GOVERNMENT COLLEGE
OF TECHNOLOGY
PRESENTATION skills AND
technical seminar
(16EEC510)
by,
kalaivani.s
1713120
B.e – eee – III year
POWER THEFT AND
Its DETECTION
Contents
Introduction
How Power Theft affects our economy???
What is Power Theft?
Major causes for Power Theft
Power Theft method
Technical Solution
Non – Technical Solution
Power Theft detection Using GSM
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
Many developing countries confront widespread theft of electricity from
government owned power utilities.
Technical & non technical losses occurs only in transmission &
distribution. It is very difficult to find non technical losses occurring in the
system.
Electricity theft is at the centre of focus all over the world. But Electricity
theft in India has a significant effect in the Indian economy, considerably
high.
The following sections will describe the proposed detection and control
system for illegal electricity usage using power lines.
HOW POWER THEFT
AFFECTS OUR ECONOMY???
Due to theft of power there are so many problems
facing by our Indian government not only India but
also the world.
We are losing $20 billion dollars every day .Hence
India losses $12 billion dollars every year.
In India alone we can recover nearly or
approximately 10% of non technical losses can able to
conserve 93000 Gwh power annually.
India losses more money to theft than any other
country . India were in the highest place followed by
Brazil and Russia .
Ultimately it greatly affects our GDP and great fall
back our Indian economy
WHAT IS POWER THEFT???
Power theft is the criminal practice of stealing
electrical power.
It is a crime and is punishable by fines and/or
incarceration.
It belons to the non-technical losses.
It is the use of electrical power without any
authorization from supplier with total or partial by
passing metering system.
MAJOR CAUSES FOR
POWER THEFT
Absence of accountability
Inadequate and ineffective enforcement of
law
Political protection to employees and
influential customers.
Customer attitude
POWER THEFT METHODS
• METERS:
Tampering with meters and scales
Bypassing the meters
Damaging or removing meters
TRANSFORMERS:
Illegal terminal taps of overhead lines on the low voltage side of the
transformer.
• WIRES/CABLES:
Illegal tapping of bare wires or underground cables.
BILLING IRREGULARITIES:
By meter readers
UNPAID BILLS:
By Individuals, Government Institutions and “Untouchable” VIPs
FEW OTHER WAYS OF
POWER THEFT
Use of single phase supply from three phase supply.
Disconnected neutral from both the ends.
Used earth/separate neutral for both ends.
Connecting phase voltage to neutral of used single phase
supply. Potential difference w.r.t neutral of used single
phase supply is zero . Hence power product of voltage and
current will be zero.
Isolating neutral from both ends.
Technical Solutions
Electronic tamper detection meter
Pre payment meters
Plastic meter encasements
Anti theft cable
Using GSM
Using PLCs
Anti-theft cable
It is a coaxial (or concentric) cables
NON TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS
FINANCIAL REWARDS
PERIODIC CHECKS
ENFORCEMENT LAW
POWER THEFT DETECTION USING
GSM
In this system, GSM technology used to transmit the meter
reading to the customer and government with the required cost.
This process will be happen when needed that means if SMS is
received from authorized server mobile transmission between
customer and government.
Then the energy theft controlled by IR sensor, Bypass detection.
It also cut the power supply automatically as per request of
authorized server mobile.
Block Diagram
STEAL TAMPERING CIRCUIT
• If the person theft the power in energy meter like, if he remove the
seal which on energy meter then IR sensor will send the signal to PIC
microcontroller then it will send the message to substation controller
mobile through GSM modem
BY PASS DETECTION
CIRCUIT
If the person use a the power without connecting to energy meter,
that means if he is bypassing the connection in energy meter without
any reading in energy meter the person use power in houses at time our
circuit send a message to substation controller through GSM with help
of PIC controller and cut the power supply automatically by using relay.
POWER MEASUREMENT UNIT
• In the power measurement unit , the one CT is used
to measure total current used and measuring total
current used and measuring voltage ,we use bridge
of diode for converting AC to DC and then voltage
divider circuit reduce voltage level at measurable
scale.
GSM Modem
GSM modem-Max 232 is built with dual band
GSM engine – SIM 900A. As mentioned in the
above sensing circuit there is power theft the it
will send message to microcontroller as per the
program and it will send message to GSM through
Max 232.Also if mobile recevied SMS from
authorized mobile phone to cut the supply, then
supply is off by using relay
Install this setup at load side of the transformer as
well as home to prevent the “electricity stolen
directly from transmission lines”
By comparing the both power usage of
transmission as well as home
Flow Chart
Conclusion
By using techniques, above the crime of stealing power
may be brought to an end and thereby a new bloom may
be expected in the economy of our motherland and also
there will be less scarcity for power utilisation.
