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Leistungsoptimierte Lithium-lonen Batterien

Der schnelle Fortschritt der elektronischen Geräte erhöht die Nachfrage nach verbesserten Li-Ionen Batterien. Kommerziell erhältliche Li-Zellen nutzen meist Lithiumkobaltoxid für die positive Elektrode. Doch gerade dieses Material ist ein Hindernis für eine weitere Optimierung, insbesondere für eine Kostensenkung. Vor allem für größere Anwendungen wie Hybrid- oder Elektrofahrzeuge müssen alternative Materialen erforscht werden, die billiger, sicherer und umweltverträglicher sind. Daher wird im ISEA derzeit ein neues Forschungsprojekt ins Leben gerufen und die dafür benötigte Infrastruktur geschaffen. Die Forschung wird sich auf die Untersuchung geeigneter Übergangsmetalloxide und Polyanionen konzentrieren, die besonders gut zur Einlagerung von Li-Ionen geeignet sind. Es werden neue Herstellungsverfahren unter Verwendung wässriger Precurser-Substanzen untersucht, die Verbindungen mit überlegenen Eigenschaften erzeugen und außerdem leicht an eine Massenproduktion angepasst werden können. Ziel der Arbeiten ist, preisgünstiges Elektrodenmaterial zu entwickeln, das eine spezifische Energie von über 200 Wh/kg und eine Leistungsdichte von 400 W/kg aufweist. Außerdem werden Arbeiten im Bereich der physikalisch-chemischen Charakterisierung der neuen Materialien stattfinden sowie elektrochemische Analysen der gesamten Zellen- und Batteriesysteme durchgeführt. Das elektrodynamische Verhalten der neuen Zellen wird u. a. mit Hilfe der elektrochemischen Impedanzspektroskopie analysiert, um präzise und zuverlässige Algorithmen für ein späteres Batteriemonitoring im realen Betrieb zu finden.

Forest vegetation development in the Bavarian Forest National Park following the 1983 windfall event

In the Bavarian Forest National Park a brief, but intense storm event on 1 August 1983 created large windfall areas. The windfall ecosystems within the protection zone of the park were left develop without interference; outside this zone windfall areas were cleared of dead wood but not afforested. A set of permanent plots (transect design with 10 to 10 m plots) was established in 1988 in spruce forests of wet and cool valley bottoms in order to document vegetation development. Resampling shall take place every five years; up to now it was done in 1993 and 1998. On cleared areas an initial raspberry (Rubus idaeus) shrub community was followed by pioneer birch (Betula pubescens, B. pendula) woodland, a sequence well known from managed forest stands. In contrast to this, these two stages were restricted to root plates of fallen trees in uncleared windfalls; here shade-tolerant tree species of the terminal forest stages established rather quickly from saplings that had already been present in the preceeding forest stand. Soil surface disturbances are identified to be causal to the management pathway of forest development, wereas the untouched pathway is caused by relatively low disturbance levels. The simulation model FORSKA-M is used to analyse different options of further stand development with a simulation time period of one hundred years.

Landschaftsplan - Entwicklungs-, Pflege und Erschließungsmaßnahmen

Entwicklungs-, Pflege- und Erschließungsmaßnahmen gem. § 13 LNatSchG NRW

FP6-SUSTDEV, Reduction, modification and valorisation of sludge (REMOVALS)

The adoption of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC imposes the sewage sludge to be subsequently treated so it is expected by 2005 to increase twofold in comparison whit 1992. However, classical incineration to treat this vast amount of sludge must be no longer accepted from an environmental point of view. In addition, the Sewage Sludge Directive 86/278/EEC regulates the uses and properties of stabilised sludge for being either recycled or disposed. Both directives drive specific actions in two complementary ways. Firstly, a deep knowledge of current sludge treatment, such as mesophilic, thermophilic or autothermophilic processes, must be promoted to solve that problem in the UE ambit, taking in account the particular considerations of each treatment facility. In second place, the development of new processes must be supported to open new alternatives that could valorise that waste.The proposal aims at developing strategies for the disposal and reuse of waste sludge. The scope envisages to develop several processes for reducing both amount and toxicity of sludge, with simultaneous transformation into green energy vectors such as methane or hydrogen. In outline, mesophilic and mainly thermophilic and autothermophilic conditions will be deeply explored as classical alternatives for sludge stabilisation, assuring sanitary conditions of the treated sludge. Also, valuable materials will be obtained from sludge, such as activated carbons, which will be used in conventional adsorption processes and in innovative advanced oxidation processes.The main outcomes expected at the end of the projects are guidelines for technology selection in agreement with the geographic, economic and technical characteristics of the sewage plants, demonstration of the feasibility of new applications for the sewage sludge, manufacturing of activated carbon from sludge sewage as innovative recycling of sludge waste, and a deep understanding of the methods involved. Prime Contractor: Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.

Entwicklung und Erprobung einer kathodischen Nano-Filtrationsmembran für die reduktive Behandlung und Filtration von wasserunlöslichen Farbstoffen und Farbpigmenten zur Aufbereitung von Textilabwasser mit dem Ziel der Wasserkreislaufführung sowie...

Mit einem neuartigen Verfahren sollen im Abwasser der Färberei und Druckerei enthaltene Farbmittel, lösliche wie dispergierbare oder unlösliche Farbmittel in zwei unmittelbar aufeinanderfolgenden Schritten zunächst reduktiv und dann oxidativ behandelt werden. Zu diesem Zweck soll eine Anlage entwickelt werden, die aus einer Elektrolysezelle und einer anschließenden Oxidationskammer besteht. In der Elektrolysezelle werden die Farbstoffe kathodisch reduziert. Die Reduktion hat das Ziel Azofarbstoffe, Anthrachinonfarbstoffe und Pigmente in eine wasserlösliche Form zu überführen. Infolge der Spaltung der Azofarbstoffe entstehen Produkte mit kleinerem Molekulargewicht. Vermutlich werden aromatische Amine gebildet, deren Hydrophilie im Vergleich zum Dispersionsfarbstoff deutlich größer ist.Die erhöhte Wasserlöslichkeit der Produkte ist entscheidend für die Wirksamkeit bzw. Wirtschaftlichkeit der anschließenden oxidativen Behandlung, die in homogener Phase weitaus effektiver abläuft. Der selektive Transfer der löslichen Produkte in die Oxidationskammer soll über einen Filtrationsprozess mit einer Ultra- bzw. Nanofiltrationsmembran erfolgen. Die Membran hält die dispers gelösten Farbstoffpartikel zurück. Zur Optimierung des Filtrationsprozesses und der Elektrolyse soll die Elektrolyse direkt an der Membran stattfinden. Zu diesem Zweck muss eine elektrisch leitende Membran entwickelt werden, an der gleichzeitig die kathodische Reduktion und der Filtrationsprozess ablaufen können. Bei dem Filtrationsprozess kommt es zu einer Anreicherung der Farbstoffpartikel an der Membran bzw. der Kathodenoberfläche. Auf diese Weise gelangt der Farbstoff in unmittelbaren Kontakt mit der Kathode, so dass der Elektronenübertrag auf das Substrat erleichtert wird.Bei der Entwicklung der Membran muss berücksichtigt werden, dass diese bei einem dauerhaften Einsatz in einer Abwasserbehandlungsanlage stabil gegenüber den elektrochemischen Vorgängen, höheren Drücken und der Katholytzusammensetzung ist.Ein weiteres Projektziel ist die Strukturaufklärung der Reduktions- und Oxidationsprodukte. Dazu werden im wesentlichem zwei Analysensysteme verwendet. Mit dem schon im Projekt OXITEX erfolgreich eingesetzten LC-QTOF können höhermolekulare bzw, wasserlösliche Produkte anhand der gemessenen Präzisionsmassehinsichtlich ihrer Summenformel und ggfs. Struktur chara.kterisiert werden. Kleinere unpolare Verbindungen werden mittels GCxGC-(TOF)MS erfasst. Hier ist eine Identifizierung der über Elektronenstoßionisierten Analyten mit umfangreichen Datenbanken bzw. Vergleichssubstanzen möglich. Die ermittelten Strukturen sollen Aufschluss über den Reaktionsverlauf geben. So soll z.B. die Frage geklärt werden, ob die Reduktion in höheren Konzentrationen Zwischenprodukte liefert, oder ob ein weitergehender bzw.unspezifischer Abbau vorliegt. Auch die Annahme, dass infolge der Reduktion aus Azoverbindungen vorwiegend aromatische Amine entstehen, soll untersucht werden.

Measurement and Intercomparison of Active, Passive and In-situ Sensors during the International Water Vapour Project for the Verification of the Specifications of the WALES Experiment

The performance of state-of-the-art water vapor DIAL systems operated during the International Water Vapor Project (IHOP 2002) shall be investigated. Interesting results have been achieved which allow for important conclusions for WALES. Introduction: Atmospheric water vapour plays a crucial role in the Earth climate and weather system. It is a key element controlling the global radiation budget, the atmospheric circulation, as well as microphysical processes leading to cloud formation and precipitation (e.g. OStarr 1991, AGU 1995). Though atmospheric water vapour is essential for weather and climate prediction, its global distribution and development are by far not understood. On the one hand, this is due to the large range of scales from turbulence and cloud development to global atmospheric waves which need to be accurately modelled. This will overstrain not only to date but also for a long time in the future each computer system. On the other hand, this is certainly due to a severely limited amount of data. Current water vapour observation systems are by far not able to observe water vapour with the required temporal and spatial scales as well as the accuracy required to improve our knowledge of its global 4-dimensional distribution. Furthermore, only a few techniques are available to measure water vapour profiles from ground to the lower stratosphere with high time and spatial resolution. Particularly, passive remote sensing systems suffer from high biases in the estimates of water vapour which may even be time dependent. A detailed overview of current observation systems and its limitations are given in ESA 2001 and ESA 2002.( ) The goals of this study: Consequently, the data collected during IHOP represent a unique source to investigate the performance of space borne DIAL systems. The goals of this study are the use of IHOP data to - investigate the performance of state-of-the-art water vapour DIAL systems with respect to systematic and noise errors, - intercompare different DIAL systems, - intercompare different water vapour measurement techniques, - investigate the role of sub-grid scale atmospheric variability on DIAL performance, - estimate the WALES water vapour sampling error on a scale of 100 km x 100 km, - use the results to predict the performance of WALES under different atmospheric conditions also in the presence of clouds, - provide a data base for an end-to-end performance model for WALES in order to enable the forward simulation of WALES performance under different atmospheric conditions, - confirm or specify in more detail the WALES mission requirements, - provide general conclusions and recommendations for the WALES missions and support future work. As the key personnel of this study was extensively involved in the IHOP campaign and consists mainly on IHOP Principle Investigators (PIs), access to this unique data set is ensured according to the IHOP data policy.

FP6-POLICIES, Biodiversity impact assessment using species sensitivity scores (BIOSCORE)

Biodiversity indicators and monitoring frameworks are currently developed at global and European levels. A key tool for monitoring progress in achieving the EU target to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010 is the recently endorsed set of EU headline biodiversity indicators. A requirement by the EU is to complement the indicator set and the development of biodiversity monitoring frameworks with tools that are able to assess the impacts from Community policies on biodiversity. This BioScore proposal aims at satisfying this requirement by developing a tool for linking pressures from policy sectors to the (change of) state of biodiversity as measured by the presence and abundance of individual species. A database is proposed that will contain information on the ecological preferences of individual species, in relation to individual sectoral pressures and relating to selected Community policies as well as the EU headline biodiversity indicators. This tool will be applied for assessing impacts and the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation policies based on historic data as well as for forecasting future impacts based on existing scenario studies. The results of these assessments will consist of European maps. The BioScore tool will be integrated into existing biodiversity monitoring frameworks and incentives for uptake will be formulated. Also the database will be made freely accessible on the Internet. The specific objectives of this proposal are to: - build a cost-effective impact assessment tool in the form of a European species database with sensitivity scores;apply the tool for the purpose of assessing the impacts of key drivers and pressures on biodiversity; - apply the tool for analysing the efeffectiveness of European policy responses; - apply the tool for modelling European-wide scenarios for selected drivers; - integrate the database into a common monitoring framework to assess the impact of selected pressures on biodiversity.

FP6-SUSTDEV, Developing the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy (BIOSTRAT)

Main The main objective of BIOSTRAT is to support the further development of a European Biodiversity Research Strategy. Such Research Strategy brings together ideas on research priorities in fundamental and applied sciences to address critical gaps in knowledge on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This Strategy is intended to support the decision-making process regarding biodiversity-related research at both the European scale and in individual EU Member States by linking existing structures. Rather than developing new structures BIOSTRAT will provide specific support to EPBRS (European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy), which provides a representative forum for researchers, science and environmental policy makers, and National Biodiversity Platforms. At the same time BIOSTRAT will ensure that other European and international efforts to develop research strategies in different fields of biodiversity research are linked to the development of a European Research Strategy through the EPBRS forum. BIOSTRAT will, therefore, support other international initiatives to link their efforts to the European Biodiversity Research Strategy. The overall objective will be achieved by: - Supporting the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) to develop and continually revise the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy - Including the results of existing and ongoing biodiversity research projects in the development of the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy. - Linking the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy to the national, European and international funding programmes, especially the ERA-Nets related to biodiversity issues - Incorporating GEOSS objectives in the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy - Linking EU Biodiversity Research Strategy with international initiatives including the multi-stakeholder consultative process of the Paris Conference, the Millennium Ecosystem assessment, the 2010 target, ESRI, GTI, GBIF, CBD, DIVERSITAS.

Cost-Effective Sensors, Interoperable with International Existing Ocean Observing Systems, to meet EU Policies Requirements (COMMON SENSE)

The COMMON SENSE project will contribute to support the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and other EU policies (e.g. Common Fisheries Policy), providing easily usable across several platforms, cost-effective, multi-functional innovative sensors to detect reliable in-situ measurements on key parameters by means of methodological standards. This proposal will focus, by means of a multidisciplinary and well-balanced consortium on eutrophication, contaminants, marine litter and underwater noise descriptors of the MSFD. This proposal will first provide a general understanding and integrated basis for sensors cost effective development (WP1 and WP2). Within the following WPs (5-8) the project will design and develop new generation sensors focused on the detection of: (1) nutrient analytes by utilising well-established colorimetric chemistries for phosphate, ammonia, nitrate and nitrite (2) low concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Hg Cd, Zn and Cu), (3) surface concentration of microplastics (4) underwater noise by means of a bespoke acoustic sensor pod. These sensors, developed onto modular systems, will be integrated into multifunctional packages (WP4). Innovative transversal sensors (e.g. temperature, pressure, pH and pCO2) will be also integrated to provide the variables with a comprehensive reference frame. The Common Sensor Web Platform will be created (WP3) aiming at bringing a more sophisticated view of the environment implementing the sensor web enablement standards but optimising e.g. data acquisition, access and interoperability. The sensors developed will be interoperable with existing and new observing systems and they will also be field tested (WP9) by means of different platforms (e.g. research vessels, racing yachts, buoys). Dissemination and exploitation activities (WP10) will enable to transfer knowledge and technology resulting from the project to be used with commercial, scientific, conservational and strategic purposes.

FP6-SUSTDEV, Sustainable Water management Improves Tomorrow's Cities'Health (SWITCH)

Context: With increasing global change pressures, and due to existing limitations, and un-sustainability factors and risks of conventional urban water management (UWM), cities experience difficulties in efficiently managing the ever scarcer water resources, their uses/services, and their after-use disposal, without creating environmental, social and/or economic damage. In order to meet these challenges, SWITCH calls for a paradigm shift in UWM. There is a need to convert adhoc actions (problem/incident driven) into a coherent and consolidated approach (sustainability driven). This calls for an IP Approach. Research conceptSWITCH therefore proposes an action research project which has as a main objective: The development, application and demonstration of a range of tested scientific, technological and socio-economic solutions and approaches that contribute to the achievement of sustainable and effective UWM schemes in 'The City of the future'.The project will be implemented by different combinations of consortium partners, along the lines of seven complementary and interactive themes. The research approach is innovative for the combination of: action research: address problems through innovation based upon involvement of users.learning alliances: to link up stakeholders to interact productively and to create win-win solutions along the water chain; multiple-way learning: European cities learn from each other and from developing countries, and vice versa.multiple-level or integrated approach: to consider the urban water system and its components (city level) in relation to its impacts on, and dependency of, the natural environment in the river basin (river basin level), and in relation to Global Change pressures (global level).Instruments and scopeAn IP with 30 partners, their resources, and a total budget of 25,191,396 EURO including budget for demonstration activities in 9 Cities in Europe and developing countries. Prime Contractor: UNESCO - Institute for Water Education, Delf, Netherlands.

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