First of its kind implementation of IOT system in Indian Power Sector

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1482
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CIRED 2019
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3-6 June 2019
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Madrid, Spain
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Yes
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Kulkarni, Yash , OrxaGrid Ltd, India
Kulkarni, Akshat, OrxaGrid Ltd, United Kingdom
Abstract
The Indian Power System is currently witnessing a high growth rate of Generation & Transmission electric utilities adopting digital automation & IoT technology for efficiently managing their large asset base. However, many Distribution utilities are reeling under financial crisis due to high technical & commercial losses, old asset base & an inability to integrate growing Distributed Energy Resources.This paper highlights a cost effective IoT system piloted by one of the world’s largest electricity Distribution System Operator (DSO). The pilot objective is to improve the monitoring and planning of electricity flow by improving utilisation of ageing assets while taking distributed energy generation into consideration. The pilot was initiated at fifteen 33kV/11kV substations monitoring over one hundred electricity feeders, power transformers and DC systems in a designated district using the OrxaGrid system.The paper details the system technology involving IoT sensor nodes, bidirectional communication protocols, data architecture and predictive data analytics. The paper concludes with details on DSO achieved return on investment on the pilot project and the next steps in the enhancement of machine learning algorithms on the system data.
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AIM
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2019-06-03
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CIRED 2019 Conference
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https://cired-repository.org/handle/20.500.12455/417
http://dx.doi.org/10.34890/644
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2032-9644
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978-2-9602415-0-1