Descripción del proyecto
Una tecnología novedosa de calefacción en cabina
Es probable que la relajación de las restricciones en los viajes para la COVID-19 provoque un aumento de los viajes por vía aérea de pasajeros y el retorno de la competencia entre las aerolíneas. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto financiado con fondos europeos RADIANT PANEL mejorará el confort de los pasajeros a bordo con un novedoso panel de calor radiante. El innovador panel mantendrá el mismo ambiente térmico y los mismos niveles de confort que se esperan a bordo de las aeronaves, pero consumirá mucha menos energía que los sistemas convencionales. El panel de calor radiante complementará los conductos del sistema de control ambiental utilizando un material que presenta un coeficiente de temperatura positivo, lo que ayuda a reducir el consumo de energía en un 30 %. Se ubicará entre la capa exterior y la pared lateral interior de la aeronave, lo que optimizará el espacio; además, no necesitará ningún control electrónico, lo que mejora la seguridad y minimiza la complejidad.
Objetivo
The RADIANT Project has for ambition to create the smartest self-limiting heating system integrated on cabin panel to revolutionize the thermal comfort of Aircraft while contributing to the competitiveness of our industry.
The consortium members are HUTCHINSON, a world leader for Cabin solutions, CANOE is a R&T centre with more than 5 years of expertise in the field of cost-effective carbon fibrous materials and smart composites especially for aeronautics market and CTAG a non-profit technology Center with years of expertise in the numerical simulation for thermal efficiency active in the automotive industry.
The RADIANT PANEL project offers a disruptive innovation proposal based on three main pillars:
A new positive temperature coefficient (PTC) textile coating made of ex-cellulose carbon fiber and a PVDF-based polymer,
A heated multi-functional cabin panel
A fully robotized manufacturing cell for the cabin panel assembly.
During the project, 2 type of coating will be tested. The textile coating will be assembled with their connectors on the top layer of the cabin panel by a collaborative work between a Cobot and a 6 axis robot. It is also proposed to carry out the full cabin temperature and air flow simulation using a specific software (TAITherm) coupled with the Human Thermal Module for the comfort prediction. Functionnal test and certification test will be validated the soltuion.
The RADIANT project has a 36 months duration and a budget of 702,516€. The consortium aims to take 10% market share of the cabin panel business, evaluated at 90 M€.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineering
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineering
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositescarbon fibers
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Régimen de financiación
CS2-IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
75008 Paris
Francia