Car Engine Overheating Alarm

Abstract
The main objective of the engine over heat alarm project is to display the heat of
the engine and to produce the overheat alarm. This project is user-friendly and
works very efficiently.
Description
The main parts of this project are given below:

 A petrol engine
 Microcontroller
 LCD Display
 Electronic parts

The petrol engine contains a petrol tank, cylinder and piston arrangement,
induction coil and carburetor. The petrol engine is connected with a heat sensor.
This sensor is used to sense the heat of engine. Then, it will send the signal to a
microcontroller. The microcontroller will analyze the signal and it sends signal to
the LCD display. The LCD display will show the temperature of the engine.
If the heat crosses a particular limit, then the microcontroller will send signal to a
buzzer via driver unit. So, the user can know the petrol engine’s status and he can
switch off the petrol engine. This project is very useful because it prevents the
engine from unnecessary burning. Here, we used the microcontroller to control
the operations, so all operations are very sensitive. By using LCD display, the
user can know the correct temperature of the engine.
 The aforesaid circuit diagram shows the way the circuit need to be
designed. As per the figure, when the engine temperature rises the
thermistor decreases. The thermistor is further attached to R1 in order
to distribute the power-supply voltage to Pin 2 [ICI-LM741].
Furthermore, the voltage decreases as the temperature increases.
The adjustment of the voltage is done by VR1 – 100K on Pin 3 [IC1].
When the voltage on Pin 2 go low than Pin 3, the IC1 gets switched to
make the voltage output on Pin 6 in order to send to IC2.

The IC2 is connected and used as an astable multi-vibrator to

the circuit that generates sound signal. The level of
temperature that makes the sound can be adjusted with the
help of VR1, whereas, on the other hand, the VR2 will manage
sound frequency. The thermistor used in this circuit act as
beads and is negative temperature coefficient [NTC]. A
thermistor is such a device that is resistant to heat. Here the
circuit current is set up-to 10mA.

List of Components

Following are the components that you need to design the

circuit:

REISTORS

 R1 [4.7k] – 1 piece.
 R2 [22k] – 1 piece
 RTH1 [NTC Type Thermistor] – 1 piece.
 VR1, VR2 [Variable Resistor of 100k] – 2 pieces

CAPACITORS

 C1 [0.01 uF 63V Polyester – 1 piece

 C2 [100uF 16v Electrolytic Capacitor] – 1 piece

SEMICONDUCTOR

 ZD1 [Zener Diode 5.1v] – 1 piece

 IC1 [LM741 op-lamp] – 1 piece
 IC2 [NE555 timer] – 1 piece

Loudspeaker [8 ohms] – 1

WORKING PRINCIPLE:
In this Project we are using control unit to check the Brake
condition and Engine heat. Here we are sending the signal voltage through the
Brake Wire from one end to other end. At the other end in the wheel the signal
conditioning unit checks that whether the signal voltage in the Brake wire is
available or not. If the Brake Wire is in the good condition the signal and
conditioning unit check that in coming small voltage signal. If any cut in the
Brake wire there is no voltage signal in the braking end so signal and
conditioning unit send the signal to control. Now the control unit activates the
alarm through the driver circuit. The alarm gives the audible Indication to the
Rider. In the same, if an engine temperature increase, heat sensors detects the
temperature difference and activates the alarm through control unit.