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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2012.16.6.128

Development and Field Test of a Smart-home Gas Safety Management System  

Park, Gyou-Tae (School of Electrical & Computer Eng., University of Seoul)
Kim, Eun-Jung (Inst. of Gas Safety R&D, Korea Gas Safety Corporation)
Kim, In-Chan (Inst. of Gas Safety R&D, Korea Gas Safety Corporation)
Kim, Hie-Sik (School of Electrical & Computer Eng., University of Seoul)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.16, no.6, 2012 , pp. 128-135 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we proposed a system and a scenario to raise efficiency of gas safety management by developing wireless ZigBee communication modules, smart-home gas safety appliances and the system suitable for gas safety. Our designed system consists of a micom gas meter, an automatic extinguisher, sensors, and a wall-pad. A micom-gas-meter monitors gas flow, gas pressure, and earthquake. An automatic fire extinguisher checks combustible gas leaks and temperature of $100^{\circ}C$(cut off) and $130^{\circ}C$(fire). Sensors measure smoke and CO gas. In our novel system, a micom-gas meter cut off inner valve with warnings, an automatic fire extinguisher cut off middle valve and spray extinguishing materials, and sensors generate signals when detecting smoke and CO and then take a next action. Gas safety appliances and sensors automatically takes measures, and transmit those information to a wall-pad. The wall-pad again transmits real time information to server. Users can check and manage gas safety situations by connecting BcN server through web or mobile application. We hereby devised scenarios for gas safety and risk management based on the smart, and demonstrated their efficiency through test applied to filed.
Keywords
gas safety; micom-gas-meter; wall-pad; automatic-fire-extinguisher; pressure; cut-off;
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