DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATIC POWER THIEF DETECTOR

Abstract

The proposed work in this book aims on the design and implementation model of electrical energy theft detection. A high percentage of electricity income is lost due to power theft and improper management. However, a bulk of these losses are caused by electricity theft. The illegal usage of electricity must be solved by electronic means, without any human interaction. The purpose of this work is to provide an implementation methodology for electricity theft detection and controlling which allows violators to be detected at a remote location. This design integrates effective solutions for problems faced by electricity distribution system such as power theft and transmission line fault. It includes microcontroller based embedded technology and wireless communication method to find out the electric theft and transmission line fault. Moreover, collecting the meter readings for billing processes from all consumers is a difficult and time-consuming task which requires a great number of labors. In the proposed method global System for Mobile communication (GSM)based technology is used to transmit the meter reading and detection alert automatically to the authorized energy provider via an alert message which eliminates the various issues related to the meter reading and theft detection.