IRJET- Solar Power Monitoring System using IoT

IRJET- Solar Power Monitoring System using IoT

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  International Research Journalof Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 05 Issue: 03 | Mar-2018 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2018, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 6.171 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 3431 Solar power monitoring system using IoT Manish Katyarmal1, Suyash Walkunde2, Arvind Sakhare3, Mrs.U.S.Rawandale4 Department of Electronics and Telecommunication MIT College of Engineering, Kothrud, Pune, India ----------------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - Using the Internet of Things Technology for supervising solar power generation can greatly enhance the performance, monitoring and maintenance of the plant. With advancement of technologies the cost of renewable energy equipment is going down globally encouraging large scale solar plant installations. This massive scale of solar system deployment requires sophisticated systems for automation of the plant monitoring remotely using web based interfaces as majority of them are installed in inaccessible locations and thus unable to be monitored from a dedicated location. The Project is based on implementation of new cost effective methodology based on IoT to remotely monitoring a solar plant for performance evaluation. This will facilitate preventive maintenance, fault detection of the plant in addition to real time monitoring. Key Words: Power Measurement, Wireless Transmission, Internet Of Things, Thingspeak, ATmega 328. 1. INTRODUCTION Solar power plants need to be monitored for optimum power output. This helps retrieve efficient power output from power plants while monitoring for faulty solar panels, connections, and dust accumulated on panels lowering output and other such issuesaffecting solar performance.So here we propose an automated IOT based solar power monitoring system that allows for automated solar power monitoring from anywhere over the internet. We use ATmega controller based system to monitor solar panel parameters. Our system constantly monitorsthe solar panel and transmits the power output to IOT system over the internet. Here we use IOT Thingspeak to transmit solar power parameters over the internet to IOT Thingspeak server. It now displaysthese parametersto the userusingan effective GUI and also alerts user when theoutputfallsbelow specific limits. This makes remotely monitoring of solar plants very easy and ensures best power output. 2. LITERATURE SURVEY [1] Development of an online monitoring and control system for distributed Renewable Energy Sources (RES) based on Android platform. This method utilizes the Bluetooth interface of Android Tablet of Mobile phone, as a communication link for data exchange with digitalhardware of power Conditioning Unit. [2] Introduction to an instant monitoring infrastructure of renewable energy generation system thatisconstitutedwith a wind turbine on current and voltage measurementsofeach renewable source .The related values are measuredwiththe developed sensing circuits and processed by 18F4450 microcontrollerof Microchip. The processed parametersare then transmitted to personal computer (PC) over universal series bus (USB) to be saved in database and to observe the system instantly. The Coded visual interface of monitoring software can manage the saved data to analyse daily,weekly and monthly values of each measurement separately. [3] Goto, Yoshihiro, explained about an integrated system that manages and remotely monitors telecommunication power plants has been developed and has started operations. The system isused to operateandmaintainmore than 200,000 telecommunication power plants which includes devices such as rectifiers, inverters, UPS’s and air- conditioning plants installed in about 8000 buildings. Feature of the system are to integrate the management and remote monitoring functions into single system and improved user interfaces which uses information and communication technology 3. PROPOSED SYSTEM Figure1- Block Diagram of Solar power monitoring system using IoT 3.1 ATMEGA 328 The main purpose of using ATmega 328 is its high functionality with simplicity and familiarity. ATmega 328 bridges the gap between solar panel and IoT( Internet of Things). ATmega 328 is powered with 5 volts dc supply for its operation. 3.2 VOLTAGE AND CURRENT SENSOR (INA 219) AsINA219 is current and power sensor which givesthetotal power consumed by shunt load and givesrespectivereading ATmega 328 Voltage Sensor Current Sensor Power Supply Solar Panel Wi-Fi Module LCD
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  International Research Journalof Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 05 Issue: 03 | Mar-2018 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2018, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 6.171 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 3432 in digital form to ATmega 328. ATmega 328, with programme loaded in it, calculates the current and voltage reading of shunt load. 3.3 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) LCD is used for displaying the product name& total cost. When product is put into cart after scanning, it will showthe cost and name and if second product is scanned, thensecond product cost will get added and it will be displayed on LCD. 3.4 Wi-Fi MODULE (ESP8266) All the calculated data by ATmega 328 is further processed by Wi-Fi Module in order to store on IoT(Internet of Things) Server or Cloud. In order to analyse this data on daily, weekly and monthly basis we are using popular IoT platform Thingspeak 3.5 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION 3.6 HOW DOES IT WORK? Internet of Things (IoT) platform integrates data from the different solar panels and applies analyticsto sharethemost valuable information with applications built to address specific needs. These powerful IoT platformssuch asThingspeak,Microsoft Azure and Google cloud platform etc can pinpoint exactly what information is useful and what can safely be ignored. This information can be used to detect faults, make recommendations, and detect possible problemsbeforethey occur. The information picked up by connected sensors enables to make smart decisions based on real-timeinformation,which helps save time and money. 4. CONCULSION As this system keeps continues track of solar power plant ,the daily weekly and monthly analysis becomes easy and efficient also with the help of this analysis it is possible to detect any fault occurred within power plant as the generated power may show some inconsistency in data of Solar power plant. 5. FUTURE SCOPE Since the system requires external power supply of 5 volts and 3.3 volts for itsoperation which can be taken rid of by utilising the power generated by solar panel only. Also with the help of motor and controlling it is possible to track the sun for better power generation. Apart from that by using various Machine Learning algorithms and model it is possible to make system smart enough to take decision about data and performance. REFERENCES [1] Jiju K. et. al., 2014. "Development of Android based on- line monitoring and control system for Renewable Energy Sources." Computer, Communications, and Control Technology (I4CT), International Conference on. IEEE,2014 [2] Kabalci, Ersan, Gorgun A. and Kabalci Y., 2013. "Design and implementation of a renewable energy monitoring system." Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG), Fourth International Conference on. IEEE, 2013. . [3] Yoshihiro G. et. al., 2007. "Integrated management and remote monitoring system for telecommunications power plants with fully DC-powered center equipment." INTELEC 07-29th International Telecommunications Energy Conference. IEEE, 2007. [4] Alexander S. and Galkin I., 2013. "Case study on using non-intrusive load monitoring system with renewable energy sourcesin intelligent grid applications."International Conference Workshop And Power Electronic [5] Mayamiko N., Zennaro M. and Bagula A., 2011. "SM 2: Solar monitoring system in Malawi." Kaleidoscope:TheFully Networked Human?-Innovations for Future Networks and Services (K-2011), Proceedings of ITU. IEEE, 2011.