Commercialization of a TEPC Radiation Monitor

我们已经开发了一种宇宙辐射监测器的试验板设计，可以作为商用飞机上的标准航空电子设备生产。该装置基于组织等效比例计数器（TEPC），这是可用于此目的的最精确的探测器类型，并且该设计使其易于与一系列不同的机身连接。尽管人们对宇宙辐射的暴露有很多担忧，但在欧洲有立法支持这一点，我们已经确定，这种类型的设备市场是复杂的，具有显著的地理依赖性，需要进行详细的评估。该项目的目的是通过与航空公司和航空电子专家的讨论来探索市场以及市场如何发展;在这些讨论中，我们将探索几种选择，包括是否应该将该单元租赁给航空公司作为监控服务的一部分。我们还计划对该装置的新型校准系统进行概念验证评估，该系统在其他地方也有应用。该项目是在微型PIPSS项目内开展的工作的后续。该项目产生了一个我们认为可以以合理成本制造的设计，但它提出了许多与潜在市场有关的问题。需要解决这些问题，以确定是否在全面PIPSS项目的帮助下将概念投入生产。

We have developed a breadboard design for a cosmic radiation monitor that could be produced as a standard piece of avionics on commercial aircraft. The unit is based around a Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (TEPC), the most accurate type of detector that can be used for this purpose, and the design makes it simple to interface it to a range of different airframes. Although there is a lot of concern about exposure to cosmic radiation, with legislation backing this up within Europe, we have established that the market for this type of unit is complex, with significant geographic dependencies, and needs a detailed assessment. The purpose of this project is to explore the market and how it might evolve through discussions with the airlines and avionics specialists; in these we will explore several options including whether the unit should be leased to airlines as part of a monitoring service. We also plan to undertake a proof of concept evaluation of a novel calibration system for the unit that has applications elsewhere. This project follows on from work undertaken within a mini-PIPSS project. That project produced a design that we believe can be manufactured at reasonable cost but it raised many issues related to the potential market. The issues need to be resolved in order to determine whether to move the concept into production with the aid of a full PIPSS project.