Monitoring and Management of Street Lighting System using Internet of Things

Abstract

Different forms of utilization of electrical energy include lighting system. General lighting system provided by utilities must be ensured that there is no wastage of power during consumption. Street lighting is of importance keeping in view of prevention of accidents and adequate lighting must ensure safety and comfortable driving. In this paper, Internet of Things (IoT) is used to monitor and manage street lighting system. IoT based nodes and sensors are arranged in such a manner that wastage of power consumption is avoided. Transformers, relays light dependent Resistor (LDR) sensor and passive infrared (PIR) sensors are the major equipment in the setup. Raspberry Pi and Arduino serve as nodes through wireless serial port communication HC-12 module. Instrument transformers are used for voltage and current measurement. Monitoring can be done if the respective power consumption values are uploaded to server. In this paper, it is shown that this model results in effective monitoring and management of street lighting system using IoT.