TY - JOUR A1 - Schuch, Kai A1 - Kaps, Christian T1 - Reifungs- und Strukturbildungsprozesse bei Bindern mit wässrigen Alkalisilikat-Lösungen N2 - Durch Reifungs- und Strukturbildungsprozesse kann es bei silikatischen und alumosilikatischen Bindern zu Rissbildung bei behinderter Verformung, Festigkeitsverlust und somit Verlust der Dauerhaftigkeit kommen. Die Bewertung dieser Prozesse erfolgt an silikatischen Materialien mit einem Ausblick auf die alumosilikatischen Binder. KW - Alkalisilikat KW - Wasserglas KW - Bindemittel KW - Silikat KW - Wasserglas KW - Reifungsprozess KW - Strukturbildungsprozess KW - Alumosilikat KW - Silikat Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170728-32682 UR - https://e-pub.uni-weimar.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3267 SP - 1 EP - 17 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuch, Kai A1 - Kaps, Christian T1 - Reifungs- und Strukturbildungsprozesse bei Bindern mit wässrigen Alkalisilikat-Lösungen N2 - Durch Reifungs- und Strukturbildungsprozesse kann es bei silikatischen und alumosilikatischen Bindern zu Rissbildung bei behinderter Verformung, Festigkeitsverlust und somit Verlust der Dauerhaftigkeit kommen. Die Bewertung dieser Prozesse erfolgt an silikatischen Materialien mit einem Ausblick auf die alumosilikatischen Binder KW - Alkalisilikat KW - Wasserglas KW - Bindemittel KW - Silikat KW - Wasserglas KW - Reifungsprozess KW - Strukturbildungsprozess KW - Alumosilikat KW - Silikat Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170718-32675 UR - https://e-pub.uni-weimar.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3268 SP - 1 EP - 17 ER - TY - THES A1 - Romallosa, Aries Roda D. T1 - Briquette Production By The Informal Sector: The Case of UCLA in Iloilo City, Philippines N2 - The construction and operation of a sanitary landfill (SLF) in the Philippines presents concerns on the regulation of the activities of the informal sector in the area. In anticipation of these directives, an association of informal waste reclaimers group called Uswag Calajunan Livelihood Association, Inc. (UCLA) was formed in May 2009. One option identified was the waste-to-energy activity through the production of fuel briquettes. With the availability of raw materials in the area, what was lacking then was an appropriate technology that would cater to their needs. This study, therefore, presented the case of UCLA on how socio-economic and technical aspects was integrated for the development and improvement of a briquetting technology needed in the production of quality briquettes as part of their income generating activities. A non-experimental posttest only design was utilized for the collection of descriptive information. Descriptions and discussions were also made on the enhancement of the briquetting machine from the first hand-press molder developed until the finalized design was attained. Results revealed that the improved briquetting technology withstood the wear and tear of operation showing a significant (P<0.01) increase on the production rate (220 pcs/hr; 4 kg/hr) and bulk density (444.83 kg/m3) of briquettes produced. The quality of cylindrical briquettes produced in terms of bulk density, heating value (15.13 MJ/kg), moisture (6.2%), N and S closely met or has met the requirements of DIN 51731. Based on the operating expenses, the briquettes may be marked-up to Php0.25/pc (USD0.006) or Php15.00/kg (USD0.34) for profit generation. The potential daily earnings of Php130.00 (USD2.95) to Php288.56 (USD6.56) generated in producing briquettes are higher when compared to the majority of waste reclaimers’ daily income of Php124.00 (USD2.82). The high positive response (93%) on the usability of briquettes and the willingness of the respondents (81%) to buy them when sold in the market indicates its promising potential as fuel in the nearby communities. Results of briquette production citing the case of UCLA could be considered as potential source of income given the social, technical, economic and environmental feasibility of the experiment. This method of utilizing wastes in an urban setting of a developing country with similar socio-economic and physical set-ups may also be recommended for testing or replication. KW - Biotechnologie KW - Briquette Production KW - Briquetting KW - Biomass KW - Informal Sector KW - Resource Management KW - Developing Countries KW - Biomass Technology KW - Waste to Energy KW - Biomasse KW - Brikettierung Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170620-32335 ER - TY - THES A1 - Hogan, Trevor T1 - Data and Dasein - A Phenomenology of Human-Data Relations N2 - In contemporary society, data representation is an important and essential part of many aspects of our daily lives. This thesis aims to contribute to our understanding on how people experience data and what role representational modality plays in the process of perception and interpretation. This research is grounded in phenomenology - I align my theoretical exploration to ideas and concepts from philosophical phenomenology, while also respecting the essence of a phenomenological approach in the choice and application of methods. Alongside offering a rich description of people’s experience of data representation, the key contributions I claim transcend four areas: theory, methods, design, and empirical findings. From a theoretical perspective, besides describing a phenomenology of human-data relations, I define, for the first time, multisensory data representation and establish a design space for the study of this class of representation. In relation to methodologies, I describe and deploy two methods to investigate different aspects of data experience. I blend the Repertory Grid technique with a focus group session and show how this adaption can be used to elicit rich design relevant insight. I also introduce the Elicitation Interview technique as a method for gathering detailed and precise accounts of human experience. Furthermore, I describe for the first time, how this technique can be used to elicit accounts of experience with data. My contribution to design relates to the creation of a series of bespoke data-driven artefacts, as well as describing an approach to design that I call Design Probes, which allows researchers to focus their enquiry on specific design features. To answer the research questions I set out in this thesis, I report on a series of empirical studies that used the aforementioned methods. The findings of these studies show, for instance, how certain representational modalities cause us to have heightened awareness of our body, some are more difficult to interpret than others, some rely heavily on instinct and each of them solicit us to reference external events during the process of interpretation. I conclude that a phenomenology of human-data relations show how representational modality affects the way we experience data, it also shows how this experience unfolds and it offers insight into particular moments such as the formation of meaning. KW - Design KW - Phänomenologie KW - Data KW - Design KW - Phenomeology KW - Qualitative Evaluation Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170323-29056 ER - TY - THES A1 - Stäudel, Jürgen T1 - Development, Implementation and Operation of Integrated Sanitation Systems Based on Material-Flows – Integrated Sanitation in the City of Darkhan, Mongolia - A Practicable Example N2 - The world society faces a huge challenge to implement the human right of “access to sanitation”. More and more it is accepted that the conventional approach towards providing sanitation services is not suitable to solve this problem. This dissertation examines the possibility to enhance “access to sanitation” for people who are living in areas with underdeveloped water and wastewater infrastructure systems. The idea hereby is to follow an integrated approach for sanitation, which allows for a mutual completion of existing infrastructure with resource-based sanitation systems. The notion “integrated sanitation system (iSaS)” is defined in this work and guiding principles for iSaS are formulated. Further on the implementation of iSaS is assessed at the example of a case study in the city of Darkhan in Mongolia. More than half of Mongolia’s population live in settlements where yurts (tents of Nomadic people) are predominant. In these settlements (or “ger areas”) sanitation systems are not existent and the hygienic situation is precarious. An iSaS has been developed for the ger areas in Darkhan and tested over more than two years. Further on a software-based model has been developed with the goal to describe and assess different variations of the iSaS. The results of the assessment of material-flows, monetary-flows and communication-flows within the iSaS are presented in this dissertation. The iSaS model is adaptable and transferable to the socio-economic conditions in other regions and climate zones. N2 - Die Weltgesellschaft steht der großen Herausforderung gegenüber das Menschrecht auf Zugang zu Sanitärversorgung umzusetzen. Es wird zunehmend akzeptiert, dass konventionelle Ansätze der Abwasserwirtschaft dieses Problem nicht lösen können. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht die Möglichkeit eines integrierten Ansatzes, welcher Stoffflüsse, Geldflüsse und Kommunikationsflüsse gemeinsam betrachtet und komplementär zu existierenden Infrastruktursystemen angewendet werden kann. Der Begriff „integriertes Sanitärsystem (iSaS)“ wird definiert und anhand eines Fallbeispiels in der Stadt Darkhan in der Mongolei untersucht. Hierbei wurde ein Sanitärsystem für Jurtensiedlungen erarbeitet, pilothaft umgesetzt und über 2 Jahre betrieben. Weiterhin wurde ein software- basiertes Modell anhand der Prinzipien von iSaS entwickelt und verschiedene Variationen des Systems untersucht und diskutiert. Das Modell kann an die klimatischen und sozioökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen in anderen Regionen der Welt angepasst werden und damit die potentielle Umsetzung von iSaS unterstützen. KW - Abwasser KW - Infrastruktur KW - Entwicklungsländer KW - Abfall KW - iPiT® KW - Mongolia KW - integrated sanitation system KW - new alternative sanitation systems NASS KW - UDDT Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170512-31794 ER - TY - THES A1 - Mukherjee, Nilangshu T1 - A numerical comparison of the impact of different climatic conditions in different geographic locations on the construction of an office building N2 - The aim of my research is to observe the variance of energy efficiency of a typical multi-story office building under the exposure of different climatic conditions. Energy efficiency requirements in building codes or energy standards are among the most important single measures for buildings’ energy efficiency. Therefore, this study can be set up for a better understanding of how energy efficiency of a building changes under the effect of adverse to moderate climatic conditions which possess a mentionable effect on the operation of a building. This thesis is structured in three balanced and conceptual steps. Following the aim of the project, the virtual building model is to be analyzed under the effect of seven distinct climatic conditions namely work environment of New Delhi, Mumbai, Berlin, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Dubai and Montreal. Firstly, the task is to do a complete literature research based on the scope of similar researches and studying the problems in detail along with the theoritical background all the concepts which are implemented to get the numerical results. This chapter also comprises a detailed study of the climatic conditions of the above-mentioned cities. Different climatic traits like temperature variations, count of heating and cooling degree days, relative humidity, temperature range and comfort zonal charts for the specified cities are studied in detail. This study helps to understand the effect of these adverse to moderate climates on the operation of the building. On the second step, the virtual building model is prepared on a software platform named Revit Structures. This virtual building model is not necessarily a complete building, but it has the relevant functionalities of a real building. We perform the energy analysis and the heating and cooling analysis on this virtual building model to study the operational outcome of the building under different climatic conditions in detail. By the end of these above two tasks, two scenarios are observed. On one hand, we have a literature research and on the other hand we have the numerical results. Therefore, finally we present a comparative scenario based on the energy efficient performances of the building under such variant climatic conditions. This is followed by the prediction of thermal comfort level inside the building and it based on Fanger’s PMV Model. Understanding the literature and the numerical values in detail helps us to predict the index thermal comfort level inside the building. The conclusion of this master thesis focuses mainly on the scopes of improvement of energy efficiency requirements in energy codes if any, differentiated according to specific locations. The initial aim of my hypothesis which is to study the impacts of climatic variations on the energy efficient performances of a building is fulfilled but as such topics have very deep and broad roots, the scope of further improvements is always predominant. KW - Klima KW - Energieeffizienz KW - Climatic conditions KW - Building performance Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170811-32700 ER -