Optical Diagnostics and Renewable Energies
Optical Diagnostics and Renewable Energies
Optical Diagnostics and Renewable Energies

The ODEE laboratory is/was funded by three ERDF projects:

Optical Diagnostics and Renewable Energies

Application laboratory "Optical diagnostic methods for flow and high-temperature processes" (ODiSH)

Funding period: 01.11.2019 - 31.03.2023

Funding note: This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Motivation

The application laboratory "Optical Diagnostic Methods for Flow and High Temperature Processes" (ODiSH) brings together researchers from the three departments of Mechanical and Plastics Engineering (MK), Civil and Environmental Engineering (B) and Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MN) at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. New diagnostic methods for flow applications and high-temperature processes are to be developed in interdisciplinary co-operation, the exchange between research and industry is to be increased and the research location Darmstadt is to be further developed.

 

AIM

The aim of the project is to set up and expand an application-oriented, interdisciplinary application laboratory in order to eliminate the gaps in diagnostic and measurement technology that existed at the start of the project with specifically improved and further developed laboratory equipment and laboratory infrastructure. The focus is on setting up, developing and testing measurement systems based on optical diagnostic methods. The diagnostic methods used are Raman spectroscopy for determining gas species and gas concentrations in mixtures, particle image velocimetry (PIV) for recording velocity fields in flow applications and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) for the simultaneous detection of reaction products. These measuring systems are to be specifically geared towards selected issues in the field of flow and high-temperature processes and, with the help of specially customised test benches, provide new insights into complex processes. Ultimately, the application laboratory should open up improved opportunities to address current research topics in flow applications and high-temperature processes in the future and thus stimulate the transfer of knowledge.

 

Process

The ODiSH application laboratory is being funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) from 1 November 2019 to 31 March 2023. These funds will be used to expand existing laboratory test benches, procure new technologies and facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation between the departments through joint projects in order to develop and expand the research and innovation infrastructure. The intention is to improve the transfer of optical diagnostic technologies, which are currently primarily located at universities, to companies, particularly in the Hessian region, by combining innovative optical diagnostic methods with suitable test benches.

 

Application laboratory "Conversion of hydrogen-based energy carriers" (WWE)

Funding period: 01.01.2022 - 30.06.2023

Funding note: This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MOTIVATION

The realisation of a decarbonised, climate-neutral energy supply requires the increasing use of electricity as a primary energy source. The central building block for successful decarbonisation is the efficient energetic conversion of hydrogen-based energy sources, which are becoming increasingly relevant as chemical storage systems for renewable energy generation. In the new application laboratory "Conversion of hydrogen-based energy carriers" (WWE), the thermochemical energy conversion of hydrogen-based energy carriers with the application fields of green hydrogen, green ammonia and particulate energy carriers will therefore be researched in future.

 

Aim

During the project, test benches for the investigation and research of thermochemical conversions will be expanded with new equipment in order to improve future research work on hydrogen-based energy sources. The predominantly optical diagnostics will be set up across all fields of application and applied to the newly installed test benches. The synergies of the diagnostic systems will be optimally utilised by using them across several application fields. The project is intended to contribute to innovation in the region and to further strengthen the structural profile focus on sustainable development at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da). Overarching, the conversion of hydrogen-based energy sources will strengthen progress in the comprehensive expansion of renewable energies in all sectors and accelerate decarbonisation.

 

PROCESS

The WWE application laboratory will be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. These funds will be used to upgrade the test benches for the investigation and research of thermochemical transformations using laser diagnostic methods, which will initially be professionally planned, put out to tender and ultimately installed and commissioned by specialist companies.

 

Application laboratory "Laser diagnostics and renewable energies" (LEE)

Funding period: 05.10.2022 - 30.06.2023

Funding note: This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MOTIVATION

Green hydrogen and the carbon-free energy carriers based on it are central building blocks for the end-to-end decarbonisation of energy systems. In order to convert these carriers into energy efficiently, it is necessary to develop and research in part completely new processes that take place over dynamically varying operating ranges in a broad temporal/spatial scale range. For research purposes, the processes must be diagnosed and analysed under technically relevant conditions, non-intrusively and with high resolution. This requires a combination of special test benches and specially adapted optical diagnostic methods, which are being developed in the project. This combination also opens up future options for research into a material recycling economy as a further component of decarbonisation.

 

AIM

During the project, test benches and, in particular, laser-based optical diagnostics will be set up to investigate and research the energy conversion of decarbonised, renewable energy sources. In a broader context, research into the energy conversion of green hydrogen and other energy carriers based on renewable electricity, such as metallic particles, opens up new options for the comprehensive expansion of renewable energies in all sectors. The demand for such energy carriers will continue to rise sharply as the expansion of renewable energies progresses and requires test benches and laboratories in which they can be researched using the latest diagnostic methods and processes can be improved. The project is intended to contribute to innovation in the region and to further strengthen the structural profile focus on sustainable development at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da). The overall aim is to contribute to the comprehensive expansion of renewable energies and to accelerate decarbonisation.

 

PROCESS

The LEE application laboratory will be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) from 5 October 2022 to 30 June 2023. These funds will be used to upgrade the test benches for the investigation and research of energy and material conversions in decarbonised processes. Specially adapted laser diagnostic methods will be procured, set up, adapted and put into operation.

Optical Diagnostics and Renewable Energies

The ODEE laboratory is/was funded by three ERDF projects:

Application laboratory "Optical diagnostic methods for flow and high-temperature processes" (ODiSH)

Funding period: 01.11.2019 - 31.03.2023

Funding note: This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Motivation

The application laboratory "Optical Diagnostic Methods for Flow and High Temperature Processes" (ODiSH) brings together researchers from the three departments of Mechanical and Plastics Engineering (MK), Civil and Environmental Engineering (B) and Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MN) at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. New diagnostic methods for flow applications and high-temperature processes are to be developed in interdisciplinary co-operation, the exchange between research and industry is to be increased and the research location Darmstadt is to be further developed.

 

AIM

The aim of the project is to set up and expand an application-oriented, interdisciplinary application laboratory in order to eliminate the gaps in diagnostic and measurement technology that existed at the start of the project with specifically improved and further developed laboratory equipment and laboratory infrastructure. The focus is on setting up, developing and testing measurement systems based on optical diagnostic methods. The diagnostic methods used are Raman spectroscopy for determining gas species and gas concentrations in mixtures, particle image velocimetry (PIV) for recording velocity fields in flow applications and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) for the simultaneous detection of reaction products. These measuring systems are to be specifically geared towards selected issues in the field of flow and high-temperature processes and, with the help of specially customised test benches, provide new insights into complex processes. Ultimately, the application laboratory should open up improved opportunities to address current research topics in flow applications and high-temperature processes in the future and thus stimulate the transfer of knowledge.

 

Process

The ODiSH application laboratory is being funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) from 1 November 2019 to 31 March 2023. These funds will be used to expand existing laboratory test benches, procure new technologies and facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation between the departments through joint projects in order to develop and expand the research and innovation infrastructure. The intention is to improve the transfer of optical diagnostic technologies, which are currently primarily located at universities, to companies, particularly in the Hessian region, by combining innovative optical diagnostic methods with suitable test benches.

 

Application laboratory "Conversion of hydrogen-based energy carriers" (WWE)

Funding period: 01.01.2022 - 30.06.2023

Funding note: This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MOTIVATION

The realisation of a decarbonised, climate-neutral energy supply requires the increasing use of electricity as a primary energy source. The central building block for successful decarbonisation is the efficient energetic conversion of hydrogen-based energy sources, which are becoming increasingly relevant as chemical storage systems for renewable energy generation. In the new application laboratory "Conversion of hydrogen-based energy carriers" (WWE), the thermochemical energy conversion of hydrogen-based energy carriers with the application fields of green hydrogen, green ammonia and particulate energy carriers will therefore be researched in future.

 

Aim

During the project, test benches for the investigation and research of thermochemical conversions will be expanded with new equipment in order to improve future research work on hydrogen-based energy sources. The predominantly optical diagnostics will be set up across all fields of application and applied to the newly installed test benches. The synergies of the diagnostic systems will be optimally utilised by using them across several application fields. The project is intended to contribute to innovation in the region and to further strengthen the structural profile focus on sustainable development at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da). Overarching, the conversion of hydrogen-based energy sources will strengthen progress in the comprehensive expansion of renewable energies in all sectors and accelerate decarbonisation.

 

PROCESS

The WWE application laboratory will be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. These funds will be used to upgrade the test benches for the investigation and research of thermochemical transformations using laser diagnostic methods, which will initially be professionally planned, put out to tender and ultimately installed and commissioned by specialist companies.

 

Application laboratory "Laser diagnostics and renewable energies" (LEE)

Funding period: 05.10.2022 - 30.06.2023

Funding note: This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MOTIVATION

Green hydrogen and the carbon-free energy carriers based on it are central building blocks for the end-to-end decarbonisation of energy systems. In order to convert these carriers into energy efficiently, it is necessary to develop and research in part completely new processes that take place over dynamically varying operating ranges in a broad temporal/spatial scale range. For research purposes, the processes must be diagnosed and analysed under technically relevant conditions, non-intrusively and with high resolution. This requires a combination of special test benches and specially adapted optical diagnostic methods, which are being developed in the project. This combination also opens up future options for research into a material recycling economy as a further component of decarbonisation.

 

AIM

During the project, test benches and, in particular, laser-based optical diagnostics will be set up to investigate and research the energy conversion of decarbonised, renewable energy sources. In a broader context, research into the energy conversion of green hydrogen and other energy carriers based on renewable electricity, such as metallic particles, opens up new options for the comprehensive expansion of renewable energies in all sectors. The demand for such energy carriers will continue to rise sharply as the expansion of renewable energies progresses and requires test benches and laboratories in which they can be researched using the latest diagnostic methods and processes can be improved. The project is intended to contribute to innovation in the region and to further strengthen the structural profile focus on sustainable development at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da). The overall aim is to contribute to the comprehensive expansion of renewable energies and to accelerate decarbonisation.

 

PROCESS

The LEE application laboratory will be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) from 5 October 2022 to 30 June 2023. These funds will be used to upgrade the test benches for the investigation and research of energy and material conversions in decarbonised processes. Specially adapted laser diagnostic methods will be procured, set up, adapted and put into operation.