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NETWORKED REAL TIME DAM MONITORING AND DISASTER PREDICTING THROUGH GPRS

Dam safety is a major concern to the government and to the people. There are many safety measures taken to ensure the safety of the dams. But still there is no effective systems that can monitor the status of the dams from a centralised location. This proposed project aims to develop a device that monitor the vibrations in the dam, the water level and rain details. These values are updated to the main server PC at regular intervals. The administrator/official can monitor the situation from any centralised location in a webpage. This helps to understand the maximum level of water that can be stored, the safety level of water, the impact level that the dam supports etc. Also any emergency situation like unexpected rain or high vibration occurs, the decision can be taken immediately after verifying the live data. This project has a microcontroller based embedded system connected to a MEMS accelerometer sensor, rain detection sensor and a mobile phone with GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) connectivity. The device has a microcontroller connected to a MEMS based Vibration sensor, Rain Sensor, Water Level Sensor and a GPRS enabled mobile. The various operations of the device are controlled by the software that is embedded in the microcontroller. The vibration sensor monitors the vibrations that occur in the dam. So if there is any breakage in the concrete or any natural calamities like earthquake occur, the vibrations will be more. These vibrations are calibrated and compared with the threshold value. Also the level of water and the amount of rain are monitored. These values are transmitted via GPRS.

These updated values can be monitored on any PC with GPRS connectivity. When any of these value is above the threshold level, the system automatically sends notification messages to the control station. The safe level for the values can be fixed by the user. Web pages displays the information which is updated with live data by the system.

Block Diagram

Sub-Module in Dam

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