GoRolloe - Development of a sustainable production method for a novel mobility focused air purification solution

GoRollem是伦敦南岸大学（LSBU）的一个分支，该大学创造了一种新颖的车轮安装式主动空气过滤系统，该系统利用离心力在车辆使用时净化空气。该设备被证明可以捕获空气颗粒和二氧化氮（汽车发动机产生的气态空气污染物），并清洁用户附近的空气。该装置很容易安装到现有的车轮上。GoRolands已经开发了该装置的工作原型。它使用传统的塑料作为设备结构，以容纳绵羊毛颗粒过滤器和陶瓷二氧化氮过滤器的新型组合。然而，目前原型中唯一可持续的部分是羊毛过滤器。为了满足客户和市场的期望，该团队需要开发和完善当前的设计，使其能够使用可持续来源的聚合物/材料。GoRolands已经申请了快速启动创新基金，因为它迫切需要提高当前设计的可持续性。一旦开发完成，GoRolands团队将能够生产过滤设备的试验卷，然后使客户能够评估和测试产品。展示与客户的牵引力将使GoRolands能够获得完全进入批量生产所需的投资或贷款。由于这种对可持续性方法的关注，GoRolands团队认为，该项目是一个非常值得快速启动创新资金的候选人，因为它与“以环境为中心的制造，在“实现净零排放和减少对环境的影响”主题下，”供应链和循环经济解决方案“的主题得到了进一步的讨论。

GoRolloe is a spin out from London South Bank University (LSBU) that has created a novel wheel mounted active air filtration system that exploits centrifugal forces to purify air as the vehicle is used. The device is proven to capture air particles and nitrogen dioxide (gaseous air pollutants produced by car engines) and clean air in the vicinity of the user. The device is easy to fit to existing vehicle wheels.GoRolloe has developed a working prototype of the device. It uses conventional plastics for the device construction to house a novel combination of sheep's wool particle filter and ceramic nitrogen dioxide filter. However the only part of the current prototype that is sustainable is the sheep's wool filter. To meet clients and market expectations, the team needs to develop and refine the current design such that it can be made with sustainably sourced polymers/materials. GoRolloe has applied for Fast Start Innovation funding because it urgently needs to improve the sustainability of current design.Once developed, the GoRolloe team will be able to produce pilot volumes of the filter device to then enable clients to evaluate and test the product. Demonstrating traction with the clients will then enable GoRolloe to secure investment or loans needed to entirely into volume production with the unit.Due to this focus on the sustainability approach the GoRolloe team argue that this project is a very worthy candidate for Fast Start Innovation funding due to its relevance to the "environmentally focused manufacturing, supply chains and circular economy solutions" of the "Achieving net zero and reducing environmental impact through" theme.