Smart Energy Monitoring System

Not a watt is unnacounted for. Detect Any Unncessary use of electrical power in realtime.

IntermediateFull instructions provided15 hours748

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Particle Photon

SCT 013 000 100A Non-Invasive AC Current Sensor Split Core Type Clamp Meter Senso

Jumper wires (generic)

Male-Header 36 Position 1 Row- Long (0.1")

Female/Female Jumper Wires

Female Header 8 Position 1 Row (0.1")

SparkPCB 5V 1Amp DC Power Supply Adaptor

Plastic Enclosure, Junction Box

Software apps and online services

Particle Build Web IDE

Emon CMS Cloud

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)

Solder Wire, Lead Free

Story

The project Smart Energy Monitor was done by us a year before.The Goal is to find out the Power Consumption in separate phases in a distribution box and detect any unnecessary use of electrical power. This Device is meant to be used in Industrial sectors as well as in institutions.

1 / 3 • Clamped Setup

The process by which we did is by interfacing clamp CT sensors (SCT013 100 A) with a certain limitation on the current it can measure into separate phases or lines and connect it to an SOC IoT Board. The board is then coded to retrieve the Power RMS value and record it in certain intervals with timestamps. These values are feeded and stored in a cloud, here we use EmonCMS cloud(which uses algorithm to analyze) to determine the power usage and even calculate up to how much money is used on total electricity. This data can be visible in all platforms including Android and IoS.

1 / 3 • Emon CMS Dashboard

The main principle behind the CT clamp sensor is :

A magnetic flux is induced in the magnetic core due to the flow of AC being measured.

The Status of the device that is setup can be viewed in all the platforms as well.

Overall it is very simple for the user to understand the data when it is setup. And Therefore the Current can be Monitored And saved Effectively.

voltage_and_current

#include "EmonLib.h"            
EnergyMonitor emon1;             

void setup()
{  
  Serial.begin(9600);
  
  emon1.voltage(2, 234.26, 1.7); 
  emon1.current(1, 111.1);       
}

void loop()
{
  emon1.calcVI(20,2000);         
  emon1.serialprint();           
  
  float realPower       = emon1.realPower;        //extract Real Power into variable
  float apparentPower   = emon1.apparentPower;    //extract Apparent Power into variable
  float powerFActor     = emon1.powerFactor;      //extract Power Factor into Variable
  float supplyVoltage   = emon1.Vrms;             //extract Vrms into Variable
  float Irms            = emon1.Irms;             //extract Irms into Variable
}

Credits

Tharrun Kumar NT

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Saran Raj

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Smart Energy Monitoring System