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Final Year Draft Project Proposal Form

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: Rajat Rawal

Student ID : pt1384402@apiit.edu.in Intake : PT1384402

Specialization: EEE
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Instruction:
This is the draft proposal of your FYP which needs to be submitted to the administrator by hardcopy.

A. Proposed Project Title

GRID SYNCHRONISATION FAIL DETECTION ON SENSING FREQUENCY

OR VOLTAGE BEYOND RANGE
B. Why do think this is required?
(State the problem statement limited to 500 words)
The project is designed to develop a system that detects synchronization failure of any external
supply source to power grid on sensing the abnormalities in the frequency or voltage. There are
several power generating units connected to the grid, such as hydel, thermal, solar, etc., to supply
power to the load. For any deviation of the voltage or frequency from the acceptable limits of the
grid, it becomes mandatory that the same feeder should automatically get disconnected from the grid,
which by effect is termed as islanding. This prevents large scale brown out or black out of grid
system. It is preferable to have a system that can warn the grid in advance so that alternate
arrangements are kept on standby to avoid complete grid failure. This system is based on a
microcontroller of the PIC16 family. The microcontroller monitors under/over voltage being derived
from a set of comparators using ADC. As regards the frequency, since the mains supply it cannot be
changed, the project uses a variable frequency generator (555-timer) for changing frequency, while a
standard variac is used to vary the input voltage to test proper functioning of both these parameters of
the project. A lamp load (indicating a predictable blackout, brownout) is driven by the microcontroller
in case of voltage/frequency going out of acceptable range.
A GPRS module is also connected with the microcontroller, it will upload the voltage and frequency
parameters to a web server. It is possible to monitor the grid behavior online through Website access.
GPRS module will also alert the specified person by sending SMS in case of islanding.
C. Who are your audience(s)?
(The type of users / audience who will be using your system)

 Industries
Power generation system
Aerospace.
Intelligent, autonomous sensors.
Communication Applications
D. What are the topic / research area you would most likely be working on?
(Check ONE or MORE from below)
Power System Drives
Electric Machine
DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
Electrical Machines,
Power System,
Wireless Sensor Networks,
Control systems.
Power Electronics and Drives
Computer added design
Just in Time
Low Power VLSI design and
Reversible Computing
Embedded Systems and Robotics.
IC Engines
Hybrid Vehicles
Non-conventional Machining

Network Analysis and Synthesis

Control System and applications
Microcontroller Based System\
Robotics

Others: