Automatic Electric Control System in Campus

Using ‘Presence detectors’

PROJECT REPORT
of
Introduction to Innovative Projects
By

Name of the students:

SHYAM KANAPRAM (17BEC0100)
HARSHDEEP SINGH BAKSHI (17BCM0044)
PIYUSH TRIVEDI (17BCM0016)
DALAVAI YUVRAJ (16BEC0134)
MD RAIYAN RAZI (16BEC0009)
GOKARAJU SAI TEJA (17BEC0029)
SWARUP KRISHNA (17BCL0182)

Guided By – Prof .Sumangala T P

 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the projected entitled “Automatic light system in

classroom” is submitted by:

Name of the Students:

SHYAM KANAPRAM (17BEC0100)

HARSHDEEP SINGH BAKSHI (17BCM0044)
PIYUSH TRIVEDI (17BCM0016)
DALAVAI YUVRAJ (16BEC0134)
MD RAIYAN RAZI (16BEC0009)
GOKARAJU SAI TEJA (17BEC0029)
SWARUP KRISHNA (17BCL0182)

For the course :( PHY1999) is a record of bonafide work done under my

supervision. The contents of this project are full/in parts have not been
submitted to any other course.

Place: Vellore

Date: 1st November 2018

Signature of the faculty Prof .Sumangala T P

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to thank Prof. Sumangala T P for giving us the opportunity to

perform this project. We would also post our gratitude towards all assistant in
performing this project. It was an immense pleasure for us to work as a team
getting up through the surveys, solving up the issue by proper analysis and getting
into its final solution with an immense hard work and dedication.
We solved up one of the major issue happening in our surrounding today and got
into a final solution for it in order to eradicate this from our locality and make our
lifestyle and environment more comfortable and advanced respectively.
 Contents

 Abstract
 Introduction
 SWAT analysis
 Installation cost
 Arduino Code
 Conclusion
 ABSTRACT

In our campus, it has been noted that electrical appliances in

classrooms, halls and labs are kept on most of the time even when not
in use The guards then has to go and switch it off manually. As the
buildings are expanding the amount of electricity being wasted like
this is significantly increasing and can no more be neglected, this also
raises the electric charges significantly and increases the manual
labour. To solve all these issues our group has worked on this sensor
based project to control the electric appliances automatically.
We have worked on making IR sensors to detect the people coming in
and going out. With the count we get we are going to record the value.
We are then going to use a microcontroller or an Arduino (based on
the availability) to switch the light on and off.
We are using this system to implement the automation of electric
appliances with the entrance of the first student the count goes to 1
and then the appliances are switched on and when the last person
leaves the classroom, the count again becomes 0 and the appliances
are again switched off.
 INTRODUCTION

The campus is a self-sufficient enclave with black-topped, well-lit

roads. Its facilities include a Canteen, Food-court, 6 Power plants, a
Post Office, a Bookstore, Copier facilities, Shopping complex6, Banks
and ATMs. Standby power generators are provided in the Institute,
hostels and the well-maintained gardens. A cable television facility is
provided on each floor of each hostel. The institute has 16 stations
gymnasia for men and a 12-station gym for women students, a men’s
eight lane 50m×25m and women’s 25m×12m swimming pool, a Health
centre equipped with medical equipment’s with first aid centres at
men’s and ladies’ hostel functioning round the clock.
Ever since the sharp rise in the cost of energy over the past few years
there has been search of ways to curb energy consumption in an effort
to reduce this drain and make the energy usage more productive.
We can curb the energy wastage to a large extent by automating the
electric appliances.
 SWOT ANALYSIS OF OUR PROBLEM

VIT campus’ building area is expanding. At present 14 buildings, each multi-floor is the
Building area statement of the University. A fully furnished and air-conditioned guest
house is available at VIT, spread over 11,000 sq.ft. and with staff quarters. The Central
library, built to International Standards, centrally air-conditioned, Spreads over to
Ground plus Six Floors with an area of 8490 sq.m. Conference facilities of international
standards are incorporated into the VIT Campus with 10 Conference Halls and 4
Auditoriums having a total capacity of 3500. The Smart Classrooms ideal for small
seminars and workshops with inbuilt hi-tech equipment adds up to the fine
infrastructure. The campus is a self-sufficient enclave with black-topped, well-lit roads.
Its facilities include a Canteen, Food-court, 6 Power plants, a Post Office, a Bookstore,
Copier facilities, Shopping complex6, Banks and ATMs. Standby power generators are
provided in the Institute, hostels and the wellmaintained gardens. A cable television
facility is provided on each floor of each hostel. The institute has 16 stations gymnasia
for men and a 12-station gym for women students, a men’s eight lane 50m×25m and
women’s 25m×12m swimming pool, a Health center equipped with medical
equipments with first aid centers at men’s and ladies’ hostel functioning round the
clock.
Ever since the sharp rise in the cost of energy over the past few years there has been
search of ways to curb energy consumption in an effort to reduce this drain and make
the energy usage more productive. To determine the most efficient and most cost
effective measures that can be taken, we conduct energy audit on buildings around
campus.
About 15,000 students live in VIT hostels and more than 20,000 students attend
classes in academic buildings. There are about 356 washrooms in VIT campus all
around. Lights are kept switched on for whole night as well as some time in day also.
This causes a huge wastage of electricity when no one is using washrooms. We
propose to install presence detectors in each washroom area. The detector will be
kept switched off in day time and on in night time. Whenever a person will enter the
washroom it will detect and switched on the lights and when no one is there in
washroom area it will switched off the lights. This will help in saving a huge amount of
electricity which is being wasted in night time when no one is utilizing it.
 INSTALLATION COST

Installation cost of each sensor= Rs. 500/-

Number of sensors to be installed= 356
Total installation cost of sensors= 356*500=Rs.178000
Total energy consumed= 2095.16 kWh/day
Energy savings due to installation of sensors= 0.3*2095.16=628.5
kWh/day
Estimated energy savings=295*628.5 =185407.5 kWh/year
Estimated savings of energy= Rs. 3457/day
Total saving in a year= 3457*295 (working days) =0.102 crores/year
Payback period= 178000/3457=52 days~ 2 months
 ARDUINO CODE

#include<LiquidCrystal.h>
LiquidCrystal lcd(13,12,11,10,9,8);

#define in 14
#define out 19
#define led 2
#define extraLed 3
int count=0;

void IN()
{
count++;
lcd.clear();
lcd.print("Person In Room:");
Serial.print("In\n");

Serial.print("Number of persons inside room = ");

Serial.print(count);
Serial.print("\n");
lcd.setCursor(0,1);
lcd.print(count);
delay(1000);
}

void OUT()
{
if(count ==0)
 ;
else
count--;
lcd.clear();
Serial.print("OUT\n");
Serial.print("Number of persons inside room = ");
Serial.print(count);
Serial.print("\n");
lcd.print("Person In Room:");
lcd.setCursor(0,1);
lcd.print(count);
delay(1000);
}

void setup()
{
lcd.begin(16,2);
Serial.begin(9600);
lcd.print("Visitor Counter");
delay(2000);
pinMode(in, INPUT);
pinMode(out, INPUT);
pinMode(led, OUTPUT);
pinMode(extraLed, OUTPUT);
lcd.clear();
lcd.print("Person In Room:");
lcd.setCursor(0,1);
lcd.print(count);
}
void loop()
{

if(digitalRead(in))
IN();
if(digitalRead(out))
OUT();

if(count==0)
{
digitalWrite(led, LOW);
digitalWrite(extraLed, LOW);
}
else if(count>0&& count<5){
digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
digitalWrite(extraLed, LOW);
}
else{
digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
digitalWrite(extraLed, HIGH);
}

}
 CONCLUSION

After investigating and analysing all the consumption as well as generation

aspects and trends of energy in VIT University, we have concluded, synthesized
and then recommended our idea which will definitely boost up the
sustainability and self-dependency in energy requirement of our campus if
implemented. In brief, our recommendations can bring up following changes if
implemented:

1. Reduction in energy resources wastage

2. Application of green technology
3. Sustainable future development
4. Minimisation in pollution
5. Self-dependency in energy requirement
6. Effective energy management
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CONTRIBUTIONS ATTITUDE FOCUS ON THE WORKING WITH

TASK OTHERS

SHYAM
KANAPRAM
(17BEC0100) 5 4 5 4

GOKARAJU SAI
TEJA
(17BEC0029) 3 5 5 5

DALAVAI YUVRAJ
(16BEC0134)
5 5 5 4

MD RAIYAN RAZI
(16BEC0009)
5 5 5 5

HARSHDEEP SINGH
BAKSHI
(17BCM0044) 5 4 5 4

PIYUSH TRIVEDI
(17BCM0016)
4 4 4 3