GRD Journals- Global Research and Development Journal for Engineering | Volume 4 | Issue 4 | March 2019

ISSN: 2455-5703

Fuzzy Logic Based Electricity Theft

Identification in Distribution Systems
S. Palaniyappan
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
SRM TRP Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli – 621105 India

Abstract
Electricity consumer dishonesty is a major problem faced by all power utilities. Finding proficient measurements for detecting
duplicitous electricity consumption has been a dynamic research area in recent years. This paper deals with Neuro-Fuzzy logic
based electrical power theft detection, the quantity of theft power, finding the exact location of theft zone and controlling of theft
in the location. The implementation of this proposal in a most efficient manner is to develop a Neuro-Fuzzy algorithm based
electricity theft monitoring system which comprises PIC microcontroller and interfacing circuits on the entire location and which
is installed at Electricity Board. It is well planned at the verdict out of theft information exhibited by the PC. This technique is
proved in this paper as a simple way to detect electrical power theft without any human interface.
Keywords- Power Theft Detection, Non-Technical Losses (NTL) and Neuro-Fuzzy Logic Technique Etc

I. INTRODUCTION
The power stealing is a foremost problem in recent days which causes lot of loss to Electricity boards. It is highly preclude, and at
the same time it directly affects the economy of a nation. As per survey every year Rs.12,50,000 crores power theft losses arise by
utility companies and households across the world. In our country Rs. 2,25,000 crores losses will occurs over the power theft
happening every year. Power theft losses consists of two categories such as Technical losses and Non-technical losses. The whole
technical losses are caused by power dissipation in the transmission lines, transformers, power system components and also
computed with the information about total load and the total energy billed [1]. The factor of power theft in the NTL varies from
state to state, and within a state itself, it shows variation from region to region. Non-technical losses cannot be exactly calculated,
but can be estimated from the difference between the total energy supplied to the customers and the total energy billed. In many
developing countries, the data regarding NTL is very difficult to analyze theft in terms of actions that cause these losses [2].
The existing system is not able to identify the exact location of tapping in the electricity. Wireless data transmission and
receiving technique is used to provide an additional facility of wireless meter reading with the same technique and same cost [3].
This will protect the distribution network from power theft is done by tapping and meter tampering. In [4], GSM based electricity
theft identification consists of microcontroller, energy meter and ZIGBEE unit is used to monitoring theft and also send a messageto
the authorised agency which looks after the electricity consumed. The main problem associated with the rural areas which is really
difficult to install the wired system to convey the information. In [5] [6], these paper deals with automatic meter reading and theft
control system in energy meter. This model reduces the manual manipulation work and theft control.
The proposed paper is used to identify the exact location of the theft, amount of power theft and corresponding penalty
charges are calculated by using Neuro-Fuzzy Technique implemented through the PIC Microcontroller. This technique provides
the theft information and reduce the penalty amount to the government and also improve the generated power is utilized in a most
efficient manner.

II. PROPOSED APPROACH

The Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) loss of Indian utilities ranges from 12 to 70%. The generation and transmission
sectors of the Indian power sector are almost in parity with other utilities across the world. [16]
In the distribution sector, irrigation pump sets and single point unmetered connections are major sources of energy losses.
Since energy loss and theft cannot be measured but only estimated, practically no one in the industry is able to say how much
electricity is used by these two sectors with reasonable accuracy. The absence of metering system and faulty meters give ample
opportunity for utilities to fabricate on transmission and distribution (T&D) losses.
The proposed stealing block diagram consists of PC unit, PIC 16F877A microcontroller, LCD display, Neuro-Fuzzy logic
algorithm, Loads (Light and Fan) and MAX232 connector. The fuzzy logic algorithm contains the number of units programmed
and identify the theft from load side and report to the EB office through display units. The PIC microcontroller is used to transfer
the data (include power with respect to time) to the Electricity board from each home.
The block diagram of Neuro-Fuzzy Technique based power theft detection in particular area as shown in fig. 1.

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Fig. 1: Block Diagram of the Proposed Stealing Method

LCD display unit is used to display the power consumed by each home. The MAX232 is a serial communication interface
circuit which is a dual driver or receiver circuits and typically converts the RX, TX, CTS and RTS signals.

III. IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED ALGORITHM

The implementation of circuit diagram consists of two parts namely Load side and Identification side. Both side consists of PIC
Microcontroller, MAX232, loads and relays.

A. Load Side
Load side is only used for storing the details of power consumption. In this implementation, the load side consists of bulb as a load
and it will produce an analog output. The circuit diagram of Load side in a specific area as shown in fig. 2.

Fig. 2: Circuit Diagram for Load Side

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Whenever the load power is consumed then the readings are stored in the PIC Microcontroller. So that the readings can
be accessed by master slave i.e. EB station on monthly once.

B. Identification Side
Identification side is used to detect the theft details and also through the Neuro-Fuzzy Technique on the personal computer. In this
execution, the identification side consists of PIC Microcontroller, MAX232 and PC. The circuit diagram of Identification side in
a particular area as shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 3: Circuit Diagram for Identification Side

EB station have a Neuro Fuzzy Technique to analysis the readings from the different location and identify if any power
theft occur. It will give the exact location of theft. It is not only stretch the theft location, it will produce how much of energy theft
and corresponding penalty amount are calculated and displayed on the screen of computer.

IV. SIMULATION RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The membership functions are developed using fuzzy set of MATLAB environment. The input function fitting level of neural
network concept as shown in fig 4.

Fig. 4: Input Function Fitting of Neural Network

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It is designed to operate the first floor have no energy theft. The energy theft is present and displayed in the second floor.
The best training data and error calculation are noted in the graphical representation as shown in fig. 5 and fig. 6.

Fig. 5: Output of Theft Energy in Floors

Fig. 6: Output of Theft Energy in Floors

The output graphs are used to see the performance, accuracy, identify the theft location and also calculated corresponding penalty
amount for the theft showed by using MATLAB environment.

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Fig. 7: Output Graphs

V. CONCLUSION
In the next two decades, India needs to increase the generating capacity to 4,00,000 MW, more than double that of today. As the
growth in all sectors moves up, the number of dwelling places will increase. So power theft and the art and science behind it will
be more, and this well be one of the major challenges before the utility. Energy-theft detection is a classic and difficult problem in
Distribution System. In this concept, we have implemented the system model to identify the exact location of the electricity theft
on Distribution System. Use of Neuro Fuzzy algorithm is used in our system provides the numerous advantages of detect the theft
location on Distribution systems. It is more beneficial from customer side and also government side for controlling theft and saves
money to the government.

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