The IoT-Enabled Automatic Temperature Control and Monitoring System for Car AC | IJET – Volume 11 Issue 6 | IJET-V11I6P11

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Volume 11, Issue 6  |  Published: November 2025

Author:Prakash R. Vaidya, Netra D. Lalwani, Lavanya Vinodkumar, Radhyeshyam R. Lahoti, Shailesh K. Limbalkar

Abstract

The growing call for shrewd automobile answers is riding innovations in passenger comfort, power efficiency, and sustainability. Traditional car aircon (AC) systems frequently lack adaptive controls, due to excessive electricity intake and Restricted responsiveness to dynamic environmental and cabin situations. This paper offers an IoT-enabled system that automates AC temperature modifications based on real-time inner and external conditions. A DHT11 sensor continuously video displays unit cabin temperature and humidity, while ESP32 microcontroller strategies these statistics to decide the most advantageous AC settings. The machine integrates net-based adventure tracking, eliminating the want for RFID-based key detection. A Flask-primarily based interface enables customers to remotely display AC popularity, log strength consumption, and manually override automation whilst wished. Additional features encompass tracking the journey, in which statistics experience info along with duration, AC utilization, and temperature variations, providing precious insights for optimizing power efficiency. Intake analytics assist lessen electricity wastage whilst enhancing passenger consolation and minimizing the car’s carbon footprint. This paper discusses the system’s structure, development methodologies, and implementation, together with destiny upgrades together with AI-based optimization, predictive analytics, and renewable energy integration to in addition enhance performance

Keywords

IoT, Automotive AC Automation, Energy Efficiency, Smart Vehicle Systems, Temperature Control.

Conclusion

The proposed automatic temperature management gadget for vehicles enhances passenger consolation and optimizes electricity efficiency by dynamically adjusting the AC temperature based totally on real-time environmental and occupancy facts. The machine integrates a couple of sensors and modules with an ESP32-based manipulation unit, enabling automated temperature regulation and guide override through an internet-based total interface. Experimental effects exhibit that the machine maintains a stable cabin temperature, reducing manual interventions and improving overall performance. The adventure monitoring characteristic presents targeted logs of AC utilization, external situations, and temperature versions, imparting valuable insights for similar optimization. Furthermore, electricity intake evaluation indicates a discount in energy utilization as compared to traditional manual AC manipulation. At the same time as the gadget performs successfully, demanding situations along with sensor reaction delays and outside climate fluctuations have been discovered. Future upgrades, consisting of AI-primarily based predictive management, humidity monitoring, solar-powered operation, and IoT connectivity, could in addition enhance functionality and performance. In the end, the evolved gadget gives a cost-effective, adaptable, and power-green alternative to conventional vehicle air conditioning structures, making it suitable for both older cars and modern-day smart motors. With further improvements, this era has the ability to contribute drastically to sustainable and sensible climate control answers in the car enterprise.

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