eCon

Project Title

eCon

Project Area of Specialization Internet of ThingsProject Summary

eCon is the IoT base computing system that will provide remote control of the mini-grid to the administration and the client. The software will provide a power management plan, time of use energy arbitrage, 24/7 monitoring of power & health and fault detection. 

Project Objectives

The eCon is to provide insurance of the solar system to the customer by continuously monitoring its components remotely, this helps to identify the faults with the help of data analytics to prevent it from the system crashes. A better User Interface enables the administrator and the user to understand, inspect their mini-grids more efficiently.

Project Implementation Method

eCON consists of five main features which are as follows: -

1. Energy management is one of the main features of our system. It provides information about the total amount of solar energy produced along with that it allows you to check the energy left in the battery. It displays the percentage of current stored energy, charge remaining, and the total backup time left and how much energy from the grid is being utilized.
2. Load Consumption provides information about the total amount of solar energy produced and consumed by the user and the predicted solar energy production by the day to the climatic changes.  
3. Multi-Inverter Compatibility is one of the highlighted features. This feature will help to attach this system with different kinds of the inverter using Modbus which can be then monitored and controlled accordingly. 
4. Fault Detection will detect defects in the system by calculating the abnormal change in graphs of solar production and consumption. In the solution, we will diagnose issues remotely or send it to our engineer.
5. 24/7 Monitoring & Controlling: eCon will be connected to our Cloud Control Centre, through which we and client will have an ability to control and monitor the system 24/7.

Benefits of the Project

To reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the world needs to transform the global energy system. The sustainable power source is an answer. Solar systems are perhaps the best model but it tends to be deployed in remote regions on account of that element physical inspection and monitoring isn't possible by the organizations which create a major gap in implementation which can be filled by remote monitoring. With our project clients can deal with their solar systems through the mobile interface.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The project is divided into three parts which are IoT device, web app, and a cloud platform to connect the first two. 
For IoT device, a Raspberry Pie 3 is used to collect energy data from the inverter of the solar system, performing some analytics then data is compressed to reduce message size before sending to the cloud.
Microsoft Azure IoT Hub and IoT Central act as a mediator. Grid asset maintenance, Energy optimization load balancing, analyzing energy predicting, data management are the functions to be done on the cloud.
Progressive Web App (PWA) realtime React.js app which is connected with the cloud will be created to provide the visualization of data with the help of graphs and interface to manage and maintain the assets.

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry Energy Other Industries IT Core Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Other Technologies Cloud InfrastructureSustainable Development Goals Affordable and Clean Energy, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and ProductionRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	35100
Raspberry Pi 3 B+	Equipment	3	7200	21600
Screen for Raspberry Pi	Equipment	1	4000	4000
Modbus RTU module	Equipment	2	3000	6000
Microsoft Azure IoT Subscription	Miscellaneous	1	3500	3500