Real Time Monitoring and Control of Electrical Diesel Generator through Internet of Things

Abstract

The advancement in the Internet of Things (IoT) has made an application in all areas. Presently, IoT is causing ripples in the automation of devices. The rampant energy crisis made it necessary to control alternative electricity sources such as electrical generators. An electrical generator is a piece of handy equipment when it comes to power shortages. They are reliable but require human intervention to keep them from opportunity to time. The framework presented in this work changes the manual Monitoring of generators to auto-monitoring. An embedded system monitors various activities when the generator is up and running, including status and alarms for multiple scenarios. This paper addresses issues recently raised that only hint at greater challenges in this domain. To make things easier to handle in operating and Monitoring of generator, an IoT-based android application is designed that provides status update information about the generator when it is operational. The embedded system uses sensors that provide up-to-date information on fuel, oil, temperature, flow, and voltage and delivers that information to the person responsible for handling these issues. The embedded system is based on a small, scaled Arduino controller, which generates results in its propelled condition and then sends the information to an android device to monitor the generator status in real-time.

Keywords

• Automation, Electrical generators, Internet of Things (IoT), Monitoring and controlling