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Gas Leakage Detection and Prevention Kit Provision with IoT

Manaswi Sharma1, Diksha Tripathi1, Narendra Pratap Yadav1, Parth Rastogi1
1U.G. Student, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, IMS Engineering College,
Ghaziabad, U.P., India
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Abstract - For the sake of lives safety and fulfillment of feature is of great significance. There are many examples of
social duties, and keeping in focus the life-threatening life accidents due to leakage of gases; recently in
instances of blasts and injuries due to leakage of gas in Attayampatti village about 25 km from Salem, occurred,
industries, vehicles and houses, a gas leakage system has been where five people left dead, incidents like these increases
designed whereby application of embedded systems and the need of such systems.
involvement of Internet of things (IoT) in it, a system is
obtained that enables us not only to notify the concerned Many papers[6][7][8] are published on gas leakage detection
person but also seize any leakage of gas. In the paper, a in which gas sensors are used for detection of leakage and
system has been proposed which lessen the chances of also providing an alert to users by SMS using GSM. In this
accidents and ensure safety by the virtue of existing paper, the users are alerted by using the Internet of things
electronics and technology. (IoT) which is a new concept in clouding, it is a network of
physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items
Key Words: (MQ-6 Gas sensor, Internet of Things embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators,
(IoT), Microcontroller (MCU), C2000 Piccolo MCU, LCD and network connectivity which enable these objects to
(Liquid crystal display), Wi-Fi module, USP (Unique connect and exchange data.
Selling Point).
For the communication of mobile and email with the gas
1. INTRODUCTION sensor, the concept of IOT comes into the picture, is the
network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances and
other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors,
Embedded systems described as, ‘a computer system with a
actuators, and connectivity which enables these objects to
dedicated function within a larger mechanical and electrical
connect and exchange data.”[3][4][5]
systems, often with real-time constraint'[1][2], are being
employed to detect the excess of gas in the marked
environment. 2. Methodology

This gas detection and alert system will not only alert us of 2.1 C2000 Piccolo MCU
the leakage but will also mechanically turn off the knob of
the gas cylinder to seize any leakage of gas. Moreover, this The C2000 Piccolo MCU F28027 is an advanced version of
system informs the concerned person by emailing and MCU manufactured by Texas instruments As it is suited for
dropping a message on their mobile. This gives a larger advanced closed-loop control applications such as industrial
degree of safety to any gas setup in any circumstances. drives and servo motor control; solar inverters and
converters; digital power; transportation; and power line
Nowadays, as the lives of people have to fasten, their communications, here it is employed for
attention has got divided into multiple areas, in such a case
people might forget to take all the necessary measures  Observing and checking the exceeding threshold value
while cooking and leave the stove’s burner on or the knob of via a gas sensor which is prefixed. As the threshold
the regulator lose, which could be dangerous, the severity of values cross, the program is executed and MCU
the deed increases majorly when this carelessness is seen in instructs the buzzer* to ring and alert the livings in that
industrial areas with the gas plants or engines. For any vicinity.
flammable substance to be present in the site and coming in  Along with this MCU also sends an email
contact with the gas can cause a blast, asset loss, life loss, (concept of IOT[3][4][5]) to the concerned about the
resource wastage and the list only adds. leakage of gas and a message is dropped on the mobile
The major sectors under continuous danger are industries, phone of the needy, these all tasks are initiated and are
automobiles like a car, buses etc and also at places where it done under control of MCU.
is processed and handled.
 MCU also powers the stepper motor to begin rotating.
This system is a compact version for the facilitation of safety  LCD, exhaust fan, and relay all begin to come in action
as it involves many mini-features of mega significance and in accordance to MCU(as inscribed over the RAM of
holds a USP of automatic gas shutting feautre, in case of MCU)
absence of any human help in the area of leakage this

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2.2 Wi-Fi Module If()

{
 Most important work is served by this component. lcd.setCursor (0, 1);
lcd.print ("No LPG Gas Leakage");
 This module connects MCU with our devices and
contributes to the overall connection as it is }
responsible for sending the email and message on else
mobile. lcd.print ("WELCOME WORLD"); }
 It sets up a server by itself and opens the door for one
end to connect to the other.
2.4 Stepper Motor
This motor is employed into accomplishing the unique task
of this alert system that is, in the appropriate scenario the
MCU instructs the motor to begin rotating by an angle of 90°
and turn off the knob of the regulator.

2.5. Exhaust Fan

In case of excess of gas being leaked already the chances of
misshapen increases relatively to combat this, an exhaust
fan is employed to evacuate the place.

2.6. Buzzer
When the buzzer gets the required voltage, which actually is
monitored and instructed by MCU it begins to buzz and
alerts the nearby.

Fig -1: (Block Diagram of the complete system) 2.7. MQ-6 Sensors

2.3 LCD This component is significant in the detection of any of the

gas compositions like butane, propane, natural gases which
are accomplished by SnO2.
LCD pops up with a display, says ‘Gas detected Alert ON’, as
shown in the figure3:
3. Flow Diagram

Fig -2: (Liquid crystal display; alert the user)

Moreover the code involved in to bringing this display on

the screen is also given below:

LiquidCrystal lcd (12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

void setup()
{
lcd.begin (16,2);
}
void loop()
{ Fig -3: (Flow diagram, explaining the complete working)

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4. Advantages  Here IOT is limited to emailing and messaging

nevertheless an app can be developed featuring many more
 As this kit cum system is being developed throughout viable services.
with a vision of contributing to social welfare and it
aims at influencing lives helpfully and positively. This gas system is successfully able to perform all the stated
Fortunately, to an extent, we have managed to serve functions and has shown to be a great tool from a gas safety
our society with the following key helps: point of view.

 This system, as its 50% profile of work is meant to 6. Result

alert the user, even the dumb can identify the leakage as the
LCD(prototype) screen turns ON and begin to flash a The result of this project is determined by using a lighter
message ‘Gas detected Alert ON’. to collect leaked gas around the gas sensor after sensing
procedure if sensor value is greater than the threshold
 Even the blind or ones away from the site for sight
value then micro-controller will perform its programmed
are been able to be informed and accounted by means of the
tasks:
ringing of the buzzer.
 In case of absence of any mobile lives in the 1. Immediately turn off the regulator knob to stop further
premises of gas leakage or the presence of any paralyzed or leakage
movement disabled handicapped, the feature of mechanical
2. Within 2-4sec the relay will cut off the main power
knob OFF switch is of great service.
supply.
 Use of c2000 Piccolo series of microcontroller has 3. Buzzer starts beeping and a message is displayed on LCD
implicated many unique and advantageous aspects: to alert the users and nearby people.
4. Wi-Fi module will send SMS/e-mail using the cloud to the
 Using an advanced microcontroller has laid a
users.
foundation for building of many new technologically
advanced systems with better utility in future 5. The exhaust fan will fan out all enclosed gas from the
environment. When reset button of MCU pressed the
 This MCUC2000 Piccolo has high efficiency for
system will get refreshed.
driving motor and provide sufficient torque as required in
the application making it most suitable and advantageous
Along with attainment of these proposed features
microcontroller
successfully, one of the major factors of cost efficiency or
normalization has also been the concern throughout which
5. Future Scope and Conclusion is also brought in focus during the process of building this
system.
Provided with the given features this system can be made
more serviceable by adding few more basic small inputs like Moreover, its highlight or the USB is that it is multiple
operational projects and combines many features in all
 Temperature: To monitor the temperature of the together at one place.
cylinder as well as the environment and program the
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