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Wireless Power Theft
Monitoring
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Introduction
Electricity theft is at the center of focus all over the
world but electricity theft in India has a significant
effect on the Indian economy, as this figure is
considerably high.
• The losses, experts say, are currently 29 % of the total
generation, which equals a shocking Rs 45,000 crore in
the fiscal year 2009-10
• According to experts, if not for these losses over a
decade now, India could have built two mega power
plants of around 4,000 MW capacity every year
• Power loss in 2001-02 was 32.86% and increased to
34.78% in 2003-04 . In 2008-09 , it stood at 28.44% but
currently the figure is again 29%. It is as high as 51% in
Jharkhand, 45% in Madhya Pradesh and 40% in Bihar
Motivation
The motivation for us to take up this project is the current inefficient
distribution system of the electricity boards all over the world.
• Also the present inability of the authorities in applying the existing laws in
a stringent form has encouraged more and more people to involve in such
unlawful activities.
• In case we develop a effective system to remotely monitor the use of
power and are able to detect power theft at the exact location in a
accurate and cost effective way, such huge losses can be prevented.
• This kind of money could definitely be used for the development of the
quality of electricity board and its service. The severe power shortage can
be overcome by the implementation of our simple system.
• More over this kind of implementation of proper billing to all the
customers would reduce the reckless use of power and would surely help
us to build a greener and more eco friendly environment for ourselves.
• As the majority of the power we generated is by burning coal, which adds
to the already severe problem of the green house effect.
• Thus our group has been motivated to bring up this completely unique
method of remotely sensing power theft in most of the possible ways.
Conclusion
This project of ours is aimed at reducing the heavy power and
revenue losses that occur due to power theft by the customers.
• We by this design would like to conclude that the power theft can
be effectively curbed by detecting where the power theft occurs
inform the authorities. Also a automatic circuit breaker may be
integrated to the unit so as to remotely cut off the power supply to
the house or consumer who tries to indulge in power theft.
• The ability of our system to inform or send data digitally to a
remote station using wireless radio link adds a large amount of
possibilities to the way the power supply is controlled by the
electricity board.
• We have come up with is fool proof when it comes to detecting and
preventing the power theft as, we have taken into consideration a
large number of possibilities in which the power theft may occur
and have designed accordingly to prevent it.
• Thus by the above mentioned design we can successfully and
effectively address the problems related to power theft by the
consumers, in a completely automated, wire-free, cost effective and
most importantly a reliable way