In the era of emerging technologies internet of things
(IoT) and smart power grid, this two are major technology which
would boost up the development of any country because of its
perspective of smart and renewable technique. A microgrid is a
small–scale localized energy grid with the capability to control the
various electrical parameters and can be operated autonomously.
This microgrid technology can be implemented in both rural and
urban areas. In this paper, the author proposes the design of a
smart microgrid system enabled IOT for a smart country. A
microgrid is an excellent solution for providing a continuous
supply of power during the failure of the main grid (blackouts
issues). It can also be used in industries for providing additional
power, and most importantly it can be implemented in areas like
an island or remote/rural areas. The IoT can be a smart approach
that offers the solution for detecting the fault and a convenient
real-time technique to control and monitor the consumption of
energy. In the present time, the non-renewable electrical network
system is outdated due to the increasing demand for electrical
energy. We have also proposed a smart energy distribution of
power to the load by turning the appliances in power saving mode
by the help of IoT platform. This smart microgrid can be installed
in every house of the country for promoting smart energy
distribution, a smart way of energy saving, and ecofriendly
technique, this can connect parallel to the main grid supply. IoT
will also help to monitor and detect the fault in a very faster
manner. It will detect the fault in the microgrid with help of
current sensor and voltage sensor installed in the transmission
line. The current and voltage data collected from the sensors will
be continuously sent to the microcontroller with the help of a
Wi-Fi module and IoT platform. The microcontroller Raspberry pi
3 will store the data and it will continuously monitor the loads
connected to the microgrid by the Cayenne’s IoT platform. The
loads can be also triggered by the help of IoT platforms. The
microgrid is incorporated with the net metering concept to make
the power system reliable.
A proposal for setting electric power saving rate to avoid risk of electric power shortage occurrence
