2022 4th International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICAC3N)

Enhancement of Water Purification Process Using

2022 4th International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICAC3N) | 978-1-6654-7436-8/22/$31.00 ©2022 IEEE | DOI: 10.1109/ICAC3N56670.2022.10074227

Smart IoT Monitoring System

Thirumala Akash K, Vinay S V, Mohammed Riyaz Ahmed
School of Multidisciplinary Studies
Thinkfinifty Labs Pvt. LTD
REVA University, Bangalore, India 560064
[email protected], vinay@thinkfinitylabs.com, [email protected]

Abstract—The existence of human life predominantly depends including being securely disposed of back into the environ-
on the availability of pure water. Due to the increase in pollution, ment. Water treatment includes eliminating contaminants and
various toxic containments would have been dissolved in water undesired components or lowering their concentration to make
which causes harm to the body. Therefore, it is necessary to have
proper filtration to remove these toxic containments from water. the water appropriate for the intended end use. This process,
One of the most cost-effective ways of water filtering is Reverse which also provides benefits for drinking and irrigation use,
Osmosis (RO). Total dissolved solids (TDS) are the most common is essential for maintaining human health [2].
contaminant in water. Many RO purifiers nowadays deliver water We should first understand the principles of osmosis before
with TDS levels ranging from 30 mg/lt to 50 mg/lt. Low TDS delving into the specifics of reverse osmosis. Osmosis is
value in water deprives the human body of important nutrients
and leads to health problems. The proposed system is integrated the process by which water moves from a less concentrated
with a feedback TDS meter to measure the total dissolved solids solution into a more concentrated one across a semi-permeable
and peristaltic pumps are used to manually inject the TDS if the membrane, as you may recall from high school chemistry.
output of the TDS value is low, a pH meter is used to measure the In other words, the filter equalises the concentrations of the
pH value of the water, flow meter to manually or automatically polluted and clean water, which is not what we want for
set the water flow, it also can debug the errors automatically
and also the system has the Bluetooth connection as well as our drinking water. Osmotic pressure is generated by this
server connection which has been integrated with the android movement [3].
application to monitor the purifier through remotely. This system Reverse Osmosis (RO) is the process used to create water
is user-friendly it can be detached from the purifier when it is that is free of suspended particles. This purification technique
not in use and can be attached to the new purifier commonly employs a semi-permeable membrane that eliminates sus-
known as Retrofitting. If there is any damage in the purifier, the
system will identify the damage and will automatically identify pended particles by applying a pressure larger than the osmotic
the damage and raise the ticket to the support with a detailed pressure to the higher concentration side in order to increase
description. the amount of water with low concentration. Demineralization
is the process of eliminating all minerals (ions) from both
Index Terms—Purifier, peristaltic pumps, pH, Reverse Osmo- natural and RO-treated water [4].
sis, Retro Fitting, TDS.

I. I NTRODUCTION
Water covers almost 70% of the earth’s surface, among
which only 2.4% is of freshwater which is feasible for drink-
ing. Water is one of the major resource in our day to day life
and almost 70% of the water is used in the food production
in most of the regions across the globe. The brain is the most
important organ in the human body, and it is made up of up
to 80% water. Inadequate water consumption causes extreme
dehydration of the brain, resulting in mental disorientation and Fig. 1. Reverse Osmosis Process
retardation. People can survive for a few days without food,
but only for 2-3 days without water. Water is essential for the The main issue with RO water purifiers is that around
existence of all living things on the earth, including plants, 70% to 80% of the water is lost during the purification
animals, and all other forms of life [1]. process, as well as the removal of minerals from the water
Any procedure that enhances the quality of water to make it (demineralization). If the input water has a TDS value of less
suitable for a certain end use is referred to as water treatment. than 500 mg/litre, no demineralization treatment is required.
The final use might be for drinking, irrigation, maintaining Any source of water’s pH value is a measure of its acidity or
river flow, water enjoyment, or a variety of other things, alkalinity. The measurement of pH level mainly depends on

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the amount of hydrogen atoms present in the water. If the pH C. pH Meter

value is in between 0-6 then water is said to be acidic, if it
pH meters determine the pH of a solution by evaluating the
ranges from 8-14 then it is said to be basic and 7 being the
electrical potential difference between the two electrodes. A
neutral value which means neither acidic nor basic.
type of electrochemical pH sensor known as a combination
pH sensor has both a measuring electrode and a reference
II. HARDWARE electrode. While the reference provides a constant signal
for correlation, the measuring electrode detects variations in
A. Block diagram pH value. The millivolt signal in pH units is demonstrated
using a high impedance instrument.The sensor then shifts
The designed integrated system is connected to multiple from displaying the potential to indicating the pH level. In
devices to monitor the Raw water and purified water levels in contrast to other pH testing instruments, pH metres need
the tank and to control various parameters in the process of greater calibration and maintenance. The metre electrodes
water purification as shown in the fig 2. must be kept clean, serviced, or changed in accordance with
the manufacturer’s instructions [6].

Fig. 2. General block diagram of integrated device

B. Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Meter

TDS stands for total dissolved solids in a solution. The
concentration of these dissolved substances is determined
Fig. 4. pH Meter
using a TDS metre. These components include metals, solids,
minerals, calcium, and other inorganic and organic chemicals
that improve a solution’s electrical conductivity (EC). Conse-
D. Water Flow Sensor
quently, EC may be used to calculate TDS. TDS is measured
in terms of milligrams per litre (mg/L). In the process of RO To monitor the rate of flow of water and determine how
filtration water is said to be pure of the TDS value is low much water went through the pipe, water flow sensors are
and comparatively impure if the TDS value is high. Reverse put at the water source or pipelines. Litres per hour or cubic
Osmosis (RO) is an example for water purification, where for metres are used to measure water flow rates. A plastic valve
TDS value ranges from 0 to 10 for pure water and 20 to 100 through which water can travel makes up a water flow sensor
for impure water [5]. [7]. The presence of a water rotor and a hall effect sensor
allows for the detection and measurement of water flow. The
rotor is turned when water passes through the valve. By doing
this, the change in the motor’s speed may be seen. The hall
effect sensor calculates this change and outputs it as a pulse
signal. So, it is possible to gauge the water’s flow rate [8].
The water flow sensor may be utilised with hot, cold, or
warm water as well as with clean and unclean water. These
sensors are offered in a variety of sizes and flow rate ranges.
With micro-controllers like Arduino, these sensors may be
readily interfaced. For this, a 162 LCD display, a Hall effect
water flow sensor, an Arduino micro-controller board for
processing, and Breadboard connection wires are needed. The
sensor is positioned at the pipe opening or the water source
Fig. 3. TDS Sensor inlet. Three wires are connected on the sensor. Red wire for
supply voltage connection. a yellow wire to gather output from

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it check for the water level in the treated water tank, if the
treated water tank is full then system pauses the purification
process, if water level in treated water tank is low then the
system starts the purification process.
To start the purification process the system turns on the
pressure pump to push the raw water from the collection tank
to the Multi Grade Filter to remove the suspended particles,
dirt and dust present in the water. The water is made to flow
through media bed through inlet valve. The media bed is made
up of multi layers like sand, pebbles and gravels which will
be arranged according to the size. Filtration takes place in
each layer of the media when the raw water moves through
them. The water’s suspended solids, grit, and debris are all
Fig. 5. Water Flow Sensor
collected by the media bed, and only clear filtered water exits
the filter’s outlet. The filtered water from the Multi Grade
the Hall effect sensor and a black wire to connect to ground. Filter is fed to the Cartridge filter to remove the remaining
5V to 18V of DC supply voltage is needed [9]. suspended materials and also the chemical components present
in the water.
E. Peristaltic Pump
Peristaltic pump which is also referred as hose or tube pump
works on the principle of positive displacement. Rollers that
rotate and squeeze a flexible tube against the pump housing to
force fluid through the tubing. The tube expands as the roller
passes over it, creating a vacuum that lets more fluid in. At
least one roller shuts the tube while it is in use. As a result,
there is no longer a need for valves. Either a motor turns the
rollers directly, or a gearbox does. The most common uses for
tube pumps include industrial peristaltic pumps and medical
peristaltic pumps [10].

Fig. 7. Device controlling various meters

The system then automatically turns on the low pressure

switch to push the water from the cartridge filter to the RO
pressure pump, the system turn on the RO pressure pump and
has the capability to control the pressure in the RO pump.
Fig. 6. Peristaltic Pump Once the water reaches the the RO pressure pump then the
system opens the High pressure switch where in the water
in pumped with the high pressure to the RO membrane to
III. M ETHODOLOGY completely eliminate the total dissolved particles present in
Due to over increase in pollution the water is getting con- water.
taminated in lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and rivers. The polluted The water from the RO membrane will flow thorough the
water cannot be used directly used for drinking before to that series of meters to measure the various parameters. Three
the water should be treated by to get the pure water by the meters have been used in the filtration process they are pH
process for reverse osmosis. The main drawback of reverse meter, TDS meter, and Flow meter. when the water flows
osmosis process is it makes the water with zero TDS value. through the pH meter its reads the pH value of the water. Next,
The designed integrated system will continuously monitor the the water flows through the TDS meter as it measures the total
complete purification process form the overhead tank till we dissolved solids in the water. In general during the reverse
get the pure water. osmosis process the RO membrane will totally eliminate the
The designed system as shown in fig 7. is connected to the TDS from the water. Water with zero TDS value is not good
various valves that are present in the purification system. First, for health, hence based on the TDS threshold value the system
it checks for the water level in the collection tank, if the water reads the threshold value and if the value is less than the
not above the threshold limit it will automatically turns on the threshold limit it automatically adds the required amount of
motor for the filling up of tank. Once the tank is filled then solids through peristaltic pump and this process is called

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”Dosing”. Then the water flows through the flow meter were in V. CONCLUSION
flow pressure of the water is controlled based upon the flow The main aim of the designed system is to measure the
rate the water is the flow through the ultraviolet system in TDS value, water flow and pH value during the process of
this process the germs are eliminated by UV light. The finally filtration. The values that are read from the system will be
treated water is then stored in the treated storage tank. displayed on the screen and in parallel the readings will be
All the meters and valves are controlled by the designed sent to the android application. Based upon the values if there
system and an android application has been integrated with are any changes the we can change the system configuration
the system to monitor and control process through manually through manually or remotely. The system is user friendly , it
or remotely. The readings from the various meters are can be can be detached from the purifier when it is not in use and can
read through the system or through the android application be attached to new purifier commonly know as Retro fitting.
and necessary actions can be taken based upon the situation. The system also has the capability to identify the damages
in the purifier and will automatically identify the damage and
IV. R ESULTS AND D ISCUSSION raise a ticket to the support team with the detailed description.
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Fig. 9. Display With Various Parameter Values

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