GAS LEAKAGE MONITORING AND HVAC AUTOMATION SYSTEM : PROJECT REPORT

Abstract

ABSTRACT Industrial fire breakouts mostly occur due to gas leaks. These cause dreadful damage to the equipment and human life leading to injuries and deaths. Taking Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) as a base, gases can be categorised as flammable and toxic. The category of flammable gases include Hydrogen and Hydrogen Sulphide, while Carbon Monoxide, Methane and Hydrogen Sulphide are considered as toxic gases. The leakage of both types of gases are lethal. The existing system consists of a gas monitoring system, which works on the principle of IR detection. The workers also carry a small gas detection device called responders, which can detect the presence of Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbon Monoxide, but they are less precise. In this project, gas leakage detection is done with the help of a rover. The rover moves on a prescribed path and it carries the gas sensor, which senses the required gases. The values obtained are transmitted to the main server with the help of the Wi-Fi module. This in turn is used to activate the HVAC system in case of an increase in the gas values above the threshold.