CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC WATER LEVEL CONTROLLER FOR BOTH OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND TANKS

ABSTRACT
Automatic water level controller for both overhead and underground tank is designed to monitor the level of water in a tank. It displays the level of water and when it is at the lowest level; a pump is activated automatically to refill the tank. When the tank is filled to its maximum capacity, the pump is automatically de-energized. Several circuits are put together to ensure proper working of this design, and the block diagram includes the supply unit, the micro-processor unit, the sensor unit, the display unit and the pump drives unit. The power unit is responsible for turning on the entire circuit. Some components are used to set up power unit and they include; a 15v step down transformer, a bridge rectifier circuit, a smoothening capacitor and a voltage regulator IC. The microprocessor (AT89S50) controls virtually all the actions carried out in this design. (AT89S50) is used in the design. The sensor unit is responsible for sensing the level of water and transfer the current position of water to the microprocessor. The display unit in the circuit is use to physically show the current position of water in the tank, the properties of seven segment display are been used.


TABLE OF CONTENT

Cover page- - - - - - - - - - - - -i
Title page - - - - - - - - - - - -ii
Certification - - - - - - - - - - - -iii
Dedication - - - - - - - - - - - -iv
Abstract - - - - - - - - - - - --v
Table of content - - - - - - - - - - - -vi
List of figure - - - - - - - - - - - -vi
List of table - - - - - - - - - - - -x

CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION- - - - - - - - - - -1
1.1 background - - - - - - - - - - -1
1.2 aims and objective - - - - - - - - - -2
1.3 scope of the study- - - - - - - - - -3
1.4 constrains- - - - - - - - - - - -3
1.5 limitations of the project- - - - - - - - -4
1.6 block diagram- - - - - - - - - - -4
1.7 project report organization- - - - - - - - -5

CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 review- - - - - - - - - - - -6
2.1 sensors- - - - - - - - - - - -7

CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
3.00 Project block diagram- - - - - - - - -11
3.01 fluid level detector - - - - - - - - - -11
3.02 system analysis - - - - - - - - - - -12
3.03 step-down transformer- - - - - - - - -12
3.04 transformer circuit representation- - - - - - - -13
3.05 diodes- - - - - - - - - - - -13
3.06 LED- - - - - - - - - - - - -15
3.07 Bridge rectifier- - - - - - - - - - -17
3.08 Voltage regulators- - - - - - - - - -18
3.09 Resistors- - - - - - - - - - - -19
3.10 Transistors- - - - - - - - - - -22
3.11 Relays- - - - - - - - - - - -24
3.12 Piezo electric buzzer- - - - - - - - - -25
3.13 Hardware component- - - - - - - - - -26
3.14 Power supply unite- - - - - - - - - -27
3.15 Display unite- - - - - - - - - - -27
3.16 Input interface design- - - - - - - - - -28
3.17 Pump control segment- - - - - - - - -29
3.18 Input interface design - - - - - - - - -30
3.19 Sensor unit- - - - - - - - - - -30
3.20 Micro-processor unit - - - - - - - - - -31

CHAPTER FOUR
4.01 Overview of the project- - - - - - - 38
4.02 Software design- - - - - - - - - 40
4.03 Software development - - - - - - - 40
4.04 Translator- - - - - - - - - - 41
4.05 Linker/loader- - - - - - - - - 42
4.06 Debugging- - - - - - - - - - 43
4.07 Development process- - - - - - - - 43
4.08 System control program steps- - - - - - 44
4.09 Program- - - - - - - - - - 45

CHAPTER FIVE
SYSTEM TESTING AND IMPLIMENTATION
Test plan and test data- - - - - - - - - -50
5.00 Component test- - - - - - - - - -49
5.01 System test- - - - - - - - - -50
5.02 Transformer test - - - - - - - - -50
5.03 Other test- - - - - - - - - - -51
5.04 Experimented value vs. actual values- - - - - -51
5.05 Performance evaluation- - - - - - - -52
5.06 Packaging- - - - - - - - - - 54
5.07 Bill of engineering measurement and evaluation- - - 53
5.08 conclusions- - - - - - - - - - 54
5.09 Problem encountered - - - - - - - -55
5.10 Recommendations- - - - - - - - -56
5.11 REFFERENCE-- - - - - - - - - -57