THEFT DETECTION BY SMART PREPAID ENERGY METER USING IOT

Electrical Engineering

This paper discuss about the IOT based smart prepaid energy meter as a part of measure to make electricity accessible to every consumer, to overcome the problem of overbilling, meter tempering , fault finding and to ensure a cost effective operation, we have introduced the Prepaid Electricity System. The user receives message on their mobile phones about the units they purchased via IoT technology. We live in a world where almost everything runs on electricity. 67% of their sources used to produce electricity are non -renewable sources of energy. Power is the soul of world which is related to the electricity and “electricity” is the word which now rules the world. So, proper utilization of these resources is of immense important to us. Though many technological innovations are taking place in this world, existing electricity consumption billing process seems in India to be very old fashioned and does not meet the latest technology available. The advantage of this system is that a user can understand the power consumed by the electrical appliances after every 10 days and can take further steps to control them and thus help in energy conservation. From the electricity board section, the information regarding the bill amount, payment and the pre-planned power shut down details are communicated to the consumer. If the customer does not pay the bill in time, the user is informed through a message. If still the customer does not pay the bill, then as per designated consideration, one alert message will be sent then automatically power connection is disconnected from the remote server. In the already existing smart energy meter, it shows the energy consumed by the appliances from the date of installation of the energy meter and its corresponding rupees. In this proposed energy meter, the meter gives the energy consumed on daily basis, its corresponding rupees, fault finding on meter on daily basis, billing details and payment using IOT. Additionally, it has the main objective of giving the preintimation of power schedule and an alert system for producing an alarm when the energy consumption exceeds beyond the certain limit. It also has the facility of terminating the power supply when the residents are out of station to minimize the wastage of energy. This system not only reduces the power cut issues and the labor cost for noticing the residential energy consumption in regular intervals but also increases the energy conservation with the help of alarm systems and the energy meter.

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