Team members-
1-Rishabh Banerjee (Team Leader)
2-Prem Kumar
3-Mohit Gupta
4-Rahul Chugh
Faculty Advisor-
Prof.Devulapalli Bhagwan Das(Department of Electrical
Engineering)
Proposal Idea
SMART MICRO-GRID SYSTEM
It is high time for us to realize the need of developing renewable sources of energy such
as solar energy, wind energy etc. An industry requires large amount of power for
running various motors, heavy machines. Solar Power is the most feasible and reliable
source of electricity whose setup can be easily installed at any industrial plant.
Smart Micro-grids are an ideal way to integrate renewable energy sources on the
community level and allow for customer participation in the electricity enterprise.
They form the building blocks of the Perfect Power System.
Smart Grid is an electricity network that can intelligently integrate the actions of all
users connected to it: generators, distributors, suppliers and consumers. This includes an
intelligent monitoring and controlling system that keeps track of all electricity flowing in
the system.
Problem Statement- REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL is the prime requirement of
industries today.
Factory Automation includes all the components/machines installed at a plant to be
monitored and controlled through a remote monitoring and control system. We must be
able to access all components installed, through our PC or mobile phone.
Explanation Highlighting the Theme
Smart Manufacturing is a part of Factory Automation. Industrial networking means
to control and monitor remote machineries in a system of PLCs, servos, inverters
etc.
The main aim is to use industrial networking for information processing and
control.
The use of solar ensure a clean and green energy source. The industry has options
to run either on hydel, solar or both.
Controlling and Real Time Monitoring can be done simultaneously ensuring a
better productivity and safety of the industry.
The developed application(mobile or pc) will be smart enough to deal with all
industrial problems(power cutoff, switchover, controlling motor speed or other
machines and monitoring various other faults) ensuring a hectic free life to
workers. Hence concept of SMART will be implemented.
Internet Of Things(IOT):- The application/ system can be controlled from
anywhere with just an e-mail. Monitoring can also be done remotely.
Hence the system is not just ECO FRIENDLY but SMART too.
Innovation In Proposal
The proposed system will not just only switchover the sources(
solar, hydel, generator etc.) but will also continuously monitor
and control various machines(motors, pumps etc.) and
devices(inverters, energy meters etc.) attached to the system.
A feedback mechanism has also been developed to know that
whether a load is on solar, hydel or generator. Hence ensuring
proper working of the system.
Internet Of Things has also been included in the model. Hence
all the features of the system can be accessed remotely from
anywhere.
An extra feature of Generator as source has also been proposed
so that in even in case of solar and hydel failure the monitoring
and controlling can be done efficiently and properly.
The application will be User Friendly that even a layman can
understand and use it.
The application will be developed in such a way that it can
suggest and can take decisions on its own. Therefore making the
life of the workers easy.
SYSTEM DESIGN
PROBLEM STATEMENT
The project is a small step in the direction of establishing a Smart
Micro-Grid. The main challenges in this project are as follows,
1. PLC based Remote controlled changeover
2. Flexibility to select the source for each circuit.
3. Real Time Monitoring and Controlling.
4. Connectivity through LAN throughout the Industrial network.
5. An Application to remotely monitor and control the system.
The foremost challenge in the project is the planning of the hardware. The main constraints
for this process are as follows,
The power circuits are high power circuits while the typical control and monitoring
circuits are low power circuits. Thus, the system hardware should be such that it
seamlessly links the high power circuit to the low power circuit.
The system would be choosing between two different sources, solar and hydel, for
powering the any circuit. Since, these two sources are not synchronised, the system
should connect the circuit to only one of the two sources. If this constraint is not met,
then due to phase difference between the two sources, a large local current will flow in
the circuit which will certainly damage the control system and cause faults in the power
system.
The system should be able to sense the status of the circuits coming out of the SPV
power station. Sensing the status essentially means to identify the source driving that
circuit.
The system should be able to communicate with the command centre. The
communication should be bi-directional, i.e., the system should be able to receive the
commands from the command centre as well as send the status of the circuits to the
command centre.
The system should be able to identify the commands issued by the operator at the
command centre and act accordingly. Thus a certain level of intelligence is desired in the
control and monitoring system.
The system is to be designed focusing on these constraints.
SYSTEM DESIGN Contd.
System Software Architecture
My SQL/ MS ACCESS/ MS EXCEL can be used as a DBMS. The front end will
have the access to the database. The data can be retrieved and can be sent
on web on users request by the Front End. Database will contain all the data
logs such as Faults, Speed of motor, Power Consumption and all the
parameters of the devices.
SYSTEM DESIGN Contd.
Human Machine Interface (HMI)