{"id":4229,"date":"2016-06-03T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/2016\/06\/revolusjonerer-kjoretoyteknologi-med-smarte-sensorer\/"},"modified":"2016-06-03T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T15:52:00","slug":"revolutionizing-car-technology-through-smart-sensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/2016\/06\/revolutionizing-car-technology-through-smart-sensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionizing car technology through smart sensing"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sonja Grossberndt, Scientist at NILU<\/em><\/p>\n

Most people know they can be affected by bad air quality when outside or close to traffic. But did you know that you can also be exposed to pollutants inside your car through the ventilation system?<\/p>\n

This relatively new research area is now addressed through the ECLECTIC project, opening NILU\u2019s way into new markets.<\/p>\n

ECLECTIC<\/h2>\n

ECLECTIC stands for \u201cEnabling Clean Air Environment in Cars and Smart City Services through Big Data Processing\u201d and its main goal is to reduce the exposure to air pollution for drivers and passengers inside their cars. Equally important, ECLECTIC will also reduce the emissions from cars at places where the concentrations are high or in \u201cgreen zones,\u201d where good air quality is anticipated, like close to schools and kindergartens. With the preparatory work already begun in 2015, NILU is responsible for all developments of the project.<\/p>\n

Smart cars<\/h2>\n

\u2013 We will develop a new technology called \u201csmart air inlet\u201d, explains Morgan Kj\u00f8lerbakken, scientist at NILU and responsible for the technology development. \u2013 Outdoor air quality data obtained from all cars equipped with this technology is going to be combined with data from local air quality measurements, traffic flow and air quality modelling based maps. The new technology will cause the car to adjust the air inside the cabin automatically: incoming air can thus be reduced when the air quality is bad, and increased when the air quality is good. The data will also be used in our so called \u201cclean air route planner.\u201d This tool will help car drivers to plan their trips by choosing routes that are less polluted.<\/p>\n

Green zone adapter<\/h2>\n

\u2013 But we can do even more with our technology, continues Kj\u00f8lerbakken. \u2013 The real-time air quality information will also be used to adapt the driving mechanism of the car to its environment. For example, if a hybrid car is passing a school, the ECLECTIC technology will make the car switch into electric mode automatically. Or if a fuel driven vehicle is driving along a park, the new technology can cause a switch to \u201ceco mode.\u201d This will dramatically reduce air pollution and help create a cleaner environment.ECLECTIC aims to be the service provider for all car manufacturers, but wishes to approach new technology players in the field \u2013 such as Google and Apple \u2013 in the not too distant future. This is a project with large corporate\/innovation potential, where there is currently little or no competition.<\/p>\n

Research and innovation<\/h2>\n

\u2013 This project is not only an exciting exercise, but will also give us great opportunities to improve nowadays technologies, remarks Kj\u00f8lerbakken enthusiastically. \u2013 We will have entirely new opportunities on the market, and get to apply NILU\u2019s research in innovative ways. I am very much looking forward to this project!<\/p>\n

\"ECLECTIC-prosjektet,
Green zones: If a hybrid car is passing a school, the ECLECTIC technology will make the car switch into electric mode automatically.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ECLECTIC is coordinated by Kjeller Innovation with NILU and the Norwegian Public Road Administration (Statens vegvesen) as partners. The project obtains funding from the Research Council of Norway through the FORNY2020 program.<\/p>\n

Read the NILU annual report 2015<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Selv om den europeiske luftkvaliteten har blitt betraktelig bedre i løpet av de siste tiårene, anslås det fortsatt at mer enn 1500 dødsfall hvert år kan kobles til dårlig luftkvalitet bare i Norge.<\/p>\n

De fleste vet at de er kan være utsatt for dårlig luftkvalitet når de er ute, særlig i nærheten av trafikk. Men visste du at du også kan utsettes for luftforurensning inne i bilen, via bilens ventilasjonssystem?<\/p>\n

Prosjektet ECLECTIC er NILUs første steg inn i dette relativt nye forskningsområdet, som igjen kan lede til nye markeder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsarchive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4229"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6448,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4229\/revisions\/6448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}