Design and Development of IoT Based Water Flow Monitoring for Pico Hydro Power Plant

Authors

  • Nurhening Yuniarti Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
  • Didik Hariyanto Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
  • Sigit Yatmono Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
  • Muchlis Abdillah Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v15i07.18425

Keywords:

River flow, IoT, pico hydro power plant, rural electrification

Abstract


A Pico hydro power plant is one good solution to support energy independence for rural areas in Indonesia. The problem that normally emerged is the uncertainty of water debit. This may cause the damage of the Pico hydro power plant equipment. The main objective of this study is to design a water flow monitoring (WAFLOW-MT) device based on the Internet of Things (IoT). This device may help the technicians at the Pico hydro power plant in monitoring the speed of water flow at the river so that the water debit is recorded all the time. The design and development process of the WAFLOW-MT device was done through 4 stages: 1) need analysis; 2) system design; 3) system development, and 4) system testing. The data was collected from the water flow sensor and sent via IoT to the webserver thingspeak.com by 6 days duration of testing. According to the testing result, it can be concluded that the WAFLOW-MT device successfully monitored the water flow of the river.

Author Biography

Nurhening Yuniarti, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia

I am a lecturer in Department of Electrical Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia.

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Published

2021-04-09

How to Cite

Yuniarti, N., Hariyanto, D., Yatmono, S., & Abdillah, M. (2021). Design and Development of IoT Based Water Flow Monitoring for Pico Hydro Power Plant. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 15(07), pp. 69–80. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v15i07.18425

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