SmartVent: A Smart Ventilation Solution for Comfortable Indoor Environment

Ventilation is a cost effective solution for attaining a healthy and comfortable indoor environment. This work presents an Internet of Things based low cost smart ventilation solution considering indoor air quality and thermal comfort based on intelligently controlling the air flow direction of bi-d...

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Published inIEEE internet of things journal Vol. 10; no. 24; p. 1
Main Authors Sharma, Deepak, Yadav, Sudesh, Goap, Amarendra, Bansal, Dhirendra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Piscataway IEEE 15.12.2023
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Air flow
Air quality
Ambient Intelligence
Buildings
Cloud computing
Cyber Physical Systems
Fans
Flow distribution
Humidity
Indoor air pollution
Indoor air quality
Internet of Things
Machine-to-Machine Communication
Parameters
Sensors
Smart Ventilation
Temperature sensors
Thermal comfort
Ventilation
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Summary:Ventilation is a cost effective solution for attaining a healthy and comfortable indoor environment. This work presents an Internet of Things based low cost smart ventilation solution considering indoor air quality and thermal comfort based on intelligently controlling the air flow direction of bi-directional ventilation fan. The direction of air flow (inward/outward) is controlled based on outdoor and indoor environmental parameters. For decision support, the Internet of Things based solution considers location specific outdoor environmental parameters, fetched from the Internet (weather cloud), and the indoor environmental parameters measured through sensors. The solution considers a scalable architecture to support multiple fan units, which could be helpful in creating customized air flow patterns. Solution prototypes with a manual mode and an automatic/auto mode (considering thermal comfort) of operations demonstrate effective decision making related to the air flow direction. The experimental results related to air-flow patterns under two fan deployment scenario are also encouraging. The solution could help in better management of indoor air circulation and it could be useful in various indoor settings, e.g., houses, offices, factories, hospitals, etc.
ISSN:2327-4662
2327-4662
DOI:10.1109/JIOT.2023.3303577