The report of my progress with the final year Design Project in one half of the semester. Design process and research findings with a few crude concepts.
The document discusses compliance testing requirements for smart meters according to Indian Standards (IS). It outlines the key IS standards for metering (IS 13779), data exchange protocols (IS 15959), influence quantities and load switches (IS 15884), and smart meter requirements (IS 16444). It also lists important type tests to consider before submission, including destructive tests, accuracy tests, load switch functionality tests, and communication protocol tests. Compliance with these standards and tests is necessary for smart meter architecture, metering, load switching, communication modules, and protocols.
Gsm based transformer fault detection systemKabilesh K
This document describes a GSM-based system for remotely monitoring and detecting faults in distribution transformers. The system uses sensors to monitor the transformer's voltage, temperature, power consumption, and oil level. It sends alerts via GSM if any of these exceed safe limits. A microcontroller processes the sensor data and triggers a relay to disconnect the transformer if a fault is detected, sending an SMS alert. This allows faults to be addressed before complete failure occurs, improving reliability while reducing costs compared to manual monitoring.
This document summarizes and compares two types of electrical energy meters: electromechanical induction meters and electronic meters. Electromechanical meters measure energy usage by counting the revolutions of a rotating metal disk driven by magnetic coils related to current and voltage. Electronic meters use digital microchips and circuits to sample current and voltage and calculate power consumption digitally. Electronic meters offer additional features like displaying multiple power readings, remote data transmission, and prepaid billing options.
This document discusses prepaid energy meters. It begins by defining an energy meter and a prepaid energy meter. It then explains the components of a prepaid energy meter, including an EEPROM IC, AT89S52 microcontroller, LCD display, ULN2003 driver, and AT2402 chip. The document outlines how these components work together to allow customers to pay for electricity upfront via a prepaid card system, monitor their usage, receive low balance alerts, and have their power automatically disconnected if credit runs out. Prepaid energy meters provide benefits to both utilities and consumers like budgeting, reduced overhead and billing hassles, and load control.
1. The document discusses prepaid energy meters as an alternative to traditional electricity billing systems. Prepaid energy meters allow customers to pay for a set amount of electricity units in advance before using them.
2. Traditional billing systems are time-consuming and error-prone, involving manual meter readings, bill production, and payment collection. Prepaid energy meters address these issues by automating the process.
3. Key advantages of prepaid energy meters include accuracy, reducing debt and electricity theft, enabling customers to better budget their electricity usage, and allowing suppliers to better monitor consumption and demand.
This document describes a project to improve power quality using a Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC). The UPQC compensates for voltage disturbances and improves current quality using active power filters. It maintains the load voltage despite supply variations. The document outlines the objectives, introduces UPQC components like the shunt and series active power filters, and describes the multivariable controller and Simulink model. The UPQC provides advantages like reduced harmonics, improved waveform quality, and balanced power factor.
Methods for Voltage Stability EnhancementRavi Anand
This document discusses various methods for enhancing voltage stability in power systems, including using lower power factor generators, capacitor banks, controlling transformer tap changers, undervoltage load shedding, coordination of protections and controls, control of network voltage and generator reactive output, use of FACTS devices, artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, excitation control, booster transformers, phase shifting transformers, secondary voltage regulation, series capacitors, and must-run generation. It provides details on how each method can be implemented and their effectiveness.
Basics Of Energy Matering And Fraud DetectionAbhisek Swain
This document discusses basics of energy metering and fraud detection. It covers types of single-phase and three-phase energy meters, testing of meters in laboratories and at field sites, and different types of tampering in energy meters. The contents include basics of power measurement in AC circuits, types of single-phase meters like induction and electronic meters, testing routines for single-phase meters in the lab, field testing of single-phase meters, types of three-phase meters, field and lab testing of three-phase meters, common tampering methods like potential link open and current bypass, and references.
The document discusses compliance testing requirements for smart meters according to Indian Standards (IS). It outlines the key IS standards for metering (IS 13779), data exchange protocols (IS 15959), influence quantities and load switches (IS 15884), and smart meter requirements (IS 16444). It also lists important type tests to consider before submission, including destructive tests, accuracy tests, load switch functionality tests, and communication protocol tests. Compliance with these standards and tests is necessary for smart meter architecture, metering, load switching, communication modules, and protocols.
Gsm based transformer fault detection systemKabilesh K
This document describes a GSM-based system for remotely monitoring and detecting faults in distribution transformers. The system uses sensors to monitor the transformer's voltage, temperature, power consumption, and oil level. It sends alerts via GSM if any of these exceed safe limits. A microcontroller processes the sensor data and triggers a relay to disconnect the transformer if a fault is detected, sending an SMS alert. This allows faults to be addressed before complete failure occurs, improving reliability while reducing costs compared to manual monitoring.
This document summarizes and compares two types of electrical energy meters: electromechanical induction meters and electronic meters. Electromechanical meters measure energy usage by counting the revolutions of a rotating metal disk driven by magnetic coils related to current and voltage. Electronic meters use digital microchips and circuits to sample current and voltage and calculate power consumption digitally. Electronic meters offer additional features like displaying multiple power readings, remote data transmission, and prepaid billing options.
This document discusses prepaid energy meters. It begins by defining an energy meter and a prepaid energy meter. It then explains the components of a prepaid energy meter, including an EEPROM IC, AT89S52 microcontroller, LCD display, ULN2003 driver, and AT2402 chip. The document outlines how these components work together to allow customers to pay for electricity upfront via a prepaid card system, monitor their usage, receive low balance alerts, and have their power automatically disconnected if credit runs out. Prepaid energy meters provide benefits to both utilities and consumers like budgeting, reduced overhead and billing hassles, and load control.
1. The document discusses prepaid energy meters as an alternative to traditional electricity billing systems. Prepaid energy meters allow customers to pay for a set amount of electricity units in advance before using them.
2. Traditional billing systems are time-consuming and error-prone, involving manual meter readings, bill production, and payment collection. Prepaid energy meters address these issues by automating the process.
3. Key advantages of prepaid energy meters include accuracy, reducing debt and electricity theft, enabling customers to better budget their electricity usage, and allowing suppliers to better monitor consumption and demand.
This document describes a project to improve power quality using a Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC). The UPQC compensates for voltage disturbances and improves current quality using active power filters. It maintains the load voltage despite supply variations. The document outlines the objectives, introduces UPQC components like the shunt and series active power filters, and describes the multivariable controller and Simulink model. The UPQC provides advantages like reduced harmonics, improved waveform quality, and balanced power factor.
Methods for Voltage Stability EnhancementRavi Anand
This document discusses various methods for enhancing voltage stability in power systems, including using lower power factor generators, capacitor banks, controlling transformer tap changers, undervoltage load shedding, coordination of protections and controls, control of network voltage and generator reactive output, use of FACTS devices, artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, excitation control, booster transformers, phase shifting transformers, secondary voltage regulation, series capacitors, and must-run generation. It provides details on how each method can be implemented and their effectiveness.
Basics Of Energy Matering And Fraud DetectionAbhisek Swain
This document discusses basics of energy metering and fraud detection. It covers types of single-phase and three-phase energy meters, testing of meters in laboratories and at field sites, and different types of tampering in energy meters. The contents include basics of power measurement in AC circuits, types of single-phase meters like induction and electronic meters, testing routines for single-phase meters in the lab, field testing of single-phase meters, types of three-phase meters, field and lab testing of three-phase meters, common tampering methods like potential link open and current bypass, and references.
An energy meter measures the amount of electrical energy consumed over time using kilowatt-hours. There are two main types: electro-mechanical and electronic. Electro-mechanical meters use a rotating disc to measure usage, but have errors, while electronic meters use digital circuits for more accurate and tamper-resistant readings. Future meters will have remote reading capabilities and allow time-of-day pricing to encourage off-peak usage. Meters are tested using specialized equipment and procedures to check for accuracy and compliance. Tampering methods can be detected by modern meters' sensors and digital components.
This document describes a smart energy meter that uses a GSM module to send electricity consumption data via SMS. The meter uses an AD7751 IC to measure real power consumption based on current and voltage inputs. An AVR microcontroller then processes this data and calculates energy used. It can send meter readings, billing information, and load details to the user's mobile phone upon request via a missed call to provide real-time monitoring. The smart meter allows for accurate and automated energy monitoring and billing compared to traditional meters.
OVER VOLTAGE UNDER VOLTAGE TRIPPING MECHANISMsaigoud8121
This document summarizes a student project report on an over voltage and under voltage tripping mechanism. The project uses two 555 timers as window comparators to detect if the input voltage crosses a voltage range. If detected, a relay is operated to cut off the load for safety. The circuit includes components like a transformer, bridge rectifier, capacitors, voltage regulator, potentiometer, zener diodes, resistances, and an IC. The project aims to develop a mechanism to protect sensitive electronic devices from voltage fluctuations in power supplies.
Smart meters are advanced electric meters that allow two-way communication between the utility and customers. They provide benefits like more accurate billing, outage detection, and potential cost savings through time-based pricing programs. However, some are concerned about the health effects of the radiofrequency radiation emitted by smart meters and their mesh networks. Opponents argue that smart meters increase overall radiation exposure and fossil fuel usage compared to traditional analog meters. The World Health Organization has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans based on some evidence of increased cancer risk from cell phone use.
Automatic meter reading (AMR) technology automatically collects utility meter data and transfers it to utility providers. AMR was first developed in the 1970s and allows near real-time meter readings to replace estimated billing. It provides benefits like more accurate billing and easier detection of tampering or leaks but also risks increased monitoring and reduced privacy. Common AMR methods include touch pads, radio frequency networks, mobile drives, and satellite transmitters.
Unit 03 Construction & Operation of Watt meter & Energy meterPremanandDesai
An induction watt-hour meter measures electrical energy consumption by using two electromagnets to induce eddy currents in an aluminum disk and rotate it. The disk's rotation is proportional to energy used and is registered to indicate kilowatt-hours. It works by using a series coil carrying load current and a shunt coil carrying voltage-proportional current to generate a rotating magnetic field. This field interacts with eddy currents in the disk to provide a driving torque while a brake magnet provides a braking torque proportional to disk speed. Errors can occur due phase shifts or other issues, but the meter can be adjusted to ensure accurate readings.
Seminar presentation on Smart Energy Metersudhanshurj
The document discusses smart energy meters, which allow for two-way communication between the energy meter and the utility provider. Smart meters consist of components like a digital energy meter, current and voltage sensors, a microcontroller, and a communication module. This enables remote and automatic meter reading as well as providing consumers with insights into their energy usage to encourage savings. Smart meters help reduce power theft, improve regulation, and allow more accurate billing compared to traditional electro-mechanical meters.
1. The document discusses a static synchronous series compensator (SSSC), a type of flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) device that controls electric power flow by injecting a controlled voltage in series with a transmission line.
2. The SSSC can provide either capacitive or inductive compensation, depending on whether the injected voltage lags or leads the line current.
3. Digital simulations show that the SSSC can increase or decrease the dynamic power flow in the transmission line depending on the mode of compensation.
This document presents information on smart energy meters. It begins with an introduction that defines a smart device and smart energy meter. The history section discusses the early development of sensor technology in the 1970s that led to the first smart meters. The purpose section outlines benefits for utility companies, such as reduced costs and prevention of energy theft, and benefits for customers like increased awareness of energy usage. The document discusses some criticisms around security, health, privacy, and overheating. It also provides information on India's smart meter program and concludes that smart meters are an important part of the smart grid and fulfill future electricity demands in a safe manner when specifications are followed.
NEW STATCOM CONTROL SCHEME FOR POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN WIND FARM.sannuthi yaramapu
Now a days we are facing so many problems with power quality issues. So in order to mitigate these problems and to improve the power quality we are using new STATCOM control scheme in wind farm.
Prepaid energy meters allow customers to pay for electricity before using it, similar to prepaid mobile phones. With traditional energy meters, a person had to read meters and deliver bills each month, which was time-consuming and error-prone. Prepaid meters address these issues by automatically cutting off power when credit is exhausted, eliminating billing delays and disputes. The prepaid system uses smart cards or tokens to recharge the meter remotely via a microcontroller, LCD display, GSM modem and relays. This makes the process more convenient and efficient compared to traditional billing methods.
Transformer protection using microcontroller and gsm technologyKartik Patel
This document describes a project to protect transformers from overload conditions using a microcontroller and GSM technology. It includes a block diagram and explanation of the circuit diagram. The key components are a step-down transformer, rectifier, microcontroller, current transformer, voltage transformer, and relays. The microcontroller monitors the current and voltage, and can trigger the relays to disconnect the transformer if the load exceeds safe levels, while also sending a message via GSM to alert authorities. The objectives are to prevent transformer damage from overloading and allow for load sharing to increase lifespan.
Power quality conditioners are devices used in smart grids to improve the quality of power delivered to loads. They ensure efficient power transfer, isolate grids from disturbances, convert DC to AC, and integrate with energy storage. Common types include distribution static compensators (DSTATCOMs), active power filters, and unified power quality conditioners (UPQCs). DSTATCOMs regulate voltage and compensate for reactive power. Active power filters compensate for harmonics and reactive power. UPQCs combine series and shunt filters to compensate for both voltage and current issues. Power quality conditioners are important for integrating renewable energy and ensuring loads function properly in smart grids.
The document provides an overview of smart grids and their development. It discusses:
1) How today's power grids originated in the late 19th/early 20th century as local grids that grew over time and interconnected for reliability. By the 1960s, grids in developed nations were large, mature networks delivering power from thousands of central power plants.
2) The definition of a smart grid as a digitally enabled electrical grid that gathers, distributes, and acts on information from all participants to improve efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of electricity services.
3) Some key components of smart grids including intelligent appliances, smart meters, smart substations, super conducting cables, integrated communications networks, and phasor measurement units
Economic load dispatch(with and without losses)Asha Anu Kurian
The document discusses unit commitment in power systems. Unit commitment involves determining the optimal schedule for starting up and shutting down generators to meet changing load at minimum cost while satisfying operational constraints. These constraints include minimum up and down times for generators, crew constraints, transition costs, and constraints related to different generator types like hydro, nuclear, and generators requiring minimum output. The objective is to determine the combination and scheduling of generators that supplies the load as economically as possible over a given period.
Microcontroller based transformer protectioAminu Bugaje
This document provides an introduction and background to a project on designing a microcontroller-based transformer protection system. It discusses how transformers are critical components in power systems that require protection against faults like short circuits, overcurrent and overvoltage. The document then reviews previous work on transformer protection and outlines the objectives of this project, which are to design current and voltage sensing circuits, develop a microcontroller algorithm for overload, overvoltage and undervoltage protection, and test the system's performance. The chapter concludes by outlining the scope and limitations of the project, which involves both hardware and software design to develop a protection system that can monitor transformer parameters and trip circuit breakers or relays during faults.
Load Frequency Control of two area Power systemAnimesh Sachan
This document investigates load frequency control in a two area power system with multiple variable loads. It compares pole placement and optimal control techniques for load frequency control and finds that the optimal control technique provides better transient response. PID control is also applied and tuned using particle swarm optimization. Frequency response plots demonstrate the system response under different control approaches.
This document defines power quality and current harmonics. It discusses passive filters and active power filters, including voltage sourced and current sourced active power filters. Active power filters are compared to passive filters, noting active filters' advantages in eliminating any harmonics without tuning, but their higher cost and complexity. The document concludes by describing the Denizli-2 active power filter application in Turkey, which uses a current sourced converter design to filter 5th harmonics at a 5 MVA installation.
This document provides an overview of smart grid deployment in the United States, including smart meter infrastructure and benefits. It discusses the status of smart meter deployments across the country, with 46 million smart meters installed so far and a goal of 65 million by 2015. Nearly 75% of smart meters have been installed in 10 states that have driven adoption through policies, incentives and experience. Smart meters provide benefits like remote meter reading, outage detection, and voltage management. The document also defines smart meters and meter systems, outlining the evolution from automated meter reading to advanced metering infrastructure. Key benefits for utilities include reduced costs from limited truck rolls and improved outage management. Metering operations play an important role in smart grid projects.
The document discusses wireless power transmission (WPT) through various techniques like inductive coupling, resonant inductive coupling, microwave power transmission, and laser power transmission. It provides a history of WPT beginning with Nikola Tesla's experiments in the late 1890s. Examples of applications discussed include electric vehicle charging, powering consumer electronics, and transmitting power from solar satellites to earth. The document concludes that WPT is becoming a reality and could help address energy crises through its efficient and low maintenance capabilities.
Design of management dashboard (smart electric grids)Jatin Pherwani
Presentation for my Final year Design Project at Dept. of Design IIT Guwahati. The aim of this project is to allow efficient management of smart electricity grids in rural as well as urban areas primarily by catering the needs of engineers and technicians involved in monitoring and controlling the grid parameters for a huge and self sustaining electricity network
A verilog based simulation methodology for estimating statistical test for th...ijsrd.com
The low Power estimation is an important aspect in digital VLSI circuit design. The estimation includes a power dissipation of a circuit and hence this to be reduces. The power estimations are specific to a particular component of power. The process of optimization of circuits for low power, user should know the effects of design techniques on each component. There are different power dissipation methods for reduction in power component. In this paper, estimating the power like short circuit and the total power, power reduction technique and the application of different proposed technique has been presented here. Hence, it is necessary to provide the information about the effect on each of these components.
An energy meter measures the amount of electrical energy consumed over time using kilowatt-hours. There are two main types: electro-mechanical and electronic. Electro-mechanical meters use a rotating disc to measure usage, but have errors, while electronic meters use digital circuits for more accurate and tamper-resistant readings. Future meters will have remote reading capabilities and allow time-of-day pricing to encourage off-peak usage. Meters are tested using specialized equipment and procedures to check for accuracy and compliance. Tampering methods can be detected by modern meters' sensors and digital components.
This document describes a smart energy meter that uses a GSM module to send electricity consumption data via SMS. The meter uses an AD7751 IC to measure real power consumption based on current and voltage inputs. An AVR microcontroller then processes this data and calculates energy used. It can send meter readings, billing information, and load details to the user's mobile phone upon request via a missed call to provide real-time monitoring. The smart meter allows for accurate and automated energy monitoring and billing compared to traditional meters.
OVER VOLTAGE UNDER VOLTAGE TRIPPING MECHANISMsaigoud8121
This document summarizes a student project report on an over voltage and under voltage tripping mechanism. The project uses two 555 timers as window comparators to detect if the input voltage crosses a voltage range. If detected, a relay is operated to cut off the load for safety. The circuit includes components like a transformer, bridge rectifier, capacitors, voltage regulator, potentiometer, zener diodes, resistances, and an IC. The project aims to develop a mechanism to protect sensitive electronic devices from voltage fluctuations in power supplies.
Smart meters are advanced electric meters that allow two-way communication between the utility and customers. They provide benefits like more accurate billing, outage detection, and potential cost savings through time-based pricing programs. However, some are concerned about the health effects of the radiofrequency radiation emitted by smart meters and their mesh networks. Opponents argue that smart meters increase overall radiation exposure and fossil fuel usage compared to traditional analog meters. The World Health Organization has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans based on some evidence of increased cancer risk from cell phone use.
Automatic meter reading (AMR) technology automatically collects utility meter data and transfers it to utility providers. AMR was first developed in the 1970s and allows near real-time meter readings to replace estimated billing. It provides benefits like more accurate billing and easier detection of tampering or leaks but also risks increased monitoring and reduced privacy. Common AMR methods include touch pads, radio frequency networks, mobile drives, and satellite transmitters.
Unit 03 Construction & Operation of Watt meter & Energy meterPremanandDesai
An induction watt-hour meter measures electrical energy consumption by using two electromagnets to induce eddy currents in an aluminum disk and rotate it. The disk's rotation is proportional to energy used and is registered to indicate kilowatt-hours. It works by using a series coil carrying load current and a shunt coil carrying voltage-proportional current to generate a rotating magnetic field. This field interacts with eddy currents in the disk to provide a driving torque while a brake magnet provides a braking torque proportional to disk speed. Errors can occur due phase shifts or other issues, but the meter can be adjusted to ensure accurate readings.
Seminar presentation on Smart Energy Metersudhanshurj
The document discusses smart energy meters, which allow for two-way communication between the energy meter and the utility provider. Smart meters consist of components like a digital energy meter, current and voltage sensors, a microcontroller, and a communication module. This enables remote and automatic meter reading as well as providing consumers with insights into their energy usage to encourage savings. Smart meters help reduce power theft, improve regulation, and allow more accurate billing compared to traditional electro-mechanical meters.
1. The document discusses a static synchronous series compensator (SSSC), a type of flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) device that controls electric power flow by injecting a controlled voltage in series with a transmission line.
2. The SSSC can provide either capacitive or inductive compensation, depending on whether the injected voltage lags or leads the line current.
3. Digital simulations show that the SSSC can increase or decrease the dynamic power flow in the transmission line depending on the mode of compensation.
This document presents information on smart energy meters. It begins with an introduction that defines a smart device and smart energy meter. The history section discusses the early development of sensor technology in the 1970s that led to the first smart meters. The purpose section outlines benefits for utility companies, such as reduced costs and prevention of energy theft, and benefits for customers like increased awareness of energy usage. The document discusses some criticisms around security, health, privacy, and overheating. It also provides information on India's smart meter program and concludes that smart meters are an important part of the smart grid and fulfill future electricity demands in a safe manner when specifications are followed.
NEW STATCOM CONTROL SCHEME FOR POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN WIND FARM.sannuthi yaramapu
Now a days we are facing so many problems with power quality issues. So in order to mitigate these problems and to improve the power quality we are using new STATCOM control scheme in wind farm.
Prepaid energy meters allow customers to pay for electricity before using it, similar to prepaid mobile phones. With traditional energy meters, a person had to read meters and deliver bills each month, which was time-consuming and error-prone. Prepaid meters address these issues by automatically cutting off power when credit is exhausted, eliminating billing delays and disputes. The prepaid system uses smart cards or tokens to recharge the meter remotely via a microcontroller, LCD display, GSM modem and relays. This makes the process more convenient and efficient compared to traditional billing methods.
Transformer protection using microcontroller and gsm technologyKartik Patel
This document describes a project to protect transformers from overload conditions using a microcontroller and GSM technology. It includes a block diagram and explanation of the circuit diagram. The key components are a step-down transformer, rectifier, microcontroller, current transformer, voltage transformer, and relays. The microcontroller monitors the current and voltage, and can trigger the relays to disconnect the transformer if the load exceeds safe levels, while also sending a message via GSM to alert authorities. The objectives are to prevent transformer damage from overloading and allow for load sharing to increase lifespan.
Power quality conditioners are devices used in smart grids to improve the quality of power delivered to loads. They ensure efficient power transfer, isolate grids from disturbances, convert DC to AC, and integrate with energy storage. Common types include distribution static compensators (DSTATCOMs), active power filters, and unified power quality conditioners (UPQCs). DSTATCOMs regulate voltage and compensate for reactive power. Active power filters compensate for harmonics and reactive power. UPQCs combine series and shunt filters to compensate for both voltage and current issues. Power quality conditioners are important for integrating renewable energy and ensuring loads function properly in smart grids.
The document provides an overview of smart grids and their development. It discusses:
1) How today's power grids originated in the late 19th/early 20th century as local grids that grew over time and interconnected for reliability. By the 1960s, grids in developed nations were large, mature networks delivering power from thousands of central power plants.
2) The definition of a smart grid as a digitally enabled electrical grid that gathers, distributes, and acts on information from all participants to improve efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of electricity services.
3) Some key components of smart grids including intelligent appliances, smart meters, smart substations, super conducting cables, integrated communications networks, and phasor measurement units
Economic load dispatch(with and without losses)Asha Anu Kurian
The document discusses unit commitment in power systems. Unit commitment involves determining the optimal schedule for starting up and shutting down generators to meet changing load at minimum cost while satisfying operational constraints. These constraints include minimum up and down times for generators, crew constraints, transition costs, and constraints related to different generator types like hydro, nuclear, and generators requiring minimum output. The objective is to determine the combination and scheduling of generators that supplies the load as economically as possible over a given period.
Microcontroller based transformer protectioAminu Bugaje
This document provides an introduction and background to a project on designing a microcontroller-based transformer protection system. It discusses how transformers are critical components in power systems that require protection against faults like short circuits, overcurrent and overvoltage. The document then reviews previous work on transformer protection and outlines the objectives of this project, which are to design current and voltage sensing circuits, develop a microcontroller algorithm for overload, overvoltage and undervoltage protection, and test the system's performance. The chapter concludes by outlining the scope and limitations of the project, which involves both hardware and software design to develop a protection system that can monitor transformer parameters and trip circuit breakers or relays during faults.
Load Frequency Control of two area Power systemAnimesh Sachan
This document investigates load frequency control in a two area power system with multiple variable loads. It compares pole placement and optimal control techniques for load frequency control and finds that the optimal control technique provides better transient response. PID control is also applied and tuned using particle swarm optimization. Frequency response plots demonstrate the system response under different control approaches.
This document defines power quality and current harmonics. It discusses passive filters and active power filters, including voltage sourced and current sourced active power filters. Active power filters are compared to passive filters, noting active filters' advantages in eliminating any harmonics without tuning, but their higher cost and complexity. The document concludes by describing the Denizli-2 active power filter application in Turkey, which uses a current sourced converter design to filter 5th harmonics at a 5 MVA installation.
This document provides an overview of smart grid deployment in the United States, including smart meter infrastructure and benefits. It discusses the status of smart meter deployments across the country, with 46 million smart meters installed so far and a goal of 65 million by 2015. Nearly 75% of smart meters have been installed in 10 states that have driven adoption through policies, incentives and experience. Smart meters provide benefits like remote meter reading, outage detection, and voltage management. The document also defines smart meters and meter systems, outlining the evolution from automated meter reading to advanced metering infrastructure. Key benefits for utilities include reduced costs from limited truck rolls and improved outage management. Metering operations play an important role in smart grid projects.
The document discusses wireless power transmission (WPT) through various techniques like inductive coupling, resonant inductive coupling, microwave power transmission, and laser power transmission. It provides a history of WPT beginning with Nikola Tesla's experiments in the late 1890s. Examples of applications discussed include electric vehicle charging, powering consumer electronics, and transmitting power from solar satellites to earth. The document concludes that WPT is becoming a reality and could help address energy crises through its efficient and low maintenance capabilities.
Design of management dashboard (smart electric grids)Jatin Pherwani
Presentation for my Final year Design Project at Dept. of Design IIT Guwahati. The aim of this project is to allow efficient management of smart electricity grids in rural as well as urban areas primarily by catering the needs of engineers and technicians involved in monitoring and controlling the grid parameters for a huge and self sustaining electricity network
A verilog based simulation methodology for estimating statistical test for th...ijsrd.com
The low Power estimation is an important aspect in digital VLSI circuit design. The estimation includes a power dissipation of a circuit and hence this to be reduces. The power estimations are specific to a particular component of power. The process of optimization of circuits for low power, user should know the effects of design techniques on each component. There are different power dissipation methods for reduction in power component. In this paper, estimating the power like short circuit and the total power, power reduction technique and the application of different proposed technique has been presented here. Hence, it is necessary to provide the information about the effect on each of these components.
Smart Grid Components Control Elements & Smart Grid TechnologySurajPrakash115
1. The document discusses the key components of a smart grid, including monitoring and control technology, transmission systems, smart devices interfaces, distribution systems, storage, and demand side management.
2. It describes each component in detail, explaining their functions and how they improve reliability, integration of renewable resources, and two-way power flow.
3. The technologies that will drive smart grids are identified as integrated communications, sensing and measurement, advanced components, and advanced control methods.
Remote reading of electricity meters using PLCjournalBEEI
The telecommunications platforms of the electricity industry, including optical fiber, wireless, radio and microwave, despite providing sufficient bandwidth to transmit power market data, have limitations and disadvantages that are particularly apparent in remote suburban areas. PLC technology provides such facilities relatively. So this paper aim is providing practical solutions for the transmission of electricity market meters data through this type of PLC. This paper examines how to transfer the data from the electricity market to the central server using a PLC telecommunications platform and a practical example at 132 kV. In this case, the appropriate option is PLC. In this paper, it has been shown that there is the possibility of sending market data onto the PLC platform in transient and over- voltage transmission lines, which so far seemed to be impractical. With the comprehensive implementation of this work in the country's electricity industry, especially regional electricity, a major step will be taken to create a smart grid for meter readings. Due to the successful outcome of the experiment, it is possible to easily connect the PLC, the availability of this platform in many posts, a large and new smart grid for reading electricity meter readings.
Recent many works have concentrated on
dynamically turning on/off some base stations (BSs) in order to
improve energy efficiency in radio access networks (RANs). In
this survey, we broaden the research over BS switching
operations, which should competition up with traffic load
variations. The proposed method formulate the traffic variations
as a Markov decision process which should differ from dynamic
traffic loads which are still quite challenging to precisely forecast.
A reinforcement learning framework based BS switching
operation scheme was designed in order to minimize the energy
consumption of RANs. Furthermore a transfer actor-critic
algorithm (TACT) is used to speed up the ongoing learning
process, which utilizes the transferred learning expertise in
historical periods or neighboring regions. The proposed TACT
algorithm performs jumpstart and validates the feasibility of
significant energy efficiency increment.
A SGAM-Based Architecture for Synchrophasor Applications Facilitating TSO/DSO...Luigi Vanfretti
What this presentation tries to convey:
• We need to understand all the roles and actors involved when developing/deploying/using a synchrophasor application
• This can be done with an “Architecture Model” – here we use SGAM.
• To show how this approach allows to provide a “common view and language” for engineers from multiple smart grid domains, allowing them to understand their own role in the deployment/use/etc. of PMU applications.
Impact of Electric Vehicle Integration on Gridvivatechijri
Load flow analysis is most essential and important approach to investigate problems in power system. It can provide balance steady state operation of power system without considering transients in it. This project presents a new and efficient method for solving the Load flow problem of a distribution network. By using Backward/Forward sweep method parameters like voltage profile, total power losses, load on each bus of the Distribution Network will be known. By using Load Flow load balancing of the Distribution system can be achieved. For load balancing we will use the power stored in the Electric vehicle. As Electric vehicle has large battery pack for storage. The impact of Electric Vehicle and load flow of distribution network is computer programed to implement the power flow solution scheme in MATLAB software.
Implementation and Performance Analysis of a Vedic Multiplier Using Tanner ED...ijsrd.com
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Final Year Project Report. (Management of Smart Electricity Grids)
1. Title : Dashboard design for management of smart electricity grids.
Submitted by : Jatin Pherwani (B. Des, final year)
Guide : Prof. Pradeep Yammiyavar (Head, CET IIT Guwahati)
2. Acknowledgements
I express my sincere gratitude to the following people and
authorities for their cooperation in my project’s field study and
expert consultation.
•
Assistant professor (Dr.) Praveen Kumar
(Dept. of Electrical Engineering IIT Guwahati).
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The Assam State Electricity Board ASEB substation (IIT Gate).
•
Engineers at State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), Assam.
•
Mr. H.C. Phukan, Chief General Manager(SLDC)
Mr. Jatinder Baishya, Assistant General Manager(LDC)
3. Aim
The aim of this project is to allow efficient management of
smart electricity grids in rural as well as urban areas primarily
by catering the needs of engineers and technicians involved in
monitoring and controlling the grid parameters for a huge and
self sustaining electricity network.
Objectives
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To study the smart electricity grid phenomena holistically.
•
Perform a thorough need analysis at the management end
of the grid network.
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Visualize the data generated from the use of smart grid (by
making comprehensible dynamic info graphs).
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Design a wholesome dashboard which can facilitate easy
and quick decision making.
•
Test the proposed concept with the users in their work
environment.
•
Explore new visualization mediums to depict the same
information.
4. Methodology
The methodology that the project followed can broadly be
grouped into three phases. The first being a basic background
study and analysing expert inputs on the subject matter of
smart electricity grids. The second phase is about following a
user centred approach to design a solution that enables easy
and quick decision making at the management end of the
network. The third phase will comprise of various explorations
in data visualization to set a different grammar in the visual
domain of information representation.
1. Background Study and Secondary research
1.1 Literature Review
1.2 Subject Matter Expert (SME) interviews
2. User requirement analysis
2.1 Workstation observations
2.2 Contextual Interviews
2.3 Task analysis and Card sorting
2.4 User personas
2.5 Use case scenarios
3. Design
3.1 Data gathering / analysis
3.2 Ideate visualizations
3.3 Prototype concepts
3.4 Wireframe dashboard structure.
5. Literature Review
The literature review consists majorly of two parts, the first to
acquaint myself with the important concepts of a smart
electricity grid system and the second about various techniques
used to visualize the grid parameters.
What is a smart grid ?
Smart grid is a modernized electrical grid that uses
information and communications technology to gather and act
on information, such as information about the behaviours of
suppliers and consumers, in an automated fashion to improve
the efficiency, reliability, economics, and sustainability of the
production and distribution of electricity.[1] The term smart grid
has been in use since at least 2003, when it appeared in the
article "Reliability demands will drive automation investments"
by Michael T. Burr[2]. A common element to most definitions is
the application of digital processing and communications to the
power grid, making data flow and information management
central to the smart grid.
Features of smart grid :
1.Reliability
2.Flexibility in network topology
3.Efficiency
4.Load adjustment
5.Peak curtailment/levelling and time of use pricing
6.Market-enabling
7.Demand Response
6. Visualizations of smart Grid parameters
To determine how power moves through a transmission
network from generators to loads, it is necessary to calculate
the real and reactive power flow on each and every
transmission line or transformer, along with associated bus
voltages (in other words, the voltages at each node). With
networks containing tens of thousands of buses and branches,
such calculations yield a lot of numbers. Traditionally they were
presented either in reams of tabular output showing the power
flows at each bus or else as data in a static so-called one-line
diagram. (One-line diagrams are so named because they
represent the actual three conductors of the underlying threephase electric system with a single equivalent line.)[3]
The visualization challenge is to make these concepts intuitive.
One simple yet effective technique to depict the flow of power
in an electricity network is to use animated line flow. Here, the
size, orientation, and speed of the arrows indicate the direction
of power flow on the line, bringing the system almost literally
to life. Dynamically sized pie charts are another visualization
idea that has proven useful for quickly detecting overloads in a
large network. On the one-line, the percentage fill in each pie
chart indicates how close each transmission line is to its
thermal limit. When thousands of lines must be considered,
however, checking each and every value is not an option. Of
course, tabular displays can be used to sort the values by
loading percentage, but with a loss of geographical relevance.
7. Visualizations of Smart Grid parameters
Because engineers and traders are mostly concerned with
transmission lines near or above their limits, low-loaded lines
can be eliminated by dynamically sizing the pie charts to
become visible only when the loading is above a certain
threshold.
Contouring the grid
Using pie charts to visualize these values is helpful, unless a
whole host of them appear on the screen. Here, an entirely
different visualization approach is useful--contouring.
Contours are a familiar way of displaying continuous, spatially
distributed data. The equal-temperature contours provided in a
newspaper's weather forecast form a well-known example. The
trouble with contouring power system data is that it is not
spatially continuous. Bus voltage magnitudes exist only at
buses, and power only as flows on the lines, yet the spaces
between buses and lines appear in contour maps as continuous
gradients, not as gaps. In practice the artificially blended spaces
between nodes and lines do not matter much, as the main
purpose of a contour is to show trends in data. [4] Values are
exact only at the buses or on the lines. Colors can be used to
represent a weighted average of nearby data-points. This color
gradation brings out the spatial relationships in the data.
8. Subject Matter Expert (SME) interviews
In the process of taking an expert’s take on the visualizations of
Electricity Grids’ network and monitoring, two subject matter
interviews were done.
1.Assistant professor (Dr.) Praveen Kumar at the Dept. of
Electrical Engineering IIT Guwahati. The following observations
were made, a few proved to be very insightful in the further
design.
• The basic parameters for management of any electrical
network can be done with the following 5 parameters :
Voltage, Current, Frequency, Power Factor, Transformer
temperature.
• In addition to these, each decentralized power generation
site can be said to inject power into the smart grid along
these five parameters only.
• Topological and geographical representations are of
secondary importance.
• Once the pricing off power units gets to be volatile, it can be
of use to show it in the dashboard.
• Power distribution policies vary with time too and once the
smart devices and more renewable energy producing sites
jump in, a visualization would of a lot more use.
9. 2. Mr. H.C. Phukan, Chief General Manager at the State Load
Dispatch Center(SLDC), Kahilipara Assam. With the theoretical
concepts of electricity transmission clear, visits were paid to the
stat’s grid management center. The functions at the
management end for a grid were thoroughly understood and
reflected upon with discussions giving the following points.
The major objectives of any grid management center shall
comprise of the following:
•
Demand Estimation for operational purpose.
•
Scheduling for Merit Order Dispatch.
•
Regulating Generation Load Balance.
•
Schedule for Central Sector Drawl & Regulate it.
•
Monitor bilateral power supply agreement.
•
Maintaining system frequency in 49.0Hz to 50.5Hz.
•
Restoration procedure planning and implementation.
•
Load Shedding implementation.
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Coordination with RLDC and other constituents.
10. Observations (Workstation)
The field visits covered observation sessions at the users actual
workplace, in our case being the State Load Dispatch center,
Kahilipara in Guwahati, Assam (Figure1). The center is one of
the 18 present in the entire nation and is responsible for all
electricity transmission, distribution and electric grid related
regulations of the North-East Grid, one of the 5 major grids of
the country.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
The office has about 25 employees with 5 main engineers,
taking the important decisions at the management end of the
system. On the first floor of the building takes place the
monitoring and control of the electricity grids. With at least 8
CRT monitors and one huge LCD display (Figure3), the
visualizations and all other grid related information are visible
to the engineers and staff. Other than the conventional screens,
which consisted of LCDs and CRTs, a digital display is included in
the main room to show the grid’s frequency, which is a number
close to 50, but of utmost importance to monitor any grid’s
health (see Figure 2).
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11. Contextual Interviews
Mr. Jatinder Baishya is the Assistant General Manager at the
Load Dispatch division in SLDC Assam. Other than holding a
bachelors degree in electrical engineering, he has had a 3
month training for handling SCADA systems used in huge
electrical networks. Most of his days at the office are busy,
however he agreed to give us a couple of appointments to
discuss the his role in the management of the electricity grids
in the state.
Figure 4
Mr. Baishya’s regular days involves decision making activities
mostly done by looking at a SCADA system deployed to
reflect the grid’s state. His job is to make sure that the
objective set by the SLDC are met so that an efficient and
‘disciplined’ electricity network is established across the
North East region of the country. The following three are
primary objectives assigned to him :
• Matching of forecasted & Actual Demand
• Meticulous Planning for Day Ahead Schedule
• Regulation of own generation according to frequency
profiles
For all the above regulations to come to action, it must take
Jatinder to follow a few protocols and take decisions at his
own discretion but all mainly supported by the information
he receives through visualizations of the SCADA’s manmachine interface(MMI) as they call it.
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12. An evaluation of the current SCADA visualizations used by
engineers was done at the SLDC Assam and otherwise as a
part of desktop research. A few prominent screens appear to
the picture at every stage of decision making for the Load
distribution engineers.
Figure 5
Figure 6
Line Diagrams : These are reduced versions of the electricity
grid’s physical components like transmission lines,
transformers, substations and power stations(see Figure 5).
The screen visualizations are very heavy in terms of the
information they depict, the segregation has been done by
color and thickness of the lines, otherwise mostly textual
information is presented to depict the name of places and
corresponding elements. Looking at so much of coded
information, taking a decision a quick glance is difficult for the
engineers. The overlapping of lines and excess chart junk
present in these diagrams, increase the cognitive workload of
the users resulting in errors and taking more time to act on a
situation.
Import – Export Power Tables : The column charts depict the
state of generation and supply of power to various end
points(see figure 6). The information has three basic
components, the power incoming the grid and the power
leaving it for consumption. Also mentioned are the grid
frequencies and Unscheduled Interchange (UI) rate of power
at this time and frequency. Also represented are the name and
KiloVoltage of the transmission lines carrying that load.
13. Frequency Regulation : The grid at any point has a specific
frequency at which the power is being generated and injected
into it. This is the average of generating frequencies of all the
power stations in the grid. Interestingly, this frequency is the
most important parameter to be monitored at regular
intervals by the engineers. It depicts the demand response
activities and overall grid health. The frequency of power
generation allotted in Indian scenario is 50.00 Hz. Any
deviation from this number means some sort of deviation in
the scheduled power distribution. It also affects the decision
to buy electricity from other sources as the Availability Based
Tariffs of electricity are a function of frequency of your grid.
The grid frequency can judge the load shedding patterns of a
region too. Since this number is of utter importance to the
engineers, it is depicted in all the SCADA’s screen visualizations
as a number value up to two or three decimal places. To keep
more check, a digital display gives real time value of the grid
frequency at an interval of one second (see Figure 7).
Figure 7
Data Charts and Archives : The power distribution authorities
have a set of protocols, which every grid managing organization
must follow. These mainly include the order of grid recovery, the
archiving of all abnormal grid states and load shedding
instructions. Huge amount of data is stored in big hard drives of
terabyte capacities and mediated with the cloud.
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14. Ideation (Crude Concepts)
The visits to the SLDC office and coming across the various
parameters important in grid management allowed many
insights to trigger in the visualization paradigm. As the next
step in project I chose to give a first attempt at the novel
visualization methods that might prove to be more useful and
less cumbersome for engineers. As the ‘smartness’ of the grid
increases, more parameters might join in the picture to be
monitored at an authority. Here in this report, the first
iterations of the three chosen platforms is presented.
Figure 8
Line Diagram Abstraction : The line diagram as we had seen
was a very heavy and dense info graphic to absorb. As an
attempt to simplify it and add the geographical position of the
stations and lines, the proposed diagram is presented.
The basic approach in reducing this visualization was centered
around the idea of reducing the cognitive workload on the
viewers’ minds. Inspired from the London Tube’s map, the
visualization uses lines only at ninety and forty –five degrees,
reducing the excess computation for the brain. Overlapping
has been tried to be kept at a minimum however the data
cannot be challenged. A different and supposedly simpler
grammar is introduced to reduce the chart junk due to the
earlier used symbols. A much simpler version of transformer
symbol and power stations is used. Geography is the main
addition to this line diagram, which makes it comprehendible
for a layman, however it is a distorted map and the places and
boundaries are not accurate.
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15. Ideation (Crude Concepts)
Input and Output power : The power input-output screen has
been converted for a table with just textual information, to a
radial spider visualization. The 17 end points are taken as the
vertices of the polygon, and radial lines outward are the
transmission line carrying that load. The red area peak gives
the demand in that region. Where as the blue region shows
the amount of electricity allotted if the schedule was to be
followed. Unlike the earlier table, this visualization
additionally shows the shortage and load shedding
possibilities in the region. The actual values are also depicted
so there is hardly any trade off in terms of the figurative
display of information.
Figure 9
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16. Ideation (Crude Concepts)
Figure 10
Frequency Regulation: A discussed before, the frequency
monitoring is of prime importance to ant grid managing
authority. The regional grid frequency, cumulatively makes up
the grid’s total frequency. The different power stations across
a region experience a change in frequency due to the load
patterns of that area. The individual ‘area’ in the grid ends up
having the same frequency, as it spreads to the nearest power
station. Hence making the regional information of power
generation frequency of interest to the engineers. The
frequency of entire grid is represented over a gradation scale
with it’s mid point being 50.00 Hz. Any fluctuation is evident in
the map as the color of the region is altered accordingly. The
mid value is chosen to be green and going off it shall produce
noticeable changes in the color values. To depict drastic
changes in frequency, which can be fatal for the grid (and
cause blackouts) highly contrasting red color is used, this
should invite immediate attention of the engineers and allow
them to act accordingly. Another idea being to display callouts
with regions frequencies but only higher than normal values.
The entire area is again an abstracted version of the actual
map.
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17. Discussion
The project aims at visualizing electricity grid parameters
important at the management end, and making them
comprehensively into a dashboard. While the semester long
work mostly included field research and user requirement
analysis, the generated concepts are of potential to cater the
existing problems pertaining to data visualization. All the
concepts are prototyped in Flash CS5 software for inclusion in
the dashboard's design. More interactive visualizations shall
join the existing ones as an explorations, given the scenarios of
an implemented smart grid. A few interesting domains left to
be explored are the visualization of price management in a
smart grid and three-dimensional info graphics of the smart
grid parameter. Visualization software packs a large amount of
information into a single computer-generated image, enabling
viewers to interpret the data more rapidly and more
accurately than ever before. This kind of software will become
still more useful, even indispensable, as electricity grids are
integrated over ever-larger areas, as transmission and
generation become competitive markets, and as transactions
grow in number and complexity. Thus, In the new world of
competition, power traders, grid managers, public service
boards, and the public itself all need to take in what’s
happening at a glance.
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