Descrizione del progetto
Una tecnologia di riscaldamento inedita per le cabine degli aerei
È probabile che l’allentamento delle restrizioni di viaggio dovute alla COVID-19 si traduca in un aumento dei viaggi aerei e nel ritorno della concorrenza tra compagnie aeree. In questo contesto, il progetto RADIANT PANEL, finanziato dall’UE, migliorerà il comfort in volo per i passeggeri mediante un innovativo pannello termico radiante, in grado di mantenere lo stesso ambiente termico e gli stessi livelli di comfort previsti a bordo degli aeromobili, con un consumo energetico nettamente inferiore rispetto ai sistemi tradizionali. L’impiego di un materiale che presenta un coefficiente di temperatura positivo permetterà al pannello radiante di integrare i canali del sistema di controllo ambientale, contribuendo così ad abbassare il consumo di energia del 30 %. Il pannello sarà posizionato tra il rivestimento esterno e la parete laterale interna dell’aereo, ottimizzando lo spazio senza bisogno di alcun controllo elettronico, migliorando la sicurezza e riducendo al minimo la complessità.
Obiettivo
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€.
Campo scientifico
- 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
Programma(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
CS2-IA - Innovation actionCoordinatore
75008 Paris
Francia