Energy-Efficient Ultrasonic Water Level Detection System with Dual-Target Monitoring
This study presents a developed ultrasonic water level detection (UWLD) system with an energy-efficient design and dual-target monitoring. The water level monitoring system with a non-contact sensor is one of the suitable methods since it is not directly exposed to water. In addition, a web-based mo...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2021-03-01
|
| Series: | Sensors |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/6/2241 |
| _version_ | 1797540375769907200 |
|---|---|
| author | Sanggoo Kang Dafnik Saril Kumar David Muil Yang Yin Chao Yu Suyun Ham |
| author_facet | Sanggoo Kang Dafnik Saril Kumar David Muil Yang Yin Chao Yu Suyun Ham |
| author_sort | Sanggoo Kang |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This study presents a developed ultrasonic water level detection (UWLD) system with an energy-efficient design and dual-target monitoring. The water level monitoring system with a non-contact sensor is one of the suitable methods since it is not directly exposed to water. In addition, a web-based monitoring system using a cloud computing platform is a well-known technique to provide real-time water level monitoring. However, the long-term stable operation of remotely communicating units is an issue for real-time water level monitoring. Therefore, this paper proposes a UWLD unit using a low-power consumption design for renewable energy harvesting (e.g., solar) by controlling the unit with dual microcontrollers (MCUs) to improve the energy efficiency of the system. In addition, dual targeting to the pavement and streamside is uniquely designed to monitor both the urban inundation and stream overflow. The real-time water level monitoring data obtained from the proposed UWLD system is analyzed with water level changing rate (WLCR) and water level index. The quantified WLCR and water level index with various sampling rates present a different sensitivity to heavy rain. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-10T12:59:13Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-a991472854e24dd4a5edb0a8270499a9 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1424-8220 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-10T12:59:13Z |
| publishDate | 2021-03-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Sensors |
| spelling | doaj.art-a991472854e24dd4a5edb0a8270499a92023-11-21T11:39:28ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-03-01216224110.3390/s21062241Energy-Efficient Ultrasonic Water Level Detection System with Dual-Target MonitoringSanggoo Kang0Dafnik Saril Kumar David1Muil Yang2Yin Chao Yu3Suyun Ham4Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USADepartment of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USADepartment of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USADepartment of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USADepartment of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USAThis study presents a developed ultrasonic water level detection (UWLD) system with an energy-efficient design and dual-target monitoring. The water level monitoring system with a non-contact sensor is one of the suitable methods since it is not directly exposed to water. In addition, a web-based monitoring system using a cloud computing platform is a well-known technique to provide real-time water level monitoring. However, the long-term stable operation of remotely communicating units is an issue for real-time water level monitoring. Therefore, this paper proposes a UWLD unit using a low-power consumption design for renewable energy harvesting (e.g., solar) by controlling the unit with dual microcontrollers (MCUs) to improve the energy efficiency of the system. In addition, dual targeting to the pavement and streamside is uniquely designed to monitor both the urban inundation and stream overflow. The real-time water level monitoring data obtained from the proposed UWLD system is analyzed with water level changing rate (WLCR) and water level index. The quantified WLCR and water level index with various sampling rates present a different sensitivity to heavy rain.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/6/2241ultrasonic water level detectiondual microcontrollerdual targetingcloud-based computing platformwater level changing raterenewable energy |
| spellingShingle | Sanggoo Kang Dafnik Saril Kumar David Muil Yang Yin Chao Yu Suyun Ham Energy-Efficient Ultrasonic Water Level Detection System with Dual-Target Monitoring Sensors ultrasonic water level detection dual microcontroller dual targeting cloud-based computing platform water level changing rate renewable energy |
| title | Energy-Efficient Ultrasonic Water Level Detection System with Dual-Target Monitoring |
| title_full | Energy-Efficient Ultrasonic Water Level Detection System with Dual-Target Monitoring |
| title_fullStr | Energy-Efficient Ultrasonic Water Level Detection System with Dual-Target Monitoring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy-Efficient Ultrasonic Water Level Detection System with Dual-Target Monitoring |
| title_short | Energy-Efficient Ultrasonic Water Level Detection System with Dual-Target Monitoring |
| title_sort | energy efficient ultrasonic water level detection system with dual target monitoring |
| topic | ultrasonic water level detection dual microcontroller dual targeting cloud-based computing platform water level changing rate renewable energy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/6/2241 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT sanggookang energyefficientultrasonicwaterleveldetectionsystemwithdualtargetmonitoring AT dafniksarilkumardavid energyefficientultrasonicwaterleveldetectionsystemwithdualtargetmonitoring AT muilyang energyefficientultrasonicwaterleveldetectionsystemwithdualtargetmonitoring AT yinchaoyu energyefficientultrasonicwaterleveldetectionsystemwithdualtargetmonitoring AT suyunham energyefficientultrasonicwaterleveldetectionsystemwithdualtargetmonitoring |