Embedded Files
Sponsor: ABB
Mentor(s):
James Stoupis james.stoupis@us.abb.com
Project Background and Need:
Many home energy monitors track the usage of appliances but not the quality of power in the home. A low-cost, IoT-based solution could be used by consumers to monitor their power quality and communicate any issues back to the electric utility, which only finds out about these issues after the fact, especially after a grid component has failed. This idea is similar to a call center when a consumer loses power, but instead involves communicating power quality issue information (e.g., voltage sags, spikes, flicker) via low-cost, IoT-based hardware.
Problem Description/requirements:
The project deliverables would include a low end voltage/power meter that communicates wirelessly (e.g., WiFi, cellular) back to the electric utility, the software/code on the meter, and the centralized software system/website that would record all the power quality events, similar to a call center when power is lost. The solution would have to be low-cost ($100 or less preferred) and would have to be capable of providing "last gasp" event information in the case of an outage.
Team Skills / Competencies:
Embedded hardware and programming
Programming experience
Sensor interface and programming
Wireless communications programming
Power electronics and systems
Networking
Team Contact Information
Grant Sowards - Team Leader: grsoward@ncsu.edu
Alex Spellmeyer - Communications Manager: amspellm@ncsu.edu
William Moore - Agenda Manager: wtmoore2@ncsu.edu
Stephen Strong - Financial Manager: sjstrong@ncsu.edu
Drew Clark - Information Manager: dmclark7@ncsu.edu
Meeting Availability
Internal meeting time(s): Tuesdays @ 5:15pm, Zoom/Weekly
Sponsor meeting time(s): Thursdays @ 4:30pm, MS Teams/Bi-Weekly
Project Data Center
Shared Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fMsemBKSyqEYZttM-NsxZ_Kr0NW2l--W?usp=sharing
Meeting Minutes: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sPuAOOLiMliPS5h3r2jYNb_277XTR8L8?usp=sharing
Assignments
Team Charter: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-BGZ9BpB0kdnrtx7evjDicmcsv9BceZqfci2sPqELsE/edit?usp=sharing
System Architecture: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ove4CjartQxUOJE__LychSzgsKJrjYRfI4UNyIWBWys/edit?usp=sharing
PDR Presentation : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11owwKCb6_LxvS2hv6aLuUUAwUavaw-9WomOOOASnpA4/edit?usp=sharing
Status Review: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HMvpdVyllX84ldIIwILqfLJ6W1gvDC2kaE0XvQX4bOY/edit?usp=sharing
Project Poster: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qpoXQIjfm_aMNyaRbZJ5v9utj0dx1A4-/view?usp=sharing
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