EngineersGarage

  • Engineers Garage Main Site
  • Visit our active EE Forums
    • EDABoard.com
    • Electro-Tech-Online
  • Projects & Tutorials
    • Circuits
    • Electronic Projects
    • Tutorials
    • Components
  • Digi-Key Store
    • Cables, Wires
    • Connectors, Interconnect
    • Discrete
    • Electromechanical
    • Embedded Computers
    • Enclosures, Hardware, Office
    • Integrated Circuits (ICs)
    • Isolators
    • LED/Optoelectronics
    • Passive
    • Power, Circuit Protection
    • Programmers
    • RF, Wireless
    • Semiconductors
    • Sensors, Transducers
    • Test Products
    • Tools
  • Advertise
You are here: Home / Topics / (Creativity Test here) Automatic Detection of Water Flow in a Tube & Pumping it to an overhead tank.

(Creativity Test here) Automatic Detection of Water Flow in a Tube & Pumping it to an overhead tank.

|

Electronics › Electronics › (Creativity Test here) Automatic Detection of Water Flow in a Tube & Pumping it to an overhead tank.

  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 13 years, 2 months ago by AJISH ALFRED.
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • February 10, 2012 at 3:55 am #1665
    Ravi Chandra
    Participant

     

    This System helps lot of people to save time  & energy early in the mornings (particularly in some countries where Government water comes irregularly) and also will reduce the wastage of water.
     
    As it detects flow of water in a tube (plastic or metal) and Interface this module with a microcontroller.

             

             And also to design a mechanism to start pumping this water (if any) to an overhead tank using motor.

     

     

    PiezoElectric Sensors detect the disturbance produced by the water in the tube, the signal as such is weak and is given to the Non – Inverting Op Amp and is conditioned and an analog output is sent Obtained.

     

    Problem is I have planned to use Piezo electric transducer (Piezo Element 1500-3000Hz) for detection of flow of water but it is not available in India. So what am I supposed to do if I am not able to detect the low of water itself???
     

    Try basing your valuable suggestions on electronics components itself. If there is no chance I need to ue mechanical methods…
     

    Thanks.

    February 28, 2012 at 3:18 pm #7201
    Alberto Albert
    Participant

    Do you have an underground or groundlevel tank?

    March 1, 2012 at 8:15 am #7207
    Ravi Chandra
    Participant

    Basically the tank is an underground tank. But it is not mandatory that it should be below the ground level. It can even be at the ground level.

    That shouldn’t matter.

     

    Thanks.

    April 18, 2012 at 2:37 pm #7488
    AJISH ALFRED
    Participant

    Dear ravi,

    Its very interesting and useful project. I’ve an idea, I dont know if it is practical or not.

    Is it possible to use a simple capacitive sensing ?? Modify the two plates, so that it will slightly bend away from each other at one end depending on the rate of flow, and thus varying the capacitence measured at another fixed end.

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Log In

RSS Recent Posts

  • Saga 1400sv vinyl cutter motherboard issue June 20, 2025
  • PIC KIT 3 not able to program dsPIC June 20, 2025
  • Wideband matching an electrically short bowtie antenna; 50 ohm, 434 MHz June 20, 2025
  • using a RTC in SF basic June 20, 2025
  • Relay buzzing after transformer change? June 20, 2025

Stay Up To Date

Newsletter Signup
EngineersGarage

Copyright © 2025 WTWH Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media
Privacy Policy | Advertising | About Us

Search Engineers Garage

  • Engineers Garage Main Site
  • Visit our active EE Forums
    • EDABoard.com
    • Electro-Tech-Online
  • Projects & Tutorials
    • Circuits
    • Electronic Projects
    • Tutorials
    • Components
  • Digi-Key Store
    • Cables, Wires
    • Connectors, Interconnect
    • Discrete
    • Electromechanical
    • Embedded Computers
    • Enclosures, Hardware, Office
    • Integrated Circuits (ICs)
    • Isolators
    • LED/Optoelectronics
    • Passive
    • Power, Circuit Protection
    • Programmers
    • RF, Wireless
    • Semiconductors
    • Sensors, Transducers
    • Test Products
    • Tools
  • Advertise