BACS - Bleed Air Contamination Simulator
Researchers at Fraunhofer IBP have been working on air quality in aircraft cabins for years and in numerous projects. With the help of the new test facility "Bleed Air Contamination Simulator", or BACS for short, the researchers can now simulate the physical and chemical characteristics of fume events and analyze how these affect the air quality in the cabin. With the help of BACS, the scientists are able to simulate a wide range of environmental conditions in terms of temperature and pressure and also investigate other possible cabin air contaminants such as hydraulic oil or deicing fluid.