AMA Innovation Award 2017
Award for HF-based particulate filter sensor
The AMA Innovation Award 2017 has been presented: This year, a team of developers from the USA impressed the jury with a high-frequency-based diesel and petrol particulate filter sensor.
The 'CTS RF Sensor' developed by Alexander Sappok and Paul Ragaller (CTS Corporation) and Leslie Bromberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) addresses a currently highly topical - and explosive - issue: the emission of pollutants from motor vehicles.
The AMA Innovation Award-winning CTS RF sensor is a high-frequency-based sensor for the direct detection of the condition of diesel and gasoline particulate filters for emission control systems. It provides real-time values and enables feedback control based on the actual state of charge of particulate filters and catalytic converters measured with an on-board sensor - something that was previously not possible with currently available sensors.
Meeting emission limits
The sensor combines a robust mechanical design with intelligent and flexible measurement technology for data evaluation. The CTS RF sensor enables engine and vehicle manufacturers to meet increasingly stringent emission limits while reducing overall costs and complexity.
"We were impressed by the winning team's development of a solution to the highly topical issue of reducing emissions and controlling the exhaust gas purification system," said jury chairman Professor Andreas Schütze from Saarland University, explaining the choice. "The enormous market relevance of the CTS RF sensor is evident, not least due to the current global discussions."
Special prize 'Young company'
This year's special prize in the 'Young Company' category went to the team led by Jens Karsten Lange from SLT Sensor- und Lasertechnik in Wildau and representatives of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Berlin). Together they have developed detectors for absolute power measurement in the terahertz spectral range.
All 41 applicant projects for the Innovation Award are summarized in the free brochure 'AMA Innovation Award 2017 - The Applicants'.
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