Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Communication and Electronics Systems (ICCES 2019)

IEEE Conference Record # 45898; IEEE Xplore ISBN: 978-1-7281-1261-9

IoT Enabled Smart Industrial Pollution Monitoring

and Control System Using Raspberry Pi with
BLYNK Server
S.Ramalingam, Research Scholar
Department of EEE
Alagappa Chettiar Government College
of Engineering and Technology
Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India
ramece74@gmail.com
Dr. K.Baskaran, Professor D.Kalaiarasan, Assistant Professor
Department of EEE Department of ECE
Alagappa Chettiar Government College Government College of Engineering,
of Engineering and Technology Srirangam, Tamilnadu,
Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India India
drbaskaran@gct.ac.in kalaiarasangct@gmail.com

Abstract— Now a day’s environmental pollution becomes
important issues in metropolitan cities and industries. The
sudden growth of industries, infrastructure and transport
vehicles have been producing environmental issues like
greenhouse effect and diseases caused by harmful gases present
in the environment which directly effect on human’s health and
thus needs a special monitoring system. To resolve have an effect
on the environmental pollution issues, here we have a tendency to
implement IoT based pollution monitoring and control system.
Where it detects the deleterious gases present in the environment.
The proposed IoT technology scrutinizes level of co gases
released during industry process, temperature and humidity
using sensor technology and Raspberry pi. Each process will
have a separate data monitoring and controlling mechanism. The
device are going to be put in through a BLYNK native server
mobile application which is able to show the live updates of the
environmental pollution level of the industries or remote space
The thought of IOT helps to access knowledge from remote
locations. The most plans behind the implementation work is to
form a true time absolutely machine-controlled management
mechanisms exploitation IoT.
Keywords— DHT11 Sensor, Gas Sensor, Internet of
Thing, Ethernet, LCD, Raspberry pi 3.
I. INTRODUCTION
In Traditional methods for monitoring environmental
pollution predominantly require high investment costs for
laboratory analytical device and instruments, large
maintenance, training and highly specialized human resource.
The utilize of electronic equipment is authentic for measuring
the secular trend of environmental pollutants, which is
interconnected to the reactivity and transport on regional and
local scale, but it is very expensive for the evaluation of the
long-term toxicological risk on human health[1]. In fact,
continuous equipments require high costs of maintenance and,
since they are often hugely experienced they can be only used
in a minimum number of sites.
It does not allow a detailed mapping of exposure in
biggest areas. Furthermore, pollution parameter collected by
automatic analyzers is not satisfactory for a swift exposition
and except used to compare the data with pre-defined restraint
or pollution level standards, it’s not always practical [2].
Therefore, there is increasing insistence for the industrial
environmental pollution monitoring and control systems.
Environmental pollution has become biggest problems for
each country; particularly it's developed country or developing
country. Environmental pollution issue are increasing speedily
particularly in metropolitan areas of developing countries
wherever industrial enterprise and increasing range of vehicles
results in liberate ton of environmental pollutants [3].
The projected IoT blynk server system senses the pollution
level and transmits over thingSpeak webpage server
mistreatment web. Once the gas, temperature and wetness
level will increase higher than industries commonplace level,
there's large quantity of harmful gases gift within the air like
CO, smoke, LPG, alcohol, and NOx. The projected work can
show the pollution level in PPM on the liquid show and
thingSpeak website and blynk native server. It's obligatory to
watch trade pollution and management for future and healthy
living for all owing to flexibility and low value web of things
(IoT) is obtaining utilized daily[4].
IoT is vital play major role in communication technology.
it is an integrated communication technology in which all
devices and any objects connected any remote location and
any time. The IoT uses smart digital and analog interface to
connect and interact with embedded devices, sensors and
social contexts. These objects are having identities, virtual
personalities operative in good environment. The IoT
development provides numerous applications on different
domains, such as consumer, home, industrial, manufacturing,
utilities, energy resources, transportation, environment, safety,
security, retail, healthcare, bio sciences automation, smart grid
and many others [5].
Air Pollution has surfaced globally as a result of relating
to industrial development. Transportation by road is also one
of the major causes for air pollution, which contribute to
weather change that has hazardous domestic and global
consequences. These are increasingly emerging to reach the
human needs. An efficient monitoring system is required to
monitor and assess the conditions in case of increasing the
prescribed gas level of parameter. The extent to which
environment gets affected is observed and send to the user
through the android app. Sensor devices are placed at remote
industries to gather the information to predict the behavior of a
Specific space of interest.

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Objectives
Internet of things plays a major role in industries where surroundings for transferring the information. The most plans
large number of devices or objects interconnected through behind the implementation work are to form machine-
internet. These devices communicate with people and other controlled management mechanisms exploitation IoT.
things and provide the sensor data to webpage and blynk local
server or cloud storage. The main challenge of the project is to IV. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
detect and monitoring level of harmful gases released during
In proposed work use of Internet IoT to subscribe the
industry process, temperature, humidity and other factors
impact the environment. All data are monitored through industrial pollution presence of certain toxic gases pollutants.
thingspeak and blynk local server. This system design represents the working flow based on IOT
industrial pollution monitoring and controlling, which is
II. RELATED WORK shown in Fig. 1
In existing work had introduced the wireless solution,
based on GSM network for the monitoring and controlling of
temperature and humidity in industrial environment [3].
In the previous system, pollution monitoring system
implemented by using LABVIEW software and zigbee
technology [8]. This method is to form a system for
monitoring pollution parameters and to notify pollution
control system when anyone of the factors crosses the
threshold value declared by industry.
In the past, different methodologies and techniques which
were used in some of the research works.WSN plays major
role in intelligent environment monitoring in this work they
are mainly focusing on making the city environment smart, by
deploying WSN all across the city, public and private
transportation systems [10]. By accessing all the dynamic
global sensor networks, environmental behaviors are collected
as a streaming data base to identify the environmental Fig.1 Block Diagram of Proposed Work
conditions.
The architecture and prototype of the IoT system was A. Working Principle:
developed. An algorithm for air pollution source estimation
This module proposes the use of a Raspberry pi board
using Mobile Sensor Networks. In industrialization, especially
which collects the temperature and humidity parameter from
the workers have been suffering from some endangering
situations, so monitoring and controlling the parameters which the DHT-11Ssensor, ADC converter, CO2 concentration using
causes pollution is necessary in industrial environment. MG-811 and the MQ-3 sensor senses smoke level in the
atmosphere and amends output as a result in the form of an
III. PROPOSED WORK analog signal.
The pollutant parameters are updated into on-line
The monitor and management of pollution parameter is information. Before data are passed to the Raspberry pi, it
risk challenges from deteriorates industries or remote space. should be converted in to the digital value. The ADC0808
The most intent of the research paper is to develop a value,
converts the detector analog values to corresponding digital
accuracy and vigorous system to regulate the pollution
values then raspberry pi will the additional process. this
parameters inflicting pollution and to diminish the impact of
technique design represents the working flow supported IOT
those parameters while not poignant the plant or natural
atmosphere. industrial pollution monitoring and dominant.
The implementation of current project is to design an Fig 2 shows the circuit diagram of IoT based pollution
IoT blynk server based mostly system to scan and monitor monitoring system. A system will detect the hazardous gases
pollution parameters and send the information to pollution that are emitted by industries across the particular area. It
management authorized person. Once any of that parameter simultaneously provides data to authority and organization.
reaches on maximum of industries standards. A mechanism The main goal of the planned work is to display the pollution
victimization Internet of things is introduced during this level in WebPages based mostly harmful gas detective work
projected methodology, which is able to mechanically monitor and alerting system. The toxic gases like ammonia, nitric
once there's a disturbance moving the environments. The oxide, CO2 and various gases relating to the corresponding
projected IoT technology scrutinizes level of co gases free industries were sensed and processed by raspberry pi3 .it
throughout industries method, temperature and humidity displayed each and every second on liquid crystal display and
victimization device technology and Raspberry pi. the level of pollution monitored online through blynk local
Each method can have a separate knowledge observation server and thingspeak WebPages using MQTT protocol. The
and dominant mechanism. Internet of things provides DHT 11parameters send in the online and blynk mobile app
operation interface and manipulation of information from for every minute. By enable the Show Data button in the app,
remote industries or location and it's appropriate for interactive the numerical values and graphical data will be displayed.

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voltage is +5 V.It has three pins such as Vcc, ground and

analog output pin. It is interfaced with a high-performance
raspberry pi microprocessor. This technology gives the high
precision and long-term reliability. These sensors contain a
resistive element and a sensor for negative temperature
coefficient temperature measuring devices.

Fig. 4 DHT 11 Sensors

Fig.2 Interfacing DHT11 Sensor with Raspberry Pi C. Driver Circuit

The relay driver circuit is interfaced with raspberry pi. If
These mq3 and DHT 11sensors are popular for use in the pollution level is exceed maximum value, the Raspberry pi
remote industrial pollution monitoring, soil monitors, and send signal to driver circuit. It automatically triggers Load or
home automation systems. Only a single data line between an supply voltage.
MCU like Raspberry Pi and the temperature Sensor is
sufficient for exchange of information and it simultaneously
provides data to authorized organization in turn leading swiftly
diffusion of the unfavorable situation

V. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
A. Co2 Sensor
Air pollutant sensor is a embedded sensor device used for
detecting the pollutant in air. it is necessary to Measure the
nitric oxide and carbon dioxide is important in monitoring
factory air quality mq135 for measuring a different kind of
gases. it detect Ammonia, Nitric oxide, alcohol , smoke and
Carbon dioxide. it can be used in industries and environmental
parameter measuring application. this sensor has low prize
and particularly suitable for Air quality pollution monitoring
Fig 5 Interfacing relay with Raspberry pi
application
D. Raspberry pi

The Raspberry Pi is also called as a single printed circuit

board micro computer. Raspberry Pi3 is a 1.2 GHz 64-bit quad
core processor, on-board 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB
boot capabilities. The Raspbian operating system is stored in
memory card. The DHT 11 and gas sensor is interfaced with
raspberry pi GPIO pins. It process the measuring parameter
and it transmit the data to web server and android BLYNK
application

Fig. 3 Interfacing Mq3 Sensor with Raspberry Pi

B. DHT-11 Sensors
It is very effective sensor to sense and measure the
environment temperature and humidity. The features of Fig. 6 Raspberry pi 3 board
DHT11 sensor humidity ranges is 20 to 90% RH and
temperature range is of 0 to 50°C in degree Celsius and supply

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V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

applications. This server doable to manage associate will show
The implementation of proposed work is done by using
device info victimization raspberry pi hardware remotely from
raspberry pi, sensor and WIFI and blynk android application.
any location
Ethernet Shield is implemented by giving the A.C power
This server operated regionally and it's chargeable for
supply and monitors by using the mobile controlled android
communication between golem devices and real time
applications. Connect the DHT11 sensor in pin A0. Ethernet
embedded devices .it will management the thousand of
shield is mounted on the Raspberry pi. .the industries
embedded devices and objects
environment parameters are monitored through blynk local
A Blynk library is to activate communication with the
server mobile application using internet of things via WIFI or
server and processes all the incoming and out coming back
Ethernet cable.
commands from your Blynk app and Raspberry pi. This native
server will store information and visualize it effectively. It
A. Thingspeak Webpage Result:
give the superb preciseness and high performance.

Fig.7 Shows Temperature and Humidity Using ThingSpeak Server Fig.9 Result of IoT BLYNK ANDROID APP

Fig.10 Final graphical output in android app

Fig 9 and 10 show the result of sensor data using IoT
android Application Blynk Local server .All sensor
information are transferred to android Mobile Blynk
Application through Internet. The mobile application also
Fig.8 Shows Gas Level Monitoring Using ThingSpeak Server
display the data in graphical form
Fig 7 and 8 shows the graphical wave form of
industrial environment gas and temperature and humidity C. Applications
parameters. The Raspberry pi sends the sensor data to IoT • Industrial application
thinkSPeak cloud server.
• Environmental application
B. BLYNK – IoT APP Result • Transport pollution control

Address mistreatment the computer IP, we will explore

the temperature and humidity value in browser in online Blynk
IoT app platform was developed for the net of Things

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VI. CONCLUSION
The most powerful technology IoT primarily based
atmosphere observation pollution system was designed,
implemented by mistreatment blynk local server and
thingSpeak environment. The temperature gas, wetness level
are monitored terribly glorious through net.
It's quite helpful as compared to manual observation and
additionally it's reliable because it is not possible to watch
continually the pollution, humidity and temperature parameter
manually. to examine the temperature and wetness measure
and so we will recover the system in less time and faults
before any unsure failures so leading to important price saving
in addition as up system reliableness. The performance
between accuracy and price is achieved by creating use of
single printed circuit board digital computer Raspberry pi and
applicable sensors resulting in a well grounded system.
The attainment and robustious of the industrial pollution
monitoring and control system can further be improved by
implementing sensors for controlling pollution level thereby
improving the industrial and natural environment. The blynk
local server and android app contributes quick response rate
and the diffusion of the critical situation can be made faster
than the manual methods.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I, S.Ramalingam and Co-Author D. Kalaiarasan of this
paper are thankful to Dr.K.Baskaran, Professor and HEAD
EEE Dept. Alagappa Chettiar Government College of
Engineering and technology, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India, for
their valuable guidance and continuous support and for being a
constant source of inspiration. And we are also thankful to our
beloved friends for their huge motivation.
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