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Maxon16: A Successful Power TAC Broker
Get PDFRenewable and sustainable energy production by many small and distributed producers is revolutionizing the energy landscape as we know it. Consumers produce energy, making them to prosumers in the smart grid. The interaction between prosumers and other entities in the grid and the optimal utilization of new smart grid components (electric cars, freezers, solar panels, etc.) are crucial for the success of the smart grid. The Power Trading Agent Competition is an open simulation platform that allows researchers to conduct low risk studies in this new energy market. In this work we present Maxon16, an autonomous energy broker and champion of the 2016's Power Trading Agent Competition. We present the strategies the broker used in the final round and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies by analyzing the tournament's results
Middle-Range Theorising - Bridging Micro- and Meso-Level
No full textSolutions to empower and (re-)engage vulnerable and marginalised populations to unfold their hidden potential allowing them to fully participate the social, economic, cultural and political life, necessarily involve institutional change. This in turn necessitates understanding the processes and mechanisms by which social innovations lead to in-stitutional change. Considering the specific nature of social innova-tions as interactive, generative and contextualised phenomena while maintaining that many practices at the micro-level can add up to patterns and regularities at the macro-level, middle-range theorising (MRT) is proposed as an appropriate method to theoreti-cally underpin and substantiate theoretical advancements towards a multidisciplinary perspective on the economic dimensions of social innovation, identifying the direction of future empirical inquiries
Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen 16. Wahlperiode. Schriftliche Stellungnahme von Prof. Dr. Heinz-J. Bontrup (Westfälische Hochschule) zum „Vierten Gesetz zur Änderung der Landeshaushaltsordnung – Umsetzung der grundgesetzlichen Schuldenregel in das nordrhein- westfälische Landesrecht“ (Drucksache 16/13315)
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Schriftliche Stellungnahme zum Hochschulzukunftsgesetz NRW. Gesetzentwurf der Landesregierung
No full textVG Wort: BGH und EuGH beenden eine Tradition – Die pauschalen Verlagsbeteiligungen an Ausschüttungen der Verwertungsgesellschaften sind rechtswidrig
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Influence of Catalyst Support Composition in PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes Utilizing Plasma Treated Graphene Related Material Decorated with Platinum Nanoparticles
No full textThis work deals with the preparation and investigation of PEM fuel cell electrodes, which are obtained using graphene related material (GRM) serving as catalyst support for platinum nanoparticles. Applied GRM are used for the preparation of suspensions in four distinct mixing ratios. Two sorts of GRM have been investigated: carbon nanofibers (CNF) and graphene oxide (GO). Utilized CNFs provide a superior graphitization degree of about 100%, which leads to both high corrosion resistance and low ohmic resistance in PEM fuel cells.
For electrode preparation a GRM containing layer serving as catalyst support is applied onto a gas diffusion layer (GDL). Prior to GRM suspension and deposition onto a GDL, the graphene structures are functionalized by plasma treatment. Due to this step, an improved hydrophilic behavior for facilitating suspension preparation is achieved. In addition, a subsequent platinum nanoparticle deposition by pulsed electrodeposition process is optimized
