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Image processing using Android device - electricity meter value recognition
Sliž, Jiří ; Klečka, Jan (referee) ; Honec, Peter (advisor)
The aim of the work is to design an application for mobile devices with the Android operating system. This application allows image capturing with a camera and image processing with the support of the OpenCV library. The purpose of this application is automatic value recognition of the analog electrometer. The text contains a description of the analog electrometers. The following is characteristic of Android operating system, and this part is directly connected to a draft of the application itself. Next part contains the image processing algorithms, testing and implementation into Android application.
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Design of PLC network for remote data acquisition
Šebela, Miroslav ; Zeman, Václav (referee) ; Mišurec, Jiří (advisor)
In thesis is according assignment realized PLC (power line carrier communication) network design for remote data collection. To understand problematic of PLC is this technology described little bit in detail. In thesis are mentioned possibilities use broadband and especially narrowband power line carrier communication. Described is also general structure of PLC network for data collection - automatic meter reading. Finally is described realization of PLC network on chosen area included component supplier selection. In thesis is also mentioned problematic of PLC a communication channel included problems with noise and channel impairments. With selected PLC modems was realized and evaluated measurement of communication speed in different environments and with use of different interfaces. Furthermore was measured spectrum of communication signal from which was possible to define signal modulation. In last step were measured impairments in powerline.
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Energy Meter with Ethernet Interface
Binek, Tomáš ; Dluhoš, Ondřej (referee) ; Hájek, Josef (advisor)
This thesis is dedicated to the means of measuring electrical power consuption by embedded systems with subsequent ability to present data on a computer network. The basic principles of operation of analogue and digital energy meters are discussed. The thesis contains a design of an Ethernet-enabled energy meter based on MCP3909 integrated circuit and microcontroller PIC18F97J60. A way of presenting energy meter output using a HTML page and parsing this page on a PC is suggested in the implementation part of this document.
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DLMS/COSEM load generator
Kohout, David ; Mlýnek, Petr (referee) ; Lieskovan, Tomáš (advisor)
This work is focused on Smart Metering, specifically the DLMS/COSEM specification. The paper describes most important parts of the standard and its application in smart grids. At first the DLMS protocol is examined. It is responsible for everything related in communication between clients and servers. Next described think is object model COSEM and its objects called OBIS. It shows how can we reference to these objects. In the second part – Traffic analyser are shown options of analysis of DLMS messages. This is after used for monitoring purposes. There is also described network topology including laboratory equipment. All devices were used for developing and testing the load generator of DLMS messages. App, which was created for this work is then described. The paper also assesses found problems in security and implementation of DLMS protocol.
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Data Concentrator for Smart Grids
Franek, Lešek ; Beneš, Bedřich (referee) ; Kučera, Pavel (advisor)
The goal is to design data concentrator for Smart Grids. Data Concentrator provides the interface between the server systems of distribution companies and end devices, which are electricity meters, water meters, gas meters and other equipment. There are hardware and software design solutions and there is also discussed creating its own distribution of Linux.
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Shared energy economy
Hráček, Martin ; Maule, Petr (referee) ; Vaněk, Jiří (advisor)
The bachelor's thesis focuses on the use of a photovoltaic power plant in a block of flats, electric power distribution to individual consumers and the economic impact. The first part describes the basic principle of the photovoltaic power plant and a description of the individual parts used for the implementation. The second part is devoted to the operational legislation of the Czech Republic and the foreign operation examples. The third part already provides the specific implementation proposal example, the specific implementation budgets and the economic evaluation of the entire project.
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Integration of Photovoltaic Power Plants in the Electricity System
Michl, Pavel ; Paar, Martin (referee) ; Mastný, Petr (advisor)
The thesis discuses an integration of photovoltaic power stations to electric network. The first part describes connecting conditions of small sources to distribution system, including administrative requirements, feasibility study, and requirements to the energy meters, measuring, control devices, switching devices and protection. The second part is aimed to describe problems of the photovoltaic system. Solar radiation generating and reducing of its intensity incident upon the earth surface are described in this part. The quantum of produced electric power depends on climatic conditions in the fixed area, seasons, etc. This work also discusses the types of photovoltaic cells and their actual efficiency. Inverters are further important components of the photovoltaic system. The parameters of the inverters have a great influence on the total actual efficiency of the photovoltaic system. Different methods of the photovoltaic panels’ connection with the inverters and their advantages and disadvantages are also mentioned. The supporting structure of the photovoltaic panels and eventually transformer are further important components of photovoltaic system. The work also analyze the methods of connection of the photovoltaic power station to distributive low voltage and medium voltage network, electric energy accumulation and possibilities of the sale of produced electric energy. The large number of the connected photovoltaic power stations has negative influences to electric network. The third part contains the design of a photovoltaic power plant with a capacity of 516,24 kWp on the scoped area in southern Bohemia. The project documentation for the location where the power plant is designed is also made. It contains the design of photovoltaic panels, the design of the inverters to get an optimal power load. This part also contains a calculation of the photovoltaic system losses and the design of transformer and the cable junction calculation of the distributive system. The feasibility study of the power plant connected to distributive system is also conducted. Its delivery rate will be connected to the distribution point Řípov (110/22 kV). The calculation results show us that this photovoltaic power plant can be linked to the distribution system. The final part of this paper contains an economic estimate of the photovoltaic power plant operating and the calculation of the return. An Economic return is influenced by the wide range of values that affect the total return rate. The calculation of an operating economy is made for several variants. The return rate in refer to contemporary redemption price for 2010 with no consideration for a bank loan is 7 years. If we consider the bank loan it would be 12 years. The penetrative reduction of the redemption price is expected for 2011. Calculation works with the decline of 30 %. It would extend the rate of return to 11 years without a bank loan or to 22 years with the bank loan. The bank loan is considered to cover 80 % of the investment.
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The Benefits and Pitfalls of Smart Meter Data Collection
Bazal, Stanislav ; Morávek, Jan (referee) ; Šedrlová, Magdalena (advisor)
In recent years, the demand for electricity has been increasing in households because various appliances and newest technologies have been used on an everyday basis. This raises concerns about the lack of electricity production around the globe. There is also a need for people to track their daily power usage in houses. The aim of this thesis is to explain the term smart metering and its benefits for both people that might use this technology in their households, and for companies. Smart meters allow people to track and control their energy consumption and eventually it might result in cheaper costs of the resources. What is more, the smart meters help consumers to know specific information about the consumption of electricity for appliances. In a global scale, the smart metering technology is used in smart grids which are more environmentally friendly power grids with higher efficiency and greater energy production. This work also focuses on the overall distribution of smart meters both in the Czech Republic and in the world. Nowadays, there are many projects in progress that are trying to switch from traditional power plants to smart grids with the intention to increase energy production and to become eco-friendly. The companies behind these projects have already published some of their researches which bring positive information about the energy production. The majority of these projects should be in progress until 2020 and some until 2025. Therefore, the final conclusion whether the smart metering technology will replace the traditional power grids and will be implemented in households cannot be drawn yet. This thesis also contains a practical part in which I create a user interface in Grafana, which is an open-source software for time series analytics. The user interface is created for a Raspberry Pi touch display which has a sensor connected to it that allows us to measure energy consumption of electricity meters. The measured values are then presented in useful graphs and gauges in Grafana, and also on the display itself.
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Cyber security tester of elements used in industrial networks and energy industry
Březina, Jiří ; Mlýnek, Petr (referee) ; Lieskovan, Tomáš (advisor)
This thesis deals with the issue of security analysis of DLMS/COSEM protocol and exploitation of these vulnerabilities in real Smart Grid environment. Thesis starts with a description of power grids in the past and present, introducing the environment of modern power grids and the smart grid elements used in it this power grids to reader. This is followed by a detailed discussion of the communication protocols that operate in these networks, beginning from the older and more industrially based Modbus protocol to the DLMS/COSEM protocol which is most used today and his various components and security. The most common current models of link vulnerability attacks are also summarized in the paper. The thesis aims to implement a tester that tests the security of smart grid elements, mainly on the vulnerabilities described in the thesis. The tester primarily focuses on the vulnerability called replay attack and evaluating the execution of this attack in a laboratory environment.
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