Udupi: SMVITM students develop automated stench & toxic gas analyser for smart cities

By B Pundalika Marate
Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 23 May 2018: In the current decade of rapid industrialization, most of governmental agencies, policy makers and businesses across the globe are rigorously pursuing the idea of building future ready smart cities by converging different technical domains. India has also taken significant steps to develop some of its selected cities into smart cities. But most of these cities are bogged down by societal as well as environmental problems such as incineration of solid waste in the open spaces and hygiene of public toilets.

 

 

To tackle these issues effectively by any city administration students of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management (SMVITM), Bantakal - Aditya K Shetty, Glanis Joyal Monteiro, Marita Reema D’Souza, Prajna U Nayak developed a project prototype titled ‘Automated Stench and Toxic Gas Analyser for Smart Cities’ under the guidance of Manoj T, Assistant Professor, department of CSE.

 

The working of this prototype passes through three phases namely data collection, data analysis and reporting to the city administration. In the first phase, concentration of toxic gases as well as gases causing foul smell are collected from landfills (or the garbage disposal areas) and the public toilets (or restrooms). The system uses the gas sensors in the second phase to detect the specific toxic gas released by incineration of solid waste. The data model is developed and analysed with help of machine learning algorithms. Based on the concentration of gas, data model predicts whether it is hazardous or non-hazardous to the public health. Finally, in the third phase the report generated will be sent to the civic authorities for taking necessary action. This project contributes significantly to the Swaccha Bharat Mission which aims to provide healthy lifestyle for its citizens.