Title :
Micro-drone for the characterization and self-optimizing search of hazardous gaseous substance sources: A new approach to determine wind speed and direction
Author :
Neumann, Patrick ; Bartholmai, Matthias ; Schiller, Jochen H. ; Wiggerich, Burkhard ; Manolov, Manol
Author_Institution :
Dept. VIII: Non-Destruct. Testing, BAM (Fed. Inst. for Mater. Res. & Testing), Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, in cooperation with the AirRobot GmbH & Co. KG company, has developed a flying remote-controlled measuring system. The system is capable of operating in a variety of scenarios of gas emissions, e.g. exhaust gas from chimneys, flue gas in a fire, gas emissions in the case of an accident of chemical or hazardous goods or in the case of a terrorist act involving toxic gases. Thus it can measure the gas concentration in the immediate vicinity of the object which causes the emission. A further stage of extension is to enhance the system for plume tracking and identification of sources of hazardous gases.
Keywords :
aerospace robotics; chemical sensors; hazardous materials; telecontrol; flying remote-controlled measuring system; gas concentration; gas emission; hazardous gaseous substance source; microdrone; plume tracking; wind direction; wind speed; Gas detectors; Gases; Global Positioning System; Payloads; Pollution measurement; Testing; Wind speed; UAV; anemometric sensor; autonomous robot; chemical sensing; chemical source localization; gas sensors; mobile sensing system; plume tracking; quadrocopter; robotics; wind speed and direction;
Conference_Titel :
Robotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE), 2010 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7147-8
DOI :
10.1109/ROSE.2010.5675265