WIRELESS POWER THEFT

MONITORING SYSTEM
PROJECT
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
THE DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

BY
SAHIL KUMAR VIKASH KUMAR
(13001002047) (13001002056)

VINEET KUMAR SANDEEP KUMAR

(13001002057) (13001007017)

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Mrs. SANJU SAINI

TO

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY D.C.R.
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
MURTHAL, SONEPAT, HARYANA (INDIA) - 131039

(NOVEMBER 2016)
 DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATES

We hereby certify that the work which is being presented in this Project report entitled
‘WIRELESS POWER THEFT MONITORING SYSTEM’ in partial fulfillment of requirements for
the award of degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,
submitted to the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. & Technology, D.C.R.
Univ. of Science & Technology, Murthal, Sonepat (Haryana) is an authentic record of our own
work carried out during a period from August 2016 to November 2016 under the supervision of
Mrs. SANJU SAINI. The matter presented in this project work has not been submitted to any
other University / Institute for the award of B.Tech or any other Degree / Diploma.

Name (Roll. No.) Signature

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This is to certify that the above statement made by the candidate is correct to the best of
my knowledge & belief.

Signature of Supervisor (s)

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 ABSTRACT
Electricity is indispensable to our daily life. Traditional remote meter reading system uses
telephone lines and Modem to transmit data and control signals, but with the drawbacks of high
maintenance costs, poor scalability and instable performance of Modem that is charged for too
long. The objective of this project is to design a system in order to avoid the displeasure for the
users from paying hefty bill irrespective of use of the electricity due to theft using RF module.

Aiming at the disadvantage of current anti-theft technology, a novel smart grid based
wireless power theft monitoring system is proposed in this project. The system consists of multiple
smart wireless transformer sensor node, smart controlling station, smart transmission line sensor
node, and smart wireless consumer sensor node. The proposed software module also
incorporates different data aggregation algorithms needed for the different pathways of the
electricity distribution system. This design incorporates effective solutions for problems faced by
India’s electricity distribution system such as power theft, and transmission line fault. The
proposed architecture is designed for single phase electricity distribution system, and this design
can be implemented for three phase system of electricity distribution with minor modifications.

The project aim is designing a system which utilizes to detect the theft this technique
named RF transmission/ reception because all the problems associated with the wired
techniques. There are a lot of problems related with the wired techniques such as installation
problem, complexity and cost. The main problem associated is about the rural areas where it is
really very much difficult to install the wired system to convey the information. The RF module
provides an efficient way to convey this information to the authorized company at low cost as
compare to that of the GSM Modem and also utilizes a cell-phone to send the message to the
modem having a long battery life. The other wireless techniques such as Bluetooth, infrared etc.
are having the limitations of range and also of the efficiency. The wireless system based on
GSM/GPRS is well known. But the fee is needed of using GSM/GPRS network, and also the cost
of hardware system is very high. In this system RF technology which works in international free
frequency band and access self-organization function is adapted to solve the problem in this
wireless electricity theft detection system.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We are highly grateful to the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, D.C.R. Univ. of Science &
Technology, Murthal, Sonepat for providing us this opportunity to carry out the present project
work.

The constant guidance and encouragement received from Dr. J.S. SAINI, Professor, &
Chairperson, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, D.C.R. Univ. of Science & Technology, Murthal,
Sonepat has been of great help in carrying out the present work and is acknowledged with
reverential thanks.
We would like to express a deep sense of gratitude and thanks profusely to our Project
Supervisor, Mrs. SANJU SAINI, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,
D.C.R. Univ. of Science & Technology, Murthal, Sonepat. Without her able guidance, it would
have been impossible to complete the project in this manner.
The help rendered by Mrs. SANJU SAINI, B.Tech. Project Coordinator, Department of
Electrical Engineering, D.C.R. Univ. of Science & Technology, Murthal, Sonepat for his/her wise
counsel is greatly acknowledged. We also express our gratitude to other faculty members of
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, D.C.R. Univ. of Science & Technology, Murthal, Sonepat
for their intellectual support throughout the course of this work.
The copious help received from the Technician Staff of the Dept. of Electrical
Engineering, D.C.R. Univ. of Science & Technology, Murthal, Sonepat for the excellent
Laboratory support is also acknowledged.
Finally, we are indebted to all whosoever have contributed in this project work.

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No. Description Page no.

2.1 Theft monitoring using GSM modem 4

2.2 Circuitry in theft monitoring 5
2.3 Meter Tamper Detection 6
2.4 Pre-payment Method 6
2.5 Plastic Encasement of Meter 7
2.6 Anti-Theft Cable 7
3.1 Conceptual Circuit 10
3.2 Block Diagram Project Work 10
3.3 ATMEGA 16 pin diagram 13
3.4 RF module pin diagram 15
3.5 7805 pin diagram 16
3.6 MAX 232 pin diagram 17
3.7 RS 232 9-pin DB connector 19
3.8 16*2 LCD Display 20

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table No. Description Page no.

3.1 Components Required 11

3.2 RF transmitter 15
3.3 RF receiver 15
3.4 7805 16
3.5 MAX232 & RS232 Interface 17
3.6 MAX232 pin description 18
3.7 LCD 16*2 pin Description 20

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 CONTENTS
Page No.
Declaration by the candidates i
Abstract ii
Acknowledgement iii
List of Figures iv
List of Tables v

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Need/ Motivation for selection of Project 1
1.3 Objectives of project work 2
1.4 Organization of Project Report 3
1.5 Conclusion 3

Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Introduction 4
2.2 Early Developments 4
2.3 Recent Developments 6
2.4 Problem Formulation 7
2.5 Conclusion 8

Chapter 3: CONCEPT & THEORY

3.1 Introduction 9
3.2 Conceptual Framework 9
3.2.1 Components Required 11
3.2.2 Microcontroller 11
3.2.3 RF Module 14
3.2.4 7805 Voltage Regulator 16
3.2.5 MAX 232 16
3.2.6 RS 232 18
3.2.7 LCD Display 19
3.3 Conclusion 21
Chapter 4: DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION
4.1 Discussion 22
4.2 Conclusion 22

Chapter 5: REFERENCES 23