Integration and Testing of Novel MOX Gas Sensors for IoT-based Indoor Air Quality Monitoring

Abstract

The occurrence of hazardous gases and toxic or harmful vapors in laboratories, factories, and chemical warehouses requires a fast detection of leakage accidents to avoid health impairments. In this paper, the integration and validation of two novel metal oxide gas sensors (MOX) for the application in an IoT-based air quality monitoring and the alarming system is proposed. The sensors are combined with WeMos D1 Mini IoT-based microcontroller for data processing and transmitting via Wi-Fi communication protocol. The system design takes into consideration the low-cost, light-weight, small-size, and low power consumption concepts to enable a portable compact system that can be operated stand-alone or easily be adapted to any stationary or mobile robotic platform. The system was tested with several volatile organic materials (VOCs). The acquired air quality data are transferred to an IoT cloud, where the data are stored in a database for further analysis and research. Further, the data can be directly monitored on a PC, tablet, and smartphone. The system testing results confirm that the system can be used efficiently in laboratory environments.