Design and Implementation of Automated Electronic Switchfor Electrical Energy Saving

Abstract

Electricity was one of the most important discoveries in science. Humanity in this generationdepends much on the usage of electricity. The modern technology cannot exist withoutelectricity. Even though there is large production of electricity in our country from differentsources (such as hydropower, solar, wind and geothermal), there is a large wastage due to theway we manage the produced power and the equipment we use in our day today life. It is veryfrequent to see a power fluctuation in every side of the country. We have investigated thatmost of the electrical systems in the country are controlled by manual controllers which maycost us for unwanted energy consumption by different electrical loads including lightingsystems.The use of automated controllers is more efficient as compare to manual controllers. In thedesign consideration of automated controllers, the power management of the controller itselfwas necessary in order to minimized fire caused by appliances. Most of the available designof the automated controllers in the market had a standby power that may cause electricalpower consumption and fire. As the appliance become older some of the parts may produceheat and when this heat is accumulate, it may generate fire. For this reason, most of theconsumers unplug the appliance from the wall outlet. The result is very significant in reducingfire hazard caused by electrical appliance due to un attended use, reducing electrical energylosses by 300% due to unawareness of the status of manual controllers. The systemfunctionality was tested by PROTUES and Micro_C in addition to this, a prototype isdeveloped and tested for its functionality.