Design and implementation of a fire detection and control system for automobiles using fuzzy logic

The immense benefits of fire in road transport cannot be overemphasized. However more than two thousand vehicles are damaged by unwanted fire on a daily basis. On a global scale, incendiary losses to the automobile and insurance industries have ran into billions of dollars over the last decade. A not-so-distant contributory factor is the lack of a sophisticated fire safety system on the automobile. This has been addressed by designing and implementing fuzzy logic control system with feedback over an Arduino micro-controller system. The automatic system consisting of flame sensors, temperature sensors, smoke sensors and a re-engineered mobile carbon dioxide air-conditioning unit was tested on a medium sized physical car. Results show that the automobile fire detection and control system devoid of false alarms, detects and extinguishes fire under 20 seconds. An innovative, very promising solution module for hardware implementation in fire detection and control for automobiles has been developed by using new algorithms and fuzzy logic.