APPLICATIONS
This project is applicable in following fields:
1. Domestic gas leakage detector
2. Industrial Combustible gas detector
3. Portable gas detector
4. Homes
5. Factories
6. LPG storage
7. Gas cars
8. Hotels etc.
Problem Statement
Gas leakage leads to various accidents resulting into both financial loss as well as human injuries. In
human’s daily life, environment gives the most significant impact to their health issues. The risk of
firing, explosion, suffocation all are based on their physical properties such flammability, toxicity etc.
The number of deaths due to the explosion of gas cylinders has been increasing in recent years. The
reason for such explosion is due to sub standard cylinders, old valves, worn out regulators and lack
of awareness using gas cylinders add to the risks. Inspections by oil companies found that many LPG
consumers are unaware of safety checks of gas cylinders. Another reason is illegal filling of gas
cylinder also causes accidents. There is a need for a system to detect and also prevent leakage of
LPG.
Future work
This monitoring system can be further enhanced by using Bluetooth in place of GSM to send the
alert messages to user, which supports the another real-time application. For industrial purposes
mobile robot can be developed for detecting multiple gas concentrations. Addition to gas sensor
temperature sensor can also be used which detects the high pressure gas in cylinder pipe, display
the alert SMS when high temperature is reached.
Objectives of the Project
Detect Gas Leakage (like LPG leak, Butane leak, Methane leak) or any such petroleum
based gaseous substance that can be detected using MQ5 Sensor.
Setup an SMS based Alert Mechanism and send 3 SMS (3 alert messages) to 2 specified
mobile numbers (input inside the arduino program)
Produce a sound alarm upon gas leak and stop the alarm once gas leak is under control
(gas presence in atmosphere is under normal range)
Display status in an LCD using a 16×2 LCD module.
Result
Monitoring and detection system is proposed and when a small leak occurs, the system sensor
detects the leakage (the range is between 400-600 ppm) and sends the alert SMS to the user and
activates the alarm and provides the protection circuitry (Exhaust fan).controls the knob of cylinder
using relay DC motor. Alternatively the system monitors the LPG level of cylinder, automatically
books the cylinder when it reaches the lower weight 0.5kg.
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES:
Advantages
1. Low cost
2. Low power consumption
3. High accuracy
4. It also detects alcohol so it is used as liquor tester.
5. The sensor has excellent sensitivity combined with a quick response time
Disadvantages
1. No prevention of fires possible with kit.
2. Applicable only as an indicator/alarming device.
3. It works only when at 5V power supply is given.
4. Its sensitivity depends on Humidity and temperature.
5. It is a little sensitive to smoke.
METHODOLOGY
The functionality of system is divided into three main steps.
1. shows the block diagram of gas leakage security system In the initial step, the gas leakage is
detected by the gas sensor MQ-6. This detects the gas leakage and gives the signal to the
microcontroller with the help of ADC. After that in second step the microcontroller receive the
signal, send by gas sensor. It sends activation signal to other external devices attached with it. Such
as two stepper motor IC (ULN 2003A), buzzer, LCD (Liquid crystal display), GSM module [10] and RF
link. In the last step, many tasks have been performed such as buzzer activates simultaneously
message display on liquid crystal display screen, GSM module activated, which send warning SMS to
the user. Stepper motor IC (ULN 2003A) to drives the stepper motor attached it, as a result main
power and gas supplies turn off. At the end, when the gas leakage is successfully stopped then with
the help of reset button the whole system reached to the initial stage. A. MQ-6 Gas Sensor MQ6 is a
semiconductor type gas sensor which detects the gas leakage. The sensitive material of MQ-6 is tin
dioxide (SnO2). It has very low conductivity in clean air [4]. This Gas sensor not only has sensitivity to
propane and butane but also to other natural gases, low sensitivity to cigarette smoke and alcohol.
The MQ-6 gas sensor is shown in fig.
2. This sensor can also be used for detection of other combustible gas such as methane. The
concentration range of MQ-6 gas sensor is 300-1000 ppm. This sensor is available in 6 pins package,
out of which 4 pins are used for fetching the signals and other 2 pins are used for providing heating
current. This sensor has fast response time.
