Open AccessCoolant Quality Sensor
Author(s) -
Kushal Prashant Pednekar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2021.37896
Subject(s) - coolant , radiator (engine cooling) , engine coolant temperature sensor , nuclear engineering , computer science , environmental science , mechanical engineering , engineering , chemistry , combustion chamber , organic chemistry , combustion
The cooling system is one of the important things but also the most ignored thing when it comes to maintenances. Very few people are known about how to keep the maintain the coolant properly or when to replace the coolant. As distilled water is not readily available everywhere people usually top up their coolant with tap water which will cause deposition of mineral which may damage the radiator. These minerals are responsible for the rusting of internal components of the engine. A survey shows that majority of the people don’t check their coolant. Therefore, we intend to make a system that will display the condition of the coolant. The system will be IR based which will indicate the condition of the coolant based of its color. A different threshold is set for a different color. Some of the previous research use electrodes to check the condition of the coolant but it could only detect the rusty coolant, not the degraded one. The degraded coolant will not absorb as much heat as the new coolant. The aim was to create an in-expensive system which has an easy construction and also use readily available components. The system that we are using indicates according to the color of coolant which more accurate. Keywords: Coolant, ATmega328p, IR sensor, vehicle electronics, cooling system