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Volume 12, December 2020, 100292

Open Software and Data

IoT based real time energy monitoring system using Raspberry

Pi
Mani Dheeraj Mudaliar , N. Sivakumar

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Abstract

An IoT based real time energy monitoring system for controlling and monitoring of a switchgear
industry is discussed in the present work. Raspberry Pi has been selected for this purpose due to
low cost and a highly reliable technology for monitoring the energy consumption of the industry.
The Raspberry Pi is used with Node.js programming language to collect the data (various
electrical parameters) from the existing energy meters of the industry and to store it locally, for
accessing it through Laptop or mobile phone using Grafana. The monitoring system is found be
useful to the industry to understand the day-to-day energy pattern, which is essential to facilitate
energy conservation measures for minimizing energy consumption.

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Units consumed and panel manufactured. Proposed concept.

Block diagram of the energy monitoring system. PM2 list.

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PM2 monitor. Flowchart of energy monitoring system.

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Raspbian OS and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ model [44]. Insert the SD card into Raspberry Pi [44].

Raspbian Desktop. InfluxDB in Raspberry Pi.

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Graphical output of collected data in Grafana. Grafana output (frequency, power factor and energy
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Grafana output (current harmonicas measured by Garafana output (current measured by Elmeasure and
Elmeasure meter). Schneider).

Grafana output (active power measured by Grafana output (demand measured by Elmeasure and
Elmeasure and Schneider). Schneider).

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Grafana output (voltage measured by Elmeasure Grafana output (power/phase - Watts measured by
and Schneider). Elmeasure and Schneider).

Grafana output (current/phase measured by Grafana output (power/phase - Watts measured by

Schneider). Schneider).

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Introduction: IoT based energy monitoring system

Generally, Industries are keen to adopt various energy conservation measures to minimize the
cost of the energy purchase as well as energy wastage [1]. One of the most well-known methods is

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conducting industrial energy audits to conserve the energy. Energy audits are used to identify the
various energy losses in various equipment and heavy machinery which consume more Accessenergy.
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The energy audits provide details of the energy consumption of the industry. By analyzing
various energy audit reports,…
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IOT based energy monitoring system for a switchgear company – a case study

A Raspberry Pi based energy monitoring system is designed and implemented for a panel
manufacturing company. The company manufactures High Tension (HT) and Low Tension (LT)
panels. The overall electrical capacity of the company is 22 kW. The company works for eight (8)
hours per day which includes lunch break of 30 min to one hour. Various electrical and
mechanical equipment and their energy utilization of the company are shown in Table 2.

The switch gear company is under operation for the past…

System design

The proposed IoT based energy monitoring system consists of the existing energy meters of the
industry, Raspberry Pi, Cloud (Data base, Data web service, control application, monitoring
application), and visualization systems i.e. display such as a laptop, mobile, desktop, etc. The
proposed energy monitoring system is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The energy meters installed in this industry are Schneider and Elmeasure. These meters are
capable to read different electrical parameters such as…

Results and discussion

The graphical output of collected data in Grafana is shown in Fig. 11. Various electrical
parameters such as voltage, current, frequency, power, power factor, energy, etc. have been
measured by the existing energy meters i.e. Elmeasure and Schneider are displayed by using
Raspberry Pi in Grafana.

More clear view of the various electrical parameters displayed in Grafana are shown in Fig. 12,
Fig. 13, Fig. 14, Fig. 15, Fig. 16, Fig. 17, Fig. 18, Fig. 19, Fig. 20. The existing energy meters of the…

Conclusion

In process industries, energy conservation can be achieved by many ways. However, it is essential
to analyze the historical and present energy pattern of the industry to adopt a suitable energy
conservation measures. In this switch gear industry, it is decided to establish an efficient energy
monitoring system to monitor and analyze the day-to-day energy utilization as a preliminary step
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of energy conservation activities. In this regard, IoT based energy monitoring systems are
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Declaration
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal
relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.…

Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the kind support extended by the authorities of Star Switchgears
Industry Ltd, Bangalore, India, Mr. Shakeer Meeran, General Manager for the industrial guidance
and providing the operational data utilized in this study, Mr. Arun, Mr. Divakar for the support
extended for Node.js programming.…

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