Design, Development and Evaluation of a UAV to Study Air Quality in Qatar

📝 Abstract

Measuring gases for air quality monitoring is a challenging task that claims a lot of time of observation and large numbers of sensors. The aim of this project is to develop a partially autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with sensors, in order to monitor and collect air quality real time data in designated areas and send it to the ground base. This project is designed and implemented by a multidisciplinary team from electrical and computer engineering departments. The electrical engineering team responsible for implementing air quality sensors for detecting real time data and transmit it from the plane to the ground. On the other hand, the computer engineering team is in charge of Interface sensors and provide platform to view and visualize air quality data and live video streaming. The proposed project contains several sensors to measure Temperature, Humidity, Dust, CO, CO2 and O3. The collected data is transmitted to a server over a wireless internet connection and the server will store, and supply these data to any party who has permission to access it through android phone or website in semi-real time. The developed UAV has carried several field tests in Al Shamal airport in Qatar, with interesting results and proof of concept outcomes.

💡 Analysis

Measuring gases for air quality monitoring is a challenging task that claims a lot of time of observation and large numbers of sensors. The aim of this project is to develop a partially autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with sensors, in order to monitor and collect air quality real time data in designated areas and send it to the ground base. This project is designed and implemented by a multidisciplinary team from electrical and computer engineering departments. The electrical engineering team responsible for implementing air quality sensors for detecting real time data and transmit it from the plane to the ground. On the other hand, the computer engineering team is in charge of Interface sensors and provide platform to view and visualize air quality data and live video streaming. The proposed project contains several sensors to measure Temperature, Humidity, Dust, CO, CO2 and O3. The collected data is transmitted to a server over a wireless internet connection and the server will store, and supply these data to any party who has permission to access it through android phone or website in semi-real time. The developed UAV has carried several field tests in Al Shamal airport in Qatar, with interesting results and proof of concept outcomes.

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Senior Design Project Report Department of Electrical Engineering
Qatar University

Design, Development and Evaluation of a UAV to Study Air Quality in Qatar

Report by Khalid Al-Hajjaji
Mouadh Ezzin Husain Khamdan Abdelhakim El Hassani

Supervisor Dr. Nizar Zorba

Date 25/05/2017

Department of Electrical Engineering

Senior Design Project Report Design, Development and Evaluation of a UAV to Study Air Quality in Qatar

ii DECLARATION STATEMENT We, the undersigned students, confirm that the work submitted in this project report is entirely our own and has not been copied from any other source. Any material that has been used from other sources has been properly cited and acknowledged in the report. We are fully aware that any copying or improper citation of references/sources used in this report will be considered plagiarism, which is a clear violation of the Code of Ethics of Qatar University.
In addition, we have read and understood the legal consequences of committing any violation of the Qatar University’s Code of Ethics.

Student Name Student ID Signature Date 1 Khalid Al-Hajjaji 201206570

22/12/2016 2 Mouadh Ezzin 201203100

22/12/2016 3 Husain Khamdan 201205752

22/12/2016 4 Abdelhakim El Hassani 20098481

22/12/2016

Department of Electrical Engineering

Senior Design Project Report Design, Development and Evaluation of a UAV to Study Air Quality in Qatar

iii ABSTRACT Measuring gases for air quality monitoring is a challenging task that claims a lot of time of observation and large numbers of sensors. The aim of this project is to develop a partially autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with sensors, in order to monitor and collect air quality real time data in designated areas and send it to the ground base. This project is designed and implemented by a multidisciplinary team from electrical and computer engineering departments. The electrical engineering team responsible for implementing air quality sensors for detecting real time data and transmit it from the plane to the ground. On the other hand, the computer engineering team is in charge of Interface sensors and provide platform to view and visualize air quality data and live video streaming. The proposed project contains several sensors to measure Temperature, Humidity, Dust, CO, CO2 and O3. The collected data is transmitted to a server over a wireless internet connection and the server will store, and supply these data to any party who has permission to access it through android phone or website in semi-real time. The developed UAV has carried several field tests in Al Shamal airport in Qatar, with interesting results and proof of concept outcomes.

Department of Electrical Engineering

Senior Design Project Report Design, Development and Evaluation of a UAV to Study Air Quality in Qatar

iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The whole team would like to thank BOEING for their generous funding for this project and the provided support to it. Electrical Engineering team would like to thank Dr. Nizar Zorba the supervisor of the project for his support and follow on every step during the senior design project. Furthermore, the team is very thankful to Dr. Ryan Riley from Computer Engineering Department and their team for their contentious support in this project. In addition, the group members appreciate the help of Prof. Nasr Bensalah form chemistry department and Dr. Farid Touati from Electrical Engineering Department. We extend our gratitude to the Computer Engineering team for their assistance and support to successfully complete our project. Most of all, the team would like to thank our colleague Husain Alabbad and all members of Qatar RC Sport center for their contribution to the success of this project.

Department of Electrical Engineering

Senior Design Project Report Design, Development and Evaluation of a UAV to Study Air Quality in Qatar

v TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION STATEMENT …………………………………………………………………………………………………. ii ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. iv LIST OF FIGURES ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. viii LIST OF TABLES …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… x GLOSSARY …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xi Chapter 1 Introdu

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