Penentuan Titik Pengamatan Optimal Terhadap Kualitas Udara pada Gas Keluaran Diffuser berbasis Internet of Things

Abstract

Indoor air quality needs attention, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic because the majority of activities are carried out indoors. The air in the room must be protected from the threat of harmful virus and bacterial contaminants. One such innovation is placing diffuser in the room. Diffuser is a device that converts liquid into gas particles in the air. To reduce harmful virus contamination, a natural antiseptic liquid is filled into the diffuser, one of which is papermint essential oil, which can provide freshness in the room. Air quality is monitored with internet of things (IoT) technology so that users can easily control air quality with just a PC/gadget. The gas output from the diffuser is detected by a gas sensor that is connected to the wemos board so that the data can be connected to the internet cloud. To obtain optimal air quality data, the placement of gas sensors in the area around the diffuser as a point of observation needs to be considered because the distribution of gas in the air is influenced by the vertical wind speed in the room, this can affect the quality of the data generated. This study aims to determine the optimal observation point on an IoT-based diffuser so that the resulting air quality data is more accurate. In this study the gas sensor was placed at a distance of 15 and 25 cm from the diffuser. The direction of the gas sensor placement was adjusted according to the angle of the full circle ranging from 0°, 45°, 90°, 135°, 180°, 225°, 270°, 315°, and 0°. The distribution of gas is influenced by the vertical wind speed in the room causing the air quality data at a vertical angle to always have the same pattern. From the results obtained, the optimal observation point as a reference for the position of the gas sensor to the diffuser is at an angle between 135°-180° as well as at an angle between 315° -0°.