Cloud Based Monitoring and Control of Overhead Power Distribution Lines
The system is designed to detect any interruption in distribution lines and take respective control action in real time i.e. shutdown of that particular phase to save power losses such as electrical loss, short circuits and the loss of any human life too (rainy seasons) etc. Our controller will send
2025-06-28 16:30:49 - Adil Khan
Cloud Based Monitoring and Control of Overhead Power Distribution Lines
Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject SummaryThe system is designed to detect any interruption in distribution lines and take respective control action in real time i.e. shutdown of that particular phase to save power losses such as electrical loss, short circuits and the loss of any human life too (rainy seasons) etc. Our controller will send real time data to the server. The server will then send notification about the fault to the concerned department and also show any anomaly at user interface through android application and dashboard portal. The department can take instant safety action provided the facility to control any phase through internet instead of shutting down the feeder or manually trip the breaker of that particular phase for maintenance work. This feature is useful for maintenance work also given the line switching at hand. After clearance of the fault, the technician can rectify the anomalous data using portal which will be done after the approval of his supervisor/higher authority. If the anomaly is not corrected, our server will also resend notification after specific intervals to the concerned departments, effected people and higher authorities too.
Project ObjectivesTo improve power distribution management and enthusiastically work on the problems faced by energy sector and consumers.
Project Implementation MethodProject is implemented in the following steps:
Hardware Configuration:
• A single DC source from any available AC phase out of three phases is used to provide power to controller and other sensors.
• WSN's comprising of current sensors are used for monitoring of distribution lines.
• NRF is used in series for data transmission.
• 3-phase and 5v relays are used to execute cuttoff action.
• Raspberry Pi is used to send collected data to the server and for cutoff action.
• GSM module is used to provide internet connection to the microcontroller.
Software Configuration:
a) Back-end Server i. Rest APIs Their basic function is to establish connection among the servers and controllers i.e. to communicate with controller, existing server/system of the company, mobile app etc. ii. Notification Service Our concern is to send notifications to consumers and top concerns (priority based) to inform them about the situation of the power line fault. It will be a windows service (a scheduler service). It will run with time interval and escalate case if priority issue not resolved in a fixed TAT.
b) Database Server. It is installed for storage and data backup of real time logs, consumer data, technician/management details and location details etc. This service will be beneficial for data entry and record of previously occurred faults.
c) Android Application The application will be readily available to the concerned authorities and the technician notifying him about the intensity of the fault and the location.
1. Highly applicable in power distribution systems worldwide
2. Influential safety precaution
3. Beneficial for companies and population equally
POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT
A circuit is used that converts each AC phase from the supply individually into DC power. Further logic is designed to make the circuit supply constant output in presence of any or all of the 3 individually converted inputs. Next, we have assembled a boost circuit to set the output at 6V which gives our circuit the final look.This circuit is used to power our microcontroller and other components.
SENSOR INTERFACING WITH ARDUINO
A circuit is designed to make the sensor data compatible with Arduino for further processing .The sensor which we have used is SCT-013-000. So that it can be used in real life implementation.
INTERFACING NRF MODULE WITH ARDUINO
The transmission of data from Arduino through NRF, mounted at the poles, to the next Arduino at the consecutive pole constitutes the transmission path. The proceeding NRF adds the previous data with its own data and transmits it further until the summed up data of all poles reaches the last node (NRF and Arduino mounted at the last pole). Hence, succeeding the interface phase.
INTERFACING GSM MODULE WITH RASPBERRY PI
Sim 900A is used to provide internet connection to the microcontroller by using different libraries of Raspberry Pi
INTERFACING OF ARDUINO AND PROGRESS
This task is in progress in this we will interface arduino with raspberry pi ,as pi we are using pi to send data to the server. So,in order to send data from arduino to pi we have to interface both. This task can also be done by making last node of NRF with Raspberry PI rather than making with arduino.
INTERFACING OF RELAYs WITH MICROCONTROLLER
We will use 3-phase AC and DC 5V relays for cutoff action. 5V relays is used for middleware switching path between microcontroller and 3-phase 220V relay.
SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:
Our server comprises of three main parts:
a) Back-end Server
REST APIs :
There are four endpoints.
The 1st one will be called by microcontroller for intimation in case of any fault. The second one will be called by any external system for updating the status of fault after rectification. The 3rd one will be called by the backoffice portal to show the real time status of the faults of respective areas on the on the dashboard portal of relevent control rooms. The 4th one will be called by external system in case of planned cutoff,this end point will then intimate the microcontroller for cutoff action.
Notification Service:
Our concern is to send notifications to consumers and top concerns (priority based) to inform them about the situation of the power line fault. It will be a windows service (a scheduler service).It will run with time interval and escalate case if priority issue not resolved in a fixed TAT
b) Database Server.
It is installed for storage and data backup of real time logs, consumer data, technician/management details and location details etc. This service will be beneficial for data entry and record of previously occurred faults.
c) Android Application
To notify technician about fault.
Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry Energy Other Industries Others Core Technology Cloud InfrastructureOther Technologies Internet of Things (IoT), OthersSustainable Development Goals Good Health and Well-Being for People, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureRequired Resources| Item Name | Type | No. of Units | Per Unit Cost (in Rs) | Total (in Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total in (Rs) | 40450 | |||
| SCT-013-000 | Equipment | 9 | 750 | 6750 |
| NRF24L01+PA+LNA | Equipment | 8 | 500 | 4000 |
| GSM SIM900A | Equipment | 1 | 2500 | 2500 |
| Base module for NRF24L01+PA+LNA | Equipment | 8 | 100 | 800 |
| AC to DC converter Circuit | Equipment | 9 | 150 | 1350 |
| boost converter | Equipment | 4 | 150 | 600 |
| current regulator | Equipment | 1 | 700 | 700 |
| wire jacks and connectors | Equipment | 50 | 12 | 600 |
| Raspberry pi 3b | Equipment | 1 | 6000 | 6000 |
| arduino uno | Equipment | 4 | 550 | 2200 |
| PCB | Equipment | 3 | 150 | 450 |
| verboard | Equipment | 10 | 30 | 300 |
| soldering wire | Equipment | 2 | 100 | 200 |
| 7 inch LCD | Equipment | 1 | 6000 | 6000 |
| prototype | Miscellaneous | 1 | 6000 | 6000 |
| printing | Miscellaneous | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |