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Autonomous Wireless Current Sensor for Aircraft Power Lines

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Ongoing
Geo-spatial type
Infrastructure Node
Total project cost
€973 748
EU Contribution
€879 789
Project Acronym
AMPWISE
STRIA Roadmaps
Connected and automated transport (CAT)
Transport electrification (ELT)
Vehicle design and manufacturing (VDM)
Transport mode
Airborne icon
Transport policies
Safety/Security,
Digitalisation
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport

Overview

Call for proposal
H2020-CS2-CFP06-2017-01
Link to CORDIS
Objectives

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.

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
H2020-EU.3.4.5.6.
Other Programme
JTI-CS2-2017-CFP06-SYS-02-33 Development of functionalizable materials

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Csem Centre Suisse D'electronique Et De Microtechnique Sa - Recherche Et Developpement
Address
Rue Jaquet Droz 1, 2002 Neuchatel, Switzerland
EU Contribution
€430 550
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Serma Ingenierie
Address
RUE DE L AUSSONELLE AU VILLAGE, 31700 CORNEBARRIEU, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€119 487
Organisation
Imperial College Of Science Technology And Medicine
Address
Exhibition Road, South Kensington, LONDON, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€230 001
Organisation
Senis Ag
Address
HERTIZENTRUM 11, 6300 ZUG, Switzerland
EU Contribution
€99 750

Technologies

Technology Theme
Sensor technologies
Technology
Wireless sensor network with autonomous nodes
TRL
TRL 5
Development phase
Demonstration/prototyping/Pilot Production

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