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ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SECONDARY SYSTEM

Descripción del proyecto

Tratamiento inteligente del aire en aviones

Regular y garantizar la calidad del aire y el confort térmico en las cabinas de los aviones es fundamental. El objetivo de EC2S es diseñar el primer sistema de recirculación de aire (llamado EC2S Environment Control Secondary System) integrando los sensores y procesos de tratamiento del aire más inteligentes. El proyecto EC2S opta por reducir de forma significativa la necesidad de nuevas corrientes reciclando y tratando el aire de la cabina, así como reduciendo el peso del sistema de control ambiental, el consumo de combustible, la contaminación y los costes. El potencial de este proyecto va mucho más allá de esto, ya que proporciona una amplia cadena de supervisión en línea del mantenimiento de la calidad del aire de la cabina. Con un presupuesto de 1,77 millones de euros, se espera que el proyecto genere unos ingresos de 30 millones de euros anuales.

Objetivo

The Environment control system plays a significant role in guaranteeing air quality and thermal comfort in the aircraft cabin. Nevertheless, standard ECS remains one of the main power consumer function in the aircraft. Our EC2S solution proposes to reduce the need of fresh flow from 70% to a much lower percentage by recycling and treating cabin air, downsizing the ECS system weight, fuel consumption, pollution and costs. Our ambition is to design the first Air Recirculation System (named EC2S Environment Control Secondary System) by integrating the smartest Air treatment processes and Sensors and demonstrate its efficiency and certifiability on the CS2 regional aircraft ground demonstrator.
The Consortium - made of Hutchinson (coordinator, and world leader for ECS solutions in Aeronautic domain), Ecologicsense and Tera Environment (SMEs specialized in sensors and air quality monitoring), and a research center (CEA, working on indoor air treatment) - presents complementary skills to the success of the project.
This solution is based on four main pillars:
• A multi-technology approach for Air treatment, covering the largest Temperature / air flow conditions
• World class sensors transferred from the automotive industry, ensuring reliability and cost
• A compact EC2S pack that can be easily connected to a “in service” aircraft ECS system
• A common monitoring system to split the ECS function between the primary ECS and the secondary based on the optimization of fuel consumption.
The innovation potential of the project goes beyond the call objectives by providing a more comprehensive on-line monitoring chain of the air quality of the cabin and by its capacity to trap CO/CO2.
The consortium will ensure demonstration of the system both in laboratory and cabin demonstrator and will perform an economic study. The EC2S project has a 1,77 M€ budget. The introduction of this disruptive solution might generate a business over 30 M€ per year.

Régimen de financiación

IA - Innovation action

Coordinador

HUTCHINSON SA
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 459 462,50
Dirección
RUE BALZAC 2
75008 Paris
Francia

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Región
Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris
Tipo de actividad
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Coste total
€ 656 375,00

Participantes (3)