Intelligent Vehicle Gas and Fire Detection and Suppression System

Abstract

The increasing complexity of vehicle electronics and conventional fuel systems have elevated the risks of gas leaks and fires. In addition, high-density batteries in Electric Vehicles (EVs) raises the risk of fire. Vehicle fires represent a significant safety hazard, causing hundreds of deaths and billions in property damage annually. One of the main dangers related with firefighting operations is the harmful ambience resulted from combusting materials. The four main hazards related to these cases are smoke, the oxygen insufficient atmosphere, high temperatures, and toxic ambience. Hence, fire is a real danger and fire safety is a critical issue in vehicle’s industry. This paper proposes a real-time intelligent vehicle gas and fire detection and suppression system. The system uses Arduino Microcontroller based-system that integrates multi-sensor data fusion capable of detecting gas, smoke, over-temperature and combustion. The system uses alarm signaling devices, solenoid valve, fire-extinguishing equipment, and feeders for the fire-extinguishing substance. This comprehensive vehicle safety system provides multi-layered protection against gas leaks, fires, and overheating and automatic response without driver intervention. Hence, it is capable of detecting and suppressing fire. In addition, the system is interfaced to GSM network to enable wireless communication through SMS.