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Petrol Detection Meter Using IoT

N. Murali Krishna1, T. Lakshmi Bhargavi2, K. Akhil3, B V N Harsha Pranav4, V. Uday Kumar5
1
Professor, Vignan Institute of Technology & Science
2,3,4,5
CSE, Vignan Institute of Technology & Science, Hyderabad

Abstract: There are number of petrol bunks that will try to fool us by short fuelling or short changing, when you go to fill your
car or bike up, unless you stay alert. Most of the pumps still don’t provide a printed bill. In order to eradicate this fraud this
project helps you to know how much petrol has been falling into your petrol tank by showing you the exact point reading
through LCD. Here we are implementing an IOT fuel monitoring and tracking system.
Keywords: Fuel measurement, Estimated mileage, Low fuel alert warning, Fuel flow sensor, Microcontroller

I. INTRODUCTION
Petrol is the most essential thing on Earth; no automobiles can run without petrol. Because of its most essentiality lot of people are
trying to fraud by playing some cheap tricks. There are number of petrol bunks that will try to fool us by short fuelling or short
changing, when you go to fill your car or bike up, unless you stay alert. Most of the pumps still don’t provide a printed bill. In order
to eradicate the fraud you must check the meter reading or you should stay near to him. He never resets the meter to 0, he continues
from the existing amount which results to less amount of fuel in our car or bike.
From all these our project helps you to know how much petrol has been falling into your petrol tank by showing you the exact point
reading through LCD. Here we are implementing an IOT fuel monitoring and tracking system. So as soon as agent starts filling
petrol in your bike/car, the flow sensor is activated. This flow sensor will be active till flow ends. Once flow ends it will calculate
the amount of fuel filled and directly notifies on your mobile phone. If the phone is not available then it will store this data on cloud.
This project also helps us to know the estimated mileage for the existing amount of fuel in your fuel tank. And also, if the petrol is
less than the required level it generates a “LOW FUEL ALERT” warning through LCD display and also gives a buzzer sound.

II. MODULES DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION

There are three modules in this project. They are

A. Flow Detection
In this module, we will use a flow sensor to know how much amount of fuel has fallen into our fuel tank. Accurate flow
measurement is an essential step both in terms of qualitative and economic points of view. Flow meters are excellent devices for
measuring fuel flow and now it is very easy to build a fuel management system using the renowned fuel flow sensor. This sensor
sits in line with the fuel line and contains a pinwheel sensor to measure how much of fuel has moved through it.

B. Estimating mileage
In this module, we will estimate the mileage for the existing amount of fuel present in the fuel tank. This module helps the user to
know the estimated mileage for the existing amount of fuel present in his car/bike fuel tank.

C. Fuel Warning
In this module, an alert will be given if there is low amount of fuel in the fuel tank. Here we will consider the limit 25ml, if the
amount of fuel in the fuel tank is less than required level then “LOW FUEL ALERT” warning will be given to the user, so that the
user can fill his fuel tank immediately.
The main blocks of this project are:
1) Microcontroller (16F877A)
2) Reset button
3) Regulated power supply (RPS)
4) LED indicator
5) LCD
6) Fuel Flow sensor

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D. Microcontroller
A microcontroller is a small computer on a single integrated circuit consisting of a relatively simple CPU combined with support
functions such as crystal oscillator, timer, watchdog timer, serial and analog I/O etc. A microcontroller can be considered a self
contained system with a processor, memory and peripherals and can be used with an embedded system.

E. Reset Button
In electronics and technology, a reset button is a button that can reset a device. On video game consoles, the reset button restarts the
game, losing the player's unsaved progress. On personal computers, the reset button clears the memory and reboots the machine
forcibly. Reset buttons are found on circuit breakers to reset the circuit. This button can cause data corruption so this button often
doesn't exist on many machines. Usually, in computers and other electronic devices, it is present as a small button, possibly recessed
into the case or only accessible by a pin or similar thin object, to prevent it being pressed accidentally.

F. Regulated power supply

It converts unregulated AC into a constant DC with the help of rectifier. It function is to supply a stable voltage to a circuit or device
that must be operated within certain power supply limits. The major blocks of power supply are:
1) Transformer
2) Rectifier
3) Filter
4) 7805 voltage regulator

G. LED indicator
LED are used an indicator lamps in many devices and are increasingly used for lightning.

H. LCD
A LCD is a thin, flat electronic visual display that uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals. The LCD used in this
project is 16*2. We use this display to show the direction and speed of DC motor.

I. Fuel Flow Sensor

Accurate flow measurement is an essential step both in terms of qualitative and economic points of view. Flow meters are excellent
devices for measuring fuel flow. Now it is very easy to build a fuel management system using the renowned fuel flow sensor. This
sensor sits in line with the fuel line and contains a pin wheel sensor to measure how much of fuel has moved through it.
The project is implemented using following software’s:
1) Express PCB – for designing circuit
2) PIC C compiler – For compilation part
3) Proteus 7 (Embedded C) – For simulation part
1) Express PCB: It is a free and open source software suite for electronic design automation (EDA) for printed circuit boards
(PCB) layout. It uses GTK+ for its GUI widgets.
2) PIC C Complier: PIC compiler is software used where the machine language code is written and compiled. After compilation,
the machine source code is converted into hex code which is to be dumped into the microcontroller for further processing. PIC
compiler also supports C language.
3) Proteus: Proteus is software which accepts only hex files. Once the machine code is converted into hex code, that hex code has
to be dumped into the microcontroller and this is done by the Proteus. Proteus is a programmer which itself contains a
microcontroller in it other than the one which is to be programmed. Following are the product modules:
a) Schematic Capture
b) Microcontroller simulation
c) PCB Design
d) 3D verification
III. ARCHITECTURE
This is the architecture of the project, which has one input and three outputs. Microcontroller is the major component which takes
fuel measurement from the fuel flow sensor and displays through LCD. Microcontroller also tells us the estimated mileage for the

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fuel measured by the fuel flow sensor. Microcontroller also gives the LOW FUEL ALERT warning if the fuel level is less than the
required level.

Fig. 1 Architecture

Fig. 2 Circuit

IV. CONCLUSION
PETROL DETECTION METER USING IOT is used to notify the users about the amount of fuel/petrol falling into their fuel tank.
This project also helps us to know the estimated mileage for the amount of petrol present in our fuel tank. It also informs the user by
producing a buzzer sound as a warning if there is low amount of petrol in our tank. It also displays “LOW FUEL ALERT” on the
LCD screen. The proposed system will make sure how much amount of fuel is exactly deposited in our fuel tank to avoid loss of
amount. We can know that through the LCD display fitted on our vehicle or through IOT Wi-Fi which stores this fuel measurement
information so that we can check that information on our mobile phones from anywhere. As agent starts filling petrol in your
bike/car, the flow sensor is activated. This flow sensor will be active till flow ends. Once flow ends it will calculate the amount of
fuel filled and directly notifies on your mobile phone. If the phone is not available then it will store this data on cloud.

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