Rainfall Detection and Alarm System Sponsor Jerry Hayes Faculty Advisor Dr Stapleton Project Overview A Discharge Monitor Reading is required for Ingram Readymix Inc A completed sample required once a month ID: 590941
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2.1 & 2.2: Rainfall Detection and Alarm System
Sponsor: Jerry Hayes
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Stapleton Slide2
Project Overview
A Discharge Monitor Reading is required for Ingram Readymix Inc.
A completed sample required once a month
Collected sample within the first fifteen minutes of outfallSlide3
Project Overview
We designed an integrated stand alone systems with multiple features:
Collect outfall, pool level, rainfall, and voltage level on RDS
Receive and send data between RDS and RAS
Alert visually and auditorily
I
ngram workers to collect a sample
Log and display data on RASSlide4
Project OverviewSlide5
Project Motivation
Current method of discharge monitoring is through Visual inspection
and Manual timing
Discharge into city waste lines can lead to company problems:
Environmental
Legal
Company Closure Slide6
Top-Level Sensor System
Block Diagram
Read rain gauge
value
Read flow sensor value
Send Data
Receive Data
Log File
Analog to Digital Converter
Read Liquid Level Sensor
Value
Read Voltage level from Battery
Analog to Digital Converter
Power Battery from Solar Panel
Team Charlie
Team Bravo
LegendSlide7
Sensors
Pool Level Sensor: Variable resistivity due to change in pool level
Flow Meter: Signals if water flow has occurred
Rain Gauge:
Each tip of the lever is 0.011
”Slide8
Features
2.2 Rainfall Detection System (Team Charlie)Slide9
Features
Solar Panel: Provides power to the Rainfall Detection SystemSlide10
Top-Level Block Diagram
Detect Outfall
Pool Level Threshold
Send Outfall Trigger
Receive Outfall Trigger
Invoke Alarms
Check Timer
Check Buttons
Display Message
Log File
Check operation hours
Team Charlie
Team Bravo
LegendSlide11
Top-Level Block Diagram
Analyze Pool Level
Analyze Rainfall Amount
Send Data
Receive Data
Log File
Send Voltage
Receive Voltage
Display Voltage
Check Battery Level
Team Charlie
Team Bravo
LegendSlide12
System Quality
Usability
: Buttons and LCD screen user interaction of RDA system
Maintainability
: Software hosted on
github
Scalability
: Multithreaded system to handle incorporation of add on sensors
Reliability: Backup power system and able to recognize collection state Security: Wooden Enclosed case
Portability
: System can be implemented
o
n multiple sites of Ingram
ReadymixSlide13
Features
Visually and auditorily alert the userO
utfall and low voltage via buzzers and Sense hat module
Integrate multi-button system which includes:
Restart
Complete
Missed
MuteSlide14
Collection Sample missed
Low Voltage
in RDS
Collection Sample collected and Idle state
RDA System invoked by the RDS Slide15
Complete Button has been pressed
Startup message
Missed Button has been pressed Slide16
Restart Button has been pressed
Collection Sample collected
Collection Sample missed
Collection Sample needs to be collected for the monthSlide17
Collection Sample collected but RDS voltage is low
Collection Sample missed but RDS voltage is low
Collection Sample needs to be collected but RDS voltage is low
15
m
inute
t
imerSlide18
Features
LCD Touchscreen to display data via CSV file:
Start and end time of rainfall
Amount of rainfall in inches
Pool Level
Outfall Status
Hours of operationSlide19
Remediations
Alarm system is able to receive data from Rainfall Detector system’s transceiver within 600 feet
Able to be self-powered (with backup battery) even with emergency outage scenario
self-powered for 3 hours
Added an exhaust fan to the Rainfall Detection SystemSlide20
Future Work
Implement hands free/voice command technology via Amazon Echo
Implement pH testing at the overflow pool
Incorporat
a printer for the hardcopy documentation of the dataSlide21
Acknowledgements
Dr. Earl Ingram
Dr. William Stapleton
Dr. Semih Aslan
Dr. Rich Compeau
Jerry Hayes
Sarah Rivas