Development of a Secured IoT Based Pipeline Product Distribution Monitoring System Using Blockchain Technology For Smart City Development

Abstract

A serious drop in ensuring the pipeline product quality in the distribution system is a factor that affects public health and wellbeing. The conventional methods of analyzing the Pipeline product quality require much time and labour. So there is a need to monitor and protect the pipeline product with a real time quality monitoring system to make active measurements to reduce contamination. The growth of the technology had helped in developing efficient methods to solve many serious issues in real-time. Internet of things (IoT) has achieved a great focus due to its faster processing and intelligence. One of the methods through which they achieve this is by ensuring that the parameter of the fluid (such as temperature, pressure, PH etc) are been monitored constantly via a website. This design therefore helps to maintain the quality of the products. The design also attempt to resolve the issue of data theft through the application of block chain technology. In this paper, we present the development of a secure IoT based pipeline product distribution system using blockchain technology. This system helps in monitoring the ensuring that the parameter of the fluid such as temperature, pressure, PH are intact. The hash algorithm based blockchain technology approach helps to secure the system database and accomplished monitoring of the pipeline product. It prevents an individual concerned from remote database information altering or unscrupulous parties’ intrusion. Also, it manages the archives and linking of the subsequent records through the developed secure distributed database system (blockchain)and it also sends a notification SMS when it detects an intruder trying to vandalize the system.