Fire monitoring of municipal solid waste in dumpsite area using drone and remote sensing technology

Abstract

This research was the application of Unmanned Arial Vehicle (drones) in conjunction with remote sensing technology to monitor the occurrence of the waste dump site fire. The research began with designing and developing prototype tools to collect data from the field site. After the tools were tested, they were used to measure gases from the dumping sites. After that, the field observation was performed in Nonthaburi Province, Pathum Thani Province and Pha Nakhon Si Ayuthaya Province. The final step of the research was to collect the data of active fire hot spot and image from MODIS system satellite covered the area of Nonthaburi Province, Pathum Thani Province, Pha Nakhon Si Ayuthaya Province and Samut Prakan Province in the period of 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018. The result showed that the developed drone and the prototype gas detection units worked as designed. The result of gases measurement by the tools were similar to the references equipment. The field observation showed that the dumping site mainly composted of plastic, organic matter and cotton which up to 74.9 percent in total. This indicated the factor that influenced the dump site gas generation. Based on the combination technique in the research, it could be concluded that Drone and Remote sensing technology were the compromised technology for monitoring fire from the municipal solid waste dump site area.