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Application of Industry 4.0 in LPG condition monitoring and emergency systems using IoT approach

Md. Zahid Hasan (Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh)
Rubel Ahammed (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh)

World Journal of Engineering

ISSN: 1708-5284

Article publication date: 26 July 2021

Issue publication date: 24 November 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

The Purpose of this research is to initiate the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” by using the Internet of things (IoT), which can be applied to flammable gas condition monitoring and detection of gas leakage and activate fire extinguisher in case of fire accidents. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) leakage and explosions cause many injuries and death each year. By developing an automated and remote LPG ppm condition monitoring and fire extinguisher activation system with the help of a cyber-physical system, the rate of accidents and injuries can be reduced to a significant amount.

Design/methodology/approach

The IoT enabled the sensors to transmit LPG concentration value reading to a mobile app or cloud server and control actuators by connecting all in the same network. In case of a fire accident, the solenoid valve automatically or can be activated by an android application manually, which will be pre-installed in mobile phones. Another advantage of this system is that the gas cylinder or flammable particle source can be closed by closing the solenoid valves attached to their outlets. The first challenge of Industry 4.0 is to develop a cyber-physical system where all physical entities can be monitored and controlled over the internet or another way remotely or from a single point.

Findings

This fire extinguisher system can be used everywhere and in all types of firefighting because all types of fire extinguishers are commercially available in cylinders where solenoid valves can be used instead of conventional valves. This system will reduce human effort in the fire safety system and reduce the number of losses owing to fire accidents by taking all actions automatically and from a safe distance. The reliability analysis of this system indicated that the working condition for the best outcome is 20–35°C and the baud rate of the controller should be 11.5 kHz.

Originality/value

The study of pieces of the literature summarizes that this work is unique in terms of the application of Industry 4.0 in the fire safety system and reliability analysis of this system helped to determine the operating condition for the best performance of this system. Some LPG condition monitoring system was developed using IoT before but had many limitations such as working capability during load shading or emergency cases.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express sincere gratitude to the supervisor of this thesis Md. Ariful Islam (Associate professor, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology) for his intensive guideline and supervision. His direction, planning, motivation and continuous support contributed a lot to the success of this empirical research.

Funding: The authors did not receive any funding for this research.

Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that they do not have any conflict of interest.

Availability of data and material: All the data regarding the research and analysis have been presented in this research. Authors will make available some data if necessary.

Citation

Hasan, M.Z. and Ahammed, R. (2021), "Application of Industry 4.0 in LPG condition monitoring and emergency systems using IoT approach", World Journal of Engineering, Vol. 18 No. 6, pp. 971-984. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJE-06-2020-0218

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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