Early detection of LPG gas leakage based Wireless Sensor Networking

Abstract

LPG gas is the main fuel used in households. These days LPG gas leak triggered an accident that resulted in huge losses, especially if the accident occurred within the dense housing. LPG gas leakage monitoring and early detection of a gas leak and a leak warning is needed to prevent more fatal accident. Wireless sensor networking is a technology that can be used to build a centralized monitoring system by using a microcontroller as the interface and control system. This research developed system device monitoring and early detection of gas leaks by utilizing gas sensors MQ-4 and AVR microcontroller family as control devices. The system is also equipped with XBee PRO S2B nirkable devices as the interface to the wireless networking system that is used to transmit sensor data from the detection point to the monitoring center equipped with a PC and software integrated Visual Basic. Gas leak alert is sent with the message formats through social networking Gtalk.