Getting a Grip: Measuring tyre emissions to reduce them for better air and faster decarbonisation of transport

掌控一切：测量轮胎排放量以减少排放量，从而改善空气质量并加快交通脱碳速度

• 批准号: 78168
• 金额: $ 7.53万
• 依托单位: EMISSIONS ANALYTICS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=78168
• 关键词: Getting; Grip; Measuring; tyre; emissions

Tyres are the rolling basis of all transport yet during use are a major but largely 'invisible' source of microplastic pollution affecting air, land and sea. The UK alone produces 530,000 tonnes of tyre waste a year, but before we even get to the discarded carcasses of old tyres each one will have shed at least a kilogram of weight in abraded particles mostly at the micro-level (<5mm). This is an enormous and overlooked problem for which there are currently no regulations and no consumer labelling. A further dimension of this problem is that it affects all future electric vehicles just as it affects the cars and other vehicles we are already familiar with. To assist the uptake of electric vehicles and the associated decarbonisation of the transport system, this project will develop a product that will collect, measure and characterise tyre emissions in real world conditions. The hardware is the basis also of a tyrewear methodology we will offer as a commercial service. The principle subcontractors for this product development are Staffordshire, UK company Alconbury Weston Ltd and Oxfordshire, UK company Scielutions Ltd., while the identified future customer for the product and service is London, UK-based company ENSO Ltd. The project lead is Emissions Analytics, UK-based experts in both exhaust and non-exhaust emissions. We have also identified a range of future customers, the immediate one being ENSO, a UK-based company that is developing better tyres and tyres as a service. Through ENSO we have potential future traction for a series of freight trial partners including DPD, Royal Mail and Gnewt; beyond it we have further interest from Geely and its principal brand Volvo and LEVC, which have committed to apply rigorous metrics to all components of future vehicles with a view to value retention and extended longevity. We believe that our product will materially contribute to accelerating the shift to low-carbon transportation by addressing one of the key hurdles to electric car adoption.

轮胎是所有交通工具的滚动基础，但在使用过程中却是影响空气、陆地和海洋的微塑料污染的主要但基本上是“看不见”的来源。仅英国一年就产生 530,000 吨轮胎废料，但在我们处理废弃的旧轮胎残骸之前，每个轮胎都已经损失了至少一公斤重量的磨损颗粒，其中大多数为微观水平（<5 毫米）。这是一个巨大且被忽视的问题，目前还没有相关法规，也没有消费者标签。这个问题的另一个方面是，它会影响所有未来的电动汽车，就像它影响我们已经熟悉的汽车和其他车辆一样。为了帮助电动汽车的普及和交通系统的相关脱碳，该项目将开发一种产品，用于收集、测量和表征现实世界条件下的轮胎排放。硬件也是我们将作为商业服务提供的轮胎磨损方法的基础。该产品开发的主要分包商是英国斯塔福德郡的 Alconbury Weston Ltd 公司和英国牛津郡的 Scielutions Ltd.，而该产品和服务的未来客户是总部位于英国伦敦的 ENSO Ltd.。项目负责人是 Emissions Analytics ，英国废气和非废气排放专家。我们还确定了一系列未来客户，其中最直接的客户是 ENSO，这是一家总部位于英国的公司，正在开发更好的轮胎和轮胎即服务。通过 ENSO，我们未来有可能吸引一系列货运试验合作伙伴，包括 DPD、Royal Mail 和 Gnewt；除此之外，我们还对吉利及其主要品牌沃尔沃和 LEVC 感兴趣，它们承诺对未来车辆的所有部件采用严格的指标，以保持价值并延长使用寿命。我们相信，我们的产品将通过解决电动汽车普及的关键障碍之一，为加速向低碳交通的转变做出重大贡献。