Rohi Godall, Ejofodomi O'tega, Ofualagba Godswill
Racett Canada Inc, 404 St George Street, Moncton, New Brunswick, E1C 1X0, Canada.
Racett Nigeria Ltd., Zone 8, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria.
Heliyon. 2020 Jan 20;6(1):e03252. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03252. eCollection 2020 Jan.
The effect of air pollution on the environment, economic and health of the people in the affected countries cannot be overemphasized. This paper investigates large scale air pollution elimination to remove pollutants that are already in existence in the environment. This method involves the use of Environmental Drones (E-drones) to autonomously monitor the air quality at a specific location. The E-drone flies up to a predetermined height (Ealtitude) every hour, measures the air pollutants at that location, implements on-board pollution abatement solutions for pollutants above the recommended threshold, and then flies back down to its location on the ground. The advantages of this system is its ability to measure air pollution concentration of CO, CO, NH, SO, PM, O and NO, detect when they are too high, and implement on-board pollution abatement solutions as needed. This system's novelty lies in the fact that it not only detects when there is excessive pollution, but it also automatically deals with and abates the detected air pollution above earth. When multiple E-drones are used in different locations, a custom software generates an Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) map of the region that can be used for present and long-term environmental analysis.
空气污染对受影响国家的环境、经济和人民健康的影响怎么强调都不为过。本文研究大规模消除空气污染以去除环境中已存在的污染物。该方法涉及使用环境无人机（E型无人机）自主监测特定位置的空气质量。E型无人机每小时飞到预定高度（E高度），测量该位置的空气污染物，对高于推荐阈值的污染物实施机载污染消除解决方案，然后飞回地面上的位置。该系统的优点是能够测量一氧化碳（CO）、二氧化碳（CO₂）、氨气（NH₃）、二氧化硫（SO₂）、颗粒物（PM）、臭氧（O₃）和一氧化氮（NO）的空气污染浓度，检测它们何时过高，并根据需要实施机载污染消除解决方案。该系统的新颖之处在于，它不仅能检测到何时存在过度污染，还能自动处理并消除地面上方检测到的空气污染。当在不同位置使用多个E型无人机时，定制软件会生成该区域的空气质量健康指数（AQHI）地图，可用于当前和长期的环境分析。
