Controlling and monitoring process in industrial automation using Zigbee
21 Oct 2013-pp 806-810
TL;DR: The main aim of this work is to monitor the different workst stations at industries using Zigbee devices and to correspondingly cut off the power to the particular workstation when it is in idle state without distracting the other workstations.
Abstract: WSN based Zigbee network has been extensively used in monitoring and controlling purpose in industries. In this paper, deployment of the Zigbee based WSN for monitoring and controlling the power at each work station in the weaving industry is discussed. Here the traditional working of the weaving industry is discussed and the suitability of Zigbee in monitoring and direct load controlling for the efficient power utilization is proposed. The CC2431 module is considered for wireless transmission. The controlling action is made possible with the microcontroller present in the CC2431 module. The main aim of this work is used to monitor the different workstations at industries using Zigbee devices and to correspondingly cut off the power to the particular workstation when it is in idle state without distracting the other workstations. The issues related with power and transmission range of the proposed work are discussed.
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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: A control protocol is proposed which ensures that a given off-line sporadic schedule can be adapted on-line in a timely manner such that the static periodic schedule has not been disturbed and the IEEE 802.15.4 standard compliance remains intact.
Abstract: E lectronic Sensors have been around for decades. With the miniaturization of electronic circuits and large scale integration, it has become possible to combine the sensors with the digital circuitry to fabricate devices of small size. Such devices with combined sensing, processing and communicating capabilities are known as sensor nodes. These sensor nodes have a huge number of applications scaling from home automation, health care, agriculture, disaster management and military applications to industrial automation and control. Many of these applications require real-time data propagation. Health care to industrial control are the areas where these sensor nodes find their applications. The basic requirement of realtime applications is that data sensing, processing, communication and response generation must be accomplished within a certain time limit. In this regard, the IEEE 802.15.4 standard has become defacto standard for low rate WPAN for wireless sensor networks. The contention free period of the beacon enabled mode of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard makes the IEEE 802.15.4 standard widely acceptable (due to its real-time communication support) for industrial control applications. The said mode requires that nodes are arranged in a star topology to form a cluster with a cluster head. The cluster head reserves bandwidth for each node of the cluster, where sensing event is expected to occur. In case of periodic events, the advanced knowledge is available in the form of time of occurrence, period, execution time and deadline of the occurred period event. This knowledge makes the offline bandwidth planning relatively easy. In case of sporadic events, however, the time of occurrence of sporadic events is not known before the occurrence of sporadic event. Therefore it is difficult to plan bandwidth for sporadic events offline. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) find applications in the industrial automation where periodic and sporadic events occur. The combined propagation of information generated by periodic and sporadic events from a sensor node to an actuator node is challenging due to the random nature of sporadic events, particularly if missing the deadlines is disastrous. The IEEE 802.15.4 standard provides the basis for a real-time communication mechanism between neighboring nodes of the WSN at the Media Access Control layer. However, the standard does not address realtime communications over multiple hops. To support the industrial applications with real-time requirements, this work proposes an offline bandwidth estimation technique and two novel on-line control protocols, which exploit the basis provided by the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for on-line bandwidth allocation for sporadic data propagation. A control protocol is also proposed which ensures that a given off-line sporadic schedule can be adapted on-line in a timely manner such that the static periodic schedule has not been disturbed and the IEEE 802.15.4 standard compliance remains intact. The proposed protocol is simulated in Opnet. The simulation results are collected in the form of time stamps of activities occurring at different nodes of the network. The compliance of the information is discussed to prove the correctness of the proposed protocol regarding efficient real-time sporadic event delivery along with the periodic events. Moreover, efficient energy dissipation is also discussed after collecting the energy dissipation, and presenting it in the form of bar graphs and analyzing these graphs.
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...The examples include, oil and gas industry automation as disucssed in [15] and [16], weaving industry as shown in [17], and pulp and paper industry as in [18, 19, 20]....
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29 Aug 2019
TL;DR: A systematic approach of an automation system for tea farming using ZIGBEE wireless networks has been implemented to monitor and control tea plantation in north east India and will also reduce farm input cost and minimize environmental impacts.
Abstract: To conserve the tea farming sector and to maintain the quality of the tea product an efficient system is in need to control and maintain the agricultural processes as well. In this paper, a systematic approach of an automation system for tea farming using ZIGBEE wireless networks has been implemented to monitor and control tea plantation in north east India. Embedded multi-sensing and actuator nodes are distributed around the farms and used to measure the parameters necessary in controlling agricultural process. Farm level information’s, combined with their positions information, are relayed to the centralized decision support system by the ZIGBEE wireless sensor networks. Accordingly, necessary control signal will generate and transmit, only at the targeted positions or area to control feedback action at time. The propose technology can broadly be applied into various area of tea plantation, viz. Irrigation management, pest management, fertilizer control, frost control, sunshine hour/intensity management etc. The user friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) has designed remembering that the framework will be utilized generally by the farmers. The approach, won’t just improve the efficiency, however will also reduce farm input cost and minimize environmental impacts.
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TL;DR: Proposed work is to implement low cost stand-alone security system using advanced sensors like k-band Doppler radar which has a coverage area of about 360 degree and gas sensor which is used to detect toxic gases and RFID module that isUsed to provide high security.
Abstract: Automated Teller Machine (ATMs) security plays a major role in day to day life, providing protection against physical and electronic theft from ATMs and protecting their installations is much considerable since people usage is increasing steadily now a days. The aim of proposed work is to implement low cost stand-alone security system using advanced sensors like k-band Doppler radar which has a coverage area of about 360 degree. In order to improve the security here we use gas sensor which is used to detect toxic gases and RFID module that is used to provide high security.
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01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: This thesis investigates adaptive resource allocation embedded into IEEE 802.15.4based WBSNs with the aim to address the interference problem while reducing the overall energy consumed and to increase the overall lifetime of the network by optimising energy consumption.
Abstract: Wireless Body Sensor Network (WBSN) technologies are one of the main research elds in the health care and entertainment industry. These technologies aim to one day become mature enough to improve the quality of human life. For example, WBSN technologies are able to control and monitor the health status of a patient at all times, alert patients or practitioners about abnormal physical health status that otherwise would have been ignored or remained unnoticed by the patient, give enough time to the patient to seek medical care, and thus help to cure illness before symptoms become visible or the physical health of the patient becomes critical. They allow elderly and chronically ill people to maintain their independence without need for constant supervision or the presence of caregivers. WBSNs are an attractive proposal for such scenarios due to the ease of installation, their small size, low cost, low power consumption and low maintenance. Although WBSNs have signi cant bene ts, their characteristics create numerous challenges, namely: network mobility in urban environments, interference caused by other technologies sharing the same frequency band, and most importantly, limited resources such as nite power supply, computational power, storage capacity and communication capabilities. This thesis investigates adaptive resource allocation embedded into IEEE 802.15.4based WBSNs with the aim to address the interference problem while reducing the overall energy consumed. In particular, the primary goal of this thesis is to maintain a reliable data communication between sensor nodes and their corresponding coordinator node by physical-layer resource allocation (frequency, and transmit power). Furthermore, our secondary goal is to increase the overall lifetime of the network by optimising energy consumption of the WBSN nodes. All these require the pro-
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...Applications in which WSNs could be used include: (i) Environmental Monitoring: monitor and report the environmental conditions at sensors' locations to the base station in farms and forests [49, 76, 101, 123, 188]; (ii) Automatic Meter Reading (AMR): reading electricity or gas meters within residential areas [17, 37, 38, 44, 63, 108, 120]; (iii) Industrial Automation and Control: WSNs could be used to control and monitor industrial processes and also to detect mechanical faults in hard-to-reach or harsh and hazardous environments and, if needed, to act accordingly [48, 78, 92, 156, 159]; (iv) Inventory Management: in big warehouses sensor nodes could be attached to items or shelves, to inform about any shortage of particular items or to identify the locations of items at any time (in...
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12 Sep 2016
TL;DR: The survey of several wireless technologies is presented and it is compared towards application in the wireless condition monitoring system, with the most important being power consumption, range, bandwidth, immunity to RF interference and last but not least—security.
Abstract: Recently, advances in low-power electronic technologies are being developed for applications in machinery condition monitoring. It is a very promising field of research, which will open vast possibilities. In many aspects machinery monitoring will become included in the Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things paradigm. Adoption of wireless data transmission and battery-powered solution will revolutionize condition monitoring and open it for new machinery. Big fields are, e.g., conveyors in mining and power generation businesses. Proper choice of the wireless data transmission technology is crucial for the success of the project. Many aspects need to be examined, the most important being power consumption, range, bandwidth, immunity to RF interference and last but not least—security. In the paper, we present the survey of several wireless technologies and we compare it towards application in the wireless condition monitoring system.
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TL;DR: The proposed smart power meter has great potential to be used to build the area-based AMI and the application of ZigBee communication in power area may, expectedly, lead to make a definite contribution to ubiquitous IT project.
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TL;DR: The automatic standby power cut-off outlet and a ZigBee controller with IR code learning functionality are proposed and designed to reduce standby power consumption and to make the room easily controllable with an IR remote control of a home appliance.
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TL;DR: ZigBee technology would be integrated with Smart Grid gradually and become an indispensable basic wireless communication technology in constructing Smart Grid and some attentions should be paid to ZigBee applications for Smart Grid.
Abstract: Aiming at the requirement for monitoring and controlling information in Smart Grid, the applications of ZigBee technology for Smart Grid were analyzed. After ZigBee technology and its features for Smart Grid were introduced, the prospects of ZigBee applications for Smart Grid were discussed in the cases of ZigBee applications in Smart Grid HAN, fault locating and UHV transmission lines monitoring. Some attentions should be paid to ZigBee applications for Smart Grid were proposed. Finally, ZigBee technology would be integrated with Smart Grid gradually and become an indispensable basic wireless communication technology in constructing Smart Grid were pointed out.
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