Saturday, January 8, 2011

Electronics and Communication Mini Project - Mains Power Monitor

Electricity is the lifeblood of our economy, as it provides comfort and makes possible most of
our recreational activities. An electric grid consists of three main subsystems: the generation
source (various power plants); the delivery systems (transmission & distribution networks); and
the demand side, the customer side (domestic, commercial buildings, industrial installations &
others). The electrical grid is unique in the electric supply / demand, and must remain tightly
balanced at all times, since for most of the history of the electric grid there has been no
commercial solution for large scale storage of ac electricity to compensate for any excess or short
fall in power.
To summarise the senario:
Generation: everywhere, from different sources.
Power flows from the sources to everywhere in the grid.
Anyone may participate, in generation distribution and consumption.
Behaviour: Periodic seasonaland daily trends superimposed with chaotic nature.
We live in a very critical and exciting time in the evolution of the electric power industry. A
Smart Grid will help the world manage demand growth, converse energy, maximize asset
utilization, improve grid security and reliability & reduce its carbon footprint.
Customers needs include quality of service and value for money. Grid operators and owners
have to fulfill the customers expectations in cost effective and efficient way. This project has
achieved in realising an equipment that counts mains power interruptions and low supply voltage
instances. Now-a-days the need for mains power monitor is very important. Customers have the
right to ensure about quality of power delivered to them.

 Download Mains Power Monitor PDF (1.1 MB)

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