Abstract
This paper is focused on the differences between the wire and wireless source codes sets that were generated to provide power theft detection solutions. In this work Arduino boards are used to detect both power theft and excessive power usage. Arduino boards are put on both substation side, named Master board, and consumer side named Slave board. Transferring data from Slave to Master via either wire or wireless modules were illustrated. The target of implementation of this project is to save a huge amount of electricity which is one of the main common problem that general electricity company of Libya (GECOL) is suffering from and put the power grid in frequently collapse. The paper will provide the analysis of two different circuits with their source codes, with comments of both codes. One of the two circuits was done by Proteus simulator to show wireless communication techniques. The other circuit was done by hardware project to show wire communication techniques. Also, the paper will provide the explanation of how to build Arduino Code written with Arduino C, information to assist you with understanding what you need to do to communicate electronic devices with Arduino kit, and guidance to show you how to implement the simulation of the system in Proteus simulator.
Highlights
In Libya, power theft is a common problem, which results in loss of electrical
The Arduino kit attached to every pole consists of Atmega328 and ACS712 module-current sensor, voltage sensor, and LCD display
The current sensor senses the amount of current that flow through the Slave kit. the sensed reading will be fed to microcontroller/Atmega328 type
Summary
In Libya, power theft is a common problem, which results in loss of electrical. The general electricity company of Libyan (GECOL) is the solely company responsible for supplying electricity. In 2013, Pandey, Gill, and Sharma proved that applied Zigbee technology to wirelessly detect the electricity theft, give high efficient and inexpensive method [1] In this year, Patil, Gopal, and Kirtikumar made a real time system to identify wirelessly where exactly the location of illegal tapping is done on a specific distribution line in case a theft is done by tapping. Two years later, 2017, Prakash, Jebaseeli, and Sindhu identified power theft project using GSM technology The objective of their project is to design a system which will try to minimize the illegal use of electricity and reduce the chances of theft. 2018, Khan, Xie, , et al , designed and Modeled an anti-theft electricity distribution system, their proposed system detects the illegal load and burns it by sending high voltage signal from capacitor bank. The legal load is made safe and uninterrupted during execution of illegal load [7]
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