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Smart Power Monitoring And Conserving Using Nodemcu

Made by muralidharan-p / Home Automation / Productivity / Sensors / Sustainability / IoT

About the project

Energy saving is the most important and challenging issue. Smart power meter is used in domestic electric power distribution system. The integration of the Node-MCU,PZEM sensor, Relay and provides the system as Smart Power Monitoring system. Smart power meter provides data for optimization and reduce the power consumption.

Project info

Difficulty: Difficult

Platforms: NodeMCU, ThingSpeak

Estimated time: 2 months

License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPL3+)

Items used in this project

Hardware components

	NodeMCU v2-Lua based ESP8266 development kit	x 1
	10A-250VAC, 10A-30VDC, Power Relay Gadgeteer module	x 1
	VAL-CP-MCB-3S-350/ 40/FM	x 1
	100uF 16V Electrolytic Capacitors - Pack of 10	x 1
	Resistor 1K Ohm 1/4 Watt PTH - 20 pk	x 1
	Voltage Regulator - 5V	x 1
	5.0V Electronic Fuse	x 1
	PZEM MODULE	x 1
	CT COIL	x 1

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Software apps and online services

	ARDUINO IDE
	HTML WEB PAGE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

SCREW DRIVER

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Story

Smart Energy Meter

WORKING:

NodeMCU is an open source IoT platform based on ESP8266 which can connect sensors and let data transfer using the Wi-Fi protocol.
PZEM-004T is an electronic module that functions to measure: Voltage, Current, Power, Frequency, Energy and Power Factors.
The Node-MCU is connected to PZEM sensor which calculates the units of power used and Relay controls the MCB. We set the limit of power consumed and if it reached the limit the relays turns on and switches the MCB off to stop the power supply by short circuiting. Relay will turn the MCB off when it detects that the supply and return current are not balanced.
The load wire is inserted inside the CT coil sensor which calculates the power used and displays it in LCD. We can see the power consumed by using the HTML page, by copying the IP address and pasting it in the chrome browser. A static IP address is created for this. It displays the power consumed, current, and voltage etc., used. By using the mobile phone we can see the amount of power consumed in our home or work place and conserve the electricity accordingly by turning the MCB off.

VIDEO:

WORKING VIDEO:

https://youtube.com/shorts/B98hT6n6Ebs?feature=share

Schematics, diagrams and documents

kicad file

Circuit

CAD, enclosures and custom parts

CAD FILE 2

Box to place the components

CAD FILE

Closure for the box

Code

SOURCE CODE

#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266HTTPClient.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <PZEM004Tv30.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
#include <EEPROM.h>
#include <ThingSpeak.h>
#include <SPI.h>

WiFiClient  client;
PZEM004Tv30 pzem(D7, D8); //RX/TX
LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 2);
ESP8266WebServer server(80);

float voltage, current, power, energy, frequency, pf, units;

unsigned long myChannelNumber = 1519974;
const char * myWriteAPIKey = "9OYRK9BAB6SV9HG1";

float number1 = 0.0000f;
float number2 = 0.0000f;
float number3 = 0.0000f;
float number4 = 0.0000f;
float number5 = 0.0000f;
float number6 = 0.0000f;
float number7 = 0.000000f;

String myStatus = "";

/*Put your SSID & Password*/
const char* ssid = "MD";  // Enter SSID here
const char* password = "12345678";  //Enter Password here

uint8_t LED1pin = D6;         //GPIO 12 OR D6
bool LED1status = LOW;

float consum = 0.000000;
int timer = 0;
int testPin = 0;
int ExternalPin = D5;          //GPIO 14 OR D5
int eeAddress = 10;
uint32_t tsLastReport = 0;

volatile unsigned long timer0_millis;
String page = "";
String Units = "";
int dis = 0;
float eepromdata=0.00000f;
int loopcheck=0;
int thingspeak =0;
float floatingpoint_variable = 0.000000;
int EEaddress = 0;


ICACHE_RAM_ATTR void detectsMovement() {
    Serial.println("EEPROM Data Writing.... ");
    floatingpoint_variable= eepromdata;

    EEPROM.put(EEaddress,floatingpoint_variable); // Writes the value 3.141592654 to EEPROM
    EEPROM.commit();

    Serial.print("\t eepromdata EEPROM data: ");
    Serial.print(float(floatingpoint_variable),6);
}

void EEPROMloop() {
    Serial.println("EEPROM Data Writing.... ");
    floatingpoint_variable= eepromdata;

    EEPROM.put(EEaddress,floatingpoint_variable); // Writes the value 3.141592654 to EEPROM
    EEPROM.commit();

    Serial.print("\t eepromdata EEPROM data: ");
    Serial.print(float(floatingpoint_variable),6);
}


void setup() {
    pinMode(LED1pin,OUTPUT);
    Serial.begin(115200);
    EEPROM.begin(32);

    attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(ExternalPin), detectsMovement, FALLING);
    delay(3000);
    Serial.print("Connecting to ");
    Serial.print(ssid);

    WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

    while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
        delay(1000);
        Serial.print(".");
    }

    Serial.println("");
    Serial.println("WiFi connected..!");
    Serial.print("Got IP: ");
    Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());

    Serial.print(" ");
    Serial.print(" ");
    Serial.print("EEPROM contents at Address=8 is  : ");
    floatingpoint_variable = 0; // To prove it read from EEPROM!
    EEPROM.get(EEaddress,floatingpoint_variable);
    Serial.println(floatingpoint_variable,8);

    float readParam = floatingpoint_variable;
    Serial.print("\t Consum EEPROM: ");
    Serial.print(float(readParam),6);
    consum = readParam;

      lcd.init();                      // initialize the lcd 
  lcd.init();
  lcd.backlight();

  lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
  lcd.print(".....SMART.....");
  lcd.setCursor(1, 1);
  lcd.print("POWER METER");
  delay (1000);
  lcd.clear();
  lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
  lcd.print(WiFi.localIP());
  delay(3000);
  


    timer = millis();

    testPin = digitalRead(ExternalPin);
    delay(200);
    server.on("/", handle_OnConnect);
    server.on("/led1on", handle_led1on);
    server.on("/led1off", handle_led1off);
    server.onNotFound(handle_NotFound);

    server.begin();
    ThingSpeak.begin(client);
    Serial.println("HTTP server started");
    consum = 0;
}


void loop() {
    timer = millis() - tsLastReport;
    int timercheck = millis();
    float sec = timer;

   voltage = pzem.voltage();
   current = pzem.current();
   power = pzem.power();
   energy = pzem.energy();
   frequency = pzem.frequency();
   pf = pzem.pf();

   


    float Seconds = 0.00;
    float Minutes = 0.00;
    float Hours = 0.00;
    float Energy = 0.0000;

    Seconds = ((float)sec / 1000);

    tsLastReport = millis();

    Minutes = (float)Seconds / 60;
    Hours = (float)Minutes / 60;
    Energy = (float)power * Hours / 1000;
    energy = Energy;
    String a= String(Energy);
    String b = String(voltage);



    if(a == "nan") {
        Energy = 0.000;
    }

    else {
        consum = float(consum) + float(Energy);
        if(consum !=0) {
            eepromdata=float(consum);
            loopcheck=0;
        }
        else {
            detectsMovement();
        }
    }

    Serial.print("\t Consum Test: ");
    Serial.print(float(consum),5);
    Serial.print("c");

    Units = String(consum,5);

    Serial.print("\t Voltage: ");
    Serial.print(voltage);
    Serial.print("V");
    Serial.print("\t Current: ");
    Serial.print(current);
    Serial.print("A");
    Serial.print("\t Power: ");
    Serial.print(power);
    Serial.print("W");
    Serial.print("\tFrequency: ");
    Serial.print(frequency, 1);
    Serial.print("Hz");
    Serial.print("\tPF: ");
    Serial.print(pf);
    Serial.print("%");
    Serial.print("\t Energy: ");
    Serial.print(Energy, 5);
    Serial.println("kWh");
    Serial.print("\t UNITS: ");
    Serial.print(consum, 5);
    Serial.println("kWh");
    Serial.println("");
    Serial.print("\t Seconds : ");
    Serial.print(Seconds, 5);
    Serial.print("\t Minutes : ");
    Serial.print(Minutes, 5);
    Serial.print("\t Hours : ");
    Serial.println(Hours, 5);

    server.handleClient();
   
    lcd.clear();

    number1 = voltage;
    lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    lcd.print("V=");
    lcd.print(voltage, 2);

    number2 = current;
    lcd.setCursor(9, 0);
    lcd.print("A=");
    lcd.print(current, 4);

  

    number3 = power;
    lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    lcd.print("P=");
    lcd.print(power);

    number7 = consum;
    lcd.setCursor(9, 1);
    lcd.print("U=");
    lcd.print(consum, 5);
    number4 = energy;
    number5 = frequency;
    number6 = pf;



  
    
    if(thingspeak==30) {
        number1 = voltage;
        number2 = current;
        number3 = power;
        number4 = energy;
        number5 = frequency;
        number6 = pf;
        number7 = float(consum);

        ThingSpeak.setField(1, number1);
        ThingSpeak.setField(2, number2);
        ThingSpeak.setField(3, number3);
        ThingSpeak.setField(4, number4);
        ThingSpeak.setField(5, number5);
        ThingSpeak.setField(6, number6);
        ThingSpeak.setField(7, number7);

        ThingSpeak.setStatus(myStatus);

        int x = ThingSpeak.writeFields(myChannelNumber, myWriteAPIKey);

        if (x == 200) {
            Serial.println("Channel update successful.");
        }
        else {
            Serial.println("Problem updating channel. HTTP error code " + String(x));
        }
        thingspeak=0;
    }

    if (LED1status==HIGH)
    {
        digitalWrite(LED1pin, HIGH);
        delay(2000);
        digitalWrite(LED1pin, LOW);
    }
    else
    {
        digitalWrite(LED1pin, LOW);
    }

    testPin = digitalRead(ExternalPin);
    dis++;
    thingspeak++;
    Serial.println("*********************************");
    Serial.println();
    delay(800);
}


void handle_OnConnect() {
    LED1status = LOW;
    server.send(200, "text/html", SendHTML(voltage, current, power, frequency, pf, Units, LED1status));
}

void handle_led1on() {
    LED1status = HIGH;
    Serial.println("GPIO12 Status: ON");
    server.send(200, "text/html", SendHTML(voltage, current, power, frequency, pf, Units, true));
}

void handle_led1off() {
    LED1status = LOW;
    Serial.println("GPIO12 Status: OFF");
    server.send(200, "text/html", SendHTML(voltage, current, power, frequency, pf, Units, false));
}

void handle_NotFound() {
    server.send(404, "text/plain", "Not found");
}

String SendHTML(float voltage, float current, float power, float frequency, float pf, String Units, uint8_t led1stat) {
    String html = "<!DOCTYPE html>";
    html += "<html>";
    html += "<head>";
    html += "<title>power meter</title>";
    html += "<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0'>";
    html += "<link rel='stylesheet' href='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.7.2/css/all.min.css'>";
    html += "<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='styles.css'>";
    html += "<style>";
    html += "body { background-color: #fff; font-family: sans-serif; color: #333333; font: 14px Helvetica, sans-serif box-sizing: border-box;}";
    html += "#page { margin: 20px; background-color: #fff;}";
    html += ".container { height: inherit; padding-bottom: 20px;}";
    html += ".header { padding: 20px;}";
    html += ".header h1 { padding-bottom: 0.3em; color: #008080; font-size: 45px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Garmond, 'sans-serif'; text-align: center;}";
    html += "h2 { padding-bottom: 0.2em; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; margin: 2px; text-align: center;}";
    html += "h4 { padding-bottom: 0.2em; margin: 2px; text-align: center;}";
    html += ".header h3 { font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 17px; color: #b6b6b6; text-align: center;}";
    html += ".box-full { padding: 20px; border 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 1em 1em 1em 1em; box-shadow: 1px 7px 7px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.4); background: #fff; margin: 20px; width: 500px;}";
    html += "@media (max-width: 494px) { #page { width: inherit; margin: 5px auto; } #content { padding: 1px;} .box-full { margin: 8px 8px 12px 8px; padding: 10px; width: inherit;; float: none; } }";
    html += "@media (min-width: 494px) and (max-width: 980px) { #page { width: 465px; margin 0 auto; } .box-full { width: 380px; } }";
    html += "@media (min-width: 980px) { #page { width: 930px; margin: auto; } }";
    html += ".sensor { margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 2.5rem;}";
    html += ".sensor-labels { font-size: 1rem; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 15px;}";
    html += ".units { font-size: 1.2rem;}";
    html += "hr { height: 1px; color: #eee; background-color: #eee; border: none;}";
    html += ".button {display: block;width: 80px;background-color: #1abc9c;border: none;color: white;padding: 13px 30px;text-decoration: none;font-size: 25px;margin: 0px auto 35px;cursor: pointer;border-radius: 6px;}\n";
    html += ".button-on {background-color: #1abc9c;}\n";
    html += ".button-on:active {background-color: #16a085;}\n";
    html += ".button-off {background-color: #34495e;}\n";
    html += ".button-off:active {background-color: #2c3e50;}\n";
    html += "p1 {font-size: 14px;color: #888;margin-bottom: 15px;}\n";
    html += "</style>";

    // Code Start
    html += "<script>\n";
    html += "setInterval(loadDoc,1000);\n";
    html += "function loadDoc() {\n";
    html += "var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\n";
    html += "xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\n";
    html += "if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\n";
    html += "document.body.innerHTML =this.responseText}\n";
    html += "};\n";
    html += "xhttp.open(\"GET\", \"/\", true);\n";
    html += "xhttp.send();\n";
    html += "}\n";
    html += "</script>\n";
    // Code END

    // Header Name Line
    html += "</head>";
    html += "<body>";
    html += "<div id='page'>";
    html += "<div class='header'>";
    html += "<h1>SMART ENERGY METER</h1>";
    html += "</div>";
    html += "<div id='content' align='center'>";
    html += "<div class='box-full' align='left'>";
    html += "<h2>POWER METER VALUE</h2>";
    html += "<div class='sensors-container'>";

    //For VOLTAGE
    html += "<div class='sensors'>";
    html += "<p class='sensor'>";
    html += "<i class='fas fa-plug' style='color:#0275d8'></i>";
    html += "<span class='sensor-labels'> VOLTAGE = </span>";
    html += (float)voltage;
    html += "<sup class='units'>Volt</sup>";
    html += "</p>";
    html += "<hr>";
    html += "</div>";

    //For Current
    html += "<div class='sensors'>";
    html += "<p class='sensor'>";
    html += "<i class='fab fa-medapps' style='color:#5bc0de'></i>";
    html += "<span class='sensor-labels'> CURRENT =  </span>";
    html += (float)current;
    html += "<sup class='units'>Amps</sup>";
    html += "</p>";
    html += "<hr>";

    //For Power
    html += "<p class='sensor'>";
    html += "<i class='fas fa-poo-storm' style='color:#cc3300'></i>";
    html += "<span class='sensor-labels'> POWER = </span>";
    html += (float)power;
    html += "<sup class='units'>w</sup>";
    html += "</p>";
    html += "<hr>";

    //For Frequency
    html += "<p class='sensor'>";
    html += "<i class='fas fa-burn' style='color:#f7347a'></i>";
    html += "<span class='sensor-labels'> FREQUENCY = </span>";
    html += (float)frequency;
    html += "<sup class='units'>Hz</sup>";
    html += "</p>";
    html += "<hr>";

    //For PF
    html += "<p class='sensor'>";
    html += "<i class='fas fa-tachometer-alt' style='color:#6a5acd'></i>";
    html += "<span class='sensor-labels'> PF = </span>";
    html += (float)pf;
    html += "<sup class='units'>Hz</sup>";
    html += "</p>";
    html += "<hr>";

    //For Units
    html += "<p class='sensor'>";
    html += "<i class='fas fa-charging-station' style='color:#3cb371'></i>";
    html += "<span class='sensor-labels'> UNITS = </span>";
    html += (String)Units;
    html += "<sup class='units'>KW-h</sup>";
    html += "</p>";
    html += "<hr>";

    if (led1stat)
    {
        html += "<h4>MCB SWITCH: OFF</h4>";
        html += "<a class=\"button button-off\" href=\"/led1off\">MCB-ON</a>\n";
    }
    else
    {
        html += "<h4>MCB SWITCH: ON</h4>";
        html += "<a class=\"button button-on\" href=\"/led1on\">MCB-OFF</a>\n";
    }

    html += "</div>";
    html += "</div>";
    html += "</div>";
    html += "</div>";
    html += "</div>";
    html += "</div>";
    html += "</body>";
    html += "</html>";
    return html;
}

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