Energy Conservation and Energy Theft Detection Using Intelligent Energy Meter in Cloud Computing Environment

摘要

Electricity has become one of the indispensable things in developing and developed countries. It is one of the non-renewable forms of energy which is most convenient and easy to use. There should be proper usage and conservation of electricity in order to make it available to all needful people. So, the proposed model focuses on the energy conservation issue by using the intelligent energy meter concept in a cloud computing environment. In this model, with the help of current transformer (C.T) and potential transformer (P.T), energy theft can be detected and upon detection, meter can be made to shut down without any manual interference. The model consists of two modules, data gathering & processing module and data visualization module. ARM (LPC2148) microcontroller plays a vital role in data gathering & processing module. GSM 900 module, whose uplink and downlink frequency range is 890-915 MHz & 935-960 MHz respectively, is used for communication between two modules of the proposed model. Software as a Service (SaaS) (a service provider in cloud computing) forms the core part of data visualization module. Through web portal and android application (which can be accessed anytime by user in his mobile phone) energy users can know their day to day energy units consumed and amount charged against it. This will help in alerting users about their energy units consumed if their current energy amount is exceeding their personal monthly budget.