Commercialization of a TEPC Radiation Monitor

TEPC 辐射监测仪的商业化

• 批准号: ST/G000271/1
• 负责人: Robert Bentley
• 金额: $ 11.21万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FG000271%2F1
• 关键词: Commercialization; TEPC; Radiation; Monitor

We have developed a breadboard design for a cosmic radiation monitor that could be produced as a standard piece of avionics on commercial aircraft. The unit is based around a Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (TEPC), the most accurate type of detector that can be used for this purpose, and the design makes it simple to interface it to a range of different airframes. Although there is a lot of concern about exposure to cosmic radiation, with legislation backing this up within Europe, we have established that the market for this type of unit is complex, with significant geographic dependencies, and needs a detailed assessment. The purpose of this project is to explore the market and how it might evolve through discussions with the airlines and avionics specialists; in these we will explore several options including whether the unit should be leased to airlines as part of a monitoring service. We also plan to undertake a proof of concept evaluation of a novel calibration system for the unit that has applications elsewhere. This project follows on from work undertaken within a mini-PIPSS project. That project produced a design that we believe can be manufactured at reasonable cost but it raised many issues related to the potential market. The issues need to be resolved in order to determine whether to move the concept into production with the aid of a full PIPSS project.

我们已经为宇宙辐射监视器开发了面包板设计，可以作为商用飞机上的标准航空电子产品生产。该设备基于组织等效比例计数器（TEPC），这是可用于此目的的最准确的检测器类型，设计使其将其连接到一系列不同的机身范围变得易于使用。尽管人们对接触宇宙辐射的接触有很多关注，但立法在欧洲范围内支持这一点，但我们已经确定，这种类型的单位市场很复杂，具有重要的地理依赖性，需要进行详细的评估。该项目的目的是探索市场以及通过与航空公司和航空电子专家的讨论来发展的市场；在这些中，我们将探讨几种选择，包括作为监视服务的一部分，是否应将单位租用到航空公司。我们还计划对在其他地方使用应用程序的单位进行新的校准系统的概念验证评估。该项目来自一个迷你PIPSS项目中的工作。该项目产生了一种我们认为可以以合理成本制造的设计，但它提出了许多与潜在市场有关的问题。需要解决这些问题，以确定是否在完整的PIPSS项目的帮助下将概念转移到生产中。