IoT-based compensation and control of power theft in weak distribution system

Abstract

Abstract This paper presents a prototype model of real-time rampant power theft detection and compensating the required power current components through switching of distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM) using IoT (Internet of Things) based microcontroller via the GSM module. In this case study, an Internet of Things (IoT) application is used to wirelessly transmit data of the difference of smart meters through intelligent current sensors with ESP8266 module. Transmitted pulse sequences find out the derivatives of functions at discrete points through weight function. A weighting function includes power theft detection information in the pulse sequence series form. It computes the unknown sample of pulse in the line that identified the power theft and the quality of the power supply. The sequence error of the of energy meter units communicates microcontroller through the IoT. Microcontroller communicate to μ-PMU to addressed power quality error with a GPS receiver in the line. Based on weight function an algorithm has been developed for switching DSTATCOM for compensation of power quality. The reference and feedback quantities’ resultant errors are sampled within a time rate of the weight function. This control approach is applied with dynamic load to analyze the power quality issues. The results are implemented in MATLAB Simulink and validated experimentally for power theft detection and its compensation in low voltage distribution system.