A SOLUTION TO REMOTE DETECTION OF

ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY
USAGE VIA POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS

A WAY TO CHANGE POWER SCENARIO

INTRODUCTION

Electricity is key input for economic growth.

Illegal electricity is criminal offence.
Detection using PLCs and AMR.

METHODS OF ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY USAGE

Using mechanical objects.

Using a fixed magnet.

Using external phase before meter terminlals.

Switching the energy cables at the meter
connector box

DETECTION OF ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY USAGE

Automatic Meter Reading (AMR).

Power Line Communications (PLC).

Automatic Meter Reading:

Generate pulses relating consumed energy that
translates to actual reading on meter dials.

Connection structure

AMR communication set up

3 Components
Meter Interface Module.
Communication System.
Central Office System.

Power Line Communication

It take place over same lines that deliver electricity.
Injection of high frequency.
Data transfer without extra cables.
Best suited for detecting outages, tamper events and
performing remote disconnect.

PLC advantages
Smart automated process instead of manual work.
Better network performance and cost efficiency.
Effective measurement of transmission losses.
Detection of tampering of meters

Detection and Control system

Simulation System

Overview
Every user has two PLC modems.
Energy meter must be installed in the connection
box .
Host PLC unit is placed in distribution Transformer.

Host PLC modems and its controller must include

two addresses per every user.
Operating software must be designed for
information of every user in every sub power
network.
The system has two values of energy consumption
for every user.

Research work has been taking place in CPRI

,Bangalore for remote metering and detection
of power theft.

Conclusion
The proposed detector system to determine
illegal electricity usage via POWER LINE
COMMUNICATIONS is examined in the Lab
conditions. Results proved that if AMR and
detector system are used together illegal usage of
electricity might be detected . Once this system
are tried in real power lines, the distribution losses
in india can be reduced effectively.

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