PROPOSAL FOR STUDENT PROJECT SCHEME

ON

IoT based smart home monitoring and control using Renewable

Solar energy for Energy saving application

Submitted to TNSCST

Sector: Engineering and Technology

(2019-2020)

Submitted by

J JEMIMA MARY (Reg.No. 830115106019)

K RAJESWARI (Reg.No. 830115106031)
V VIJAYALAKSHMI (Reg.No. 830115106041)

Project Guide

Dr.K.Baskaran M.E., Ph.D.,

Professor & Head

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

ALAGAPPA CHETTIAR GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY
KARAIKUDI – 630 003, TAMIL NADU
 PROPOSAL FOR STUDENT PROJECT SCHEME 2018-2019

1. Name of the Students: J JEMIMA MARY (Reg.No. 830115106019)

K RAJESWARI (Reg.No. 830115106031)
V VIJAYALAKSHMI (Reg.No. 830115106041)
Email: jjemipaul1998@gmail.com

2. Name of the Guide: Dr.K.BASKARAN, M.E., Ph.D.,

Professor and Head
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and
technology,
Karaikudi – 630 003, Tamil Nadu.
Email: drbaskaran@gct.ac.in.
Mobile No: 9443661901

3. Project Title: WSN IoT based smart home monitoring and control using Renewable
Solar energy for Energy saving application
4. Sector in which your project proposal is to be considered: Engineering and Technology

5. Project Details:
ABSTRACT:

In order to help maintain comfortable living conditions within a home, home

monitoring and automation are utilized. The standards of human’s comfort in homes can be
categorized into several types. Among these categories, the most significant ones are the
thermal comfort, which is related to temperature and humidity, followed by the visual comfort,
related to colors and light, and hygienic comfort, associated with air quality. A system can be
set to monitor these parameters to help maintain them within an acceptable range. Additionally,
making the house smart is to allow for intelligent automatic executing of several commands
after analyzing the collected data. Automation can be accomplished by using the Internet of
Things (IoT). This gives the inhabitant accesses to certain data in the house and the ability to
control some parameters remotely.
 This project presents the complete design of an IoT based sensing and monitoring
system for smart home automation. The proposed design uses the BLYNK platform for
collecting and visualizing monitored data and remote controlling of home appliances and
devices. The selected platform is very flexible and user-friendly. The sensing of different
variables inside the house is conducted using the NodeMCU-ESP8266 microcontroller board,
which allows real time data sensing, processing and uploading/downloading to/from the
BLYNK cloud server.

OBJECTIVE

The main objectives of the proposed system are,

 Here we use the concept called IOT. Using the concept of internet of things we design
our project to make human life reliable. With the help of IOT things can be too easy.
Main aim of this project is to atomize ruler homes in less cost.
 Generation of electrical energy using renewable energy source-Solar.
 Home Automation using IOT

INTRODUCTION

Automation is today’s fact, where more things are being completed every day
automatically. The home automation system conception remains for several years. The control
of the appliances when completely taken over by the machines, the process of monitoring and
controlling becomes more eventful.
Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are
naturally available such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat. Renewable
energy replaces conventional fuels in four distinct areas: electricity generation, hot water/space
heating, motor fuels, and rural (off-grid) energy services. This project is fully based on
renewable energy resources.
 The energy consumption in home areas is greater as more home equipments are used.
For solving this home energy problem, we consider energy saving and another one is energy
renewable sources. At the same time we also have to save the home energy cost. For this, two
things must be considered and these are energy consumption and energy generation.
Also we are going to apply IOT concept by using Wi-Fi module. Its era of technology
world is becoming faster and easier due to this reason our homes also should become part of it.
Setting in any part of world we can operate our home just by our smart phone. Isn’t it a great
idea, yes with the help of node MCU and Blynk app it’s possible.
Developing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies is becoming a
priority and increasing the interest for many countries around the world. Universities have
been involved in this technological development through student competitions, which aim at
enhancing student awareness.
An energy efficient house that is fully monitored and automated using the internet of
things (IoT) technologies. The increase in the popularity of IoT has widely spread to simple in-
home applications and everyday tasks. The employment of IoT in homes is for the purpose of
energy monitoring and saving while achieving and maintaining a certain level of comfort.
Home automation systems using IoT consists of three major parts as shown in Fig. 1. The first
part is the sensing and data acquisition part. This is done by placing sensors or devices, also
called things, at several locations throughout the home to measure and gather desired
information such as temperature and humidity.

Fig.1 IOT smart home using solar energy

 The second part of the system is the data processing. Sensors provide data in raw form.
These data are sent to the processor through a mode of transmission, wired connection or
wireless. The processor then translates the data into comprehensible values. These values are
transmitted to a device to be controlled automatically and/or to a user interface. The last part of
IoT automation is the internet. Most systems use a server to upload data after processing, so it
can be accessed by the user. The internet also helps to monitor data and manually control
devices remote. By automatically executing several commands, automation systems can help
to save time, provide a better quality of life in homes, and save energy.

PROPOSED SOLAR HOUSE MONITORING SYSTEM DESIGN

The Internet of Things has a vision in which the internet extends into the real world
embracing everyday objects. The IoT allows objects to be sensed and/or controlled remotely
over existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for pure integration of the physical
world into computer-based systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and
economic benefit in addition to reduced human intervention.
This technology has many applications like Solar cities, Smart villages, Micro grids
and Solar Street lights and so on. As Renewable energy grew at a rate faster than any other
time in history during this period. The proposed system refers to the online display of the
power usage of solar energy as a renewable energy. This monitoring is done through arduino.
Smart Monitoring displays daily usage of renewable energy. This helps the user to control the
switching of the devices with the help of app using IOT.
It consists of microcontroller, ESP8266 Wi-Fi module, Blynk app, Battery, Solar
panel, voltage sensor, current sensor , LCD display home appliances. It is illustration of how
we have implemented the project and the various parts involved in it. In this system, it has two
main sections i.e. energy consumption and energy generation.
 Fig.2 IoT smart home architecture

SYSTEM DESIGN
Energy consumption:
This section contains home equipment and lights which are controlled with the help of
IoT and communication unit Wi-Fi.
Energy generation:

this section contains solar panel which is used to generate energy from the sunlight.
Here voltage sensor and current sensor are used to measure the voltage and current produced
from the panel and it will be displayed on the LCD display with the help of arduino.
Block diagram

Fig.3 Proposed Block diagram for smart home IOT

Working principle
The monitored parameters in homes are selected to ensure smart, efficient and
comfortable living conditions. Therefore, one hub is made to measure temperature, humidity,
light intensity, proximity, and CO2 levels. This hub can be placed in each room of the house,
and preferably at a high level above the ground and below the ceiling. Collected data can be
processed and used to control smart devices such as smart LEDs and A/Cs. It comprises
mainly sensors, processor, user interface, and data communication and transmission links.

SENSORS
The design began with the temperature and humidity sensors. The LM35 temperature
sensor was selected for temperature sensing and the HIH4000 for humidity sensing. The reason
behind these selections was their smaller sizes compared with the other sensors such as
DHT22, as well as their lower prices. The LM35 temperature sensor is a linear relationship
between the output voltage and the sensed temperature in centigrade.
IoT
Acquiring data from each node is done using the NodeMCU. The data acquired from
all the sensors are continuously uploaded and stored on BLYNK platform. The BLYNK is an
IoT cloud server used for logging the data, with an option to display it using dashboards that
can be easily designed and adapted to the needs of the user. It is an open-source server that is
compatible with several preset hardware modules; This is done by using a provided personal
API key to the code of the controller.

This platform was selected because it was found the most suitable for this project.
Additionally, an application is created to get and display the monitored parameters from the
server, and to apply the needed control of the devices. In fact, Blynk is used as a mean to
display selected monitored data for the users on their mobile phones and tablets. Blynk is an
app for IoT applications. It is easy to program with simple codes and the interface is
configurable through the app itself. The main advantage of using Blynk is its mobility between
platforms and ability to connect to multiple microcontrollers, which are distinguished through
authentication tokens.
Application
 Smart home
 Industries
 Educational institute
CONCLUSION
As to save the energy cost we used renewable energy source. In this system two things
are important and i.e. energy consumption and energy generation. The energy consumption
includes the energy uses of home equipments based on Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi send this collected
data to home server. Energy generation is based on solar panel. Renewable energy gateway
(REG) is suitable for both the consumption and generation.
Hence by taking both consumption and generation, the home server optimizes home
energy use. Wi-Fi technology provides home security and its cost is more effective as
compared to previously existing system. Hence we can conclude that the required objectives of
renewable energy based home automation system using IOT have been achieved. Finally, the
proposed system is better from the scalability and flexibility point of view than the previously
existing home automation system.
WORK PLAN

Months Work

September System circuit design in breadboard

Analyzing the features of the components and purchase of

October
Components based on the software testing

November PCB circuit design, construction and testing

December Hardware design process

January Program development and testing

February Compilation and project report preparation

BUDGET DETAILS

S.No. Items Cost (Rs.)

1 Components:
(Power Supply Board, Arduino Board, 4 Channel Driver Circuit,
9,500/-
Raspberry pi, ESP 8266,solar panel-5kw, current sensor, DHT 11
sensor, PCB Boards)
2 Consumable 500/-
Total 10,000/-

7. Has a similar project been carried out in your college : No

 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that miss. NISHA LAKSHMI P (Reg.No.830115106026)

RUBAVATHI B (Reg.No.830115106033) and UMAMAHESWARI S (Reg.No.
830115106039) are the bonafide final year students of B.E, Electronics And Communication
Engineering course of our College and it is also certified that a copy of utilization certificate
and final report along with seminar paper will be sent to the Council after completion of the
project by the end of April 2019.

Signature of the Guide Signature of the HOD Signature of the Principal