Abstract
The Internet of Things (IoT) plays an important role in the development of applications for the Electrical Industry. The data has become essential for the technological advances in this industry, changing abruptly due to the distributed energy resources and the smart grid concept. The data integration also represents a relevant matter to address when performing IoT projects for electrical industry applications. The electrical industry requires incorporating different IoT protocols to comply with the distinct scenarios and the interoperability. This work proposes integrating the HTTP REST, MQTT, LoRaWAN, and OPC UA open communications protocols into an IoT platform and interoperable architecture for smart grid applications. This approach intends to contribute to smart grid solutions and automation systems in the electrical industry, promotes further integration of communication protocols for this field, and enables additional data-based applications for their automation systems. A Multi-Agent System architecture based on the IoT integration is proposed as an application to show how implementable is this approach in current and technological electrical systems.
Highlights
The Internet of Things is a crucial factor for the development of vertical applications to cover different scenarios that involve connectivity coverage, energy consumption, costs, transmission capabilities, module size, among other criteria
The Internet of Things (IoT) can benefit the electrical industry in multiple applications [39]: for energy process control and monitoring, smart grids, Distributed energy resources (DER), photovoltaic and wind generation systems, electric vehicles, demand-side management, demand response programs, and whatever application in which distributed sensors and controllers take place [40]
The automation systems are essential in critical electrical processes such as generation, transmission, and distribution; so, including multiple ways to integrate the data in systems which are geographically distributed by nature, and are composed of several process stages, makes the integration of IoT protocols a suitable approach to address systems
Summary
The Internet of Things is a crucial factor for the development of vertical applications to cover different scenarios that involve connectivity coverage, energy consumption, costs, transmission capabilities, module size, among other criteria. The IoT is widely empowering the electrical industry in the context of Smart Grids and Smart Cities. The comprehensive area coverage is an important matter in electrical applications due to the nature of the geographical distribution of the infrastructure for transmission, generation, and distribution of power; that is why the low power wide area networks (LPWAN) technologies are suitable to address the electrical industry [2] even when they are not too familiar for deployment in smart metering and smart grid communication [3]. There are several critical applications of LPWA connectivity for smart grids or systems.
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