Project description DEENESFRITPL New air purification filter for aircraft cabins The restricted space inside aircraft cabins creates an environment where germs spread easily and pollutants accumulate, leading to poor air quality. While high efficiency particulate air filters are commonly used to purify the air, they only capture particles and cannot eliminate other pollutants or deactivate bio contaminants like bacteria, viruses and fungi. To address this issue, the EU funded BREEZE project aims to develop an innovative air purification filter. This filter will use a combination of adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation, with UVA LEDs serving as the source of irradiation. The project will focus on validating the technology’s effectiveness in removing VOCs, ozone and bio-contaminants. Additionally, the air filter’s durability will be tested under real conditions involving pressure and humidity. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective An aircraft cabin is a unique environment due to the extremely high density of occupation and limited available air volume. This favours the dispersion of germs and the accumulation of pollutants such as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and ozone, which lead to poor air quality affecting travellers and employees. On the majority of aircrafts, air treatment consists of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters, which can trap particles but do not remove other pollutants (i.e. VOCs, ozone) and bio-contaminants (bacteria, viruses or fungi) are not inactivated. There is a need of efficient technologies capable of removing pollutants and bio-contaminants under aircraft environmental conditions while fulfilling constraints imposed by the size, weight and energy consumption. BREEZE project will develop an alternative air purification filter based on combined adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation using UVA-LEDs as irradiation source. The efficiency of BREEZE technology will be validated for the elimination of VOCs (>85% removal), ozone (up to 80% removal) and bio-contaminants such as bacteria and viruses (>95% inactivation). Ageing tests will be carried out in order to validate under real pressure and humidity conditions the air filter durability, which will be of at least 3,000 h. The optimised BREEZE device (including also a particulate filter) will be finally integrated in an Environment Control System demonstrator in topic manager’s facilities for its final validation in a real environment.The results obtained will be employed for the evaluation of BREEZE impacts i) focusing on safety and security (Risk Assessment); ii) from an environmental point of view (Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Technical Verification) and iii) on the economy (Benefit Cost Analysis). Market uptake will be boosted by means of Dissemination activities aimed at spreading BREEZE results and impacts. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsnatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisphotocatalysisnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirologyengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme H2020-EU.3.4.5.6. - ITD Systems Topic(s) JTI-CS2-2016-CFP04-SYS-02-27 - Alternative recirculation filter for better cabin air quality Call for proposal H2020-CS2-CFP04-2016-02 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CS2-IA - Innovation action Coordinator ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION Net EU contribution € 708 347,50 Address CARRER DE LA INNOVACIO 2 08225 Terrassa Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 708 347,50
