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Setting up Local Private Smart Grids with Data Collection Sensors for Scientific Experiments using MQTT and Node-Red

2022; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-981-19-0252-9_67

1876-1119

Mohammed Almshari, Adil O. Khadidos, Georgios Tsaramirsis, Fazal Qudus Khan, Alaa O. Khadidos, Iordanis K. Giannopoulos, Assimakis K. Leros, Dimitrios Piromalis, Mahipal Bukya,

Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

Smart grids are popular areas of research as they are an essential component of smart cities, smart homes, IoT, and other popular research areas. Scientific experiments in smart grids may be conducted by researchers who may have limited experience in the field or limited budget or come from different disciplines. This paper is aimed for such a research audience as it demonstrates in some detail and with simple steps, how a small size private smart grid can be installed using low cost, widely available hardware and software. The paper proposes the use of Sonoff POW 2 smart switches, with either windows PC or single board computers such as Raspberry Pi to host the MQTT servers and Node-Red, offering a simple, low-cost but yet effective solution for conducting scientific experiments.