33.Energy Monitoring System Using Smart Grid
33.Energy Monitoring System Using Smart Grid
Abstract
In today’s time, people are much more aware of the fluctuations in
electricity that occur & the pricing or to be precise the bill they receive
from the electric power companies. According to our usage we might get a
rough idea of how much energy are we consuming but in order to be
accurate we need to keep a check on the usage and consumption of the
energy. Hence, we have designed this circuit that we call as the “smart grid”
which allows us to monitor the live data feed of our energy consumption. In
this paper, we design and implement IoT based energy monitoring system
that can be used in many applications, such as electricity billing system,
energy management in smart grid and home automation. The experimental
results showed that the system can successfully record the voltage, current,
active power and accumulative power consumption.
Working
The main objective of the project is to develop an IOT (internet of things)
based energy meter reading displayed for units consumed and cost
thereupon over the internet in the chart and gauge format. For this
innovative work, we had taken a digital energy meter who’s Current and
Power Transformer is interfaced to a microcontroller through a Signal
Conditioning Board. The Signal Condition gives reading each time the
meter LED flashes to the programmed microcontroller. The
microcontroller takes this reading and sends it to the cloud using ESP 8266.
ESP 8266 is a Wi-Fi module, which provides internet facility for the
microcontroller. Here Nodemcu is used as a microcontroller. ESP 8266
transmits the data serially to the Thingspeak web page for a display that
can be viewed from anywhere in the world in a multi-level graphical
format. The Nodemcu can be provided with a 5V supply and ESP 8266 is
powered by a 7.5V adapter. Arduino is programmed using Arduino IDE and
the Wi-Fi module is programmed using AT commands in the same Arduino
IDE. The consumed power reading is displayed on the Thingspeak website
along with the cost to be paid for consumption in graphical and gauge
format respectively.
Block diagram
Advantages
1. Real-Time Monitoring
2. Energy Efficiency
3. Reduced Peak Loads
4. Cost Savings
5. Improved Reliability and Resilience
6. Renewable Energy Integration
7. Automated Controls
8. Data-Driven Insights
9. Environmental Benefits
Application