Solar powered railway track monitoring system

Author(s):  
Nanditha R Gajanur ◽  
Apurva Singh ◽  
Aishwarya Jain

The railway system is one of the most widely used modes of transportation due to its low cost. To keep the railway system running smoothly, continuous track monitoring is needed. These days, the railway system is manually supervised. As a result, there is a greater risk of disasters, such as fatalities, occurring as a result of human error while monitoring. The main problem with manual system monitoring is that it takes a long time to process all of the necessary data. Since railway tracks are built over thousands of miles, it is virtually impossible to manually control the device over such a longdistance. At railway crossings, a lot of accidents happen. Crossing gates are usually opened and closed after receiving direct input from the station. If there is a delay in obtaining information from the station, there is a risk of swearing incidents. The main goal of this research is to simplify and protect the railway system. The proposed system employs Force Sensitive Resistor (FSR) detectors for automatic side road crossing protection. Any type of breakage, as well as vibration, can be efficiently detected with a higher degree of precision using Light Dependent Resistor (LRR) and laser detectors. In the event of an unexpected situation, such as an accident, the GSM module will begin communicating via message with the nearest control room for assistance. Sonar sensors are often used for obstacle avoidance when something unexpectedly appears in front of the train. The Internet of Things (IoT) has been added to the system to allow it to be monitored from anywhere in the sphere. The Arduino UNO is a microcontroller that serves as the system's backbone. The framework has the potential to be extremely beneficial to our country's railway economic growth.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1060 ◽  
pp. 012044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anqi Lv ◽  
Cuiran Li ◽  
Jianli Xie ◽  
Wenqian Guo

Author(s):  
Polaiah Bojja, Pamula Raja Kumari, A.Nagavardhan N.Dinesh, M.Gopla D Anirudh

Dustbins (or Garbage Bins, Trash Cans, whatever you name them) are small containers of plastic or metal used on a temporary basis to store trash (or waste). They are also used for the collection of waste in houses, workplaces, highways, parks, etc. Littering is a major crime in some countries, and public waste bins are also the only way to dispose of small waste. Usually, using different bins for handling wet or dry, recyclable or non-recyclable waste is a common practice. From an ETS perspective, smart waste collection can help municipalities and private waste management companies avoid the need for collection sites, waste disposal facilities and waste treatment plants. As communities increasingly rely on smart city technology to improve, among other things, the quality of life of their residents and the environment, city leaders recognize that smart waste management can also help them achieve sustainability goals such as zero waste and improve services to residents, while improving service to residents. As an example, Development of Some solar-powered bins and recycling bins are already equipped with sensors that analyze data on what is disposed of or recycled and notify collectors when the bin is too full and needs to be picked up. These developed Smart waste management solutions use sensors placed in waste bins to measure levels, notify municipal waste collection services, when the bins are ready to be emptied, and also notify municipal waste collection with a ton has been emptied. Therefore, the solar-powered of sensors based smart waste monitoring system is more and more useful to the current smart cities policies under the smart city project works.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen-Lin Chen ◽  
Chao-Wei Yu ◽  
Zi-Jie Chien ◽  
Chin-Hsuan Liu ◽  
Hsin-Han Chiang

This study presents an on-road driver monitoring system, which is implemented on a stand-alone in-vehicle embedded system and driven by effective solar cells. The driver monitoring function is performed by an efficient eye detection technique. Through the driver’s eye movements captured from the camera, the attention states of the driver can be determined and any fatigue states can be avoided. This driver monitoring technique is implemented on a low-power embedded in-vehicle platform. Besides, this study also proposed monitoring machinery that can detect the brightness around the car to effectively determine whether this in-vehicle system is driven by the solar cells or by the vehicle battery. On sunny days, the in-vehicle system can be powered by solar cell in places without the vehicle battery. While in the evenings or on rainy days, the ambient solar brightness is insufficient, and the system is powered by the vehicle battery. The proposed system was tested under the conditions that the solar irradiance is 10 to 113 W/m2and solar energy and brightness at 10 to 170. From the testing results, when the outside solar radiation is high, the brightness of the inside of the car is increased, and the eye detection accuracy can also increase as well. Therefore, this solar powered driver monitoring system can be efficiently applied to electric cars to save energy consumption and promote the driving safety.


2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 622001
Author(s):  
张 翠 Zhang Cui ◽  
陶 渊 Tao Yuan ◽  
童杏林 Tong Xinglin ◽  
邓承伟 Deng Chengwei ◽  
何 为 He Wei ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
I Kadek Agus Wahyu Raharja ◽  
Fachri Zamzami ◽  
I Gede Feryanda Fransiska ◽  
I Gusti Ngurah Janardana

Agriculture in Bali generally using Subak system as an irrigation system. This irrigation system is regulated by a traditional leader who is also a farmer in Bali. Water distribution is carried out according to the area of farmers land. The problems that can be happened on this irrigation system, such as the community that opens the floodgates to the rice fields, are not in accordance with the time provided by traditional leaders, and that can break the unity in the area. In addition, during the dry season the distribution of water is sometimes uneven because the availability of water in the dam does not meet the needs. So that Arduino-based Solar Powered Smart Irrigation is designed as one of the tools to facilitate the management of subak water distribution. The modeling made is to simulate 3 pieces of rice fields that are drained by water with the main source being the river and the source of the reserve in the form of a reservoir. This system is controlled based on the programmed time on the RTC module and the monitoring system uses the GSM SIM900 module. The data obtained is the value of water discharge in the rainy season of 2.090 L / s, the dry season of 11.18 L / s, and 0 L / s in the hard dry season.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (08) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Ma Chun-ying ◽  
Li Biqing

The current railway track circuit monitoring system is prone to disturbances that can result in accidents. Meanwhile, basic signaling equipment is slow and cannot achieve satisfactory real-time data acquisition speed. This study aims to solve the aforementioned problems by designing an online monitoring and management platform for railway signal infrastructure, which is based on the graphical programming language LabVIEW. Online monitoring and management of railways’ basic signaling equipment allow real-time collection and communication of various signal equipment data. These processes also enable signal processing, chart display, acousto-optic alarm, user authority management, data storage, data query analysis, and report printing. The test results show that the LabVIEW-based basic signaling equipment for monitoring and managing railway systems can transmit data correctly and steadily, thereby resulting in convenient and ideal operation.


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