IEEE POWERLINE COMMUNICATION PROJECTS
1.Design of integrated meter reading system based on power-line communication
In this paper, we introduce current status of AMR (automatic meter reading) in Korea and investigate IMR (integrated meter reading) system for electric, water and gas meter reading. This system adopt communication network composed with PLC (power-line communication) and weak signal wireless communication. It contains information related to system architecture, characteristics of developed devices. Also, the future plan was presented. 2008
2. A survey of communication network paradigms for substation automation
In the realm of substation automation (SA), communication infrastructure plays a vital role in mediating between physical and virtual worlds of substation. Specification of data exchanges through standardized communication stacks is therefore an important issue for all substation equipment manufacturers seeking to provide vendor interoperability. Nowadays competitive electric utility marketplace, reliable and real-time information become the key factor for reliable delivery of power to the end- users, profitability of the electric utility and customer satisfaction. The operational and commercial demands of electric utilities require a high-performance data communication network that supports both existing functionalities and future operational requirements. As communication arena is changing day by day, the need for efficient and reliable communication infrastructure to address SA is evident. In this respect, a communication network constitutes the core of the SA, thus the design of cost-effective and reliable network architecture is a crucial task. Most of the existing communication networks claim to address the need of communication architecture for SA but in some regard these claims just could not fulfill the constraints imposed by highly available environment for SA. This paper presents a survey and analysis of the current state-of-the-art communication infrastructure in the SA. As Ethernet technology becomes more reliable and also widely available with fiber optical communication so this paper also examines the key issues and requirements for Ethernet in the substation environment and also opens some research challenges. 2008
3. Automatic repeat protocol for distribution automation system through powerline communication
A communication network plays an important role in distribution automation system(DAS). In this paper, a powerline communication network which might span geographically 5-50 km using a bus or tree topology has been introduced. In the powerline communication networks, data signal cannot travel long distance because of attenuation, noise, and distortion. Consequently, we need to insert a number of repeaters into the network to recover the signal power, which causes the flooding problem in the network and lowering of the network performance. In this paper, to solve the flooding problem, an automatic repeat MAC protocol has been devised and applied to a powerline communication network in order to form a composite communication network for DAS. A mathematical performance analysis has been carried out to measure the performance characteristics of the proposed protocol applied to various powerline communication network environments. We also designed a powerline communication network simulator to verify the mathematical results. The results of the mathematical analysis and the simulation estimate the performance of the powerline communication network to which the proposed protocol applied. 2008
4. Street lighting control based on Lon Works power line communication
Public lighting managers have known that they could lower the operating costs of their systems if they could cost effectively collect the critical data needed to make better planning decisions. Lighting engineers have conceived of new designs to improve public safety and reduce energy consumption only to be stymied by an inability to economically control every luminaire in the system. This paper describes street lighting control system based on LonWorks power line communication on demand market. 2008
5. Design of integrated meter reading system based on power-line communication
In this paper, we introduce current status of AMR (automatic meter reading) in Korea and investigate IMR (integrated meter reading) system for electric, water and gas meter reading. This system adopt communication network composed with PLC (power-line communication) and weak signal wireless communication. It contains information related to system architecture, characteristics of developed devices. Also, the future plan was presented. 2008
6. Software Agents Based Home Automation
An Intelligent Electrical Billing and Maintenance System (IMPULSE) The world is moving towards automation and autonomous systems, in which devices are expected to be seamlessly integrated and complex, which act on our behalf and deliver better quality services anywhere anytime and in any fashion. However most of the Electrical Power Supply Companies across the world still use the good old traditional approaches for home related services pose big challenges for home automation. Author proposes a novel computing model to achieve an autonomous environment for home automation. A model is based on agent technology in which agents are assigned certain tasks to achieve. The architecture is portable, flexible and can easily integrated with other architectures. 2007
7. Non intrusive Load Monitoring and Diagnostics in Power Systems
This paper describes a transient event classification scheme, system identification techniques, and implementation for use in nonintrusive load monitoring. Together, these techniques form a system that can determine the operating schedule and find parameters of physical models of loads that are connected to an AC or DC power distribution system. The monitoring system requires only off-the-shelf hardware and recognizes individual transients by disaggregating the signal from a minimal number of sensors that are installed at a central location in the distribution system. Implementation details and field tests for AC and DC systems are presented.
In this paper, we introduce current status of AMR (automatic meter reading) in Korea and investigate IMR (integrated meter reading) system for electric, water and gas meter reading. This system adopt communication network composed with PLC (power-line communication) and weak signal wireless communication. It contains information related to system architecture, characteristics of developed devices. Also, the future plan was presented. 2008
2. A survey of communication network paradigms for substation automation
In the realm of substation automation (SA), communication infrastructure plays a vital role in mediating between physical and virtual worlds of substation. Specification of data exchanges through standardized communication stacks is therefore an important issue for all substation equipment manufacturers seeking to provide vendor interoperability. Nowadays competitive electric utility marketplace, reliable and real-time information become the key factor for reliable delivery of power to the end- users, profitability of the electric utility and customer satisfaction. The operational and commercial demands of electric utilities require a high-performance data communication network that supports both existing functionalities and future operational requirements. As communication arena is changing day by day, the need for efficient and reliable communication infrastructure to address SA is evident. In this respect, a communication network constitutes the core of the SA, thus the design of cost-effective and reliable network architecture is a crucial task. Most of the existing communication networks claim to address the need of communication architecture for SA but in some regard these claims just could not fulfill the constraints imposed by highly available environment for SA. This paper presents a survey and analysis of the current state-of-the-art communication infrastructure in the SA. As Ethernet technology becomes more reliable and also widely available with fiber optical communication so this paper also examines the key issues and requirements for Ethernet in the substation environment and also opens some research challenges. 2008
3. Automatic repeat protocol for distribution automation system through powerline communication
A communication network plays an important role in distribution automation system(DAS). In this paper, a powerline communication network which might span geographically 5-50 km using a bus or tree topology has been introduced. In the powerline communication networks, data signal cannot travel long distance because of attenuation, noise, and distortion. Consequently, we need to insert a number of repeaters into the network to recover the signal power, which causes the flooding problem in the network and lowering of the network performance. In this paper, to solve the flooding problem, an automatic repeat MAC protocol has been devised and applied to a powerline communication network in order to form a composite communication network for DAS. A mathematical performance analysis has been carried out to measure the performance characteristics of the proposed protocol applied to various powerline communication network environments. We also designed a powerline communication network simulator to verify the mathematical results. The results of the mathematical analysis and the simulation estimate the performance of the powerline communication network to which the proposed protocol applied. 2008
4. Street lighting control based on Lon Works power line communication
Public lighting managers have known that they could lower the operating costs of their systems if they could cost effectively collect the critical data needed to make better planning decisions. Lighting engineers have conceived of new designs to improve public safety and reduce energy consumption only to be stymied by an inability to economically control every luminaire in the system. This paper describes street lighting control system based on LonWorks power line communication on demand market. 2008
5. Design of integrated meter reading system based on power-line communication
In this paper, we introduce current status of AMR (automatic meter reading) in Korea and investigate IMR (integrated meter reading) system for electric, water and gas meter reading. This system adopt communication network composed with PLC (power-line communication) and weak signal wireless communication. It contains information related to system architecture, characteristics of developed devices. Also, the future plan was presented. 2008
6. Software Agents Based Home Automation
An Intelligent Electrical Billing and Maintenance System (IMPULSE) The world is moving towards automation and autonomous systems, in which devices are expected to be seamlessly integrated and complex, which act on our behalf and deliver better quality services anywhere anytime and in any fashion. However most of the Electrical Power Supply Companies across the world still use the good old traditional approaches for home related services pose big challenges for home automation. Author proposes a novel computing model to achieve an autonomous environment for home automation. A model is based on agent technology in which agents are assigned certain tasks to achieve. The architecture is portable, flexible and can easily integrated with other architectures. 2007
7. Non intrusive Load Monitoring and Diagnostics in Power Systems
This paper describes a transient event classification scheme, system identification techniques, and implementation for use in nonintrusive load monitoring. Together, these techniques form a system that can determine the operating schedule and find parameters of physical models of loads that are connected to an AC or DC power distribution system. The monitoring system requires only off-the-shelf hardware and recognizes individual transients by disaggregating the signal from a minimal number of sensors that are installed at a central location in the distribution system. Implementation details and field tests for AC and DC systems are presented.
