Abstract
Olfactory impairment refers to complete loss of normal ability to smell. Problems in nose, nervous system, or brain can lead to olfactory impairment. People with olfactory impairment need assistive devices for detecting the presence of harmful gases so that they can take necessary steps to protect themselves. Here, we propose a gas pollutants detection system. It is designed for four harmful gases methane, carbon monoxide, LPG, and air pollutants. It displays the amount of gases using LCD, provides audio output about safe or dangerous levels in a particular area by comparing the measured values with threshold levels and to save the information in the SD card. It is a low-cost portable system.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Miwa T1, Furukawa M, Tsukatani T, Costanzo RM, “Impact of olfactory impairment on quality of life and disability”, NCBI. 2001 May; 127(5): 497–503.
Mendez, D.; Perez, A.J.; Labrador, M.A.; Marron, J.J. P-Sense, “A Participatory Sensing System for Air Pollution Monitoring and Control”, Proc. IEEE Intl, Conf. on Pervasive Computing and Comms. Workshops, Seattle, USA, 21–25 Mar. 2011; Pp. 344–347.
Tsow, F.; Forzani, E.; Rai, A.; Wang, R.; Tsui, R.; Mastroianni, S.; Knobbe, C.; Gandolfi, A.J.; Tao, N.J. “A Wearable And Wireless Sensor System For Real-Time Monitoring of Toxic Environmental Volatile Organic Compounds”, IEEE Sens. J. 2009, 9, 1734–1740.
Jiang, Y.; Li, K.; Tian, L.; Piedrahita, R.; Yun, X.; Mansata, O.; Lv, Q.; Dick, R.P.; “A Personalized Mobile Sensing System for Indoor Air Quality Monitoring”, Proc. of 13th Intl. Conf. Ubicomp’11, Beijing, China, 17–21 Sept. 2011; PP. 271–280.
S.S. Chandrasekaran, S. Muthukumar and S. Rajendran, “Automated Control System for Air Pollution Detection in Vehicles”, Intl. Conf. Intelligent Systems Modeling & Simulation, 29–31 Jan, 2013.
“Threshold Limit Values & Biological Exposure Indices”, the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) in 2005.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Department of Science and Technology under CSRI with order no. 4036/(IFD)/2015-16 dated 20.11.2015. Authors would like to acknowledge the encouragement given by management of Sri Vishnu Education Society and contributions made by colleagues and students.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this paper
Cite this paper
Kotipalli, P., Chinta, J., Mohan Varma, M. (2018). Low-Cost Portable Gas Pollutants Detection System for People with Olfactory Impairment. In: Anguera, J., Satapathy, S., Bhateja, V., Sunitha, K. (eds) Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Telecommunications. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 471. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7329-8_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7329-8_12
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-7328-1
Online ISBN: 978-981-10-7329-8
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)