EM-SAFETY - EM safety and Hazards Mitigation by proper EV design
Overview
Background & policy context:
The project aims at increasing the public confidence in the safety regarding electromagnetic fields (EMF) in the fully electric vehicles (FEV).
Public expectations to move towards the electrification of road transport are driven by a multitude of factors and concerns including: climate change, primary energy dependence and public health as well as cost and scarcity of raw materials. Road transport remains the main source of many local noxious emissions including benzene, 1,3-butadiene, carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM). Within urban areas, the noxious emissions due to road transport are particularly high. There is a growing body of evidence linking vehicle pollutants to severe health effects such as respiratory and cardio-pulmonary diseases and lung cancer. In general according to the World Health Organization the emissions from car exhausts are responsible for more deaths than road accidents.
On the other hand, there is widespread public concern regarding the possible adverse effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF). Thus, there is a need to avoid the spread of panic or unjustified fears that would delay the enormous and crucial economic and environmental benefits that the FEV can provide when deployed on a large scale.
Objectives:
The general objectives of the project were the implementation of
-prudent Avoidance Practices based on design guidelines for field mitigation
-a flexible monitoring platform to measure field emissions or leakages and magnetic field levels in critical locations of the electric vehicle.
Methodology:
WP1: Application requirements and preliminary specifications
-Definition of the electrical architecture to be considered for measurements and simulations
-Definition of recommendations for on board magnetic sensor network measurement systems
-Simulation of EFs and MFs from the principal modules
WP2: In vehicle EMF measurements and experimentation of EMF effects
-Update the known state-of-the-art on EMF measurements in HEVs and FEVs
-Preliminary quantification of EMF values in critical points with the definition of thresholds in relation to the location and in relation to the driving condition constant speed vs acceleration/braking
- Update the state-of-the-art on the current knowledge on EMF effects on health
- Experiments in vitro cells behaviour upon EMF solicitations emulating EMF exposures in the vehicles
- Update the know how about optimization of topology of the electrical architecture to minimize the EMF impact by EM field distribution inside a full EV by measurement
- Introduction of a flexible EMF measurement platform
WP3 Sensor feasibility study
-Identification and feasibility study of the selected sensing technologies
-Simulate and characterise sensor platforms to measure EF and MF addressing
- Wide application ranges
- Low cost
- Low power consumption
WP4: Designs for mitigation: Application of "prudent avoidance practices"
Define general criteria for Electrical Vehicles design to mitigate EMF effects
-Design and develop intrinsically safe cables
-Define active-passive interactions amongst sensors and other electrical devices
-EM Field distribution due to Cables
WP5: In vehicle Components integration
-Integrate the newly developed cables and sensors
-Perform measurements with developed sensors in relation to various driving conditions (eg. acceleration, braking) and provide feedback to sensor adjustments
WP6: Dissemination and exploitation
-Definition and execution of exploitation strategies in order to ensure the applicability and safe technological solutions by applying prudence design policies on component and systems for the electric vehicle domain.
-Definition and execution of dissemination activities in order to make the research activities and the progress of technology development visible to interested communities outside the project and to establish a social and technical networking platform.
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