TEG-Powered Smoke Monitoring System with GSM Alerts
Software as a Service
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Embedded Systems & IoTClients
Mapua University
Techstack
PythonRaspberry PiGSM ModuleThermoelectric GeneratorNTC Thermistor
Purpose
Remote areas prone to forest fires and illegal land clearing (kaingin) lack mains power for monitoring equipment. This research uses a thermoelectric generator to power self-sustaining environmental sensors that detect smoke and report over GSM.
Description
A thermoelectric generator harvests heat from a Raspberry Pi to help power the sensing system, and the study measures the energy generated and evaluates the system's reliability in a real deployment environment. Python scripts on the Raspberry Pi read smoke sensor and NTC thermistor values, then send and receive alerts through a GSM module so smoke events can be reported from areas without internet coverage.
