Evaluating Low Cost Sensor Performance for Use in Industrial Internet-of-Things Platforms: Distributed Sensing Solutions for Urban Area Air Quality Health Monitors

摘要

The "Array of Things" project in Chicago, IL (U.S) is a 'smart-cities' joint initiative funded by the National Science Foundation and involving a partnership between Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago, and the City of Chicago. Several hundred of these platforms are distributed about the city of Chicago and each incorporates seven low-power electrochemical gas sensors for measuring the air quality health of the city. This collection of nodes is the foundation of an Industrial-Internet-of-Things, managed by a public institution, for the benefit of the surrounding communities. It presents a unique opportunity to develop smart sensor algorithms to calibrate these low-cost sensors, thereby providing meaningful and accurate data to map and identify sources of air pollution or to inform the communities of poor air quality days.