Recent developments have witnessed that remote operations are attracting considerable widespread interest due to its ability to work remotely, ease of access, and faster troubleshooting. This paper presents an architecture for remote as well as for local operation to release water from storage units. This approach could be adapted for a wide array of applications such as to control flooding, to perform maintenance operations, and to release water for ecological purposes. An inverted u-tube structure known as siphon and the widely used sloped-pipe, both provided with actuated gates, are used to facilitate the release of water from storage units. They are operated remotely using the 4G cellular network. A graphical user interface (GUI) has been developed to monitor and control hardware and software components. Sensors were deployed in the field to collect information about the water depth of the storage units. All the components are powered using solar energy. Several experiments have been performed and tested in our laboratory to verify system reliability in order to get a stable and consistent connection. This methodology may open new avenues for the application of remote operations, particularly in the field of civil and environmental engineering.

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Recent developments have witnessed that remote operations are attracting considerable widespread interest due to its ability to work remotely, ease of access, and faster troubleshooting. This paper presents an architecture for remote as well as for local operation to release water from storage units. This approach could be adapted for a wide array of applications such as to control flooding, to perform maintenance operations, and to release water for ecological purposes. An inverted u-tube structure known as siphon and the widely used sloped-pipe, both provided with actuated gates, are used to facilitate the release of water from storage units. They are operated remotely using the 4G cellular network. A graphical user interface (GUI) has been developed to monitor and control hardware and software components. Sensors were deployed in the field to collect information about the water depth of the storage units. All the components are powered using solar energy. Several experiments have been performed and tested in our laboratory to verify system reliability in order to get a stable and consistent connection. This methodology may open new avenues for the application of remote operations, particularly in the field of civil and environmental engineering.

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Internet-Enabled Remotely Controlled Architecture to Release Water From Storage Units

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Conference DOI: https://doi.org/10.26226/m.6329c39b68fb0e00131f77d2