A Solution to Remote Detection of Illegal

Electricity
Usage via Power Line Communications
FEATURES OF THE PRESENTATION

 INTRODUCTION
 METHODS OF ILLEGAL USAGE OF ELECTRICITY
 AUTOMATIC METER READING(AMR)
 POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS(PLC)
 DETENSION AND CONTROL SYSTEM
 SIMULATION
 OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED DETECTOR SYSTEM
 CONLUSION
 REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
 Energy, particularly electricity, is a key input
for accelerating economic growth for this
largest domacratic country containing 1.04
billion population.
 A detection system for illegal electricity usage
is possible if an Automatic Meter Reading
system via Power line Communication is set in
a power delivery system
 AMR
 PLC
Methods of illegal electricity usage

 1) Using the mechanical objects

 2) Using a fixed magnet
 3) Using the external phase before
meter terminals
 4) Switching the energy cables at
the meter connector box
 Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)

Electromechanical movement to digital signal conversion

Three main components of AMR system are:

 Meter interface module

 Communications systems
 Central office systems equipment
PLC
 Power line communication or power line carrier
(PLC), also known as Power line Digital Subscriber
Line (PDSL), mains communication, power line
telecom (PLT), power line networking (PLN), or
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL)
Schematic illustration of detection system of illegal
electricity usage
DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM
illegal detector system of one subscriber
SIMULATION
System simulation and modeling of the detection
system of illegal electricity usage for
electromechanical kilowatt-hour meters
OVER VIEW OF THE PROPOSED DETECTOR
SYSTEM
Effects of distance of the source-
receiver on the loss for various
CONCLUSION
 The proposed detector system to determine illegal
electricity usage via power line communications is
examined in the laboratory conditions. Results
proved that if AMR and detector system are used
together illegal usage of electricity might be
detected. Once this proposed detection systems
are tried in real power lines, the distribution losses
in India can be reduced effectively.
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 I.H. Cavdar, “Performance analysis of FSK power line
communications systems over the time-varying
channels: Measurements and modeling,” IEEE Trans.
Power Delivery, vol. 19, pp. 111–117, Jan. 2004.
 Yoshinori Mizugai and Masahiro Oya “World Trends in
Power Line Communications” Mitsubishi Electric
 Tom D Tamar kin “Automatic Meter Reading”, Public
Power magazine Volume50, Number5 September-
October 1992.