Power Transmission and Distribution Monitoring using Internet of Things (IoT) for Smart Grid

Abstract

In the last decade, much of the attention is made towards introducing the smart systems and appliances to meet the requirement of the century and make life comfortable. During the same period, electric power sector also made the necessary innovation to compensate the demand of today’s electric supply and to make use of electric resources effectively by introducing “Smart-Grid”. The smart grid is a part of transformation and reformation in the power industry sectors. The smart grid is a future modern power system that utilizes internet of thing to monitor, control and create various intelligent communications in the electrical system. In this paper, the author first presents the fundamental architecture of Internet of Things (IoT). They then outline the key technologies of IoT for Smart Grid. Finally, the ideas of applied communication and framework of transmission and distribution monitoring based IoT for Smart Grid is discussed. The deployment of IoT technologies in Power System infrastructures would accelerate the smart grid development and enhance the electricity delivery services becoming more robust, attractive, responsive and communicative.