Automated Water Tank Electronics Final Year Project Report
Automated Water Tank Electronics Final Year Project Report
Automated Water Tank Electronics Final Year Project Report
Purpose of this project is to control our domestic water pump set with the help of a digital logic circuit. It automatically fill our water tank and we doesnt bother about to turn ON and OFF the pump set. The circuit is build around a simple flip-flop, which automatically set and reset with respect to the water level present in the water tank. Two probes are dipped in the tank (one is on the top side and other is at bottom) to check the presence of water and these probes are the input to the digital logic circuit. It also contains some protection mechanism in order to protect the motor from Dry-run conditions. For this purpose we are dipping a probe in the water source (Well, Ponds, etc.) and the circuit detect the availability of water in the source, when there is no water in the source, the whole system will be shut down otherwise the motor may burn. Another facility of this system is that it can identify the purity of water. If the content of mud in the tank increases, circuit not only indicates it but also turn OFF the motor. Also to know the amount of water in the tank, we are using a Numeric Water Level Display Circuit which indicates the amount of water numerically.
Table of Contents
List of figures. iv List of tables . v List of symbols, Abbreviations . vi Chapters 1 2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4 5 6 Introduction .. Functional Blocks.. Pump set controlling Circuit . Numeric Water Level Display circuit Purity Checking Circuit Advantages.... Disadvantages ... Bibliography . Appendix: Data sheets .. 1 2
LIST OF FIGURES
2.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Complete block diagram 2 Pump set controlling circuit ... 4 Transistor switch 5 NE 555 Block diagram .. Water level display circuit.. IC 7447 and display Purity checking circuit ... PCB layout of pump set controller PCB layout of Numeric water level display .. PCB layout of Purity checking circuit ... 6 8 10 11 12 13 13
LIST OF TABLES
3.1 3.2 3.3 Function table of 7411 Triple input AND gate Function table of 74148 Encoder . Function table of 7447 BCD to 7-segment converter .. 5 8 9
- Micro - Ohm - Voltage Source - Ampere - Volt - Kilo - Alternating Current - Direct Current - Light Emitting Diode - Light Depended Resistor - Printed Circuit Board - Integrated Circuit
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Problem Definition
The present project is about providing automation in the switching of water pump set. In additional to this the project also includes the Water level indicating system and purity checking facility. This project will definitely be useful in households.
1.2
scope of study
This project is developed in order to provide the existing method in the switching of water pump set much more better this also helps to detect the mud in the water and informs the user accordingly
1.3
Project motivation
This project is developed from the thought of getting automation in filling the water tank this will helps to consume time and also the mud detection enhances the advantages of this project.
Chapter 2
2.1
This unit is the input to digital control circuit. We already said that we have two levels top and bottom. Two probes are placed at these levels. It senses the presence or water at the corresponding levels. Inside this block two transistors (BC548) functions as a switch and these probes are connected to the base of transistors.
2.2
This section protects our motor from Dry run conditions. It checks whether water is present in the water source or not. The source may be well, pond, etc. If the motor runs in the absence of water, may damage the motor (Dry run).So this is a protecting mechanism.
Chapter 3
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
3.1 Pump set controlling circuit
Above fig shows the controlling circuit. The probe connected to the 2nd pin of 555 is used to switch the output to HIGH when the water level goes below the specified level and it remain in the set state until we reset back the circuit. There are three different conditions for resetting the control flip-flop. These three conditions are fed to the circuit through a triple input AND gate. When anyone of the input to AND gate goes LOW the output will be LOW, a LOW voltage at the 4th pin off 555 (Reset Pin) resets the internal control flipflop. The transistors decides when the circuit to be reset. These transistors act as a switch operating mode.
GATES. Pins 14 and 7 provide power for all three logic gates. The output for a gate is HIGH only when all three inputs are HIGH, otherwise output is LOW. A typical 3 input AND gate works according to the function table as shown in figure 3.4. Its output goes LOW when anyone of the input goes LOW. This logic is utilized in our project. Here the three inputs are the reset conditions. Table 3.1 Function table of 7411
3.1.3 NE 555 IC
NE555 is an 8 pin IC, used for so many applications to produce square waves, Pulses, Bit storage, etc. NE555 has three different operating modes. Astable Bi-stable : Produce continuous square waves
Mono-stable : Produce a single pulse when triggered : a simple memory which can be set and reset
Control input: this can be used to adjust the threshold voltage which is set internally to be 2/3 Vcc. Usually this function is not required and the control input is connected to 0V with a 0.01F capacitor to eliminate electrical noise. It can be left unconnected if noise is not a problem. The discharge pin is not an input, but it is listed here for convenience. It is connected to 0V when the timer output is low and is used to discharge the timing capacitor in astable and monostable circuits.
3.1.3.2Outputs of 555
The output of a standard 555 can sink and source up to 200mA. This is more than other ICs and it is sufficient to supply many output transducers directly, including LEDs (with a resistor in series), low current lamps, piezo transducers, loudspeakers (with a capacitor in series), relay coils (with diode protection) and some motors (with diode protection). The output voltage does not quite reach 0V and +Vcc, especially if a large current is flowing. To switch larger currents you can connect a transistor.
Input to the encoder is fed through transistors; Vcc is directly dipped in the water. When the water level rises it come in to contact with the base of a particular transistor and then the transistor become on and its collector voltage falls. The encoded output is connected to BCD to 7 Segment converter which converts the encoded values to display characters.
lowest order decoder and connecting its BI/RBO to RBI of the next highest order decoder, etc., trailing zeros will be suppressed. Leading and trailing zeros can be suppressed simultaneously by using external gates, i.e.: by driving RBI of a intermediate decoder from an OR gate whose inputs are BI/RBO of the next highest and lowest order decoders. BI/ RBO also serve as an unconditional blanking input. The internal NAND gate that generates the RBO signal has a resistive pull-up, as opposed to a totem pole, and thus BI/RBO can be forced LOW by external means, using wired collector logic. A LOW signal thus applied to BI/RBO turns off all segment outputs. This blanking feature can be used to control display intensity by varying the duty cycle of the blanking signal. A LOW signal applied to LT turns on all segment outputs, provided that BI/RBO is not forced LOW.
Above fig shows how the display system works. The binary inputs received by the 7447 IC converts it in to appropriate display character. 7447 is a common anode display driver.
It make use of LDR (Light Depented Resistor). It has very low resistance in presence of light and has very high resistance (M) in absece of light. The LEDand LDR is dipped in the water. If there is pure water the light fron LED reaches the LDR and LDR offer very low resistance hence the voltage drop across the LDR is also very low. So the transisteor become OFF. When the intensity of mud in the tank increases, the light from LED doesnt reaches the LDR then the voltage drop across the LDR increases and hence the transistor become ON. Then its collector voltage falls to Vce(sat) and the LED will glows.
Chapter 4
ADVATEGES
The main advantage of Automated Water tank is that it provide complete automation for the domestic pump set It is inexpensive Less man effort Awareness about amount of water inside the tank Indicates the purity of water Limits the usage of electricity Less wastage of water
Chapter 5
DISADVATEGES
Continuous power supply required for the operation Limited sensitivity of Mud indicator
Chapter 6
BIBILIOGRAPHY
Sedra & Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, Oxford University, 4th Edition Floyd and Jain, Digital Fundamentals, 8th Edition Rashid, Power Electronics, University of West Florida, 3rd Edition