IOT BASED POWER THEFT DETECTION AND FAULT

IDENTIFICATION IN DISTRIBUTION LINE

Abstract- Electrical power theft and fault identification is a major

problem in power system network all over the world. power theft is
illegal and should be strictly prohibited. Power theft can be defined as
the usage of the electrical power without any contract with the
supplier. In order to eliminate power theft, the location of power theft
is to be known so that appropriate action will be taken on the legal
offenders. The circuit consists of Arduino, LCD, Rasberry pi and
Current transformers. Meters cannot be used for high currents so
current sensing is done by current transformers. Two CTs are used, one
is connected at load side to measure the current through load and
other C.T is connected at supply terminals to measure the current
supplied by source. Using IoT, power theft detection and fault
identification has been practically performed.
Power Factor Correction Using 8051 Microcontroller

Abstract;- In recent years, the power quality of the ac system has become great
concern due to the rapidly increased numbers of electronic equipment, power
electronics and high voltage power system. Most of the commercial and industrial
installation in the country has large electrical loads which are severally inductive
in nature causing lagging power factor which gives heavy penalties to consumer
by electricity board. This situation is taken care by PFC. Power factor correction is
the capacity of absorbing the reactive power produced by a load. In case of fixed
loads, this can be done manually by switching of capacitors, however in case of
rapidly varying and scattered loads it becomes difficult to maintain a high power
factor by manually switching on/off the capacitors in proportion to variation of
load within an installation. This drawback is overcome by using an APFC panel. In
this paper measuring of power factor from load is done by using 8051
microcontroller and trigger required capacitors in order to compensate reactive
power and bring power factor near to unity.