IoT-Based Protection of Ventilation
and Air Conditioning Units in Chemical
Industry
M. Vigneshwaran, P. Lakshmanan, and Muniyandy Elangovan
Abstract In this industrial world, the dependence on the chemicals for the growth
of the nation has become evident from the looming of more chemical industries. As
a result, there has been more and more case of chemical disasters both in developed
and developing countries. The disaster is due to the failure of the conventional secure
system, which is based on Wi-Fi, and many times, it becomes unreliable during the
unfortunate event of disaster. This project aims to provide a safe environment during
emergency situations by an automated response and a means to communicate the
information of the disaster immediately so that the impacts of it can be reduced.
Present technological advancements such as Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), General Radio Pocket Service (GPRS) have been utilized in the
communication of the disaster informations through Internet of Things (IoT). Also,
the primary focus of the project is to make a building-independent monitoring system
so that the loss of connectivity does not occur due to the damage in the building.
Further, the real-time sensor data will be transferred to the IoT server via GPRS
connectivity. The real-time values are sent to IoT through API by using the GPRS
connection on the GSM module. The data logging can be separated channel wise
and more actions can be programmed on the IoT platform through MATLAB. The
system deals with monitoring and controlling the working environmental conditions
like carbon monoxide, methane, hydrogen, LPG and flammable gases with sensors
and using Arduino to make a decision as per preprogrammed also send this data to the
cloud server and draw the sensor data as pictorial statistics. The data upgraded from
the enforced system is accessible within the Web from anywhere within the world.
The automatic venting off the toxic gases from the working premises immediately
M. Vigneshwaran · P. Lakshmanan · M. Elangovan (B)
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Outer Ring
Round, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600062, India
e-mail: drmelangovan@veltech.edu.in
M. Vigneshwaran
e-mail: vgnshwrn871@gmail.com
P. Lakshmanan
e-mail: drplakshmanan@veltech.edu.in
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license
to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
N. Gascoin and E. Balasubramanian (eds.), Innovative Design, Analysis
and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Lecture Notes
in Mechanical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6619-6_36
335
and Air Conditioning Units in Chemical
Industry
M. Vigneshwaran, P. Lakshmanan, and Muniyandy Elangovan
Abstract In this industrial world, the dependence on the chemicals for the growth
of the nation has become evident from the looming of more chemical industries. As
a result, there has been more and more case of chemical disasters both in developed
and developing countries. The disaster is due to the failure of the conventional secure
system, which is based on Wi-Fi, and many times, it becomes unreliable during the
unfortunate event of disaster. This project aims to provide a safe environment during
emergency situations by an automated response and a means to communicate the
information of the disaster immediately so that the impacts of it can be reduced.
Present technological advancements such as Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), General Radio Pocket Service (GPRS) have been utilized in the
communication of the disaster informations through Internet of Things (IoT). Also,
the primary focus of the project is to make a building-independent monitoring system
so that the loss of connectivity does not occur due to the damage in the building.
Further, the real-time sensor data will be transferred to the IoT server via GPRS
connectivity. The real-time values are sent to IoT through API by using the GPRS
connection on the GSM module. The data logging can be separated channel wise
and more actions can be programmed on the IoT platform through MATLAB. The
system deals with monitoring and controlling the working environmental conditions
like carbon monoxide, methane, hydrogen, LPG and flammable gases with sensors
and using Arduino to make a decision as per preprogrammed also send this data to the
cloud server and draw the sensor data as pictorial statistics. The data upgraded from
the enforced system is accessible within the Web from anywhere within the world.
The automatic venting off the toxic gases from the working premises immediately
M. Vigneshwaran · P. Lakshmanan · M. Elangovan (B)
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Outer Ring
Round, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600062, India
e-mail: drmelangovan@veltech.edu.in
M. Vigneshwaran
e-mail: vgnshwrn871@gmail.com
P. Lakshmanan
e-mail: drplakshmanan@veltech.edu.in
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license
to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
N. Gascoin and E. Balasubramanian (eds.), Innovative Design, Analysis
and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Lecture Notes
in Mechanical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6619-6_36
335