- Copenhagen Airport launches CPH Air Lab
- Facility tests filtration technologies against ultrafine particles
- Five technologies to be tested over coming months
- Part of ASAP programme with Schiphol Airport
- Best technologies may be integrated into blast fences
Copenhagen Airport is launching CPH Air Lab a testing facility located in the heart of active airside operations to examine how existing filtration technologies perform in an airport environment. The purpose is to investigate whether particles can be removed from the air close to their source. Maria Skotte, Chief Sustainability Officer at Copenhagen Airport, shared that the airport has a strong focus on air quality and has worked for many years to reduce emissions of ultrafine particles. With CPH Air Lab the airport is taking the next step by investigating whether particles can also be removed close to the source.
CPH Air Lab is housed in a container equipped with a large ventilation duct a test chamber and advanced sensors that detect and measure particles. Over the coming months five different technologies will be tested. These technologies capture particles by trapping them in mechanical filters attracting them to electrically charged surfaces or binding them to biological materials such as moss. Everything being tested was originally developed for other industries. CPH Air Lab gives the opportunity to evaluate these filtration technologies using aircraft exhaust emissions in a fully operational airport environment.
The technologies that perform best in the container-based trials will qualify for further testing next year involving larger-scale applications such as integration into the airport’s blast fences. CPH Air Lab forms part of ASAP the Accelerate Sustainable Aviation Programme a joint initiative between Copenhagen Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The air quality laboratory is the latest in a series of initiatives undertaken by Copenhagen Airport to reduce air pollution for both employees and neighbouring communities.
Maria Skotte, Chief Sustainability Officer at Copenhagen Airport, shared: “We have a strong focus on air quality and have worked for many years to reduce emissions of ultrafine particles. With CPH Air Lab, we are taking the next step by investigating whether we can also remove particles close to the source.”
