1  - Popp, U.
A1  - Psaltis, Athanasios
A1  - Sanjari, Shahab
A1  - Scheidenberger, C.
A1  - Sguazzin, M.
A1  - Sidhu, Ragandeep Singh
A1  - Spillmann, Uwe
A1  - Steck, M.
A1  - Stöhlker, T.
A1  - Surzhykov, A.
A1  - Swartz, J. A.
A1  - Törnqvist, H.
A1  - Varga, L.
A1  - Vescovi, Diego
A1  - Weick, H.
A1  - Weigand, M.
A1  - Woods, P.
A1  - Xing, Y.
A1  - Yamaguchi, Taiyo
T1  - Proton capture on stored radioactive ¹¹⁸Te ions
JF  - EPJ Web of Conferences
N2  - Experimental determination of the cross sections of proton capture on radioactive nuclei is extremely difficult. Therefore, it is of substantial interest for the understanding of the production of the p-nuclei. For the first time, a direct measurement of proton-capture cross sections on stored, radioactive ions became possible in an energy range of interest for nuclear astrophysics. The experiment was performed at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) at GSI by making use of a sensitive method to measure (p,γ) and (p,n) reactions in inverse kinematics. These reaction channels are of high relevance for the nucleosyn-thesis processes in supernovae, which are among the most violent explosions in the universe and are not yet well understood. The cross section of the ¹¹⁸Te(p,γ) reaction has been measured at energies of 6 MeV/u and 7 MeV/u. The heavy ions interacted with a hydrogen gas jet target. The radiative recombination process of the fully stripped ¹¹⁸Te ions and electrons from the hydrogen target was used as a luminosity monitor. An overview of the experimental method and preliminary results from the ongoing analysis will be presented.
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327911018
SN  - 2100-014X
N1  - Volume 279, 2023. Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics – X (NPA-X 2022).
VL  - 279
IS  - Article Number: 11018
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - EDP Sciences
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cheenakula, Dheeraja
A1  - Paulsen, Svea
A1  - Ott, Fabian
A1  - Grömping, Markus
T1  - Operational window of a deammonifying sludge for mainstream application in a municipal wastewater treatment plant
JF  - Water and Environment Journal
N2  - The present work aimed to study the mainstream feasibility of the deammonifying sludge of side stream of municipal wastewater treatment plant (MWWTP) in Kaster, Germany. For this purpose, the deammonifying sludge available at the side stream was investigated for nitrogen (N) removal with respect to the operational factors temperature (15–30°C), pH value (6.0–8.0) and chemical oxygen demand (COD)/N ratio (≤1.5–6.0). The highest and lowest N-removal rates of 0.13 and 0.045 kg/(m³ d) are achieved at 30 and 15°C, respectively. Different conditions of pH and COD/N ratios in the SBRs of Partial nitritation/anammox (PN/A) significantly influenced both the metabolic processes and associated N-removal rates. The scientific insights gained from the current work signifies the possibility of mainstream PN/A at WWTPs. The current study forms a solid basis of operational window for the upcoming semi-technical trails to be conducted prior to the full-scale mainstream PN/A at WWTP Kaster and WWTPs globally.
KW  - Anammox
KW  - Mainstream
KW  - Nitrogen removal
KW  - Partial nitritation
KW  - Wastewater
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/wej.12898
SN  - 1747-6593
N1  - Corresponding author: Dheeraja Cheenakula
IS  - Early View
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Chichester
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cheenakula, Dheeraja
A1  - Griebel, Kai
A1  - Montag, David
A1  - Grömping, Markus
ED  - Huang, Xiaowu
T1  - Concept development of a mainstream deammonification and comparison with conventional process in terms of energy, performance and economical construction perspectives
JF  - Frontiers in Microbiology
N2  - Deammonification for nitrogen removal in municipal wastewater in temperate and cold climate zones is currently limited to the side stream of municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWWTP). This study developed a conceptual model of a mainstream deammonification plant, designed for 30,000 P.E., considering possible solutions corresponding to the challenging mainstream conditions in Germany. In addition, the energy-saving potential, nitrogen elimination performance and construction-related costs of mainstream deammonification were compared to a conventional plant model, having a single-stage activated sludge process with upstream denitrification. The results revealed that an additional treatment step by combining chemical precipitation and ultra-fine screening is advantageous prior the mainstream deammonification. Hereby chemical oxygen demand (COD) can be reduced by 80% so that the COD:N ratio can be reduced from 12 to 2.5. Laboratory experiments testing mainstream conditions of temperature (8–20°C), pH (6–9) and COD:N ratio (1–6) showed an achievable volumetric nitrogen removal rate (VNRR) of at least 50 gN/(m3∙d) for various deammonifying sludges from side stream deammonification systems in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, where m3 denotes reactor volume. Assuming a retained Norganic content of 0.0035 kgNorg./(P.E.∙d) from the daily loads of N at carbon removal stage and a VNRR of 50 gN/(m3∙d) under mainstream conditions, a resident-specific reactor volume of 0.115 m3/(P.E.) is required for mainstream deammonification. This is in the same order of magnitude as the conventional activated sludge process, i.e., 0.173 m3/(P.E.) for an MWWTP of size class of 4. The conventional plant model yielded a total specific electricity demand of 35 kWh/(P.E.∙a) for the operation of the whole MWWTP and an energy recovery potential of 15.8 kWh/(P.E.∙a) through anaerobic digestion. In contrast, the developed mainstream deammonification model plant would require only a 21.5 kWh/(P.E.∙a) energy demand and result in 24 kWh/(P.E.∙a) energy recovery potential, enabling the mainstream deammonification model plant to be self-sufficient. The retrofitting costs for the implementation of mainstream deammonification in existing conventional MWWTPs are nearly negligible as the existing units like activated sludge reactors, aerators and monitoring technology are reusable. However, the mainstream deammonification must meet the performance requirement of VNRR of about 50 gN/(m3∙d) in this case.
KW  - anammox
KW  - energy efficiency
KW  - mainstream deammonification
KW  - nitrogen elimination
KW  - wastewater
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1155235
SN  - 1664-302X
VL  - 14
IS  - 11155235
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
PB  - Frontiers
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bruksle, Ieva
A1  - Chwallek, Constanze
A1  - Krastina, Anzelika
T1  - Strengthening sustainability in entrepreneurship education - implications for shifting entrepreneurial thinking towards sustainability at universities
JF  - ACTA PROSPERITATIS
N2  - By developing innovative solutions to social and environmental problems, sustainable ventures carry greatpotential. Entrepreneurship which focuses especially on new venture creation can be developed through education anduniversities, in particular, are called upon to provide an impetus for social change. But social innovations are associatedwith certain hurdles, which are related to the multi-dimensionality, i.e. the tension between creating social,environmental and economic value and dealing with a multiplicity of stakeholders. The already complex field ofentrepreneurship education has to face these challenges. This paper, therefore, aims to identify starting points for theintegration of sustainability into entrepreneurship education. To pursue this goal experiences from three differentproject initiatives between the partner universities: Lapland University of Applied Sciences, FH Aachen University ofApplied Sciences and Turiba University are reflected and findings are systematically condensed into recommendationsfor education on sustainable entrepreneurship.
KW  - climate change
KW  - entrepreneurship education
KW  - Finland
KW  - Germany
KW  - Latvia
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.37804/1691-6077-2023-14-37-48
SN  - 1691-6077
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SP  - 37
EP  - 48
PB  - Sciendo
ER  -