Analysis of Air Pollution by Using Sensor at KCT Campus

Analysis of Air Pollution by Using Sensor at KCT Campus

Akshayaa.M1, Gandhimathi.A2, Sidharthan.K3

1PG Student, Dept. Of Civil Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore641049, India

2Associate Professor, Dept. Of Civil Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore-641049, India

3Research scholar, Dept. Of Civil Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore-641049, India

Abstract

Air pollution due to various emissions are the fatal threat to the world. Poor air quality poses a significant risk to vulnerable section of the society such as children, asthmatic, pregnant women, and the elderly persons. It requires a rapid monitoring system to take effective Swift action. To monitor air pollution the easiest and fastest way is equipments based on sensors. In India the sensor based equipments are in growing stage and there are very few sensors available and are expensive. In this project, the sensors are used for the air pollution monitoring which will be a handy equipment. The sensor for PM 10 and temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction are assembled, calibrated and monitored. A SD card is attached to that sensors so that the data is fetched by SD card reader through laptops or computers. The air pollution at KCT campus is been monitored by the Respirable dust sampler equipment (for PM 10) and the sensor based equipment simultaneously. The data from both the equipments are taken and compared. From the data obtained it is concluded that the sensors gives the accurate values. Hence the sensors can be used for the air pollution monitoring which can be taken to any place easily.

Key words: sensor, Respirable dust sampler, air pollution