Volume 11 - Issue 1
A Cloud-Linked Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Apparatus for Gaseous Pollutants in Urban Areas
- Eunalili Maye Culpa
Department of Computer Engineering, University of San Carlos, Philippines, 6000
emculpa@gmail.com
- Jes Ian Mendoza
Department of Computer Engineering, University of San Carlos, Philippines, 6000
jimendoza02@yahoo.com
- Jasper Gabriel Ramirez
Department of Computer Engineering, University of San Carlos, Philippines, 6000
jaspgabrielramirez@gmail.com
- Aldrine Lennart Yap
Department of Computer Engineering, University of San Carlos, Philippines, 6000
lennartnat@live.com
- Elline Fabian
Department of Computer Engineering, University of San Carlos, Philippines, 6000
elfabian.usc@gmail.com
- Philip Virgil Astillo
Department of Computer Engineering, University of San Carlos, Philippines, 6000
pvbastillo@usc.edu.ph
Keywords: Smart urban area, sensors, air quality monitoring, cloud computing
Abstract
The quantity of motor vehicles in the Philippines is continuously increasing with a substantial number,
which consequently worsen its traffic condition, especially in many metropolitan cities. In proportion
to the rising road congestion level, the quality of air in these areas is persistently degrading
due to vehicle emissions. Individuals who live near the roadway or even those passengers that got
stuck in the middle of road traffic have high chances of getting a plethora of diseases due to the
gaseous pollutants emitted by vehicles. In order for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians to carry-out
the appropriate preventive measures, it is important for them to get near to real-time information
about the actual measure of the quality of ambient air outside. This paper presents the development
of an air quality monitoring and information system that provide details of the level of target gaseous
pollutants in a particular area where sensors are deployed. A low-powered wireless sensor device
equipped with gas sensors that measures the CO, NOx, and C6H6 concentrations in ambient air is
developed.The device is also equipped with a GSM module to transmit valuable information to a
cloud server. In addition, a web application is also developed to tabulate and visualize data in realtime
as well as present the air quality index and short-term exposure limit warning. Moreover, it is
demonstrated that the monitoring device’s readings are comparable to a particular commercialized
exhaust gas analyzer.