Cloud-integrated UV lamp monitoring and control system

Arklite’s air treatment systems come with an integrated digitized interface which monitors run hours of every lamp, on/off cycles, and alerts of any errors which are shown on an LCD screen. For better performance of the system and remote access capability, it is suggested that an IoT-based communication solution be implemented via an Android app using an ESP32 board. These air treatment devices are crucial in ensuring that the room is free of pollutants. Although, the systems in question offer no remote access to data since operation data is only displayed on local LCD panels, which hinders maintenance through foresight. The aim of this paper is to create an air treatment system integrated with the cloud that utilizes IoT concepts with an ESP32 microcontroller for real-time data surveillance and remote access via mobile application. The system collects the parameters of the UV lamps from the control panel and sends them through Wi-Fi to the ThingSpeak cloud. The Android application built from Flutter downloads the information and processes it, thus, enabling the users to view and manage the lamp’s operations. Users are granted access through Firebase Authentication which offers protection. In this case, smart air treatment systems equipped with IoT technology are easier to access, more reliable, and efficient.