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WIRELESS AC LINE DETECTOR

Dr.S.P. Vimal , M. Tamilarasan, T.Balaji, C.B.Aravind babu

ABSTRACT conductivity, allowing a leakage current to flow,

In Industries accident takes place due slowly discharging the capacitor.
to leakage of electricity. The accidents can be
avoided by using the wireless AC line detector. The leakage can be detected by using a
The motive of this project is to detect presence Wireless AC line detector which will help to
of electricity wirelessly. The detection takes prevent accidents. In our project we detect and
place continuously which can be monitored by monitor the voltage and current. In Industries
using a mobile.The monitoring may be using accident takes place due to leakage of electricity.
stand alone application and Personal The accidents can be avoided by using the
Computer. Two main components are current wireless AC line detector. The motive of this
sensor and voltage sensor are used in ac lines. project is to detect presence of electricity
Using the transformer step down takes place. wirelessly. The detection takes place
The voltage sensor senses the amount of continuously which can be monitored by using a
voltage in the line. Then the readings are given mobile.

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to the arduino. The arduino converts the The monitoring may be using stand alone
analog signal into digital signal. In a similar application and Personal Computer. Two main
way the current sensor senses the current components are currentsensor and voltage sensor
value and gives it to the arduino board. The are used in ac lines. Using the transformer step
arduino converts the analog signal into digital down takes place. The voltage sensor senses the
signal. The arduino board then sends the data amount of voltage in the line. Then the readings
to mobiles and web pages using GSM modules are given to the Arduino. The Arduino converts
and Wi-Fi module respectively. the analog signal into digital signal. In a similar
way the current sensor senses the current value
Keywords— Arduino; GSM Module; Wi-Fi and gives it to the arduino board. The arduino
Module; Current Sensor ; Voltage Sensor. converts the analog signal into digital signal. The
arduino board then sends the data to mobiles and
I.INTRODUCTION web pages using GSM modules and Wi-Fi
module respectively.
In electronics, leakage may refer to a The objective of this project is to reduce
gradual loss of energy from a charged capacitor. accident due to leakage current and voltage. It
It is primarily caused by electronic devices also facilitates continuous monitoring of AC lines
attached to the capacitors, such as transistors or in industries and commercial buildings so that the
diodes, which conduct a small amount of current user gets timely alert of variations in voltage or
even when they are turned off. Even though this current. The main objective is to alert the user
off current is an order of magnitude less than the who is in a remote location so that major issues in
current through the device when it is on, the the AC lines can be detected and accidents can be
current still slowly discharges the capacitor. prevented. The alert is given as normal text
Another contributor to leakage from a capacitor is message as well as in app. A web page is also
from the undesired imperfection of some created to display the values. The remote user can
dielectric materials used in capacitors, also now act accordingly. In addition the project aims
known as dielectric leakage. It is a result of to detect any theft in AC lines which supports the
the dielectric material not being a Electricity board to track any illegal usage and
perfect insulator and having some non-zero help officials to take stringent actions against the
criminals.

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Arduino is an open-source prototyping

platform based on easy-to-use hardware and
software. Arduino boards are able to read inputs -
II.LITERATURE SURVEY light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a
Twitter message - and turn it into an output -
The Long-Run Efficiency of Real-Time activating a motor, turning on an LED, publishing
Electricity Pricing proposed by Severin something online. You can tell your board what
Borenstein Retail real-time pricing (RTP) of to do by sending a set of instructions to the
electricity – retail pricing that changes hourly to microcontroller on the board. To do so you use
reflect the changing supply/demand balance – is the Arduino programming language (based on
very appealing to economists because it “sends Wiring), and the Arduino Software (IDE), based
the right price signals.” Economic efficiency on Processing.
gains from RTP, however, are often confused
with the short-term wealth transfers from
producers to consumers that RTP can create.
Abstracting from transfers, I focus on the long-
run efficiency gains from adopting RTP in a
competitive electricity market. Using simple
simulations with realistic parameters, I
demonstrate that the magnitude of efficiency
gains from RTP is likely to be significant even if

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demand shows very little elasticity. I also show
that “time-of-use” pricing, a simple peak and off-
peak pricing system, is likely to capture a very Figure 1: Arduino Diagram
small share of the efficiency gains that RTP
offers. Over the years Arduino has been the brain
Vinayak Sonandkar et.al. has proposed of thousands of projects, from everyday objects to
that the power demand has increased drastically complex scientific instruments. A worldwide
over the last few years. One of the way by which community of makers - students, hobbyists,
we can solve this energy problems is by reducing artists, programmers, and professionals - has
usage of energy in households during peak gathered around this open-source platform, their
demand. For this, demand response by real time contributions have added up to an incredible
pricing is implemented in the project. There is amount of accessible knowledge that can be of
need for accurate and economic methods of great help to novices and experts alike.
power measurement. The main objective of this Arduino was born at the Ivrea Interaction
project is Power Measurement to reduce peak on Design Institute as an easy tool for fast
generation by providing customers with their prototyping, aimed at students without a
instantaneous power consumption. The aim of background in electronics and programming. As
providing such data to the user is, to encourage soon as it reached a wider community, the
them to shift their load during non-peak hour and Arduino board started changing to adapt to new
reduce their power usage and electricity bill. needs and challenges, differentiating its offer
Hardware, Software and the theory involved in from simple 8-bit boards to products for IoT
the project is briefly described . The current and applications, wearable, 3D printing, and
voltage signals from the load are stepped down embedded environments. All Arduino boards are
and conditioned before they are given to the completely open-source, empowering users to
Atmega328. Load circuit, Signal conditioning build them independently and eventually adapt
circuit and their construction and functionality in them to their particular needs. The software, too,
the project are discussed. is open-source, and it is growing through the
contributions of users worldwide.Thanks to its
ARDUINO simple and accessible user experience, Arduino
has been used in thousands of different projects

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and applications. The Arduino software is easy- (Egil Bogen) and Vegard (Wollan)'s RISC
to-use for beginners, yet flexible enough for processor. Note that the use of "AVR" in this
advanced users. It runs on Mac, Windows, and article generally refers to the 8-bit RISC line of
Linux. Teachers and students use it to build low Atmel AVR Microcontrollers.
cost scientific instruments, to prove chemistry
and physics principles, or to get started with
programming and robotics. Designers and IV. CONCLUSION
architects build interactive prototypes, musicians
and artists use it for installations and to In this paper, we have proposed a paper
experiment with new musical instruments. on wireless AC line for preventing the leakage of
Makers, of course, use it to build many of the power and theft of current. It is a very useful
projects exhibited at the Maker Faire, for project for industrial power usage .In future, it
example. Arduino is a key tool to learn new could be extended even more for better
things. Anyone - children, hobbyists, artists, efficiency.
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