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leakage alarm. The circuit operates off also be used to

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PG gas is supplied in pressur- a 9V PP3 battery. Zener diode ZD1 is detect combusti-
ised steel cylinders. As this gas used to convert 9V into 5V DC to drive ble gases, espe-
is heavier than air, when it leaks the gas sensor module. cially methane.
from a cylinder it flows along floor The SEN-1327 gas sensor mod- This circuit has
and tends to settle in low spots such ule from RhydoLABZ is used in this been tested with
circuit. Its out- LPG gas and was
put goes high found to work
when the gas satisfactorily.
level reaches or Whenever
exceeds certain Fig. 2: Pin details of gas
there is LPG con-
point. A preset sensor module centration of 1000
in the module is ppm (parts per
used to set the million) in the area, the OUT pin of
threshold. Inter- the sensor module goes high. This
facing with the signal drives timer IC 555, which is
sensor module is wired as an astable multivibrator. The
done through a multivibrator basically works as a tone
4-pin SIP head- generator.
er. Output pin 3 of IC 555 is connected
Pin details to LED1 and speaker-driver transistor
Fig. 1: Circuit for gas leakage alarm of the gas sen- SL100 through current-limiting resis-
sor module are tors R5 and R4, respectively. LED1
as a basement. This can cause fire or shown in Fig. 2. An MQ-6 gas sensor glows and the alarm sounds to alert
suffocation if not dealt with. is used in the gas sensor module. As the user of gas leakage. The pitch of
Here is a circuit that detects the per its datasheet, it has high sensitiv- the tone can be changed by varying
leakage of LPG gas and alerts the user ity to propane, butane, isobutene, preset VR1. Use a suitable heat-sink for
through audio-visual indications. LPG and natural gas. The sensor can transistor SL100. 

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