Cyber-Physical Systems with Anti-smog Guns for Busy City Areas to Suppress Air Pollution Efficiently

Shivam Kumar Sah¹

1. St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, Nepal & BOTS Industries Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal.

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.12 , Issue.4 , pp.48-53, Aug-2024

Online published on Aug 31, 2024

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Abstract :
Living in once the world’s most polluted city i.e. Kathmandu, it is obvious to question ourselves what adverse effect we could have by just inhalation of the toxic air every day, especially, when inhaling the air for a single day equals the fumes produced by nearly 10 cigarettes. Meanwhile, the long-term plans–planting trees, strict traffic regulations, and awareness–seemed to be implausible for the locals and city hustles. Similarly, instant solutions like Anti-smog vehicles invite more problems like traffic congestion and management efforts, and solutions like air scrubber technology are yet to be implemented that require prior data of polluted areas to place the scrubber efficiently. Therefore, a concept to tackle these issues, a system that automatically implements instant solutions to suppress air pollution for adverse effects, is to be introduced. This paper explores the concept of Technology, IoT, Data Science, and Cloud computing concepts to build a Cyber-Physical System and uses water mist with suitable eco-friendly surfactants to suppress air pollution in busy city areas efficiently. Our proposed solution uses a chain of Nephelometers throughout the city at specific distances that send data to the cloud that is further processed to operate the nearby automatic immobile Anti-smog gun to suppress the particulate matter without any traffic congestion or mass wastage of resources. The collected data collected in the cloud could be further evaluated to place additional Air Scrubber Systems in specific required areas.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Cyber-Physical System, Air Pollution Suppression, Transdisciplinary approach, Anti-smog guns, Air Scrubber, Nephelometer, IoT, Cloud computing, etc.

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