Wireless Control System for Power Theft Detection

The theft of electricity in developed and developing countries is getting worse compared to the past. Public electricity supply companies estimate that power theft costs them millions per year. To resolve the theft problem, this paper introduces a system that is based on Arduino techniques to detect the power theft in residential households and businesses. The proposed system was projected to continuously monitor and analyze energy consumption data collected from energy meters to automatically classify consumption into legal and illegal consumptions and ultimately detect the theft location. A novel automated control system was introduced to make use of Arduino based on fuzzy logic Toolbox in MATLAB. Aims achieved by the system are optimization of data collection, predictive monitoring of energy metering systems in real-time and handling of anomalies, and automation with smart devices from real- data that are collected by energy meter. This project presents the role of an Arduino with GSM module in preventing electricity theft. Giving the possibility to cut off the stolen electricity from power thieves either by the employed fuzzy logic utility or by a relay switching mechanism. Once a theft has been detected, a notification message will be sent to alert the electricity provider via wireless module. GSM technology was chosen as a possible wireless solution to the connectivity issue. The designed system is capable of executing process within a fraction of a second. This paper shows how microcontrollers based Arduinos communicate over a network and how to program the code for the wireless connection.

Wireless Control System for Power Theft Detection

Manal Shlebik, Wireless Control System for Power Theft Detection