Internet-of-things and mobile application based hybrid model for controlling energy system

Abstract

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) aims to combines physical objects in the world under a common infrastructure, it gives not only control of things, but also notify the state of the things. The automation for power saving based on the IoT has great business potential. The serious concern about the wastage of energy and this paper proposes an innovative hybrid method for automation system to reduce the wastage of power. The proposed hybrid method allows users to control and operate the electrical appliances manually or automatically. In automatic mode appliances are controlled through passive infrared (PIR) sensors and in manual mode appliances are controlled using android application. The developed system is deployed and tested in Laboratory, where it is used to control the electrical appliances such as, fans and tube lights. The usage of electricity is monitored and it is observed that the system reduced electrical bill of the laboratory by 24%. Finally, we have made a comparative analysis against existing system and it shows that the proposed hybrid system is better as compared to the existing systems. © 2021, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management.