Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)-oriented framework for blockage assessment at cross-drainage hydraulic structures

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Figure 1. AIoT-Oriented blockage assessment framework.

Figure 2. IoT architecture of the proposed blockage assessment framework.

Figure 3. Cost breakdown for the one-time setup of the proposed blockage assessment framework.

Figure 4. Recurring cost breakdown for the proposed blockage assessment framework.

Table 1. Cost estimates for the proposed AIoT-Oriented blockage assessment framework.

		Item	Quantity	Purpose	Cost (USD)
Setup Cost	Hardware cost	LOREX Camera	1	Capture the visual data upstream of culvert opening	$\approx$$200
		Liquid level transmitter sensor	2	To measure the upstream and downstream water levels	$\approx$$150 (each)
		OTT SVR 100	1	To measure the upstream water surface velocity	$\approx$$300
		OTT-SLD Sensor	1	To measure the inlet water discharge at culvert	$\approx$$300
		Jetson Xavier NX	1	Edge computing hardware to perform AI analysis	$\approx$$400
		Adafruit Power adapter	1	To power the edge computing hardware	$\approx$$20
		SIM8200EA-M2 5G module	1	To transmit the data from physical layer to IoT gateway	$\approx$$600
		Solar power system	1	To power the hardware for remote sites	$\approx$$5,000
	Software Cost	AI models development cost	NA	To process the raw data and extract blockage relevant information	$\approx$$15,000
		Dashboard development cost	NA	To present the real-time blockage data analytics to stakeholders	$\approx$$5,000
		Mobile application development cost	NA	To present the real-time blockage data analytics to stakeholders	$\approx$$5,000
	Services Cost	Cloud Computing	NA	To perform the data analytics on the data over the cloud	$\approx$$1,000 per year
		Web hosting	NA	To host the dashboard for presenting data to stakeholders	$\approx$$200 per year
		5G data plan	NA	To transmit the data from physical layer into cloud	$\approx$$1,200 per year
		Installation cost	NA	To visit potential site and setup the hardware system	$\approx$$15,000
Maintenance Cost	Software Maintenance		NA	To update, maintain and optimize the software components. Most of the cost listed is anticipated to befrom the optimization of the AI algorithms and the improvements in dashboard design and mobile application.The price is listed for once in a year update for 10 years period.	$\approx$$50,000
	Hardware Maintenance		NA	To replace the hardware components including sensors, edge computer and power adapters.The anticipated replacement time is assumed as once in a 10 year time period. The listed price is for one replacement.	$\approx$$5,000
	Operational Cost		NA	To visit the sites and replace the hardware components. This include the logistics and labour cost as well. The cost is listed for once a year maintenance operation for a 10 year duration.	$\approx$$20,000

Figure 5. A practical use-case for the proposed AIoT blockage assessment framework implementation.