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International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
Print ISSN: 2395-1990 | Online ISSN : 2394-4099 (www.ijsrset.com)
doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRSET
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Intelligent Remote Safety Monitoring of Sewage Workers
1
Ms. S Lavanya Devi,
2
N Prabu,
3
S Ramesh,
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G Keerthana,
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E Vasupradha
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Assistant Professor,
2,3,4,5
UG Student
Department of ECE, Jerusalem College of Engineering, Pallikaranai, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India
Article Info
Publication Issue :
Volume 10, Issue 1
January-February-2023
Page Number : 90-96
Article History
Accepted : 05 Jan 2023
Published: 19 Jan 2023
ABSTRACT
In order to ensure the health of workers working under these harsh conditions,
there is a need to develop technologies. In this project, we intend to provide a
system that can detect, monitors and analyze the amount of harmful gases in real
time using IOT technology. This project includes a device which has various
sensors that detect the toxic gases, water level of the sewage which is placed in
the manhole, and a wearable sensing device for the worker. If it reaches the
certain threshold level, it sends the information to the authority using GSM and
the location to the hospital via GPS.
Keywords : IOT technology, GSM, GPS, Wearable sensing device
I. INTRODUCTION
Sewage environment IoT device and IoT platform to
monitor poisonous gas has been proposed as a solution
to help the sewer workers who put their lives at
jeopardy, and ensure minimal health risk. Because of
these poisonous gases, the death rate of sewer workers
has increased in the recent years. The lack of treatment
of sewage after crossing dangerous levels leads to the
deaths of thousands of sewage cleaners throughout the
year from accidents and various diseases such as
hepatitis and typhoid that occur due to sudden or
sustained exposure to hazardous gases. Septic tanks are
devices which are found commonly in different types
of localities, ranging from residential areas to largely
developed industrial areas to provide solutions for
treatment of sewage wastes. Sewage gases generally
arise from the natural decomposition of sewage and
their mixtures formed by slurries which leads to the
production of toxic wastes that release hazardous gases.
These gases can be lethal if inhaled in high
concentrations or for a prolonged period of time. Septic
tank gases are primarily constituted of methane, subtle
traces of carbon dioxide, some parts of Sulphur dioxide,
ammonia, hints of hydrogen sulphide (H2S), nitrogen
dioxide and traces of carbon monoxide. In order to
evaluate the gases which are present in sewage
environment, sensors have been used to analyze the
amount of hazardous gas and send an alert.
The hazardous gases like hydrogen sulphide, methane
and carbon monoxide emitted from sewage are sensed
by gas sensors every moment and updated when it
surpasses the normal grade. The project aims at
designing a prototype for monitoring a sewage plant or
septic tank in real-time for keeping a check on
concentration levels of gases. The designed system can
be installed in various sewage facilities, both rural and
urban. The system can be made to work properly in
both domestic as well as industrial plants, by changing
small specifications of design. For remote access of
concentration or ppm levels, Thing Speak IoT platform
can be accessed from anywhere in the world via
internet.