Description du projet
Améliorer la surveillance des aéronefs grâce à des capteurs autonomes en énergie
Face aux progrès rapides de la technologie aéronautique, il est essentiel de garantir la sécurité et la fiabilité des lignes électriques. Toutefois, les méthodes de surveillance traditionnelles ne sont pas assez efficaces et rentables. C’est dans cette optique que le projet AMPWISE, financé par l’UE, vise à développer des capteurs de courant intelligents, sans fil et autonomes en énergie. Conçus pour surveiller à distance les lignes électriques, ces capteurs peuvent constituer une solution efficace et rentable pour la prochaine génération d’aéronefs. Pour atteindre ses objectifs, le projet s’appuie sur la conception d’un capteur de courant existant, ingénieusement adapté au facteur de forme, à la taille et aux exigences de détection de l’aéronef. Cette solution entend révolutionner la surveillance des aéronefs en offrant une alternative de pointe, peu coûteuse et très efficace pour les systèmes électriques des futurs aéronefs.
Objectif
AMPWISE will develop an energy autonomous wireless smart and low-cost current sensor for remotely monitoring of electric lines in the context of the coming generation of aircraft.
This includes the definition of a sensor architecture co-designed to achieve an optimal balance between the harvested energy and the consumption of sensor and electronics, while meeting the desirable sensing, latency and sampling specifications.
The current sensor design will build on an existing product adapted to meet the form-factor, size and sensing requirements. The simulation of the wireless communication system will guide and validate the design and parameters. The wireless communication will operate in the desirable 4.2-4.4 GHz band in compliance with ITU regulations. The protocol will support reliable, secure, low-power and time-bounded communications, and will tolerate interference and co-existing networks, including in metallic environments. The power supply will use inductive power line harvesting and a resonant power management approach to improve power density, dynamically tunable to the line frequency, and employing magnetic field guiding to meet form factor and installation requirements. The developed concept will reach TRL 5. A laboratory testing facility will be used for evaluating the integrated wireless sensor network.
The consortium includes two industry, SENIS (CH), a sensor manufacturer, and SERMA (FR), an OEM for aeronautical equipment. It also includes CSEM (CH), a RTD with long experience in space and aeronautical projects and Imperial College London (U.K.) a university with significant track record in Energy Harvesting, including prototypes for aircraft. The project will build on existing expertise on aircraft power line harvesting and consortium-level experience, know-how and method in co-designing wireless autonomous aircraft sensors. CSEM, Imperial and Serma have previously worked together on developing such aircraft sensors, within Cleansky.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssmart sensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology
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