FLOWCHART OF CONTROL PROCESS:

Pump ON manually.

Valve 1 opened manually.

Pump switched over to AUTO

mode.

Monitor the pump winding and

bearing temperature
continuously.

Is temp<
Pump will
turn off
Set point
value?

Sufficien Pressure
t water switch OFF
pressure

Pressure
switch
ON

Pressure
o/p > set
point
value
 Open
electrically operated
valve

The flow and pressure of

the discharge header is
monitored.

The level of the BPT will be

monitored and accordingly
decision will be taken as to how
many pumps should remain
ON.

Flow of the pipe joining BPT to

Mahadulla will be monitored by
both PLC1 and PLC2 and all the
data is transmitted wirelessly
to the NMC office.