IRJET- Pollution Monitoring System using RF Communication

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Pollution Monitoring System using RF communication
Navin kumar Murugan1, Pramod Murkar2, Saurav Panchal3,Siddhi Naik4, Ameya Jadhav5
1, 2, 3, 4 Student, Dept. of Electronics, Atharva college of Engineering, Mumbai, India
5Assistant professor, Dept. of Electronics, Atharva college of Engineering, Mumbai, India
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Abstract - In recent days the level of pollution is increasing
rapidly due to factors like industries, urbanization, increasing
in population, vehicles which drastically affect human health.
This project is basically a system which continuouslymonitors
the pollution levels by sensing different factors responsiblefor
pollution like gases (CO, SO2 and NO2, etc.), particulate matter
(dust), noise, humidity and temperature. Hence this project
monitors air as well as noise pollution. Proposed system uses
RF based communication. Efficient sensors are used to
measure values of gases, noise and dust accurately. All the
sensors are connected to RFSlaveModulesthroughMCU. Slave
modules transmit the data processed by MCU which is
collected by the sensors, to the master module. The RF master
module is connected to a monitoring device using a TTL
module. Finally, the data to be monitored isshowngraphically
on a software application
Key Words: Air pollution, noise pollution, RF
communication,sensors,pollutionmonitoring,AQI,STM
micro-controller.
1. INTRODUCTION
Environmental problems have always been an important
issue around the world. One of the most serious problems
related to our daily lives is Air and Noise pollution. Carbon
monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides etc. gases are
major pollutants in Environment. Also dust constitutes in
increases the air pollution. Noise pollution is also increasing
day by day due to high intensity of sound produced by
machines in various industries, factories and vehicles. Air
pollution causesheadaches, dizzinessand nausea.Long-term
health effects from air pollutants include cardiovascular
disease, carcinoma, and respiratory diseases like
emphysema. Air pollution also can cause long-term damage
to people's nerves, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs.
Loud noises can cause hypertension, high stress levels,
tinnitus, deafness and other harmful and disturbing effects.
This project is used to monitor air and noise pollutioninreal
time. It consists of three parts; Sensing, Communication and
Monitoring. Sensors used in this project are very effective.
The gases to be sensed are Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen
Dioxide (NO2), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) and other types of
pollutant like Dust are monitored in this project. Humidity
and temperature that affect humanhealtharealsomeasured
for monitoring purposes. Noise sensors with capacity to
measure up to 160 dB are used to detect the level of Noise.
Radio Frequency is used for communication between
Master-Slave modules that are connected to monitoring
systems and sensors respectively. Ultra-High Frequency
which ranges from 300 to 3000 MHz is allowable frequency
for communication.
2. Literature Review
Pollution is increasing at an alarming rate every day. Air is
the most sensitive element of the environment which is
polluted momentarily by the elements emitted to air. Noise
pollution is also a major type of pollution which is increasing
day by day. To know thelevelof Air pollution,Noisepollution
as well as air quality. The proposed project is a Pollution
Monitoring System that works mainly for monitoring the
pollution occurring in a meteorological city. Even though,
Industrialization increases the degree of automation and at
the same time it increases the pollution by releasing
unwanted gasesand causingnoiseintheenvironment. Smart
air pollution monitoring system has been proposed in 2018
by Kennedy Okokpujie [1], the system was developed using
the Arduino microcontroller. The air pollution monitoring
system was designed to observe and analyze air quality and
log data to a distant server, keeping the information updated
over the web. A wireless sensor network [2] for air pollution
monitoring systems in industrial areas was developed in
2016 by Prof. D.K. Kamat of SinhgadAcademyofEngineering.
In this project monitoring with air related parameters was
done through wireless Zigbee modules. Sensors are
connected, one sensor to each node. Research paper on IOT
based Air and Sound Pollution Monitoring System [3], was
submitted by Lalit Mohan Joshi in 2017. In this paper
pollution monitoring by usingwirelessembeddedcomputing
system for example technology like IOT. Another research
paper on pollution monitoring system [4] is submitted in
IEEE conference in which Arduino UNO and MQ sensors are
used.
3. Proposed Model
The system to be developed is a wireless network consisting
of various sensors to measure gas, noise, humidity and
temperature. To attain this, the sensor network is placed at
different places in which the factorsareto bemonitored. The
sensor reads the surrounding data and as the sensors are
connected to the transmitter, it transmits the data to the
receiver for processing. The output of the sensor data is
converted to transfer data using RF communication. The
sensor used in this project uses I2C and UART based
communication to give data as well as to receive commands.
The received data in turn is processed and it is displayed
using proper GUI software and can be monitored in real
time.

4. Block Diagram
Fig -1 Block diagram of the system
The block diagram of this shows that the system is divided
into three sections i.e. detection, communication and
monitoring. Detection means sensing various gases like CO,
SO2 and NO2 with other components like Noise, Particulate
matter, temperatureas wellas humidity.Therearetwotypes
of dust detected by this system: PM2.5 and PM10. The
networks consisting of various sensors are deployed at
desired places where we want to monitor the pollution. The
sensors detects the components for example the gas sensors
usually works on the principle of chemical reaction i.e., the
substances in the sensor reacts with the gases and this
chemical energy is converted into electrical energy meaning
produces electrical current or results into change in
resistance or potential difference. The output of the sensors
can be in the form of analog as well as digital signals. The
sensors used in this system gives twotypesofdigitaloutputs:
I2C and UART. Similarly, voltage and current are analog
outputs as the microcontroller can accept both analog and
digital signals. The sensor connected to the microcontroller
sends signal to it. The data is stored in queue in UART and it
is interfaced withRF slave modules. We canuse‘n’numberof
slave modules which can be modified according to different
environments and can be placed at different locations where
the pollution monitoring is required. RF slave modules send
the data using RF communication to the RF master receiver.
At the receivingside(Master), it isconnected to amonitoring
device like a computer through USB TTL module. The baud
rate of the UART is 9600 bps. A solution for monitoring the
noise and air pollutant levels is that when the parameter
value crosses its threshold value rangewhichisfixedandthis
value is compared with variationinsensordata.Forexample,
CO levels in air in a particular area exceeding the normal
levels in the environment then it is notified or an alert is sent
by the microcontroller to the monitoring device. Same forall
the gases and noise.
5. Factors to be monitored
5.1. Gases
 Carbon Monoxide(CO)
Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas
and it is highly toxic in nature. CO is a by-product of burning
of fuel and other carbon based substances. CO poisoning is
relatively common and can lead to deaths as it cannot be
detected by human senses. Carbon monoxide poisoning
symptoms are similar to flu and can include headache,
dizziness, chest pain, vomiting, etc. Hence it is very hard to
confirm the CO poisoningduetoflu-likesymptoms.Excessive
exposure can result into consciousness loss, arrhythmias,
cerebral ischaemia, hypoxia, etc.
 Nitrogen Dioxide(NO2)
Nitrogen dioxide is reddish brown gas which has sharp,
strong and biting odour which is majorly produced and
released in the atmosphere industries producing nitrogen
based fertilizers. It also acts as an intermediate in the
production of nitric acid (HNO3). Nitrogen oxides are also
released to the air from theexhaustpipesofautomobiles,and
during processes like arc welding, electroplating, engraving,
dynamite blasting, etc. Millions of tons of gas are released by
the industries every year and it contributes to rising air
pollution. Health effects due to exposure of NO2 include skin
irritation and burnsbutlongexposureslikeintheworkplaces
in the industries can lead to edema, bronchitis, pneumonia,
etc.
 Sulphur Dioxide(SO2)
Sulphur dioxideisacolourlessgaswhichhasnasty,sharpand
suffocating odour. It reacts easily with other elements in the
air to form harmful compounds, such as sulphuric acid
(H2SO4), sulphurous acid (H2SO3) and sulfate particles.
Sources of SO2 emissions include power plants, chemical
manufacturing industries, mineral ore processing factories
and burning of fossil fuels in automobiles. Naturally SO2 is
produced due to volcanic activity. Breathing SO2 gas can
cause irritation to the nose, throat which causes coughing,
wheezing, choking, or a tight feeling around the chest. High
concentrations of SO2 inhalation can affect lung function,
worsen asthma attacks, and aggravate existing heart disease
and chronic bronchitis in sensitive groups. People with lung
diseases, children and older people are more affected by SO2
exposure. Other than humanhealth impacts, Sulphurdioxide
also contributes to acid rain which causes direct harm to
trees and plants by damaging theirtissuesand,subsequently,
decreasing plant growth.

5.2. Dust
Dust is formed of fine particles of solid matter. It typically
consists of particles within the atmosphere that come from
various sources like soil, dust brought by the wind, smoke
from volcanic eruptions and other man made sources like
various industries. Pollens from plants, human and animal
hairs, textile and paper fibers, minerals from outdoor soil,
and human skin cells andplentyofothermaterialswhichcan
be found within the environment constitute as dust. The
aerodynamic properties ofthedustparticleschangewith the
size of them. These properties decidehowtheyaretravelling
in air and how they can be eliminated from it. The sizes of
these particles are measured through different standards.
For example PM10 and PM2.5 are sizes of dust particles.
Here ‘PM’ stands for Particulate Matter and 2.5 and 10 are
the sizes of the different types of dust. PM2.5 refers to the
atmospheric particulates with size less than 2.5
micrometres, which is about 6% of the radius of humanhair.
Similarly PM10 consists of particles with size less than 10
micrometers. Hence the size of the particles determines the
health effects due to them. For example particles larger in
size are generally filtered in the nose and throat via cilia and
mucus, but particulate matter with size less than 10
micrometers, can settle in the bronchi, alveoli and pleura
present in the lungs and can cause respiratory problems.
Effects of inhaling dust includes coughing, sneezing,
hayfever, difficulty in breathing, asthma attacksandreduced
lung function
5.3. Noise
Noise is an undesirable sound considered to be unpleasant,
loud, intense or disruptive to hearing. It is defined as any
sound that is undesired or interferes with one's hearing of
something According to physics; noise is indistinguishable
from sound, as both are vibrations through a medium, such
as air or water. The difference comes when the brain
receives and distinguishes between a sound and noise.
Hence for both sound and noise the unit of measurement is
decibel (dB). Noise pollution is the generation of noise with
adverse effects on humanandanimal life.Noisepollutioncan
affect both psychological and physical health of a person.
Constant exposure to noise can cause hypertension, high
stress levels, hearing impairment, sleep disturbance, etc.
Some studies also show weakening of immune system and
birth defects due to noise pollution.
5.5. Temperature
Definition of temperature is that it is the intensity or degree
of heat present in a substance or object, especially as
expressed according to a comparative scale. Temperature
can be said as the manifestation of the thermal energy
present in the matter which is the source of occurrence of
heat. Temperature measurement is expected as most
physical, electronic, chemical, mechanical, and biological
systems work best within certain temperature ranges.
Temperature sensing is generally doneeitherthroughdirect
contact with the heat source, or remotely, using radiation
energy without direct contact with the source.
5.5. Humidity
The definition of humidity is that it is the concentration of
water vapour present in the atmosphere. Water vapour is
the gaseous form of water. As the temperatureincreases the
amount of water vapour needed to achieve saturation also
increases and vice-versa. There are three primary
measurements of humidity namely absolute humidity,
relative humidity, and specific humidity. Absolute humidity
specifies the water vapour content of air and is expressed in
either grams per cubicmetre orgramsperkilogram.Relative
humidity is the amount of water vapour in the air
proportionate to what the air can hold at a given
temperature. Specific humidity is basically ratio of the mass
of water vapour in air to the total mass of the mixture of air
and water vapour. In this project we are measuring the
relative humidity and its unit is %RH.
6. Sensors
In this case we are using two types of gas sensors:
electrochemical gas sensor and metal oxide gas sensor.
The details of the sensors used in the project are as follows:
6.1. Mics-6814
This sensor is responsible forthedetectionandmeasuringof
Carbon Monoxide and Nitrogen Dioxide gases. Thissensor is
a metal oxide sensor. Its principle of working is that the
resistance of the detecting substance in sensor changes in
the presence of the target gases. Or in very simple terms, as
the concentration of gases like NO2 which is anoxidizinggas,
increases the resistance will increase and for reducing gases
like CO the resistance decreases.Thisway wecandistinguish
between nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide.
Table -1
Company CGX sensorTech
Mounting Style SMD
Range CO= 1 – 1000ppm, NO2= 0.05 – 10ppm
Indoor/outdoor Outdoor
Fig -2 Mics-6814

6.2. 3SP_SO2_20 C Package 110-602
As the name suggests this is a Sulphur dioxide sensor and
typically its response timeis lessthan15seconds.Thesensor
used to detect SO2 is an electrochemical sensor which
generates a current proportionaltothevolumetricfractionof
the gas. Here a catalytic metal is chosen to optimize the
reaction of the objective gas. The gas to be measured enters
through the capillary diffusion barrier and reacts with the
electrode present in the sensor. The electrons that resulted
from the electrochemical reaction flow from the working
electrodethrough an outercircuitbasedontheamountofgas
that is reacting respectively. The resulting current due to the
flow of electrons is the output signal of the sensor. The
working electrode current is linearly proportional to that of
the gas concentration. An electrode of opposite polarity is
provided to complete the circuit of the electrochemical cell.
The counter electrode functions solely as the second half of
the cell, and forms a path for electrons to enter or exit the
electrolyte.
Table -2
Company SPEC sensor
Output Current
Indoor/outdoor Outdoor
Measurement 0 to 20 ppm (20ppb+)
Fig -3 3SP_SO2_20 C Package 110-602
6.3. SM-UART-04L
SM-UART-04L isaParticulateDustSensorwhichdetectsboth
PM2.5and PM10 dust particles. This dust sensor uses LASER
technology for the detection of particulate matter. This
sensor detects dust particle concentration intheatmosphere
by using the optical sensing method. A laser light emitting
diode and a photoelectric sensor both are optically arranged
in such a way that in the sensor such that the photo sensor
detects the reflected laser LED light by dust particles in the
environment. By using the sensor's pulse pattern received
from signal output it can differentiate between small and
large particles, providing both PM2.5 and PM10 outputs.
Table -3
Company Telaire Amphenol sensors
Output type UART
Particle size PM2.5, PM10
Indoor/Outdoor Outdoor
Fig -4 SM-UART-04L
6.4. AM2320
Temperature and humidity both are measured by a single
sensor. It uses specialized temperature and humidity
acquisition technology to ensure that the product has a very
high reliability and great long term stability. This sensor
consists of a capacitive moisture element and an integrated
precision temperature measurement component, and
connected with a high-performance microprocessor. I2C
communication is used by this sensor to transmit the data it
sensed. The range is given below:-
Table -4
Company Telaire Amphenol sensors
Mounting style UART
Range PM2.5, PM10
Indoor/Outdoor Outdoor
Fig -5 AM2320
6.5. Noise sensor ICS-40730
Noise sensor is basically a low noise bottom-ported MEMS
microphone whose output is differential and analog in
nature. The Microphone is omni-directional hence it has a
resolution of 360°. It has a signal to no ise ratio (SNR) of 74
dB. SNR as the name suggests it is the ratio of signal power
to the noise power. With increase in SNR indicates signal
reception is good and there is less noise. This sensor can
detect a maximum noise level of 160 dB.

Table -5
Company InvenSense
Output Type Analog
Frequency Range 25Hz ~ 20kHz
Signal to Noise ratio 74 dB
Sound Pressure Level 160 dB
Fig -6 ICS-40730
7. Microcontroller
The microcontroller used in this system is manufactured by
STMicroelectronics and its name is STM32F030C8T6TR
which has a high performance Arm Cortex-M0 32-bit RISC
core. It operates in 48 MHz frequency. The memory of the
microcontroller is upto 256 Kbytes of Flash memory and up
to 32 Kbytes of SRAM. All standard communicationprotocols
are available in this MCU. For example it contains two I2Cs,
upto two SPIsand upto six USARTs. Italso has sevengeneral-
purpose 16-bit timers,anadvanced-controlPWMtimeranda
12-bit ADC. The STM32F030C8T6TR microcontroller
operates between -40 to +85°Ctemperaturerangefroma2.4
to 3.6V power supply.[5]
Fig -7 Pin package of STM32F030C8T6TR
8. Communication Technology
Radio frequency communication is the mode of
communication used between master and slave module in
this system. RF refers to the frequencies that fall within the
spectrum related to radio emission propagation. RF current
creates electromagnetic fields when applied to an antenna
that propagates the applied signal through space. RF
propagation occurs at the speed of light and doesn't need a
medium like air so as totravel.RFwavesoccurnaturallyfrom
solar storms, lightning, and from stars inspacethatradiatein
the EM spectrum. In RF wireless communication systems,
waves in RF bandwidth are used to transfer information
between a transmitter (Tx) and a receiver (Rx). RF systems
are often classified as either terrestrial-basedorspace-based
systems. Terrestrial microwave systems are limited in
distance and line-of-sight propagationisthelimitingfactor.A
RF module is usuallya tiny electronic devicewhichtransmits
and receives radio signals between two devices. As RF does
not need line of sight propagation it is favoured for many
applications. RF communications incorporate a transmitter
and a receiver. They are of various types and ranges. The RF
module is applicable for various types of shapes and sizes of
small electronic circuit boards. These modules typically
includes a PCB, antenna,transmitorreceivecircuit,and serial
interface for communication with the main processor. Some
can transmit up to 500 feet. RF modulesarewidelyutilizedin
electronic design due to the problem of designing radio
circuitry.
9. Air Quality Index (AQI)
AQI is the base of the of the monitoring a part of the project
i.e., the concept of an air quality index (AQI) that transforms
weighted values of individual air pollution related
parameters (e.g. SO2, CO, visibility, etc.) into one number or
set of numbers is widely used for air quality communication
and deciding in many countries. After literature reviewing
the subject ‘Air Quality Index’ the air quality monitoring
methodsandprotocols,IndianNationalAirQualityStandards
(INAQS), an AQI system is devised. The AQI system relies on
maximum operator of a function (i.e. selecting the utmost of
sub-indices of individual pollutants as an overall AQI). The
target of the air quality index is to quickly disseminate air
quality information (almost in real-time) that entails the
system to account for pollutants which have short-term
impacts. Eight parameters (PM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2, CO, O3,
NH3) having short-term standards are considered for near
real-time dissemination of AQI.[6]
10. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
GUI is the monitoring part of the project and we can see the
different amounts of gases present around the slave system.
Also the quantity of other components like dust, noise
intensity, temperature and humidity are also shown in the
application. We are using gauge type of meter to represent
the volume of gases. We can view all the areas where the
sensor network is placed. Different tabs can be given to
different places asshown in the figure. A meterforAQIisalso
used in the GUI which shows the air quality index by using
the data provided by the gas and dust sensors. The data
shown by this interface is in real-time and it is of the present
day. Butall the previous data starting from the installationof

the sensor network is stored and can be seen by the user any
time. The stored data can also be uploaded to the cloud for
backup purposes.
Fig -8 Screenshot of GUI
11. Future scope
Better monitoring system can be achieved by using more
number of sensors with better efficiency that are not
included in this project. The recorded data canbestoredand
backup to cloud easily as it uses computer application at the
end. This project is used in outdoor for monitoring due to
this it is possible to use solar cells to power the slave’s
modules placed at day and at different areas to reduce the
power consumption. At night we can always use the power
supply in the sensor network. By using pollution control
system, we can reduce the effects of gases to causes of
pollution and dangerous for health. We can control various
diseases such as asthma, lung problems.
12. CONCLUSION
Air and noise pollution is becoming a severe environmental
problem because of its great impact on the health of people
and also on the global economy. Typical air pollution
systems are not able to provide real time pollution data of
high resolution because of low scalability and lack of data
availability. Majority of air and noise pollution is caused by
the industries and automobilevehicles.Hencethereisa need
to develop a real-time uninterrupted pollution monitoring
system that can overcome the mentioned problems. To
implement this there is a need to deploy the sensor network
in the environment for collecting the data and to analyze the
data. By deployment of the sensor networks we can
constantly oversee the environment conditions and the
sensor can interact with other objects wirelessly. Then the
collected data and analysis results will be available to the
end user through the RF modules which are connected to a
suitable display device like a personal computer.
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