Alcohol Breadth Analyzer

Blood alcohol content, or BAC, (also called Blood alcohol content, blood alcohol
concentration, blood ethanol concentration, Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)) is most commonly
used as a metric of intoxication for legal or medical purposes. It is usually expressed as a
fractional percentage in terms of volume of alcohol per liter of blood in the body. That is
commonly expressed without units, or as a decimal with 2-3 significant digits followed by a
percentage sign, which means 1/100 of the previous number (e.g., 0.0008 expressed as a
percentage = 0.08%). Each country or state may define BAC differently. For example, the U.S.
state of California defines their BAC as a ratio of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood
which is equal to grams of alcohol per deciliter of blood.

Since measurement must be accurate and inexpensive, several measurement techniques are used
as proxies to approximate the true parts per million measure. Some of the most common are
listed here: (1) Mass of alcohol per volume of exhaled breath (e.g. 0.38 mg/L; see also breath gas
analysis), (2) Mass per volume of blood in the body (e.g.: 0.08 g/dL), and (3) Mass of alcohol
per mass of the body (e.g.: 0.0013 g/Kg).
The number of drinks consumed is often a poor measure of blood alcohol content, largely
because of variations in weight, sex and body fat.
An ethanol level of 0.10% is equal to 22 mmol/l or 100 mg/dl of blood alcohol. This same 0.10%
BAC also equates to 0.10 g/dL of blood alcohol or 0.10 g/210L of exhaled breath alcohol or
0.476 mg/L of exhaled breath alcohol. Likewise, 0.10 mg/L of exhaled breath alcohol converts to
0.02% BAC, 0.022 g/dL of blood alcohol or 0.022 g/210L of exhaled breath alcohol.
In our project we are using a common alcohol sensor to check the alcohol content of a person
which consumes alcohol. Our project is an approach to utilize this project in all common places
like malls restaurants and others were security threats are compulsory. Presently only authorized
officer in police departments are having this equipment and in beyond the reach of common
people.





























Basic Block Diagram




















In our project Microcontroller is used to read alcohol sensor reading
through its analog adc channel presented on its pins. After this reading
is converted into alcohol values based on sensor datasheet given below .
A liquid crystal display is used to display information to the user about
the alcohol content.












Microcontroller


With ADC inbuilt
Alcohol
Sensor
16X2 LCD display
Alcohol Gas Sensor Analog Out
This alcohol sensor is suitable for detecting alcohol
concentration on your breath, just like your common
breathalyzer. It has a high sensitivity and fast response

time. Sensor provides an analog output based on alcohol
concentration.
Applications
Breath Analyzer
Blood Alcohol Concentration Checker
Alcohol Gas Sensor
Features
High sensitivity to alcohol and small sensitivity to
Benzine
Fast response and High sensitivity
Stable and long life
Simple drive circuit of 5V DC with analog output
Operation Temperature: -10 to 70 degrees C



Specification
Parameter Value Unit
Target Gas Alcohol
Detection Range 0.05mg/L10mg/L PPM (part per
millions)
Output Voltage Range 0 to 5 VDC
Working Voltage 5 VDC
Current Consumption 180 mA
Warmup Time 10 Minutes
Calibrated Gas 0.4 mg/L Alcohol
Response Time 10s Seconds
Resume Time 30s Seconds
Standard Working Condition Temperature:-10 to 65 deg C. Humidity:
95%RH
Storage Condition Temperature: -20-70 deg C Hum: 70%RH


Warm up Time
The sensor needs 10 minutes of warm up time after first power is applied. After 10
minutes you can
take its readings. During warm up time the output analog voltage would go up from 4.5V
to 0.5V in
variation down gradually. During this warm up time the sensor reading should be
ignored.
Using the Sensor
The sensor needs 5V to operate, Give regulated +5V DC supply, The sensor will take
around
180mA supply. The sensor will heat a little bit since it has internal heater that heats the
sensing
element.
Testing the sensor
Measure the output voltage through multi-meter between A.OUT and Ground pins or
Use a
microcontroller to measure the voltage output. Best way to check the sensor is take a
bottle of after
shave liquid and open the cap. Take the sensor near the bottle output. You will see
increase in the
readings.




Sensitivity
Typical Sensitivity Characteristics of
sensor for several gases in their
Temp: 20 deg C
Humidity: 65%
Oxygen concentration: 21%
RL = 10K Ohm
Ro = Sensor resistance at 0.4mg/L of
Alcohol in clean air
Rs = Sensor resistance at various
concentrations of gases









Deriving Gas concentration from Output Voltage
Here is a the equation which convert analog output to mg/L gas concentration
Mg/L = Analog Voltage in mV x 0.002
Example: Gas sensor voltage is giving output as
2500mV(2.5V) So the gas concentration in mg/L = 2500x0.002 = 5 mg/L
Here is the table for your reference

Mg/L: 0.2 0.3 0.5 1 2 3 5 9 10
Voltage( mV) 100 150 250 500 1000 1500 2500 4500 5000