Emission Sampler

This is £5000.00 Standard Innovation Voucher Award

A greener environment is essential for future sustainable development. It is vital to phaseout greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport to be a cost-effective way for international trade and development. As a pathway towards decarbonizing the shipping industry, port authorities and shipowners are currently required to monitor and control maritime vessels’ emissions to allow moving forward a clean energy transition and tackling climate change. The main aim of this project is to develop an emissions sampler circuit to provide real-time measurements of CO2 gases emissions to help the port authorities to monitor and regulate the level of harmful emissions in maritime ecosystem. A sampler circuit has been designed based on non-dispersive infrared sensor (NDIR) technology and interfaced with a programmable microcontroller and indicator devices to detect and monitor the range of CO2 concentrations within a certain environment. An experimental prototype has been developed and tested to validate the sampler circuit, demonstrating the effectiveness of the NDIR selected sensor technology in providing accurate measurements of CO2 concentrations along with ambient temperature and humidity.

An experimental prototype has been developed and tested to evaluate the performance of the sampler circuit. The results of sensor readings have shown a higher accuracy of NDIR sensor technology in measuring the level of CO2 concentrations, as well as higher sensitivity to room occupancies and other factors including temperature, humidity, and room ventilation.