Performance Testing of Reciprocating Pump with Arduino Uno and G1/4 Pressure Transducer

This paper presents a performance testing of the reciprocating pump to determine the working condition and analyzing the delivery and suction pressure which plays an important role in maintaining proper heads. Using conventional performance testing methods, efficiency and working of the pump are improved. Various performance test of pumps is available with different degrees of accuracy. Reciprocating pumps are used where flow is constant and high delivery pressures are required, so they are exposed to more risk of failure when changing the pressure by manually regulating a valve. Even a witnessed test will not be correct and have a tolerance on the accuracy due to the collective gauge inaccuracies and pressure fluctuations. As a result, various sensors are used to check the current performance of the equipment. Arduino Uno which is an open source microcontroller has been used due to its low cost. In this study, the performance testing, which is easy to detect the defects if the pump is not operating as per the design requirements is carried out using G 1/4 Pressure Transducer. Data Acquisition is done with the help of the Arduino Uno board and a pressure transducer in a computer. The measurements were taken for the pump operating at a speed of 350 RPM. The main emphasis is laid to make the pumps designed to operate for longer times and to eliminate failures which result in downtime during operation in industries and even in households with improved safety. The obtained results were compared with the results obtained in conventional measurement technique to determine if any of the parameters is affecting the performance of the reciprocating pump.