The environmental impact of automobiles will be monitored
An automated system for controlling environmental parameters of motor vehicles has been patented at SPbGASU. The authors of the invention are Ravil Safiullin, DSc in Engineering, Professor at the Department of Electrical Power and Engineering, and SPbGASU’s Master's graduate Evgeny Morozov.
Scheme of the automated system
Patent certificate
– Ecology is about human health. We live in a big city where the ecological situation is not very good in general. Concentrations of harmful emissions into the atmosphere are several times higher than the approved limit. In order to reduce the burden on the environment it is necessary to control the technical parameters of the vehicles. Knowing these characteristics and introducing an environmental tax on vehicles in the near future will help us manage the environmental situation automatically. This means that control over polluting vehicle emissions will be strengthened," believes Ravil Safiullin.
In order to improve information exchange between smart vehicle systems and the road, the authors have extended the functionality of the automated system for monitoring environmental parameters of vehicles. In this connection, a system has been created to monitor the environmental characteristics during their operation in real time. Through its implementation, the information about the vehicle will be transmitted to the controlling link, which will automatically allow unhindered movement along the route.
✔ Compared to the established technologies, the new system has a number of advantages: high information capacity, accuracy of results, compactness, mobility and functionality.
Ravil Safiullin says that the strategy for further development of science is connected with developing unmanned robotic vehicles equipped with intelligent on-board information and control systems. There are many unresolved problems in this area, including those related to the evaluation and selection of the vehicle’s systems and devices.
Researchers at the SPbGASU Department of Electric Power and Engineering are working on solutions to such problems. They develop automation systems for monitoring infrastructure facilities and energy-saving smart home technologies. The Department’s research team working on the new inventions also includes Head of the Department, associate professor Viktor Reznichenko, associate professors Aleksandr Epishkin, Dmitry Gorlatov and others. Professor Safiullin plans to continue his inventive activities aimed at developing automated systems for controlling technical facility data at construction sites.
Text: Tatyana Petrova
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