REGENT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY-ACCRA
Topic: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GSM
BASED GREENHOUSE GAS MONITORING SYSTEM

Presentation by:
John Kobbina Arthur-1990108
DECEMBER, 2012

PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Introduction
Background of the study
Problem Statement
Objectives
Literature Review
Methodology
Result and Discussion
Conclusion and Recommendation
References

INTRODUCTION
Global warming is the fundamental problem of

every individual.
The main cause for global warming
greenhouse gases (GHGs).
Examples of greenhouse gases include:
Carbon dioxide (
ii. Carbon monoxide (CO)
iii. Methane ()
iv. Water vapor (O)
v. Nitrous oxide (O) etc.
i.

is

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

In order to tackle climate change it is necessary to have

reliable information on the greenhouse gases (GHGs)

which cause this phenomenon.

Equipped with this information it is possible to make

assessment of emission trends and also

mitigations policies, strategies and initiatives.

emissions

In 1992 the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) was

established to coordinate and facilitate the observations

and information required to understand climate change.

PROBLEM STATEMENT
Since 1990s, several kinds of monitoring systems

for greenhouse gases have been developed.

But due to lack of awareness and training for the
implementation of such systems, still these
systems are beyond the imagination of the
ordinary man.
Very high initial installation cost also de-motivate
people to go in for such systems.
Taking into consideration, these bottleneck issues
with the existing systems, an effort has been
made to device a simple, low cost easily usable
GSM based monitoring system.

OBJECTIVES

The main objective of this project was to measure

the concentration of carbon monoxide in the

atmosphere.
Specific objectives were:
1. To develop successful hardware module.
2. Allow users to monitor the presence of GHG in
an environment so that early precaution
measures can be taken.
.What was done:
1. Identified the various greenhouse gases.
2. Assessed the impact of greenhouse gases on
human life and the environment.

GREENHOUSE GASES
MONITORING
Many international organizations have initiated

emissions monitoring schemes to manage risks

from various air pollutions.
Emission inventories are characterized by the
following:
1. Gases they include
2. The geographical area they cover
3. The sectors or activities covered and
4. The time range over which gases are emitted.

GREENHOUSE GASES INDICATORS

Human activities are now a significant factors causing

climate to change.
Temperature

is one of the most frequently used

indicators of climate change.

It is possible to analyze changing climate over the past

century with long-time instrumental records of average

monthly temperatures.
How the indicator is used
The greenhouse gas emission indicator is used to track

process in effort to lower emission and reach our

environmental performance objectives .

GREENHOUSE GASES MEASUREMENT

For policy formulation purposes GHGs are often

measured by their global warming potential (GWP).

Global warming potentials (GWPs) indicates the

relative effectiveness of GHGs in trapping the

earths heat.
For example, the GWP of is 23,900, indicating that

its radiative effect on a mass basis is 23,900 times

as powerful as over the same time horizon.

is typically used as the reference gas, and has a

GWP of one.

EVALUATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES

ON HUMAN HEALTH
Approximately 80-90% of the absorbed carbon

monoxide binds with haemoglobin to form

carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb), which is a biomarker
of exposure in blood.
Critical zone or exposure 100ppm
Dangers
Reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity to the blood.
Impairs the release of oxygen from haemoglobin to

extravascular tissues.

METHODOLOGY

Power supply circuit diagram.

Circuit diagram for prototype.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM FOR PROTOTYPE

LCD OF PROJECT DISPLAYING DATA

PROTOTYPE OF THE FINAL PROJECT

RESULT AND DISCUSSION

The proposed system was found to be economical,

portable and low

maintenance solution
greenhouse gas monitoring applications.

for

Carbon monoxide is still one of the leading causes

of unintentional and suicidal poisoning.

The

recent emergence of various activities to

monitor greenhouse gases emissions demonstrates
both that there is growing commercial support for
action on climate change and a clear recognition of
the importance of monitoring and reporting such
efforts.

COST ANALYSIS
Expenses

Unit cost GH Period

(Month)

Total cost GH

Transportation
Test book
Stipends
Electronics
components
Assemble
of
components
Printing
of
draft thesis
Printing
and
binding
of
final thesis
Miscellaneous
TOTAL

40
100
50
350

120
100
250
350

150

150

80

80

300

300

100

100
1450

CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATION
The study on GSM based greenhouse monitoring

system had successfully been done in this research,

which lead to the development of a reliable and cost
effective system.
The SMS section should be looked into to enable fast

display of gas detection in the deployed environment.

Finally I recommend that, the proposed system be

enhanced by implementing artificial intelligent

components to enable implementations such as
predicting and provisions of preventive measures.

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