Monitoring of Electrical Output Power-Based Internet of Things for Micro-Hydro Power Plant

Abstract

This research paper describes the output power monitoring process through the Internet of Things (IoTs) system in terms of voltage, current, and water volume using microcontroller for micro-hydro power plant. Electricity consumption caused by an uncontrolled load is different depending on the number of usage. This monitoring system employs the usage of voltage, current, and water volume sensors. These sensors read the data of output power from micro-hydro power plant, then Wi-Fi router is used to send the data to the Thingspeak database. From the experimental results, micro-hydro monitoring system can record the voltage, current, and water volume in real-time to the thingspeak database for every 30 seconds. It is believed that this system will be useful as one of solutions for data monitoring of micro-hydro output power-based IoTs in the future.