A Novel Method of Home Energy Management System Using Microcontroller for Increasing Load Factor

Abstract

The development of any country depends to a large extent on availability and usage of electricity. Conservation of electricity has now become a vital element of economic growth giving benefit to state’s exchequer and this conservation is more essential due to the concern for fast depletion of non-renewable sources of energy in the country. The main aim of this paper is to construct a control system that can manage (turn on/off and control speed) various common home appliances like Heater, Fan, Air Conditioner etc of domestic load at instantaneous time. The potential transformer is used to measure voltage and a current transducer is used to measure a current flow through load, further it communicates with microcontroller using one analog to digital converter.