The thesis contains a gas boiler room energy assessment in Lišov. In the mentioned boiler room, there are instaled gas condensing boilers and cogeneration units Theoretical part of the thesis lists a summary of generally used cogeneration equipment and ordinarily used gases. Calculation part includes four variants of the boiler room reconstruction. Energy assessment compares the chosen variant from the calculation part with the original condition of the boiler room.

This master´s thesis is focused on measurement of optical properties of thin layer of materials used in organic solar cells (OSC). The usage of graphene oxides and its reduced forms as parts of hole transport layer (HLT) in OSC were studied. At the beginning of the thesis, there is described basic theory necessary to understand the optical properties of thin layers. The thin layer deposition and reduction of GO are discussed too. The experimental part is aimed to the optical characterization of prepared thin films. The results from optical microscopy, UV-VIS spectroscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry were obtained. At the end of the thesis, the results are concluded and compared with already published literature.

Die hohe thermische Belastung des Lichtbogens während des Schaltvorganges bewirkt ein Aufschmelzen des Kontaktwerkstoffes. Für einen kurzen Augenblick schwimmen Metalloxidpartikel in einem Bereich geschmolzenen Silbers. Dies hat eine Gefügeumordnung zur Folge, welche die Eigenschaften des Kontaktes beeinflussen. Die Zielstellung der vorliegenden Arbeit besteht darin, einen Beitrag zur Erweiterung des Verständnisses von Ag/SnO2-Werkstoffen zu leisten, um die Entwicklung neuer und optimierter Kontaktwerkstoffe voranzutreiben und nachhaltig den Einsatz von Umweltressourcen wie Werkstoffe (Edelmetallgehalt) und Energie zu verringern. Dabei nimmt die Gefügecharakterisierung von ungeschalteten und geschalteten Ag/SnO2-Kontaktwerkstoffen einen wichtigen Stellenwert ein. Die Ausbildung der Kontaktoberfläche und die Ausprägung der Gefügeumordnung (sog. Schaltgefüge) werden in Abhängigkeit der Schaltversuchsart, der Werkstoffzusammensetzung und der Herstellroute der Kontaktwerkstoffe charakterisiert. Ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der Arbeit ist die Untersuchung der Kontaktoberfläche und metallographischer Schliffe (Ionenstrahl poliert) von mehrfach geschalteten Kontakten (≥ 1000 Schaltungen) mittels FE-REM, um anschließend Zusammenhänge zwischen dem Ausgangsgefüge, dem Schaltgefüge und den Schalteigenschaften zu ermitteln. Dazu wird unter anderem die Wirkung der oxidischen Zusätze durch Benetzungsversuche von Ag auf Metalloxidsubstraten experimentell bestimmt. Des Weiteren wird die Schädigung des Werkstoffes durch die reine Lichtbogenbelastung mittels Laufschienenversuchen untersucht, wodurch das Laufverhalten des Lichtbogens und die Bildung der Anoden- und Kathodenkrater in Abhängigkeit des Werkstoffes untersucht werden kann. / During the switching process the contact material is melting. For a short time (about 10 ms) metal oxide particles will be swimming in liquid silver resulting in structural changes which will effect the properties of the contact materials. The goal of this investigation is to contribute to an improvement of knowledge about Ag/SnO2 contact materials in order to promote the development of new and improved contact materials to strongly reduce the stake of environmental resources like materials (precious metal content) and energy. The microstructure characterization of unswitched and switched Ag/SnO2-materials is the significant part of this study. The formation of the contact surface and the structural changes are investigated depending on several switching experiments, material composition and manufacturing process. An essential part of this work is to analyze the contact surface and the changes of the microstructure of multi-switched contacts (number of switches ≥ 1000) by FE-SEM. In order to identify relations between the bulk microstructure, the charged microstructure and switching behaviour. Furthermore, the effects of the oxide additives are investigated by wetting experiments of Ag on the metal oxide substrate. The erosion of the contact material is reviewed by using a running rails experiment with pure arc loading. Thereby it is possible to research the running arc behaviour and the formation of the anode and cathode craters depending on the contact material.

Anesthetics cause profound alterations in respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Our experiments demonstrated that different anesthetics caused different changes in blood pressure regulating components. The role of particular BP regulating systems was disclosed by their selective inhibition - sympathetic nervous system blocked by pentolinium (peripheral ganglionic blockade), renin-angiotensin system by captopril (angiotensin converting enzyme blocker) and nitric oxide production by L-NAME (nitric oxide synthase blocker). Components of blood pressure regulating mechanisms in conscious normotensive Wistar rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats were compared with four different groups of anesthetized rats by pentobarbital, ketamine-xylazine, chloralose-urethane and isoflurane. Each anesthesia caused different hemodynamic changes. If hemodynamic conditions should be similar to conscious rats, the most suitable anesthetic is pentobarbital. L-serine-induced effects represent endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF)-mediated response, which is a type of endothelium-dependent regulation of vascular tone, independent of nitric oxide and prostacyclin production. Pronounced L-serine effects on blood pressure were shown in NO-deficient type of hypertension. Our study demonstrated its pronounced effects in...

Helminth neuroinfections represent a serious health issue, but the mechanisms of the host immune response often remain neglected despite the fact they might contribute to pathogenesis. This is partly due to the unavailability of clinical samples and the lack of suitable laboratory models. Herein, I focused on the characterization of several aspects of the immune response of mice infected with the neuropathogenic avian schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti. After the percutaneous infection of mice (accidental hosts), most T. regenti schistosomula are entrapped and eliminated in the skin, but the parasite antigens initiating the protective immune reaction are not known. Our in vitro experiments revealed that T. regenti cathepsin B2, a cysteine peptidase used for the skin penetration, activates bone marrow-derived dendritic cells much stronger than the parasite homogenate, suggesting its role in initiating the mixed type1/2 host immune response. However, some schistosomula manage to escape from the skin and continue their migration to the spinal cord. Here they crawl preferentially within the white matter which we demonstrated by the robust 3D imaging techniques, ultramicroscopy and micro-CT. The invasion of the spinal cord is accompanied by striking hypertrophy of astrocytes and microglia. We showed...

This work is part of the inter-laboratory collaboration to study the stability of seven distinct sets of state-of-the-art organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices prepared by leading research laboratories. All devices have been shipped to and degraded at RISØ-DTU up to 1830 hours in accordance with established ISOS-3 protocols under defined illumination conditions. In this work, we apply the Incident Photon-to-Electron Conversion Efficiency (IPCE) and the in situ IPCE techniques to determine the relation between solar cell performance and solar cell stability. Different ageing conditions were considered: accelerated full sun simulation, low level indoor fluorescent lighting and dark storage. The devices were also monitored under conditions of ambient and inert (N2) atmospheres, which allows for the identification of the solar cell materials more susceptible to degradation by ambient air (oxygen and moisture). The different OPVs configurations permitted the study of the intrinsic stability of the devices depending on: two different ITO-replacement alternatives, two different hole extraction layers (PEDOT:PSS and MoO3), and two different P3HT-based polymers. The response of un-encapsulated devices to ambient atmosphere offered insight into the importance of moisture in solar cell performance. Our results demonstrate that the IPCE and the in situ IPCE techniques are valuable analytical methods to understand device degradation and solar cell lifetime. / Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.

Introduction: Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are converted by the enzyme soluble epoxid hydrolase (sEH) to the biologically inactive dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids (DHETs). EETs are significantly involved in the control of blood pressure, they influence vascular tone and renal transport mechanism. sEH inhibitor reduce blood pressure by increasing the bioavailability of EETs in many models of hypertension. Aim of the study: To determine that sEH inhibitor decreases blood pressure and improves the renal function during the development of malignant hypertension in transgenic rats after the induction of the mouse renin gene. Methods: Hypertension in Cyp1a1-Ren-2 transgenic rats was induced through a dietary administration of the natural xenobiotic indole-3-carbinol (I3C, 0.3 %) for 3 and 11 days. I3C activates the renin gene. At the same time, during a three-day induction of hypertension, the inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase L-NAME (600 mg/l) was administered in drinking water. The sEH inhibitor c-AUCB was given in drinking water at a dose of 13 or 26 mg/l, starting 48 hours before the initiation of I3C and L-NAME administration. Radiotelemetric measurement of blood pressure was performed and renal excretory parameters were monitored in the conscious animals. The effects on renal hemodynamics and...

Die Temperung mittels Xenon-Blitzlampen (Flash Lamp Annealing - FLA) ist ein Kurzzeittemperverfahren mit Pulszeiten im Bereich von Millisekunden, bei dem nur die Oberfläche eines Substrats erhitzt wird. Durch die Blitzlampentemperung kann der Schichtwiderstand von tansparenten leitfähigen Oxidschichten reduziert und die Transmission im sichtbaren Licht erhöht werden. In dieser Arbeit wurde dies am Beispiel von Indium-Zinn-Oxid (ITO), Indium-Zink-Oxid (IZO) und aluminiumdotiertem Zinkoxid (AZO) gezeigt. Es wurde untersucht, welchen Einfluss verschiedene Prozessparameter wie Energiedichte und Pulszeit des Xenonlichtblitzes, die Absorption der zu behandelnden Schicht, die Gasatmosphäre während der Temperung, die Reflexion im Prozessraum und das Substratmaterial auf die optischen und elektrischen Eigenschaften der Schichten haben. Für ITO-Schichten mit einer Schichtdicke von 150 nm kann der Widerstand von 45 auf <14 Ohm verbessert werden, was vergleichbar mit einer konventionellen Temperung im Umluftofen ist.

The aim of the present work is to clarify the interplay between the complex technological chain of crystal preparation, chemical and structural perfection of grown crystals of intermetallic compounds and oxides and their physical properties. This technological chain includes detailed studies of unknown or insufficiently known phase diagrams, their correlation with growth conditions and optimisation of process parameters for obtaining single crystals with high chemical and physical perfection. The measurements of the physical properties of the grown crystals such as superconductivity, thermoelectric or dielectric properties not only show new features and properties for application of the materials obtained, but also allow conclusions of the crystal perfection. The studies are focused on the following systems: RENi2B2C borocarbides (RE=Y, Tb or Ho) displaying superconductivity, magnetic order and a strong interplay between magnetic and superconducting properties for YNi2B2C, TbNi2B2C, HoNi2B2C, respectively; CeSi2-?Ô and Ru2Si3 as examples of systems with magnetic and promising thermoelectric properties, respectively; MgB2 and LiBC to test of theoretical predictions of the new superconducting intermetallic compounds discovered in the last years; SrTiO3 and SrZrO3 oxide compounds with special dielectric and optical properties. For this wide spectrum of substances necessarily different growth techniques were applied. That is mainly the floating zone (FZ) or travelling solvent floating zone (TSFZ) techniques with optical heating. Flux techniques were used if the vapour pressure of composing elements is high such as for Mg and Li. The crucible free FZ technique is very attractive for the crystal growth of these intermetallic and oxide compounds to avoid contamination with the crucible material, if the melts have very high chemical reactivity, high melting temperatures and if a large crystal size (at least 3-5 mm) is desired for corresponding physical measurements. One special aim in the presented work is the optimisation of the preparation and growth process features with respect to crystal perfection, establishing new relationships between process parameters, crystal perfection, crystallographic structure, composition of grown crystals and the related physical properties. Optimisation of crystal growth process requires own constitutional studies of growth relevant parts of corresponding multicomponent phase diagrams. Therefore, parts of the phase diagrams were experimentally revealed by differential thermal analysis (DTA), optical metallography and EPMA and partially combined with CALPHAD calculations.

The focused laser beam delivered by the high-power laser system PALS was used for laboratory simulation of high-energy-density events in a planetary atmosphere. Several model gas mixtures were prepared to mimic the mildly reducing early Earth's atmosphere (CO-N2-H2O) as well as the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan and the strongly reducing early Earth's atmosphere (CH4-N2-H2O). In situ investigation of transient species generated by the laser-induced dielectric breakdown in the gaseous mixtures was performed by optical emission spectroscopy (OES). Final products of laser-plasma initiated chemical reactions were identified and determined by advanced mass-spectrometry (SIFT-MS) and absorption FT-IR spectroscopy. High-power laser system SOFIA was utilized to simulate in our laboratory a high-velocity impact into the icy satellites of the outer planets of the Solar system. OES was engaged in probing the plasmas produced by the SOFIA beam focused on ice surfaces (water, methanol, formamide), while final products were analyzed by means of gas chromatography (GC/MS) and mass-spectrometry (SIFT-MS).