DEDICATED TO

Almighty Allah & My family

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 DECLARATION

I declare that the dissertation titles "ALCOHOL DETECTOR" hereby submitted to the department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pundra University of Science & Technology, for the
degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering, has not been submitted by me for a degree at any
other University. This dissertation is a presentation of my thesis work. Wherever contributions of
others are involved, every effort is made to indicate this clearly, with due reference to the literature,
and acknowledgment of collaborative research and discussions. I give consent to this copy of my
thesis report, when deposited in the University Library, being made available for loan and
photocopying for the purpose of scholarly research. I also give permission for the digital version
of my thesis report to be made available on the web, via The Department/University's digital
research repository, the Library Search and also through web search engines, unless permission
has been granted by the University to restrict access for a period of time. The work was done under
the guidance of Md. Shakiul Jafor, Lecturer Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
Pundra University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh.

Name: Israt Jahan Banya

ID No.:01020901022
Batch:10th

Department: EEE
Year of Examination:2022

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 CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that project paper on “ALCOHOL DETECTOR" is the bona find record of project
work done by Israt Jahan Banya for partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of BSc.
in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Pundra University of Science &Technology.
This project paper has been carried out under my guidance and is a record of the successful work.
I wish their success in future.
I wish their every success in life.
Faculty Guide

..........................
Md. Shakiul Jafor
Lecturer
Department of EEE
Pundra University of Science & Technology,
Bogura.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
With the very beginning, I attribute all creadits to almighty Allah who has given me the strength
to successfully complete this project.
I wish much pleasure to express my deepest sense of gratitude, sincere appreciation, indebtedness
and unending respect to my reverend supervisor Md. Nur Alam, Lecturer, Department of Electrical
& Electronics Engineering, Pundra University of Science & Technology, Bogura, Bangladesh, not
only his direct assistance but also his stimulating suggestions and excellent support that made this
dissertation possible.
I am extremely indebted to my mother for providing me tremendous and sustainable support
through every possible ways regarding moral inspiration, economical assistance and great
encouragement to build up my career even after this so prolonged studentship. It was absolutely
impossible for me to complete this dissertation without her universal assistance. I am also sincerely
thankful to my other family members for their unbound forbearance and great sacrifice during my
whole student life.

I am very much grateful to my honorable teachers Dr. Md. Saidur Rahman, Md. Rakibul Islam,
Bipanko Kumar Mondal, Abdur Rouf and all other respectable teachers of this department for their
inspiration and help in various ways to completemy present study.

Finally, I would like to convey very special heartfelt thanks to all of my beloved friends, especially
Arafat, Sayeem, Kakoli and S Sajjat vai for their being interesting and amusing accompany, direct
help, constructive suggestion and constant inspiration.

(Israt Jahan Banya)

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 ABSTRACT
Mishaps squander human life which creates permanent disorder consequence as victim of life.
Disaster may occur due to many reasons which includes brake failures, mislead of traffic signals,
inefficient driving skills and distraction while driving. Perhaps ample victims of misfortune are
often due to drunken drive. Though there are many amendments to punish drunken drivers
whichever is not effective for rapidly increasing traffic. Because traffic police cannot stand on
each and every road to check the car driver whether he/she has drunk or not. So, there is a need
for an effective system to check drunken drivers. Therefore, a detailed review is analysed and
presented below based on the existing system. According to the reflection of the survey, detect the
alcohol content using MQ 135 alcohol sensor, send value to IC, then buzzer will sound and police
can catch the drunkers. As a result, the rate of accidents will be depreciated.

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CONTENTS
Chapter-1 Page
Introduction No.

1.1 Introduction 8

1.2 Motivation of the project 8

1.3 Objectives 8

Chapters -2
Materials Required
2.1 Alcohol sensor 9

2.2 NE 555 IC 9

2.3 Buzzer 10

2.4 Transistors 10

2.5 2.2uF capacitor 11

2.6 Resistors 11

2.7 LED 12

2.8 Switch 12

2.9 Connecting wire 13

2.10 Charging Sockets 13

2.11 PCB board 14

2.12 4V Battery 14

Chapter-3
Methodology
3.1 Circuit Diagram 15

3.2 Working Principle 15

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CONTENTS

Chapter-4 Page
Procedure, Application and Precautions No
4.1 Procedure 16

4.2 Application 16

4.3 Advantages 16

4.4 Disadvantages 17

4.5 Precautions 17

5 Results and Discussion 18

6 References 19

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 CHAPTER-1
Introduction
1.1 INTRODUCTION: The alcohol sensor is technically referred to as a MQ 135 sensor which
detects ethanol in the air. When a drunk person breathes near the alcohol sensor it detects the
ethanol in his breathe and provides an output based on alcohol concentration. If there is more
alcohol concentration more LED's would lit.

1.2 MOTIVATION OF THE PROJECT: The main purpose behind this project is “Drunk driving
detection”. Now a days, many accidents are happening because of the alcohol consumption of the
driver or the person who is driving the vehicle. Thus Drunk driving is a major reason of accidents
in almost all contries all over the world.
Alcohol Detector is designed for the safety of the people seating inside the vehicle.

1.3 OBJECTIVES:
1) “Alcohol Detector project” can be used in the various vehicles for detecting whether the
driver has consumed alcohol or not.
2) This project can also be used in various companies or organization to detect alcohol
consumption of employees.

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 CHAPTER-2
Materials Required
2.1 ALCOHOL SENSOR: An alcohol sensor detects the attentiveness of alcohol gas in the air and
an analog voltage is an output reading. The sensor can activate at temperatures ranging from -10
to 50° C with a power supply is less than 150 Ma to 5V. The sensing range is from 0.04 mg/L to
4 mg/L, which is suitable for breathalyzers.

Figure 2.1: Alcohol Sensor

2.2 NE555 IC: The 555 timer IC is an integrated circuit used in a variety of timer, delay, pulse
generation, and oscillator applications. Derivatives provide two or four timing circuits in one
package. The design was first marketed in 1972 by Signetics. The 555 timer works by using three
5 kΩ resistors to divide the supply voltage in three. Two comparators compare these voltages to
the input voltage, then sets or resets a flip-flop accordingly.

Figure 2.2: 555 IC

2.3 BUZZER: A buzzer or beeper is an audio signaling device, which may be mechanical,
electromechanical, or piezoelectric. Typical uses of buzzers and beepers include alarm devices,

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timers, train and confirmation of user input such as a mouse click or keystroke. When a voltage is
applied across the two electrodes, the piezoelectric material mechanically deforms due to the
applied voltage. This movement of the piezo disk within the buzzer creates sound in a similar
manner as the movement of the ferromagnetic disk in a magnetic buzzer or the speaker cone
mentioned above.

Figure 2.3: Buzzer

2.4 TRANSISTORS (p-n-p BC557 and n-p-n BC547): A transistor is a semiconductor device used
to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. The transistor is one of the basic building blocks
of modern electronics. It is composed of semiconductor material, usually with at least three
terminals for connection to an electronic circuit.

Figure 2.4: Transistor

2.5 2.2 uF Capacitor: The uF (microfarad) on a capacitor refers to the size of the capacitor. It
indicates how much electrical energy a capacitor can store for use.

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 Figure 2.5: Capacitor

2.6 RESISTORS (1K ohm ,1.5K ohm,2.2K ohm):

The main purpose of resistor is to reduce the current flow and to lower the voltage in any particular
portion of the circuit. It is made of copper wires which are coiled around a ceramic rod and the
outer part of the resistor is coated with an insulating paint. Wire wound resistors find applications
where balanced current control, high sensitivity, and accurate measurement are required like in
shunt with ampere meter. Photo resistors find application in flame detectors, burglar alarms, in
photographic devices, etc. Resistors are used for controlling temperature and voltmeter. Resistors
are used in digital multi-meter, amplifiers, telecommunication, and oscillators. They are also used
in modulators, demodulators, and transmitters.

Figure 2.6: Resistor

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2.7 LED: The lighting emitting diode is a PN junction. It is a specially doped diode and made up
of a special type of semiconductors. When the light emits in the forward biased, then it is called
light emitter diode.

Figure 2.7: LED

2.8 SWITCH: An electric switch is a device that interrupts the electron flow in a circuit. Switches
are primarily binary devices: either fully on or off and light switches have a simple design. When
the switch is turned off, the circuit breaks and the power flow is interrupted. Circuits consist of a
source of power and load.

Figure 2.8: Switch

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2.9 CONNECTING WIRES: The conducting wire is a component of a circuit that carries the
current in the circuit. It is made out of a current conducting material like copper or tungsten.The
wire is covered by an insulating material like rubber for protections well as to avoid loss of current.
Conducting wires are represented by different colors in a circuit to distinguish their function. Green
is for grounding wire, black is for neutral and red usually is for the live wire.

Figure 2.9: Connecting Wire

2.10 CHARGING SOCKETS: There are two different types of charging sockets for electric
vehicles (EVs). The cable supplied with your EV will have a connector with two plugs: one for
the inlet or car socket and one for the EV charging socket at a charging station.

Figure 2.10: Charging Shockets

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2.11 PCB BOARD: A printed circuit board or printed wiring board is a laminated sandwich
structure of conductive and insulating layers. PCBs have two complementary functions. The first
is to affix electronic components in designated locations on the outer layers by means of soldering.

Figure 2.11: PCB Board

2.12 4V BATTERY: A battery is a device that stores chemical energy and converts it to electrical
energy. The chemical reactions in a battery involve the flow of electrons from one material
(electrode) to another, through an external circuit. The flow of electrons provides an electric
current that can be used to do work.

Figure 2.12: Battery

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 CHAPTER-3
Methology

3.1 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

Figure 3.1: Circuit Diagram for Alcohol Detector.

3.2 WORKING PRINCIPLE:

At first, alcohol sensor Will give signal to IC Through p-n-p transistor then the IC will give signal
to the npn transistor. Then n-p-n transistor will amplify the signal and give it to the buzzer the
buzzer will on after understanding the signal then it will be understood that the alcohol sensor is
detecting any alcohol the buzzer's sound will be changing by changing the value of the capacitor.

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 CHAPTER-4

Procedure, Application and Precautions

4.1 Procedure:

• Two extreme sides of the breadboard was marked, one as +vcc and other as ground.
• Using the circuit diagram, the connections were created as follows.
• The transistor was punched on the breadboard.
• The emitter of the transistor was connected with ground point of breadboard using
a wire.
• The MQ 135 sensor was connected with base of transistor and ground point of
breadboard.
• The buzzer was connected with collector of transistor and +vcc point of breadboard.
• Then the 1k ohm resistor was connected with base of transistor and +vcc point of
the bread board.
• The battery was connected and at that time the buzzer could be ringing.

4.2 Applications:

Applications of Alcohol Detector in Car:

● “Alcohol Detector project” can be used in the various vehicles for detecting whether the
driver has consumed alcohol or not.
● Breathing analyzer project can also be used in various companies or organizations to detect
alcohol consumption of employees.

4.3 Advantages:

● It is available at cheaper price.

● It has long life cycle.
● It offers high stability.
● It has high sensitivity which results into faster response time.
● It needs simple drive circuit and it is simple to use.
● It is easy to interface with microcontrollers.
● Alcohol sensor based car protects you when you are drunk. During such condition, your
other family member can drive. Moreover it will protect your car from unauthorized access.
4.4 Disadvantages:

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 ● Breath analyzers using alcohol detection are available at high prices. Moreover they have
shorter lifetime.
● Breath analyzers require continuous re-calibration.
4.5 Precautions:

● All components were checked before use

● Carefully placed the IC on the PCB board so as not to break it
● Before using the resistor,the ohm meter was measured the values. ●
All connections were checked before connecting the battery.

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 CHAPTER-5
Results & Discussions
This porject don’t have any analyzing power. Its only goal is to detect alcohol. As soon as alcohol
is brought to the sensor, the buzzer is turned on. So, it can be said that my project is verified.

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 CHAPTER-6
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