Rapid, portable and reliable cargo screener - New concept of vapour screening technology - Ion Mobility Chemical Fingerprint Detector (METEOR)

安全和合法的全球运输对人类福祉至关重要，但它要求海关当局执行安全法规，特别关注非法货物。为了能够执行打击非法货物贩运的条例，海关当局表示，他们需要便携、负担得起、非侵入性、可靠的筛查技术，旨在促进现场和快速检查。目前的技术主要是基于X射线筛查，但在检测非法商品方面有其局限性，非常昂贵，而且过程很耗时。这使得目前可能只有不到5%的集装箱可以被检查，这对海关当局和社会来说都是不可取的。在流星项目中，该联盟将开发一种便携式和多功能的基于空气采样的筛选系统的原型。这将使世界各地的海关当局能够迅速和可靠地检查非法货物的存在。流星技术将为新概念的货物筛查探测器提供高效的空气采样技术和离子迁移率多探测器传感技术。流星分析仪依靠一种非常创新的概念--多探测器差分迁移率分析仪(DMA)，它根据分子离子的电迁移率对其进行分类。这将生成样本的化学指纹，并在使用非靶标筛选技术进行处理后，有可能准确地分类和检测威胁。重点将放在非法药物的检测上，但也包括爆炸物和其他物质。目标是将流星技术开发到TRL7，并在运行环境中进行验证。这是由参与该项目的四个海关当局(荷兰、比利时、西班牙和爱尔兰)完成的，这些国家涵盖了欧洲的一些主要港口

Safe and legal global transport is essential to human welfare, but it demands that customs authorities implement security regulations with a special focus on illicit goods. To enable enforcement of regulations tackling illicit goods trafficking, customs authorities have expressed their need for portable, affordable, non-intrusive, reliable screening technologies aiming to facilitate on-site and rapid inspections. The current technologies are mainly based on X-ray screening, but have its limitations in detecting illicit goods, are very expensive and the process is time consuming. This makes that currently less than 5% of the containers may be inspected, which is undesirable for customs authorities and society. In the METEOR project, the consortium will develop a prototype of a portable and versatile air sampling-based screening system. This will enable customs administrations worldwide to rapidly and reliably inspect for the presence of illicit goods. The METEOR technology will provide a new concept of cargo screening detector with a highly efficient air sampling technique and the ion mobility multidetector sensing technology. The METEOR analyser relies on a very innovative concept of a multi-detector differential mobility analyser (DMA), that classifies molecular ions based upon their electrical mobility. This generates a chemical fingerprint of the samples, and after the processing with non-targeted screening techniques, it is possible to accurately classify and detect the threats. The focus will be on the detection of illicit drugs, but also explosives and other substances. The goal is to develop the METEOR technology up to TRL7, and validate it in the operational environment. This is done by the four customs administrations (The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Ireland) involved in the project, that cover some of the main ports in Europe