Power Analysis of Household Appliances using IoT

Abstract

In recent years, significant changes have occurred in the fields of the power sector, from producing electricity to power consumption, with smart technology having a major role. In the field of IoT there are a lot of smart devices and smart homes as a solution, like that only there are Smart Energy Meters which can be used as a solution in our homes. It is possible to use non-intrusive (contactless) load tracking using smart meters to control our home appliances' power usage. In this work, the electrical energy meter is used to calculate the energy usage and performance profile of the inner components of the electrical devices by checking how and what amount of electricity is passing through an electric wire in real-time. After calculating, it will save everything in its cache and be ready to upload it to the cloud and the microcontroller via sensors to any display device the consumer desires. Which can be stored for a longer period and accessed from any smart device to which it has previously been connected. This allows the consumer to understand how and which appliances use more electricity, allowing them to make plans on how to reduce usage, or set some rules and come up with new ideas to save electricity, power usage criteria, and the environment, or simply to use the appropriate appliances efficiently.