Ivannikov, V. ., Thomsen, F. ., Ebel, T. ., & Willumeit-Römer, R. . (2021). Capturing shrinkage and neck growth with phase field simulations of the solid state sintering. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 29(7). http://doi.org/10.1088/1361-651X/ac1f87
Wohlin, C. ., Papatheocharous, E. ., Carlson, J. ., Petersen, K. ., egroth, E. A., Axelsson, J. ., … others, . . (2021). Towards evidence-based decision-making for identification and usage of assets in composite software: A research roadmap. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 33, e2345.
Chirvi, M. . (2021). Arbeiten Frauen aufgrund des Ehegattensplittings weniger? — Eine empirische Untersuchung für Deutschland. Steuer Und Wirtschaft, 98(2). http://doi.org/10.9785/stuw-2021-980207
Abstract
Der Beitrag soll zur Klärung der Frage beitragen, ob das Ehegattensplitting, wie vielfach behauptet wird, einen negativen Einfluss auf das Arbeitsverhalten verheirateter Frauen hat. Hierzu kommt für Deutschland erstmals ein von Quasi-Experimenten inspirierter Ansatz zum Einsatz, bei dem anhand des allgemeinen Effekts der Heirat auf das Erwerbsverhalten der heiratenden Frauen die Wirkung des Ehegattensplittings geschätzt wird. Die Veränderung des Arbeitsverhaltens heiratender Frauen wird dabei der Veränderung bei jenen Frauen gegenübergestellt, die im gleichen Zeitraum weiterhin mit ihrem festen Partner zusammenleben, ohne zu heiraten (Kontrollgruppe). Die Ergebnisse sprechen eindeutig gegen einen unmittelbaren negativen Effekt des Ehegattensplittings auf das Erwerbsverhalten von Frauen. Jedoch reduzieren heiratende und zeitgleich ein Kind bekommende Frauen ihre Erwerbstätigkeit stärker als gebärende Frauen in der Kontrollgruppe. In Folge einer lediglich teilweisen Abschaffung des Ehegattensplittings, die in den Entwürfen zu Parteiprogrammen zur Bundestagswahl 2021 teilweise gefordert wird, sind sogar noch geringere Effekte auf das Arbeitsverhalten zu erwarten.
Boysen, C. ., Kaldemeyer, C. ., Sadat, F. ., Tuschy, I. ., Witte, F. ., Bauer, S. ., & Dahmke, A. . (2021). Integration unterirdischer Speichertechnologien in die Energiesystemtransformation am Beispiel des Modellgebietes Schleswig-Holstein - ANGUS II : Schlussbericht zum Verbundvorhaben Teilprojekt Simulation energietechnischer Einzelanlagen. Hochschule Flensburg. Abgerufen von https://www.tib.eu/de/suchen/id/TIBKAT%3A1798315475
Pfeiffer, W. T., Witte, F. ., Tuschy, I. ., & Bauer, S. . (2021). Coupled power plant and geostorage simulations of porous media compressed air energy storage (PM-CAES). Energy Conversion and Management, 249, 114849. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114849
Abstract
Porous media compressed air energy storage (PM-CAES) systems that use porous geological formations such as sandstone may provide large storage capacities in future energy systems based primarily on fluctuating renewable energy sources. In CAES systems, the instantaneous power and stored energy are closely linked to the storage pressure and the mass flow rate achievable in the geological reservoir. Therefore, a coupled simulator that accurately represents the power plant, the geostorage site, and their interactions during all potential PM-CAES system operation modes is presented in this paper. Using adiabatic and diabatic power plant topology test designs, strong feedback between the achievable storage rates and capacities of the chosen power plant design and geostorage site are found, thus confirming the benefit of this integrated modelling approach. Using a generic, highly cyclic load profile for daily peak shaving with charging and discharging rates of 100 MW and an adiabatic power plant topology, it is found that all discharging targets can be met but the achievable charging rates decrease to approximately 95 MW due to increased pressure in the geostorage after approximately 10 cycles. When a diabatic power plant design is considered, a long-term decrease in the geostorage pressure is found. Correspondingly, the charging power always meets the specifications, while the discharging power decreases slowly from the 20th storage cycle onwards to 79 MW in the 31st cycle. The newly developed simulation tool thus allows one to predict achievable power rates and geostorage pressures for PM-CAES systems, enabling the identification of efficient PM-CAES designs.
Rohr, A. ., & Jauch, C. . (2021). Software-in-the-Loop Simulation of a Gas-Engine for the Design and Testing of a Wind Turbine Emulator. Energies, 14. http://doi.org/10.3390/en14102898
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In order to investigate the grid integration of wind turbines (WT) of various scales and designs, a wind turbine emulator (WTE) is being built in Flensburg within the state-funded project GrinSH. The special feature of this WTE is the use of a large gas engine instead of an electric motor to emulate the behavior of a WT. In order to develop the controls of this innovative WTE and to design the upcoming test runs under safe conditions, a software in the loop model (SILM) was applied. This SILM contained a mathematical model of the wind turbine, mathematical models of the gas engine with an integrated controller, and a model of the generator and frequency converter unit, as well as a preventive modulator of the reference signal (PMRS). The PMRS module converts the reference signal of the emulated WT in such a way that the dynamics of the engine components can be calculated and balanced in advance to enable the required behavior of the entire SILM despite the dynamics of the gas engine. It was found that the PMRS module, developed and tested in this work, increased the ability of the WTE, based on a gas engine, to reproduce the dynamics of a WT.
Neumann, T. . (2021). Does it pay for new firms to be green? An empirical analysis of when and how different greening strategies affect the performance of new firms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 317, 128403. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128403
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Despite the significant attention devoted to the impact of corporate greening strategies on firm performance, research has so far focused on established firms, leaving the situation in new firms unclear. In this study, it is hypothesised that the impact of greening strategies on the performance of new firms depends on the type of strategy, and that the firm s age positively moderates this impact. Using a cross-sectoral dataset of 11,039 new firms from 36 countries, binary and ordinal logistic regressions were estimated for different start-up phases. The results indicate that new firms benefit from substantive greening strategies but, contrary to expectations, not from symbolic greening strategies. The performance of new firms in their later start-up phases was even found to be harmed if they adopt symbolic strategies but do not reinforce them with substantive actions (green-washing). No impact, or only a weakly positive impact was found for firms adopting both substantive and symbolic greening strategies (green-highlighting) or only substantive ones (brown-washing). Furthermore, the interaction analyses did not reveal any moderating effects of firm age, but additional investigation shows that the impacts of greening strategies do differ between age groups. Finally, robustness tests reveal that the relationship between substantive greening strategies and the performance of new firms is not linear but decreases with increasing environmental efforts.
Alhrshy, L. . (2021). Implementation of Variable Blade Inertia in OpenFAST to Integrate a Flywheel System in the Rotor of a Wind Turbine. Energies, 14. http://doi.org/10.3390/en14102783
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In this paper, the integration of the dynamic behavior of the flywheel system into the load simulation tool OpenFAST is presented. The flywheel system enables a wind turbine to vary the inertia of its rotor blades to control the power production and, most importantly, to affect the vibratory behavior of wind turbine components. Consequently, in order to simulate the behavior of a wind turbine with a flywheel system in its rotor, the variable blade characteristics need to be considered in the load simulation tool. Currently, computer-aided engineering tools for simulating the mechanical loads of wind turbines are not designed to simulate variable blade inertia. Hence, the goal of this paper is to explain how variable inertias of rotor blades are implanted in such load simulation tools as OpenFAST. OpenFAST is used because of it is free, publicly available, and well documentation. Moreover, OpenFAST is open source, which allows modifications in its source code. This add-on in the load simulation is applied to correct rotor mass imbalance. It can also be applied in many cases related to the change in the inertia of wind turbine rotor blades during its operation as, for example, atmospheric ice accretion on the blades, smart blades, etc.