Application ID: DEG2026-23822 Theme: Safety Project category: Hardware

Project Title: Smart IoT-Based AQI Monitoring and Advisory System

▪ Air pollution is a major health concern in urban areas, mainly due to particulate ▪ Accurate air quality monitoring systems are expensive and not widely
matter and harmful gases. accessible to the general public.
▪ This project presents a low-cost IoT-based air quality monitoring system that ▪ Low-cost sensors are available, but they have limitations in measuring certain
measures key pollutants and predicts ozone levels using environmental pollutants such as ozone.
parameters. ▪ There is a lack of real-time, location-based air quality information and
▪ The system provides real-time data, alerts, and user-controlled actions to actionable alerts for users.
improve air quality awareness and decision making. ▪ This creates a need for an affordable, reliable, and intelligent system that can
monitor air quality, estimate difficult-to-measure pollutants, and assist users in
making informed decisions.
 Proposed Solution
Existing Solution Proposed Solution

▪ Air quality monitoring is mainly performed using government monitoring ▪ The proposed system is a low-cost IoT-based air quality monitoring and
stations, which are expensive and limited in number. advisory system for real-time and location-specific monitoring.
▪ These systems provide city-level data but lack real-time, location-specific ▪ It measures dominant pollutants such as PM2.5, PM10, and NO₂ using low-
information for users. cost sensors.
▪ Low-cost sensor-based systems are available, but they have limited accuracy ▪ Ozone, which is difficult to measure using low-cost sensors, is estimated using
and cannot measure certain pollutants such as ozone. a model-based approach using NO₂, sunlight, temperature, humidity, pressure,
▪ Most existing solutions focus only on monitoring and do not provide user-level and time.
decision support or control actions. ▪ The system uploads data to a cloud platform to provide real-time visualization,
alerts, and recommendations.
▪ Users can monitor air quality and control devices such as air purifiers or fans
based on system alerts.
▪ This system provides an affordable, scalable, and user-centric solution for air
quality management.
Technical Design
❖ Engineering Design
❖ System Architecture • Focus on dominant AQI pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, NO₂)
• Model-based ozone estimation using environmental parameters
• Integration of temperature, humidity, pressure, sunlight, and time
• Real-time IoT-based monitoring system
• GPS-based geo-tagging for spatial analysis
• User-controlled device operation for safety

❖ Software ❖ Hardware
• ESP32 (Arduino C) • ESP32 Microcontroller
• Libraries: TinyGPS++, PMS7003, • PMS7003 (PM2.5 / PM10)
BME280, Firebase • SEN0574 (NO₂ Sensor)
• Data filtering and normalization • BME280 (Temperature, Humidity,
• AQI calculation (sub-index Pressure)
method) • LDR (Sunlight Sensor)
• O₃ prediction model (NO₂ + • GPS Module (NEO-6M)
environmental factors + time) • RTC Module (DS3231)
• Firebase integration for real-time • ADS1115 (Analog Converter)
data • Relay Module (Device Control)

❖ Justification
The system focuses on dominant AQI pollutants for reliable monitoring.
❖ Flowchart Due to limitations of low-cost gas sensors, ozone is estimated using a
model-based approach combining NO₂, environmental parameters, and time.
The system uses cloud connectivity and user-controlled actions to ensure
safe, flexible, and cost-effective air quality management.
 Proposed Solution
Impact of the solution Conclusion

▪ Provides a low-cost alternative to expensive air quality monitoring systems. ▪ The proposed system demonstrates a low-cost and scalable approach for air
▪ Enables real-time, location-specific air quality monitoring instead of general quality monitoring using IoT technology.
city-level data. ▪ It focuses on dominant pollutants and uses a model-based approach to estimate
▪ Addresses limitations of low-cost sensors by estimating ozone using a model- ozone, overcoming limitations of low-cost sensors.
based approach. ▪ The system provides real-time monitoring, cloud-based data access, and user-
▪ Improves user awareness through alerts and recommendations for preventive controlled actions, making it practical for real-world applications.
action. ▪ This solution offers an effective and affordable approach for improving air
▪ Supports scalable deployment for smart city and environmental monitoring quality awareness and decision making.
applications.

Specific areas of application

▪ Urban and roadside air quality monitoring