This student team, Suvana, was a finalist in the Smart India Hackathon of 2019 with your innovation- Low cost residential flow meter. The team is from the Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology (MIT), Bihar and they gone on to win many awards.
Innovation summary:
We have invented a low cost, non-invasive, cost effective, supports industry 4.0 requirements and implements IIoT in flow meter. It can serve the water problem faced by most of the family. It can replace the old expensive, inconvenient water meter available in market which is out of reach of common people.
It helps in monitoring the amount of water consumed in day to day activities and detect leakages through pipes in house. Helps in automation and industry 4.0 requirements in oil Industry. It helps detect water leaking through underground pipes and black-marketing of supply water.
Social impact:
Problem faced by citizens:
Citizens the world over, are facing the problem of water scarcity. The use of flow meter can help them to monitor the amount of water consumed in day to day activities so that they are billed for their exact usage. Detection and prevention of water spillage from leaks are quite helpful towards water saving. However, high cost of available water meters make it unaffordable for the common man.
Problem faced by companies:
Apart from saving time and increasing measurement accuracy, IoT enabled proposed strap on devices will help in the improvement of safety and security in these organizations as well.
Problem faced by urban planners:
•Water supply in cities is provided through underground pipes. Due to the lack of maintenance, water leakage through these pipes are quite high.
•During the peak summer season, water tankers are implied to provide drinking water in water-deprived regions like slums. Proper distribution and avoidance of black-marketing can be achieved by IoT enabled water flow meters.
Costly ultrasonic sensors are used for measuring the flow volume of water. The market price of a strap on design ultrasonic residential flow meter is more than Rs 50,000. Invasive water flow meters available in the market are not handy to use and often lead to water leaking issues.
Names of team members with name of college/institution
Ankit Jha (Team Leader)
Utpal Kant
Vidya Kumari
Supriya Bharti
Nelshan Rani
Aditya Thakur
All members are from Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology.
Details of college or institution:
Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology (MIT), MIT is a premier institution of eastern India for technical education. It is under administrative control of department of science and technology and wholly funded by Govt. of Bihar.
Any progress after Smart India recognition:
Project is selected for incubation at IIT Patna and a seed funding of Rs. 10 lakhs for product development.
Project was selected for Receiving Funding Support and Incubation Linkage for the FY 2020-21 at IIC-MIC & AICTE and received 4.5 Lakh as seed Funding.
Team received award for their innovation from HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ at AICTE Headquarter, Delhi during National Innovation Contest 2019.
Finalist of IIC National Innovation Contest , 2019 organised by AICTE & MHRD Innovation cell.
