Professional Education

Dissertation 

Abstract

This project “Intelligent Energy Meter with Automatic Billing” aims at eliminating the manual checking of each and every energy meter at consumer terminal which is tedious and liable to manipulation. By this project we propose to replace the existing energy metering system with a highly sophisticated and secured embedded system unit, and software to be installed at the control station for the billing purpose and controlling the operation of the energy meter. The embedded system consists of a micro controller system-Programmable Interface Controller(PIC)16F877 with Liquid Crystal Display(LCD), Real Time Clock(RTC), energy metering IC (ADE7751) , Global System Mobile(GSM) module, current transformer, relay and interface controller IC (MAX232) as the add-on features to make the system more flexible and reliable.

In the proposed system the meter reading is obtained from a compact unit which consists of a digital energy meter and an accompanying embedded system with LCD panel for the ease of consumer reading and a GSM module. The controlling station will act as a hub having a central computer and GSM module. On demand, the main station can receive the energy meter reading of each consumer from the embedded energy meter installed at the consumer premises automatically using GSM technology. After identifying the consumer number the energy meter reading is stored in a database at the controlling station. Using VISUAL BASIC.Net and database management the access to user account (previous bills, user details, current bill etc) can be made easier. By introducing this new method of energy metering system we look forward for a consumer friendly process of metering the consumption of electrical energy with better energy management. 

Seminar

Abstract

The Global Positioning System (GPS) enables unique capabilities, and the benefits are substantial. This satellite – based radio navigation system has many new civilion applications other than the military application for which it was developed for the position, velocity and time information that it can provide with a high degree of accuracy and at a cheaper rate. As GPS use expands, it becomes more important to evaluate any potential sources of interference. One issue that is sometimes raised is the potential for degraded performance of GPS receivers when they are used near electric power facilities. Of specific interest is the use of the GPS satellite based microwave signals under or near power line conductors. A possible concern for the use of GPS equipment under or very close to power line is whether an incident GPS satellite signal can be significantly scattered by a power line with a resulting adverse effect on the received signal. At the surface of the earth the satellite microwave signals are very weak and any reduction of signal intensity due to scattering by conductors or noise due to corona and/or gap discharges could degrade receiver performance or cause loss of signal lock. So here a study on the effects of power line conductors and its features on the performance of GPS receivers used near the conductors are done.

Semester 1 & 2

Mathematics I

Engineering Physics

Engineering Chemistry

Engineering Mechanics

Engineering Graphics

Basic Civil Engineering

Basic Mechanical Engineering

Basic Electrical Engineering

Basic Electronics Engineering

Workshop