Design and Implementation of an Automatic Hydrological Telemetry System

Abstract:

It is very significant for hydrological telemetry system to gather such real-time information as rainfall and water level of reservoir in order to improve forecasting level of flood prevention and flood disaster. In this paper, a novel hydrological telemetry system is presented. The system mainly consists of remote terminal units (RTUs) and monitoring center. The RTU is mainly designed to collect rainfall and water level, and send this information to the host computer in the monitoring center by GPRS network or other wireless network. The RTU is completely implemented on a low power consumption hardware platform. The host computer receives the data from the RTUs and analyzes them, then gives detailed tables, diagrams and some decision-making conclusions, which helps the competent authorities of the reservoir or the dam to realize remote monitoring and alarming system. The design principles, difficulties and skills are discussed detailedly in the paper. The low power consumption of the RTU and bit error rate for GPRS communication are both tested. A prototype is developed to validate above design cruces.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 511-512)
• Pages: 752-756
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.511-512.752
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Jun Hua Zhao*, Jing Ning, Suo Ying Mao, Wei Feng Xu
• Keywords: GPRS, Hydrological Telemetry System, Low Power Consumption, Remote Monitoring and Alarming System, RTU

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