ISSN (Online) 2394-6849

International Journal of Engineering Research in Electronics and Communication

Engineering (IJERECE)
Vol 3, Issue 8, August 2016

Ultra Power Saving For Street Lighting System

[1]
A.N.Bharath [2] M.MariMuthu
[1]
M.Tech), P.G.Student E.S., [2] Assistant Professor
[1][2]
Siddharth Institute of Engineering and Technology Puttur.

Abstract: -- In this paper an ultra power saving for street lighting has been implemented. It helps to reduce the redundant power
utilization appropriate to more illumination in natural light. By using RTC (Real-Time-Clock) it generates the timer automatically
as given as based on timing conditions. With the help of PIR sensor the presence of a human being or any obstacle detected by
using the presence detector, then the street lights will be switch “ON” mode. When a person on any obstacle comes in the detection
range else it will be automatically “dimmer mode”. The designed system keeps away from the person intrusion in power board. At
last, it displays the exact demand for payment information on LCD and data can be received by authorized person with the help of
GSM module. The entire procedure can be controlled and maintained by ARM 7 (LPC2148) microcontroller.

Index Terms-- RTC (Real-Time-Clock), PIR Sensor, LCD, Relay, GSM

The core intention is to design an ultra power saving

I. INTRODUCTION for street lighting system. The most use of new technologies
for the sources of light is presented. In this area, the PIR
Streetlights are an essential part of any developing sensor is used to find the human being movements and
area. They are present on all major roadways and in the outer vehicle activities or gesture between any objects in the street.
reaches also. Every day, streetlights are powered from When the presence is senses, all nearby street lights shine at
evening to first light at full strength, even when there is no their bright form, else they continue on the dim type.
one around. On a global scale, millions of dollars are spent Incandescent bulb is the resource electric light works by
each day on these street lights to provide the required radiant (general term for heat driven light emission). It has
electrical energy. This system is commonly used in all streets the least effectiveness or the uppermost power consumption
of street light system. But in this method, there is a loss of among the lights. So, this control can be executed throughout
heavy electricity in the whole night. If the street light is not a GSM system. To collect the correct information interrelated
stopped after the night, the loss will continue throughout the to the management and maintenance of the system. Finally it
day. And also the street light illumination is not necessary transmits the information by way of SMS through the GSM
when there are no human movements in the street. So to set-up. It is used to check the street light position and to
come out of these disadvantages this project allows the manage the street lights in emergency state. By using ARM7
significant cost savings and a better value for the atmosphere. (LPC2148) microcontroller to communicate with all the
peripherals are there in the development.
So, the ecological issues have been gained common
international consideration, resulting in the development of II. PROPOSED SYSTEM
energy-efficient technologies intended at reducing energy
consumption. One part of the situation is an increasing In the proposed system, we introduced five new
demand for the reduction of the total of electricity used for things are there. They are:
illumination. In the particular energy maintenance, for large
scale lighting tasks such as street lighting is an achievement 1. RTC (Real-Time-Clock).
for huge value. The street light system is one of the largest 2. PIR Sensor 1&2.
energy payments for a metropolitan‟s financial accounts for 3. Relay (ULN2803).
exceeding up to 35-45% of a town‟s benefit budget .The 4. Incandescent Bulbs.
power saving illumination manage system can cut urban 5. ARM7 (LPC2148).
street lighting costs so far as 70%. This lighting system is a
system that adjusts light intensity based on usage of the In the figure1 shows that, block diagram of the
traffic as it illuminates a definite amount of street lights in proposed method. ARM 7 (LPC2148) using here, which is an
front and less following, based on movement of vehicles. advanced RISC machine. It is a 32 bit controller which
follows Von Neumann architecture. As turn on the power
supplies the experimental process will take place in evening

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7PM to next morning 7AM how means based on RTC timing B. Flow Chart
conditions have been given. It is able of altering its
luminance level throughout day and night-time. By
implementing PIR sensor, the presence of a human being or
any obstacle is detected by using presence detector sensors at
that time street lights can be switch “ON” only when a person
or an obstacle comes in the respect range, as well the light
will be “Dimming” manner. Instead of LED bulbs,
incandescent bulbs can be apply here because of more
effectiveness and it can be easily identified the light dim
mode and bright mode. With the help of Relay Driver
(ULN2803), four relays are using here. Because to control
the power supply for light brightness and dimming mode. For
light brightness mode the voltage can obtain in 220V and for
dimming mode the voltage can obtain in 110V. Finally, it
shows the related demand for payment information on LCD
displaying unit and data can be send in the form of SMS way
through the GSM Module. The ARM7 (LPC 2148) based
hardware system consists of a processor core board and the
peripheral board. The entire programming for microcontroller
operation is based on Embedded C Language in Keil
software. If this ultra power saving for street lights are
designed and installed in the cities, subsequently, bunch of
power can be saved and this will also reduce the rate of
maintenance in excess of fixed wired systems.

A. Block Diagram

Fig 2: Flow chart of the proposed system.

C. Applications

1) Cities or any remote areas also.

2) Hospitals.
3) Educational Institutions.
4) Industries and e.t.c.,

D. Advantages

1) RTC (Real Time Clock) can work based on given

timing conditions.
Fig1: Block diagram of the proposed system. 2) The range of PIR sensor is very high.

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3) It can detect up to 6mts. In the above figure 4 represents that „C‟ indicates
4) Billing rates will be reduced. that Consume and „S‟ indicates that Save.
5) Manual work can be reduced.

III. RESULTS

When the power supply is connected to the supply

unit. Port connections are given to the Port P0.11 is
connected to PIR1 and P0.12 is connected to PIR2 sensor.
The port P1.16 is for RS and P1.17 is for RW and P1.18 is
for EN pins. These 3 are control lines. P1.24 to P1.31 is
connected to LCD for data lines connections (D0-D7). GSM
is connected to UART0. Relay connections are P1.21 for Fig5: Message sent to the control room.
relay1 and P1.22 for relay 2 and P1.23 for relay 3 and P1.24
is for relay 4. The experimental results are as shown as
below. Here we have taken two conditions namely

Condition 1: Both the street lights are in dimming mode.

Fig3: Both the street lights are in dim mode.

Fig 6: Message received to the prescribed number.
In the figure 3 represents that, both the street lights
are in dim mode .It indicates that both the PIR sensors are In the figure5 & 6 represents that, message can be
closed. It means that there is no motion detection happens at sent to the control room then how much power consume and
this moment. Here the experimental operation can takes place power save it receives in the form of SMS way to the
in 2 minutes. prescribed number.
For 2 minutes calculations: Condition 2: Both the street lights are in bright mode.
Total power = power consumed + power save
= 0.5610W+0.5610Wdisplays in LCD unit.

Fig7: Both the street lights are in bright mode.

Fig4: Power consumes & power saves displayed in LCD
unit.

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In the above figure7represents that both the street In the above figure10 represents that, how much
lights are in bright mode. Here the experimental operation power consumes and power save received to the prescribed
can takes place in 5 minutes. number.
Tabular Column:
For 5 minutes calculations:
Total power = power consumed + power save
= 2.2100W + 0.3740W displays in LCD unit.

Fig8: Power consumes & power saves displayed in LCD Table 1: Power calculations in minute’s format.
unit.

In the above figure 8 represents that „C‟ indicates

that Consume and „S‟ indicates that Save.

Table 2: Power calculations in one hour format

Fig 9: Message sent to the control room

Table 3: Power calculations in 12 hour format

IV. CONCLUSION

The proposed system can identify day/night time and

means of transport are varying the dazzling of the street
lights using RTC (Real–Time-Clock) method in incandescent
lamps as per the traffic stream. With the help of Relay the
street lights can manage in the arrangement of On/Off/dim
manner. One more benefit is achieving by the control system
in power reduction managing of the lamp posts, by
Fig10: Message received to the prescribed number.

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to reduce the power consumption and damaging environment
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V. FUTURE SCOPE [4] Mitsunori Miki, Tomoyuki Hiroyasu, Kazuhiro Imazato,

“Proposal for an Intelligent Lighting System, and
After having implemented this ultra power saving Verification of Control Method Effectiveness”, June, 2007.
for street lighting system, what remains is the scope for
enhancement. Initially, we can directly go for Wireless [5] Brian Chemel, “Intelligent Lighting Systems - An
Power Transmission which would further decrease the Application-Centric Look at the Future”, DoE SSL R&D
maintenance expenditure and power stealing of the system, as Workshop, February, 2012.
cable breaking is one of the issue nowadays. In addition to
[6] Liu Chee Wei, “Smart Lighting Systems: Modular
this, controlling the Traffic Signal lights would be an added
Intelligent Control System”, May 2011.
feature, which may possibly look into after successful
performance of our system. Depending on, the overall traffic [7]P. Zerfos, X. Meng, S. Wong, V. Samanta, and S. Lu, “A
in a particular direction is required to control the certain study of the short message service of a nationwide cellular
actions can be taken. Likewise, efforts can be complete to network,” in ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conf.,
make sure that the entire system is independent on Oct. 2006.
nonconventional power resources like solarpower, windmills,
Piezo-electric crystals, etc. We expect that these
developments can put together this method totally robust and
completely consistent in overall values.

VI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would be fond of be grateful to our counsellor

M.Mari Muthu(M.E.) Assistant Professor for his excellent
guidance and facilitate during our project. And we also be
grateful full to our organization Siddharth institute of
engineering & technology (SIETK), Puttur, for afford all the
facilities to required of for our project.

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