Need Help Measuring water volume

RE: Need Help Measuring water volume

oksbwn — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 08:53:13 GMT

You can find the height of the water by any method stated above but to find out the volume you need to take care of the structure of the container.... and for that you need to calculate the volume of the structure by using Integration (Calculus..)

RE: Need Help Measuring water volume

tonyboubady — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 05:39:32 GMT

Hydrostatic pressure is not my original Idea?...OUH NO!!! but still my idea is to use the sensor anywhere in the pipeline that connected to water tank...still worth it...

RE: Need Help Measuring water volume

Matt — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:22:05 GMT

Hmm, could you mount an ultrasonic distance sensor under the lid of the container (assuming the water doesn't reach the top [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-6431e5e2-0cc4-4229-9712-7f091c2a2019/contentimage_5F00_3.png:16:16] ).. then use that to measure how far away the water is?

RE: Need Help Measuring water volume

dougw — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 04:31:27 GMT

Pressure is a good method.

Capacitance can be less costly.

There is lots of info about measuring water depth using capacitance on the net.

Here is a demo I did this year:

Keysight Technologies U1282A Digital Multimeter - Applications - Water Level Sensing

RE: Need Help Measuring water volume

clem57 — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 03:58:16 GMT

Read Determining water tank volume using hydrostatic pressure - SensorsONE . Understanding that, you could use wifi if the distance is close to the house. Otherwise another method would be needed. Check https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10221 also.