*1 Introduction

#TITLE

I had settle up the most important thing to start my final year project, which is the title of project. From the last semester, after refer and discuss with my supervisor, we had decide, "AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM" as my project title.


#THE IDEA

I got this idea by thinking of the air in our country. Since late last year, our country has suffered the bad weather, which is haze.

"Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon where dust, smoke and other dry particles obscure the clarity of the sky. The World Meteorological Organization manual of codes includes a classification of horizontal obscuration into categories of fog, ice fog, steam fog, mist, haze, smoke, volcanic ash, dust, sand and snow. Sources for haze particles include farming (ploughing in dry weather), traffic, industry, and wildfires."   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haze

Haze in Malaysia

What is Haze ?
Haze is a phenomenon caused by the existence of many small particles that are invisible to the naked eye and floating-floating in the air. These particles may come naturally or side effects of human activities. When these particles exist in large quantities and in groups they can block sunlight to the earth. The situation is reducing the distance the naked eye.


The causes ?

Open burning, Smoke from factory, Smoke from vehicles

*Index Pencemaran Udara (IPU)
IPU obtained from the measurement of fine particles (below 10 microns) and some types of gas that can affect health such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. The IPU is used as a guide to determine the air quality and its impact on health as follows:

IPU Value	Status
0-50	Good
51-100	Medium
101-200	Unhealthy
201-300	Very Unhealthy
301-500	Dangerous

The bad impact to ?

Children, old, Those who suffer from asthma, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Lung disease Chronic, Allergies, Heart, Smokers, Those who always work outside the office or home.

Sign or Symptom of Haze effect ?

Feels itching in the throat and coughing, Feels difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, The eyes sting and water, Runny nose and frequent sneezing, Body skin feels itchy, Feels chest pain

Haze from Indonesian fires causes pollution spike in Malaysia

( Updated 27 Sep 2015, 10:19pmSun 27 Sep 2015, 10:19pm )

Acrid smoke billowing from agricultural fires in Indonesia has caused a spike in air pollution in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur.

Pollution readings soared past the 200-point level in the Malaysian government's hourly air-quality index on Sunday morning (local time).

The Ministry of Education ordered schools shut on Monday in the capital and three states due to health concerns, the second time this month it has had to issue such an order.

On Saturday, as the haze built up, an airport just outside Kuala Lumpur closed temporarily as visibility dropped to less than 400 metres.

What's behind the haze?

The closure forced at least 20 flights to be cancelled, according to Malaysian media reports, and followed Singapore's shuttering of schools on Friday as air there worsened to "hazardous" levels.

Parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have been shrouded for weeks in a choking smoke haze from tinder-dry parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island.

The haze crisis — the worst since mid-2013 — grips the region nearly every year during the dry season, when agricultural land is illegally cleared by burning.

Indonesia has faced pressure from its neighbours to address the problem since it first emerged about 20 years ago.

But the issue has persisted, especially as plantations have expanded, driven in large part by rising global demand for palm oil, a key ingredient in a vast range of everyday consumer products.

Malaysian skies have been a smoky grey for most of the past month, and authorities on September 15 ordered schools closed in Kuala Lumpur and neighbouring states.

On Friday, Singapore's foreign minister K Shanmugam lashed out at what he called "shocking statements" by senior Indonesian officials perceived as making light of the problem.

Haze levels in Singapore had improved by Sunday, dropping below the "unhealthy" mark.

Indonesian authorities have indicated the problem may not clear up anytime soon.

National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the "fires continue to rage" despite a push to extinguish the blazes on farm expanses and peatlands that has included the deployment of military personnel.

He said new fires were cropping up, while those that were previously extinguished had re-emerged in peatlands or had been deliberately reignited.

He added that pollution readings in several Indonesian cities were at hazardous levels, and that nearly 168,000 people in affected areas has sought medical treatment for respiratory problems.

Indonesia had earlier declared a state of emergency in Sumatra's hard-hit Riau province.