Monitoring of cooling tower water pumps using Arduino data acquisition device

Investing equipment to monitor the condition of assets through vibration can be expensive. Recent development of alternative microcontrollers has enabled researchers to study its potential to replace expensive equipment for monitoring purposes. This study aimed to investigate the potential of alternative microcontrollers to be used as devices to monitor the condition of water pumps. An internet of things (IoT) device was developed that can measure vibration and be applied to monitor water pumps. The vibration data was obtained when the pumps were operated and sent to the condition-based monitoring system (CBMS) database via Wi-Fi network. The vibration data was observed, and current and future condition was identified through vibration analysis.