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Viability and Application of Mounting Personal PID VOC Sensors to Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Collegiate Aviation Review International
  • Cheryl Lynn Marcham, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Scott Burgess, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Joseph Cerreta, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Patti J. Clark, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • James P. Solti, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Brandon Breault, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Joshua G. Marcham, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Submitting Campus
Worldwide
Department
Graduate Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
1-5-2021
Abstract/Description

Using a UAS-mounted sensor to allow for a rapid response to areas that may be difficult to reach or potentially dangerous to human health can increase the situational awareness of first responders of an aircraft crash site through the remote detection, identification, and quantification of airborne hazardous materials. The primary purpose of this research was to evaluate the remote sensing viability and application of integrating existing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) sensors with small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technology to detect potentially hazardous airborne contaminants in emergency leak or spill response situations. By mounting the personal photoionization detector (PID) with volatile organic compound VOC sensor technology on UAS platforms, the needed information may be obtained at an optimum range and resolution without needlessly exposing a human to possible adverse conditions.

Publisher
University Aviation Association
Citation Information
Cheryl Lynn Marcham, Scott Burgess, Joseph Cerreta, Patti J. Clark, et al.. "Viability and Application of Mounting Personal PID VOC Sensors to Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems" Collegiate Aviation Review International Vol. 39 Iss. 1 (2021) p. 1 - 24
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/Cheryl_Marcham/38/