AirSENCE-FIM: Sensor networks for reliable and affordable fence-line and community air quality monitoring

AirSENCE-FIM：用于可靠且经济实惠的栅栏线和社区空气质量监测的传感器网络

• 批准号: 561099-2020
• 负责人: Evans, Greg
• 金额: $ 1.87万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=707348
• 关键词: AirSENCE; FIM; Sensor; networks; reliable

AUG Signals Ltd has developed in collaboration with the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Research (SOCAAR) at the University of Toronto AirSENCE, an innovative low-cost, compact, portable device for reliable real-time air quality monitoring. AirSENCE has already been successfully tested and deployed in pilot projects in urban areas. In this 12-month project, we propose to extend AirSENCE's line of product with AirSENCETM- FIM (Fence-line and Industrial Monitoring) to address the market of industrial air quality monitoring. This upgraded version of AirSENCE will integrate sensors to measure additional pollutants that are relevant to many industries and the surrounding communities. Moreover, we will improve the system sensitivity, longevity and seasonal accuracy, improvements that will benefit all versions of AirSENCE. We will build demonstration units to be deployed for pilot testing at sites of interest to potential clients. Specifically, we will evaluate new sensors and identify configurations that are optimal for monitoring air quality in communities near resource and manufacturing industries. We will integrate these multi-sensor configurations in improved and redesigned prototypes. We will establish an air quality baselines as a benchmark for comparison and deploy the prototypes for field testing and performance analysis, in collaboration with community ambassadors living within the communities impacted by industrial air pollution. With AirSENCETM- FIM, AUG will launch an innovative and competitive product to address the needs of the emerging market of fence-line and near-industry air quality monitoring. With the information on air quality provided by AirSENCETM- FIM, the industry will be able to better monitor their compliance with environmental regulations and assess their efforts in fighting climate change. Communities living near industrial areas and non-profit organizations will benefit as well and use it to educate the public about the importance of air quality, encouraging actions to reduce air pollution.

AUG Signals Ltd 与多伦多大学南安大略大气研究中心 (SOCAAR) 合作开发了 AirSENCE，这是一种创新的低成本、紧凑型便携式设备，用于可靠的实时空气质量监测。 AirSENCE 已在城市地区的试点项目中成功进行测试和部署。在这个为期 12 个月的项目中，我们建议通过 AirSENCETM-FIM（栅栏线和工业监测）扩展 AirSENCE 的产品线，以满足工业空气质量监测市场的需求。 AirSENCE 的升级版将集成传感器来测量与许多行业和周边社区相关的其他污染物。此外，我们将提高系统灵敏度、寿命和季节性准确性，这些改进将使 AirSENCE 的所有版本受益。 我们将建造示范装置，部署在潜在客户感兴趣的地点进行试点测试。具体来说，我们将评估新传感器并确定最适合监测资源和制造业附近社区空气质量的配置。我们将把这些多传感器配置集成到改进和重新设计的原型中。我们将与居住在受工业空气污染影响的社区内的社区大使合作，建立空气质量基线作为比较基准，并部署原型进行现场测试和性能分析。 AUG 将通过 AirSENCETM-FIM 推出一款创新且具有竞争力的产品，以满足栅栏线和近工业区空气质量监测新兴市场的需求。借助AirSENCETM-FIM提供的空气质量信息，业界将能够更好地监控其对环境法规的遵守情况并评估其应对气候变化的努力。 居住在工业区附近的社区和非营利组织也将受益，并利用它来教育公众有关空气质量的重要性，鼓励采取行动减少空气污染。