Development of an active, distributed sensor system for the detection of environmental parameters
Environmental Sensing
Partner Call open until: June 4, 2025
Project Start: Q3 2025
The aim of this project is to develop an active, distributed sensor system that enables the reliable detection and evaluation of environmental conditions in the open field.
The system is based on the use of active sensor nodes for the detection of pollutants, temperature and humidity. These sensor nodes record the environmental data decentrally and transmit it in encrypted form to a central data collection and evaluation unit. This provides the higher-level unit with structured information on the current environmental conditions.
The project focuses on the following key areas:
- Pollutant detection by sensor nodes: Available gas sensors are selected for their non-specific detection properties in such a way that a broad spectrum of any environmental pollutants present can be detected.
- Centralized data collection: A communication center will be developed to evaluate the data collected by the sensor nodes, which will be used in the field to form a robust mesh network and provide the higher-level body with information on environmental pollution.
- Rapid, area-wide deployment: Another aim is to set up a sensor node network that can be deployed in a predefined grid.
Research questions:
- Targeted use of non-specific detection of environmental pollutants
- Optimization of a modular, robust and energy-efficient mesh network in the open field
Expected results
- Detection of threshold exceedance of more than 20 environmentally relevant pollutants
