Mechanical · MEP (Plumbing Systems)
Building Water Supply & Plumbing Design
Intermediate 4 weeks 30-50 hours
Build a scaled water-supply rig: pump feeding branched tubing with a pressure sensor and flow sensor. Measure pressure drop across pipe sizes and fittings, validate against calculations.
Major
Mechanical
Focus area
MEP (Plumbing Systems)
Total hours
30-50 hours
What you'll need
- 12V DC submersible water pump for Arduino
- YF-S201 water flow sensor hall effect flowmeter
- pressure transducer sensor 0-100 psi 1/8 NPT
- clear vinyl tubing assortment food grade
- Arduino Uno R3 ATmega328P microcontroller board
- plastic barbed hose fittings assortment kit
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Steps
- Design a branched pipe layout and calculate expected pressure drop.
- Build the rig with the pump, tubing, fittings, pressure sensor, and flow sensor.
- Program the Arduino to log pressure and flow.
- Measure pressure drop across different tubing sizes and fittings.
- Compare measured pressure drop to your calculations.
- Chart the results and document the rig for your portfolio.
What to photograph for your portfolio
- Water rig build
- pressure drop vs pipe size
- flow measurements
- validation vs calc
Resume bullet starters
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Designed and built a building water supply & plumbing design using Plumbing design, fluid mechanics, pressure/flow measurement
Applied Arduino to implement, test, and validate the system end-to-end
Skills you'll show off
Plumbing designfluid mechanicspressure/flow measurementArduino