Sinhgad Technical Education Society’s

RMD Sinhgad School Of Engineering, Warje

Department of Mechanical Engineering

A
Seminar on

Digital Fuel Indicator

Presented By Guide
Abhaykumar Mali Prof. Girish Joshi
 Introduction

Automobile vehicle uses fuel as a basic source of

energy. In today bike fuel indicator is digital but
does not shows the exact reading i.e. the shows the
reading in bar. Thus it is necessary to the driver that
to keep the more exact information about fuel
remaining in the tank so the driver is able judge its
remaining driving distance. So this problem is taken
into consideration for exact reading and develop
the digital fuel indicator which shows the exact
amount fuel in tank.
 Contents

 Introduction
 Literature Review
 Components Used
 Construction
 Working
 Diagram
 Advantage and Disadvantage
 Conclusion
 Literature Review
Paper
Title and Author Summary
No.

1. Development and Fabrication

Author concluded that, indicator gives the reading
Of Alpha Numeric Fuel Indica-
liter or milliliter by using microcontroller.
tor For Two Wheeler
[Prof. Mahesh S. Gorde]
Digital Fuel Level Indicator in In this article, indicator shows the exact reading
2. two wheeler along with In liters. It shows the exact reading when fuel level
distance to zero indicator. Is above 1litre. Accuracy is up to 95% to 98% with 0.2%
[ A. Avinashkumar ] liter error.
Paper on Installation and Test- First the author studied the existing fuel indicator
3. ing Of Alphanumeric Fuel Indi- System and then design the fuel tank again in PRO-E.
tor System Due to this electric kit fits properly and gives the
[Prof. V. R. Gandhewar] Reading.

Digital Fuel Indicator In Two In this project author used Load Cell, Seven Segment
4. Wheeler display to indicate the fuel level in tank.
[Sandip Kumar Singh]
 Components Used
 Power Supply
 Transformer
 Float Sensor
 Microcontroller
 LCD Display
 Battery
 Analog To Digital Converter
 Construction

1. A float with variable resistance is installed in tank at base.

2. As the float rises up results in varying resistance. Due to this
rheostat offers less resistance and flow of current increases.
3. The output of rheostat is analog signal which is given to the analog
to digital converter.
4. ADC processes these rheostat output signal i.e. AC signal and
convert them into Digital pulses. Further it is passes to the
microcontroller.
5. After that microcontroller processes these digital signal and send
to the LCD display in the form of voltage.
6. These output voltage is calibrated in terms of volume of fuel
remaining in tank or filled in tank.
 Working
Petrol Tank With
Float Gauge

Analog to
Digital Analog Fuel Gauge
Microcon Converter
LCD -troller

Battery
 Overall Diagram
LCD Display
Float Sensor

Microcontroller
Float Sensor

ADC
Advantage:-
1. Driver knows exact quantity of fuel present in tank.
2. The digital value can be used for better estimating mileage.
3. Exact estimation of travel distance that can be covered by the
the vehicle with the fuel at hand.
4. Digital signal can be used for control application or
communication to driver through wireless app messaging.

Disadvantage:-
1. Because of electrical part it is dangerous.
2. Its cost is relatively high.
3. It is robust in construction.
4. Maintenance is high.
Cost Of Components(Approx.)

Component Cost(Rs.)
Microcontroller 800
Analog to Digital Converter 200
Float Sensor 350
LCD Display 150
 Conclusion

By the comparative study of paper it is

observed that ‘Digital Fuel Indicator’ gives the
exact reading than the traditional or analog fuel
indicator system. Having a digital value of fuel
level opens vast possibilities for control
applications and IOT.
 References
 Shakib Sheikh, Sunit Chambhare et al “Development
and fabrication of alphanumeric fuel level indicator
for two wheelers” International Journal of Research
Vol. 2 (2014)
 A.Avinashkumar, U.Singaravelan, et al “Digital fuel
level indicator in two wheeler along with distance to
zero indicator” IOSR Journal Vol. 11 PP 80-84 (2014)
 Sayyed Junraid, Tushar Dhood et al “A paper on
Installation and Testing of Alphanumeric Fuel
Indicator System” IOSR Journal vol.2(2014)
Thank You