CabinSense
AVIATION | MOLECULAR SENSING
DEMONSTRATED / FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT
WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE AIR?
CabinSense is being developed to detect and record selected relevant molecular compounds during cabin-air events, providing objective molecular information while an event is occurring and preserving that information for subsequent investigation.
The event may disappear. The molecular record shouldn’t have to.
CabinSense does not replace established flight procedures, laboratory analysis or engineering investigation. It is intended to provide molecular information that may otherwise no longer be available once a transient event has passed.
From detection to verification
DETECT
RECORD
PRESERVE
INVESTIGATE
VERIFY
THE INFORMATION GAP
A Cabin-air event can be transient. The Information shouldn't be.
CabinSense detects and records selected relevant molecular compounds. It does not determine or recommend the operational response to a fume event.
INDEPENDENT TESTING | REAL-TIME TBP DETECTION
CONTROLLED TBP TESTING | INDEPENDENT NPL CONFIGURATION
Real-time sensor response during controlled TBP testing
What The Test Established
- All eight sensing channels responded following introduction of TBP.
- Responses were observed across repeated fresh introductions.
- Control conditions showed no corresponding sensor response.
- Independently collected exposed samples were subsequently analysed by NPL, confirming the presence of TBP.
What the test established
- All eight sensing channels responded following introduction of TBP.
- Responses were observed across repeated fresh introductions.
- Control conditions showed no corresponding sensor response.
- Independently collected exposed samples were subsequently analysed by NPL, confirming the presence of TBP.
What the test did not established
- The test was not designed as a calibrated CabinSense limit-of-detection study and does not establish a validated minimum TBP detection concentration.
A Focused development programme
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Maintenance teams can only investigate the evidence available to them.
EVENT
MOLECULAR RECORD
ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION
MAINTENANCE INTERVENTION
SUBSEQUENT VERIFICATION
Is the selected relevant molecular target still detected?
The result would provide an additional objective input to the engineering process.
It would not itself determine aircraft airworthiness or return to service.
A Focused development programme
LABORATORY TESTING
REPRESENTATIVE ENVIRONMENT
PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT
INDEPENDENT ANALYTICAL
Where could you take NanoSense?
NanoSense is seeking aviation, MRO, analytical and systems partners to undertake systematic sensor characterisation and representative operational evaluation.
Can molecular information captured during or around a cabin-air event reduce uncertainty in the engineering investigation that follows?