Distribution line monitoring system for the detection of power theft using power line communication

Author

Christopher, Alwin Vinifred ; Swaminathan, G. ; Subramanian, Maheedar ; Thangaraj, Pravin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng, Sri Sai Ram Eng. Coll., Chennai, India

fYear

2014

fDate

13-14 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

60

Abstract

Electrical power theft is the main cause of Non Technical Losses (NTL) in the electrical power system. This paper is intended to provide with an innovative scheme for the detection and monitoring of Electrical power theft in the Electricity distribution system based on the principle of Power line Communication. A Narrow band power line carrier signal is injected into the distribution power line along with the power frequency signal (230V, 50Hz). Any illegal utilization of electricity will be detected with the differential change in the amplitude of the narrow band carrier signal which can be detected with precision. Simulation results using MATLAB software are provided showing that the scheme is simple and efficient.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; power distribution lines; MATLAB software; NTL; distribution line monitoring system; electrical power system; electrical power theft detection; electrical power theft monitoring; frequency 50 Hz; innovative scheme; narrow band power line carrier signal; nontechnical loss; power frequency signal; power line communication; voltage 230 V; Electricity; Impedance; Integrated circuit modeling; Power harmonic filters; Power line communications; Power transmission lines; Electrical Power Theft; Narrow band power line carrier signal; Non Technical Losses (NTL); Power Line Communication (PLC);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion (CENCON), 2014 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Johor Bahru

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CENCON.2014.6967476

Filename

6967476