Description du projet
Mesure des polluants à l’intérieur des cabines d’avion
Les polluants tels que l’ozone et les composés organiques volatils (COV) présents dans les cabines d’aéronef constituent une menace pour la santé humaine, car ils provoquent des problèmes respiratoires aigus, aggravent l’asthme et augmentent les maladies cardiopulmonaires. Une exposition, même brève, peut entraîner une gêne respiratoire, des irritations et des maux de tête. Cependant, il n’existe pas encore d’instruments en temps réel adaptés aux paramètres de l’aéronef. Dans ce contexte, le projet MACAO, financé par l’UE, entend mettre au point deux instruments analytiques utilisant des dispositifs microfluidiques. Ces instruments permettront de mesurer les concentrations de COV et d’ozone tout en tenant compte des limitations spécifiques des environnements aéronautiques. Le projet s’appuiera sur l’expertise des partenaires du consortium spécialisés dans la surveillance en temps réel, la microfluidique, l’électronique et le développement de logiciels.
Objectif
The origins of pollutants inside the aircraft cabin are various. Ozone comes from outside, particularly when the aircraft is flying at high altitudes near the stratospheric ozone layer. In addition to the materials emissions, carbonyl species can be also produced in the cabin by reaction of ozone with unsaturated VOCs.
Ozone and VOCs can cause acute respiratory problems, aggravate asthma and increase cardiopulmonary illnesses, with breathing discomfort, irritations and headaches after even short-term exposure.
None real-time instruments have been currently developed and specifically designed to meet the constraints in a aircraft, i.e. compactness, security, automatic pressure correction, the autonomy towards a large pure gas cylinder necessary for both its operating and its analytical procedure (blank).
The MACAO project aims at developing two analytical instruments to measure VOCs and ozone concentrations and based on microfluidic devices in order to address all the contraints mentioned above.
This project will be built on the experience gained in analytical development based on real-time monitoring (CNRS Strasbourg, IN’AIR SOLUTIONS), microfluidics (INSA Toulouse, CNRS Strasbourg) or in electronics and software development (TRONICO) by the partners. For instance, the micro-analyser of BTEX recently developed in Strasbourg will be updated to measure other VOCs such as ethanol or acetone.
The MACAO Project will be organised in 5 work Packages as follows :
WP1 : Project Management
WP2 : Specifications/state of the art/technological choices
WP3 : Development and validation of laboratory prototypes
WP4 : Development and validation of integrated demonstrators
WP5 : Communication & Dissemination
In addition, the start-up IN'AIR SOLUTIONS (Partner 4) being responsible for marketing the developed instruments may take advantage of technological advances in this project, for all indoor environments (aircrafts, housing, workplaces, industrial sites, public buildings, …).
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineering
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemshome automation
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