INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUGGESTIONS FOR PMCASPL.

Assignment Taken

Suggestions to the company on matters of IT

Case Understanding

PM Clean Air Solutions Private Limited if very keen on solving one of the problems that have been now prevailing in the environment for quite sometime now. As the founders have been worked in a similar area of expertise earlier, their knowledge will help the company to greater heights. However, a little guidance will be needed to make their product more scalable, easily available and accessible. Right now the entire is product is divide into 3 parts : Air Sense, Air Quality Management System and Air Loop. The USP of the initial design they have built is their hybrid model. The intervention of natural plants in the technological age will help people be connected to their roots. As people still believe in old ways of solutions. This will be the base lines of the entire marketing campaign. The initial product set-up is very high, thus using automation, or relying on more compact sensors and gadgets will be beneficial.

BCS Solution Summary

To bring Business Process Reengineering, we need to eliminate the dependency on the Air Sense unit as much as we can. The initial cost of set-up of air sense is high and limiting it's parts and products can further help PM Clean Air Solutions Private Limited. This can be done by making the system more intelligent and thus relying on less number of sensors gradually. The initial phases of product development will help making the system capable of taking human like decisions. We need to feed in all kind of dats for various different scenarios. The system will become more accurate and intelligent with recursive iterations. The Air loop system can also be made more eye catching by structuring its outer looks. It can we converted into a look a like of vase so that it doesn't disregard the look of the indoor space. The system should also be user friendly to take in feedbacks and let user have a control of the system as well. This can be means of switching on/off the system or by letting then choose the plants from a variety of 40 plants available. The introduction of mobile application and online website will help in this case. As being a responsible member of the society, the waste that gets produced from the entire process should also be discharged appropriately.

Solution

The solution from an IT perspective revolves around bringing smart sensors, IoT and intelligence in the entire process. Let's look at each one of them from an IT perspective.

 

Air Sense : 

Air quality sensors are devices used to detect contaminants in the air. This includes particulates, pollutants and noxious gases that may be harmful to human health. They are used in applications like air quality monitoring, gas detection in industry, combustion controllers and oxygen generators in aircraft. Volatile organic compound (VOC) sensors are available that are capable of detecting volatile chemicals and odorous pollutants.A common device for detecting particulate matter in the air is the household fire alarm. Smoke is detected using two types of sensor: ionization detectors and photoelectric detectors. Ionization sensors work by using a small radioactive source (Americium-241) produces alpha particles at a constant rate. Smoke particles enter the ionization chamber and interrupt the small leakage current between electrodes. This is detected, setting off the alarm. Dust sensors are available for air quality monitoring. These work by using an infrared diode and phototransistor pair to detect reflected light from dust particles. They are highly effective cigarette smoke detectors, and can use the patterns of reflected energy to distinguish between smoke and house dust. They are found in air purifiers, air conditioners and monitors. CO2 gas sensors are available in a number of ‘ppm detection ranges’. They utilize non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) to detect the presence of the gas. CO2 molecules absorb specific wavelengths of light and this is detected in the sensor. Heating and ventilation systems  (HVAC) use these to provide demand controlled ventilation (DCV). Methane gas sensors are another example of air quality sensors used in industry. These are also used to detect LPG, alcohol fumes and hydrogen. A sensor is made from a special circuit comprising an alumina tube and a tin dioxide sensor with electrodes and a heating element to maintain the sensor at the calibrated temperature. Similar sensors are used for alcohol breath testing and testing for the presence of carbon monoxide. Oxygen sensors heat zirconia oxide disks on the ends of a hermetically sealed tube. By heating to 700C one of the disks acts as a ‘chemical pump’ and the time taken for pressure to change in the tube indicates the partial oxygen pressure of the environment. These sensors have a warm-up time and response time that allow for the sensor heat to cycle between measurements.

 

Air Quality Management System :

One of the effective means of developing this software is by using Machine Learning. The entire R&D will we done around collection of data sets. We can have a look at the trends in the data and build our models around it. ML is This enables a computer system to continue learning and improving on its own, based on experience. Machine learning models are created by studying patterns in the data. Data scientists optimize the machine learning models based on patterns in the data. The process repeats and is refined until the models’ accuracy is high enough for the tasks that need to be done. As and when we will have more clients, we will start receiving more data-sets and more examples and case studies. This will start making the system and software more accurate overtime. Python will be the primary technology used for there models and calculations. Predictive analytics: This capability helps companies predict trends and behavioral patterns by discovering cause-and-effect relationships in data. Recommendation engines: With recommendation engines, companies use data analysis to recommend products that someone might be interested in.

 

Air Loop :

The purifier’s sleek cylindrical design is a result of its function—air travels from the base upwards, passing through a plant as well as 3 mechanical filters (nylon, HEPA, and activated carbon), before making it into Aria’s UV chamber that neutralizes any harmful microorganisms. An ionizer destroys VOCs and odors to produce fresh-smelling air before it is pushed through Aria’s ‘air booster’ at the top of the planter. Meanwhile, an accompanying app lets users operate the device remotely as well as helping them choose which plant. The air purifier can be used with 40 different plant varieties to suit varying preferences, which the app presents alongside plant ratings, the differences between each plant and which are best for combating specific germs, allergens, toxins and pollution.

 

Mobile Application /Website and User Analysis :

Using cutting edge technology to develop robust softwares.

User friendly experience and a catchy UI.

Choice with the user to pick from the varirty of 40 plants that we offer in Air Loop.

 Having an option of feedback from the user to be able to cater their needs proactively.

Creating a tab for FAQs and also having a chatbot for assistance to the user, if any required.

We can also have an engine at the backend that’ll let us know from which forum the users are getting redirected to our application. This will help the management teams to decide their future marketing strategies.

 

Waste Management (Optional/Future Scope) :

They should also think about what happens to the waste that gets collected into the system after the purification of the surrounding. They can’t just dump it back into the environment and pollute it. Studio Roosegarde, a Dutch design company, has developed the “Smog Free Tower” – an air purifying tower which sucks in pollution and expels clean air. The extracted pollution is, somewhat bizarrely, turned into pieces of jewellery.

Conclusion

PM Clean Air Solutions Private Limited needs to invest in technological interventions to enable Business Process Reengineering in its daily operations. They should start thinking about the different air quality detection sensors they will be using in the Air sense unit. With India's increasing expansion in VLSI and sensors, they can think about the alternative to start utilizing high precision sensors manufactured in India. Thus eliminating the importing expenditure. Their entire AQMS is based out of data driven decision making. They should hire Data Scientists who can help them to understand the trend for various types of environments. The more data they are able to feed into the system, the more accurate their analysis turns out to be with increasing number of iterations. They should also think about the waste they might be collecting at the end, and what to do with it. As, giving it back to the environment doesn't suit their initial purpose.

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