Development and Experimental Assessment of a Fluid …
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Fig. 1 System layout and mechatronic integration circuit
a data acquisition system to acquire, process, display, and store data which can be
used further for analysis if any.
2 System Design, Mechatronic Integration, and Design
of Algorithm
An innovative approach for development of a fluid flow monitoring system was
formulated using YF-DN50 flow sensor and Arduino Mega 2560 microcontroller.
The provision of integration of multichannels of flow sensors at a time can be made.
The core flow sensor, i.e., YF-DN50, consists of turbine which is placed inside plastic
envelope upon which a magnet is placed. As the turbine blades rotate, the fluid flows;
hence, the magnetic fluctuation obstructs hall sensor, the degree of interference is
being subjected to the velocity of flow, and therefore, the sensor emits pulse signal,
which is used to estimate the water volume [14]. Arduino ATMega2560 has 16 analog
inputs, 54 digital input/output pins, 16 MHz crystal oscillator, power supply cord,
and USB connection. This system can be connected with the USB cable and further
connected to a computer. Figure 1 shows system layout and circuit diagram. The
algorithm was designed in Arduino IDE, and it is integrated with MS Excel through
PLX DAQ. The flowchart of the algorithm is given in Fig. 2.
3 Experimentation and Testing
The objective of the experimentation is to evaluate the performance of developed fluid
flow monitoring system and validating it with conventional experimental method.
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Fig. 1 System layout and mechatronic integration circuit
a data acquisition system to acquire, process, display, and store data which can be
used further for analysis if any.
2 System Design, Mechatronic Integration, and Design
of Algorithm
An innovative approach for development of a fluid flow monitoring system was
formulated using YF-DN50 flow sensor and Arduino Mega 2560 microcontroller.
The provision of integration of multichannels of flow sensors at a time can be made.
The core flow sensor, i.e., YF-DN50, consists of turbine which is placed inside plastic
envelope upon which a magnet is placed. As the turbine blades rotate, the fluid flows;
hence, the magnetic fluctuation obstructs hall sensor, the degree of interference is
being subjected to the velocity of flow, and therefore, the sensor emits pulse signal,
which is used to estimate the water volume [14]. Arduino ATMega2560 has 16 analog
inputs, 54 digital input/output pins, 16 MHz crystal oscillator, power supply cord,
and USB connection. This system can be connected with the USB cable and further
connected to a computer. Figure 1 shows system layout and circuit diagram. The
algorithm was designed in Arduino IDE, and it is integrated with MS Excel through
PLX DAQ. The flowchart of the algorithm is given in Fig. 2.
3 Experimentation and Testing
The objective of the experimentation is to evaluate the performance of developed fluid
flow monitoring system and validating it with conventional experimental method.