Major Project Synopsis

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POWER THEFT DETECTION, ALERT &

CUTOFF SYTEM

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Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

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Batch: 2013-2017
 INTRODUCTION

In the last couple of decades, communication technology has

developed by leaps and bounds. The use of “Embedded System in
Communication” has given rise to many interesting applications.

Electricity is now more than a necessity. The need of electricity is

increasing day by day. With increasing need of electricity the power
theft is also increasing. It has become a must to develop a system to
avoid the increasing theft. With the development of GSM network
and its increasing popularity, GSM Modem and Short Message are
gradually used to transmit information but there are still a few
shortcomings, such as the unsatisfactory real-time ability to control
the theft of electricity when user is not at home. The objective of this
project is to design a system to monitor any power drawn before the
energy meter which is treated as power pilferage .Once such power is
detected it results in disconnection of the power supply to the
consumer and an SMS is sent to the control station to take penal
action on the fraud consumer.
Growing populations are using increasing amounts of power, which is
putting a strain on existing supplies. In many countries the increase in
demand is growing at a faster rate than transmission capacity and the
cost of providing power is also increasing due to higher fuel prices
and increases in the cost of construction and capital expenses.
In our major project idea we plan to use:
1) Arduino ATmega 328 based Embedded System
2) Energy Meters
3) LCD (16x2)
4) LDR (Light Sensor)
5) Relay Module

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For this project, an AVR family microcontroller is used to
continuously monitor the load consumption before and after the
energy meter using Master and Slave energy meters. The Master
meters show the actual load units consumed while the Slave or the
House meters show the load units consumed by the house.
Any difference noticed between the reading of the Master meter and
Slave/House meter is detected by the microcontroller based system
which cuts off the supply to the house meter and can send a SMS alert
to the concerned authorities thereby detecting and alerting about the
theft of electricity. In demonstrating the project function, a fixed load
lamp is connected duly from the output of a standard energy meter
(Slave/House Meter) and a provision is kept with a lamp holder that is
wired before the meter connection (theft load).
The moment any load is connected to this lamp holder the sensing
takes place for action as described as above, the units in the Master
meter increase and become greater than the Slave meter. This triggers
the cutoff action, and then the status of the system is also displayed on
an LCD. A SMS can also be sent on the same action.
We’ll be programming in Embedded C/C++ in Arduino IDE.

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BLOCK DIAGRAM

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Hardware Modules Used
 Arduino based Embedded System
 Energy Meters
 Relay Module
 GSM Modem (if required)
 LED’s, Buzzer

Technologies Used
 Embedded Technology