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Minor Project Synopsis FINAL
Minor Project Synopsis FINAL
A project report
submitted to
of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
in
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
AUGUST 2022
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PROJECT ON
AUTOMATIC RAIN SENSING WINDOW SYSTEM
This project is carried out in a team collaboration of 7 students guided by Mr. Tawseef Abdullah in
the course of B-Tech, 7th Semester.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1
AIM OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................................................................. 2
SCOPE OF PROJECT ................................................................................................................................. 3
METHODOLOGY AND PROJECT LAYOUT ................................................................................................. 4
RAIN DETECTOR .................................................................................................................................. 4
DRIVER MECHANISM FOR OPENING AND CLOSING THE WINDOWS: ................................................ 5
OUTCOMES AND FUTURE SCOPE ............................................................................................................ 6
References: ............................................................................................................................................. 7
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INTRODUCTION
AUTOMATIC RAIN SENSING WINDOW SYSTEM
Now a day’s human comfort has become most significant conscience of engineers. This project is one
step further about human comfort and is aimed to be a widely used product to help enhancing human
comfort by working with great accuracy. The control system is prepared by using motors, sensors (for
detection of start and end of rain), a weight balancing pointer rod and some other necessary objects
needed for successful implementation. Automatic rain sensing window system will prove to be useful
in protecting the house interior from the rain water spoilage. As we know, in the times of heavy rainfall,
it is necessary to close the windows on time, before ample water enters into the house leading to house
hold deterioration. This system consists of mainly two important components, which are rain sensing
unit and a driver mechanism for opening and closing windows. The field of this work is Mechatronics,
which is a combination of mechanical and electronic system. The rain sensing unit here is a pure
mechanical system, used because of its simplicity and economical reasons, which works on the principle
of weight balance [1].
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Secondly, in the times when the windows have been left open and there is no person present in the
house, a lot of water due to rain will get lodged inside through windows thereby spoiling the household
and interior because till the time when the person reaches to the spot and closes windows, it will be too
late. This system will eliminate all such issues as even in the absence of people living in the house or
building, it will prevent the rain water from getting inside by closing the windows as soon as the rain
detector detects the rain. This system will provide peace of mind especially in the areas where there are
frequent unexpected rainfalls.
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SCOPE OF PROJECT
The need of Automatic Rain Sensing Window System is almost everywhere. This system finds its
importance in industries, office buildings, educational institutes, hospitals, residential buildings and
houses. If we talk about industries, office buildings etc., which are usually multi-storey buildings, there
is some sort of chaos at the times of heavy rainfall. The problems of rain water getting inside are
common and in some cases, important material can get damaged which is placed in the vicinity of
windows thereby causing problems. Moreover, it causes hindrance to the employees working and also
sometimes people have to leave their important work to close the windows or gather the important
material to prevent from rain water spoilage, which affects the whole working schedule of employees.
Now, if we consider the case of residential buildings and houses, which may also be multi-storey
buildings, bungalows, huts etc., a comparatively large quantity of household or housing items are
present in the vicinity of windows due to space constraints, especially furnishing items such as carpets,
curtains, furniture etc. can get spoiled due to rain water. Although, we try to close the windows manually
one by one but in case of multi-storey building, it will pose problems and become hectic for a people to
close the windows quickly, which in turn will lead to rain water lodging inside the building.
In case, a person is away from his house or during night times, when people are asleep, strong rains can
lodge into the house in large quantity, thereby causing spoilage to a large extent until the person can get
to it and close the windows himself. Furthermore, in houses and residential buildings, windows are
usually made of wood and their exposure to rains leads to their damage as it causes deterioration to the
wood.
Keeping all these consequences in mind, we can understand the importance of having such an automated
system i.e. Automatic Rain Sensing Window System. By employing this system, it will prevent all the
chaos erupted during heavy rainfall which in turn will maintain peace in a working atmosphere,
eliminating the need of this hectic task. After having this system installed, whether people are away
from their homes, or sleeping during night time, there will be a peace of mind as the system will
automatically handle the windows during rains and opens them back once the rain comes to an end.
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RAIN DETECTOR
This is the main sensing unit of the whole project. It works on the principle of weight balance. It
comprises of a rain collector, sliding pointer, counter weight, conducting strips and two switches for
the open and close operations. The diagram for such arrangement is given below:
Initially, the rain water from the downspout gets collected in the rain collector. The weight on the
collector side gets increased due to which the sliding pointer turns about the hinge and lowers from the
collector side, the circuit at the switch S1 gets closed. This switch is responsible for the closing operation
of windows. This operation is carried out during the upward movement of the counter weight while the
pointer tip is sliding over the cut-off strip. Once the pointer reaches to the top, the tip leaves the cut-off
strip and the circuit is broken marking the completion of window closing operation. The windows will
remain in closed position until the rain stops. Once the rain stops, the level of water present in the
collector starts decreasing as the water is continuously flowing out of the small slit. Once the collector
is empty, the sliding pointer again rotates about the hinge, the collector side goes upwards while as the
counter weight moves downwards, thereby closing the circuit at the switch S2. This switch is
responsible for the opening operation of the windows. This operation lasts until the pointer tip again
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leaves the cut-off strip, after which the circuit is broken and the windows continues to remain in open
state until there are any more rainfalls. This marks the working principle of the rain detector used in
this project.
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References:
[1] Islam, M. A., reza Emon, I., & Hasan, M. Z. (2014). Development of a Control System and Modelling of an
Automatic Window.
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