DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS
AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
LPG GAS
DETECTOR
using ARDUINO BY:
Rishit Sitholey (1900320310126)
Shubh Shrivastava (1900320310157)
2019-2023
5th Semester
WHAT IS LPG GAS SESNOR ?
An LPG gas sensor is a one kind of device which is used to sense the presence of a
hazardous LPG gas leak in service station, cars, storage tanks and homes.This sensor is attached to an
alarm circuit to give an alert to the operators through a buzzer sound in the area where the gas leak is
occurring. The LPG gas sensor is also used to detect cigarette smoke,toxic gases, combustible, propane,
iso-butane and LNG.
WHY LPG GAS SENSORS AND DETECTORS
ARE REQUIRED?
Nowadays, security is the major problem in many fields due to robberies, fire accidents
and blasts due to LPG gas leakage. At present, LPG gas can be used in the car, in the
storage tank or service station. But, due to some reasons the LPG gas might leak from the
gas cylinders, this may cause the cylinder blast, damage the house and risk of a life to the
living persons in the house. Sometimes fire accidents are very small, but if proper action is
not taken to control the fire, then it can spread in complete house. To overcome this
problem, an LPG gas sensor is used to detect the presence of a dangerous LPG gas leak in
various places
BLOCK DIAGRAM OF LPG GAS DETECTOR
THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF GAS
DETECTORS ARE :
This type of sensor operates on the principle that when a combustible
gas/air mixture passes over the hot catalyst surface, combustion occurs
and the heat evolved increases the temperature of the ‘bead’. This in turn
alters the resistance of the platinum coil and can be measured by using the
coil as a temperature thermometer in a standard electrical bridge circuit.
The resistance change is then directly related to the gas concentration in
the surrounding atmosphere and can be displayed on a meter or some
similar indicating device
iThe below module comprises of a MQ3 sensor which is used to sense LPG gas. This module contains a
MQ3 sensor which actually detects LPG gas, an LM393 comparator for comparing the output voltage of
MQ3 sensor with a reference voltage. It gives a HIGH o/p when LPG gas is detected. A
potentiometer is used to control sensitivity of gas. This sensor module is very easy to interface with
microcontroller and other. We can also make it by using MQ3 and LM393 or LM358
As shown in the above circuit diagram, it comprises of an LPG gas sensor module, an Arduino
board, LCD display and buzzer. Arduino microcontroller controls the entire process of this system
such as reading the o/p of an LPG Gas sensor module, sending message to display and triggering
buzzer.
COMPONENTS USED:
• LED Display
• Arduino (unor)
• USB cable
• USB Powerplug (optional)
• Gas Sensor (MQ 4)
• Resistors
CONCLUSION:
The design of a sensor-based automatic gas leakage detector with an alert and control
system has been proposed and discussed in this paper. This is a low-cost, low power,
lightweight, portable, safe, user friendly, efficient, multi featured and simple system
device for detecting gas. Gas leakage detection will not only provide us with
significance in the health department but it will also lead to raise our economy,
because when gas leaks it not only contaminates the atmosphere but also wastage of
gases will hurt our economy. In future, more advanced features will be integrated with
this system which will provide users with more safety and relaxation.
THANK
YOU
