Smart Silo
Channel: UNLVECE
Date: 30/12/2020

The IoT Silo Monitor (SmartSilo) is a device designed to measure the current liquid level in large silos containing various fluids such as water or chemicals. Most large silos are opaque, shielding them from light to prevent potential bacteria growth. Therefore, visually observing the liquid level in these tanks is not possible. These tanks need to be manually opened and the liquid level physically viewed on a regular basis, which poses a danger to those performing this task, especially with chemical storage tanks. The IoT Silo Monitor will eliminate the need for this danger and allow real time liquid level viewing from an application. The device will consist of an ultrasonic sensor that can determine the current liquid level. The data from the sensor will be collected and sent wirelessly to a cloud-based application for viewing. Devices that fulfill this purpose exist, but most do not provide a cloud-based application, rather a screen nearby the tank provides the current readings. With the IoT Silo Monitor, the data can be accessed anywhere, and it is retained for analytics.

Video for Senior Design EE497 (project in development) Fall 2020