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A Design of RF Digital Remote Water Gauge with Counterflow Detection Capability

역류 흐름 검출기능을 갖는 무선 디지털 원격 수도검침기 설계

  • Nam, Jong-Hyun (Catholic Kwandong University, Division of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Min (Catholic Kwandong University, Division of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering)
  • Received : 2015.01.03
  • Accepted : 2015.02.27
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

The conventional 1 Hall sensor-type water gauge has some defects that it can not detect counterflow and low-speed flow of water, and it also generates power consumption during even sleep mode. In this paper, a low-power consumption wireless digital remote water gauge with a counterflow detection capability is proposed. The proposed water gauge detects the direction and amount of water flow by using the three Hall sensors placed at $120^{\circ}$ intervals with 8-year national standard life durability. The water gauge with three Hall sensors works without error regardless of water speed does not generate power dissipation during sleep mode by presented reading algorithm for bew water gauge. The proposed water gauge is designed to send its ID, current time and counting value to repeater or central control center with specified frequency by RF Module.

기존의 1구 홀센서 방식의 수도 검침기는 역류 감지와 저속 흐름 감지가 어렵고 대기상태에서 전력 소모가 발생하는 등의 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 3개의 홀센서를 $120^{\circ}$간격으로 배치해 유량의 흐름을 감지하고 유량의 방향을 검출하여 국가 기술 표준 작동연한 (8년)을 충족하는 역류 검출기능을 갖는 무선 디지털 원격 수도 검침기를 제안한다. 제안하는 검침기의 동작 알고리듬은 3개의 홀센서가 유량의 속도에 상관없이 동작하며 오차없이 유량을 카운트 하도록 구성하며 홀센서에 이벤트 발생 시 RF 모듈을 통해 지정한 주파수로 수도 검침기의 ID, 현재 시간 그리고 카운트 값을 중계기 또는 중앙 관제센터에 보내고 대기모드에서 전력이 소비되지 않게 한다.

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