Development and Experimental
Assessment of a Fluid Flow Monitoring
System Using Flow Sensor and Arduino
Interface
Sharad S. Mulik, Abhishek D. Patange, R. Jegadeeshwaran,
Sujit S. Pardeshi, and Aditi Rahegaonkar
Abstract The flow monitoring has been a priority in fluid handling industry for
controlling and regulating various parameters. Any change in flow dimension directly
affects the output parameters in the domain of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, fluid
power, etc. This may lead to huge economical and quality loss which is totally unbearable. The traditional fluid flow measurement methodologies are time consuming,
bulky and affected by pressure, temperature, and viscosity with self-draining characteristics. It also requires appropriate observation followed by theoretical calculations.
This motivates developing a flow management system incorporating integration of
flow meters with the electronic control system. In the generation of open-source
instrumentation, it is quite easy to implement such in-house built systems. This paper
presents development of a fluid flow monitoring system using flow sensor YF-DN50
and Arduino interface. The algorithm is designed in ARDUINO IDE and is communicated to Microsoft Excel through PLX DAQ. The experimentation is carried out
on centrifugal pump to measure the outlet discharge by conventional method and
with use of developed system. The comparison of outlet discharge measured by both
approaches has been plotted for calibration purpose. The advocated approach is efficient, reliable, inexpensive, and flexible particularly for academic research. Additionally, the system may perhaps be implemented in stand-alone special purpose
industries and for laboratories at engineering institutes.
Keywords Fluid flow monitoring · Flow meter · Arduino · PLX DAQ ·
Centrifugal pump
S. S. Mulik
Rasiklal M. Dhariwal Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune, India
A. D. Patange (B) · S. S. Pardeshi · A. Rahegaonkar
College of Engineering Pune, Pune, India
e-mail: abhipatange93@gmail.com
R. Jegadeeshwaran
Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600127, India
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license
to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
N. Gascoin and E. Balasubramanian (eds.), Innovative Design, Analysis
and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Lecture Notes
in Mechanical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6619-6_12
115
Assessment of a Fluid Flow Monitoring
System Using Flow Sensor and Arduino
Interface
Sharad S. Mulik, Abhishek D. Patange, R. Jegadeeshwaran,
Sujit S. Pardeshi, and Aditi Rahegaonkar
Abstract The flow monitoring has been a priority in fluid handling industry for
controlling and regulating various parameters. Any change in flow dimension directly
affects the output parameters in the domain of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, fluid
power, etc. This may lead to huge economical and quality loss which is totally unbearable. The traditional fluid flow measurement methodologies are time consuming,
bulky and affected by pressure, temperature, and viscosity with self-draining characteristics. It also requires appropriate observation followed by theoretical calculations.
This motivates developing a flow management system incorporating integration of
flow meters with the electronic control system. In the generation of open-source
instrumentation, it is quite easy to implement such in-house built systems. This paper
presents development of a fluid flow monitoring system using flow sensor YF-DN50
and Arduino interface. The algorithm is designed in ARDUINO IDE and is communicated to Microsoft Excel through PLX DAQ. The experimentation is carried out
on centrifugal pump to measure the outlet discharge by conventional method and
with use of developed system. The comparison of outlet discharge measured by both
approaches has been plotted for calibration purpose. The advocated approach is efficient, reliable, inexpensive, and flexible particularly for academic research. Additionally, the system may perhaps be implemented in stand-alone special purpose
industries and for laboratories at engineering institutes.
Keywords Fluid flow monitoring · Flow meter · Arduino · PLX DAQ ·
Centrifugal pump
S. S. Mulik
Rasiklal M. Dhariwal Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune, India
A. D. Patange (B) · S. S. Pardeshi · A. Rahegaonkar
College of Engineering Pune, Pune, India
e-mail: abhipatange93@gmail.com
R. Jegadeeshwaran
Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600127, India
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license
to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
N. Gascoin and E. Balasubramanian (eds.), Innovative Design, Analysis
and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Lecture Notes
in Mechanical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6619-6_12
115