Smart Grid Fault Detection and Classification Framework Utilizing AIoT in India

Abstract

The energy sector is facing obstacles such as increased consumption, efficiency, and losses affecting mainly developing countries. One of the major challenges is unauthorized power connections due to which a significant portion of consumed energy is not billed, causing business loss. The misuse of energy indirectly increases the amount of CO2 emissions because unauthorized users utilize energy irresponsibly. As the third-largest producer and consumer of electricity in the world, India is facing a variety of power-related issues such as distribution losses, electricity fraud, and environmental issues. The artificial internet of things (AIoT) is proving beneficial in energy use optimization, fault detection, and identification. The technological issues and solutions are discussed for fault detection and classification in a smart grid. A case study is provided as a first step towards automated fault detection in smart grids. This chapter aims to identify factors that could assist India in developing its smart infrastructure and evaluate the numerous components of the smart grid.