DESIGN OF EMBEDDED ENERGY METERING SYSTEM USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (original) (raw)

An Automated Energy Bill Metering System Based on GSM Technology

Journal of Natural Sciences Engineering and Technology, 2021

The measurement of the energy consumed by residential and commercial buildings by utility provider is important in billing, control, and monitoring of the usage of energy. Traditional metering techniques used for the measurement of energy are not convenient and is prone to different forms of irregularities. These irregularities include meter failure, meter tampering, inaccuracies in billing due to human error, energy theft, and loss of revenue due to corruption, etc. This research study proposed the design and construction of a microcontroller-based electric energy metering system using the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) network. This system provides a solution to the irregularities posed by the traditional metering technique by allowing the utility provider have access to remote monitoring capabilities, full control over consumer load, and remote power disconnection in the case of energy theft. Proteus simulation software was used to model the system hardware and the ...

WIRELESS ENERGY METERING USING GSM TECHNOLOGY

This paper presents automated billing of energy meter by establishing a wireless connection between the individual consumer's energy meter and the distribution transformer on the pole. Analogous to a postpaid mobile connection,this system will send the usage data directly to the distribution node from where it will be transmitted simultaneously to the utility and the consumer .This is useful for billing purpose in electricity board authority. A GSM modem is connected to the energy meter. Each modem will be having its own sim . Data from this modem is transmitted to the utility's database and to the consumers. This design maintains transparency while it allows the user to adeptly track and pay for the services provided easily. The module also provides effective solution to energy theft by implementing suitable sensors to detect theft and tampering. Just like postpaid mobile connections, one can know our due bill instantly and can even pay for it. The SIM card used is implemented in energy meter and it sends a message to the user about the due bill. A LCD is used in the hardware module for the user interface. The LCD displays the current usage and units consumed. After the usage of each unit the amount and total units will be incremented whenever user wants to know his/her bill he/she can message a given code to sim card attached to the meter and can know his/her present bill. The user can pay the amount just by knowing the given code which is fed in the meter.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A GSM BASED ENERGY METER

Wireless automation in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and billing has come of age. Traditional metering methods for retrieving the energy data of consumers is not convenient. The present system of energy billing is error prone, time, resource and labour consuming. The problem worsens when consumers try to bypass meter units, thereby pay less than what is actually consumed or the case of overbilling by the Electricity Company as the case in many Nigerian houses. This paper presents the design and implementation of a GSM based remote operation of an energy meter which proffers the solution to power theft, consumption control, auto billing and payment, data logging and labour reduction in power distribution and management The objective of this project is to facilitate energy consumption measurement and its corresponding billing scheme. The materials and method deployed herein is the use of a microcontroller unit that continually monitors the meter interfaced with a GSM MODEM with a dedicated SIM for remote operations. The method used to carry out this project is the principle of serial communication in collaboration with embedded systems. The meter provides corresponding billing Information on a LCD screen

GSM based Energy Meter Reading and Billing

In present world almost all industrial systems are based on wireless communication, as it has many advantages. The development of a fully Automated Energy Meter which is having capabilities like remote monitoring and controlling of energy meter will lead to transparency in the energy meter reading and billing system. Automatic Meter Reading system (AMR) will continuously monitors the energy meter and sends data on to a server system of service provider through wireless communication where data will be stored as well. Later the bill details will be sent to the customer through SMS. It saves huge human labor. Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) technology is used to communicate between the service provider and the customer. This system avoids the human intervention in power management. If the customer does not pay the bill in time, the user is informed through SMS system using GSM. If still customer does not pay the bill then as per designed late consideration, one alert message will be sent then automatically the power connection is disconnected from the remote server. This developed system provides efficient monitoring of energy meter reading, power control mechanism, avoids the billing error and also reduces the cost of maintenance.

An Automated Energy Meter Reading System Using GSM Technology

2017

The measurement of the energy consumed by residential and commercial buildings by utility provider is important in billing, control and monitoring of the usage of energy. Traditional metering techniques used for the measurement of energy are not convenient and is prone to different forms of irregularities. These irregularities include inaccuracies in billing due to human error, energy theft, loss of revenue due to corruption and so on. This research study proposed the design and construction of a microcontroller based electric energy metering system using the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) network. This system provides solution to the irregularities posed by the traditional metering technique by allowing the utility provider have access to remote monitoring capabilities, full control over consumer load, and remote power disconnection in the case of energy theft. Proteus simulation software was used to model the system hardware and the software was obtained by using emb...

Arduino and GSM based smart energy meter for advanced metering and billing system

2015 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Communication Technology (ICEEICT), 2015

Every management system is trying to make automatic, portable and remote control. This work presents a novel smart energy meter for an automatic and superior metering and billing system. The integration of the Arduino and GSM Short Message Service (SMS) provide the meter reading system with some automatic functions that are predefined. Firstly, we have simulated the project in PROTEUS 8.0 then successfully implemented on the circuit board in laboratory. The proposed energy meter system can incorporate with embedded controller and GSM modem to transmit the data like consumed energy in kWh, generated bill, security services (line Cut/On) over GSM mobile network such as data can be then fed and integrated into existing energy management systems located at power companies or organizations to provide the services among the customers without man-power. Our implemented project is able to provide all required services remotely for metering and billing with high fidelity.

GSM Based Automatic Energy Meter Reading

The technology of e-metering (Electronic Metering) has gone through rapid technological advancements and there is increased demand for a reliable and efficient Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) system. This paper presents the design of a simple low cost wireless GSM energy meter and its associated web interface, for automated messaging and managing the collected data globally. The proposed system replaces traditional meter reading methods and enables remote access of existing energy meter by the energy provider. Also they can monitor the meter readings regularly without the person visiting each house. A GSM based wireless communication module is integrated with electronic energy meter of each entity to have remote access over the uses of electricity. Live meter reading from the GSM enabled energy meter is sent back to this billing point periodically and these details are updated in a central database. A new interactive, user friendly graphical user interface is developed using AVR visual studio and C programming. With proper authentication, users can access the developed web page details from anywhere in the world. The complete monthly usage and due bill is messaged back to the customer after processing the data.

Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communication Based Smart-Prepaid Energy Meter Monitoring System

2019

The increase in the consumption of electricity both domestically and industrially has necessitated monitoring to understand energy consumption patterns and reduce wastages. Also, with the wide capabilities of mobile technology, data and report can easily be exchanged. With the help of GSM-Module and an Arduino microcontroller, this study presents a prepaid energy meter monitoring system that enables real time remote utilityconsumer monitoring of domestic energy usage. This system also curbs the present challenges with meter tampering and guides the consumer to be energy conscious. This system is recommended for policy considerations by utility companies since the deployment of this system can potentially improve operational efficiencies.

Remote Energy Monitoring, Profiling and Control Through GSM Network

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2013

This paper presents design and development of a GSM based energy monitoring, profiling and control system. Our system integrates digital energy meters installed at consumer unit with an electric supply company's energy monitoring system. Single phase or three phase digital electric meter can be used with indigenously developed add on transmission module, which takes the meter reading and utilizes the GSM network to transmit the energy usage reading using Short Message Service (SMS) back to the energy supplier. At the supplier end, an energy monitoring system is used to manage all received meter readings, compute the billing cost, update the database and maintain an energy consumption profile for each user. Various alerts and control can also be generated by the supplier. A simple, cost effective and reliable working prototype of complete system has been developed using digital energy meter manufactured by MicroTech Limited, Pakistan to demonstrate an efficient and transparent means of automatic meter reading, billing and notification through the use of GSM network.

Design and Development of GSM based Energy Meter

International Journal of Computer Applications, 2012

Traditional metering method for retrieving the energy data is not convenient and the cost of the data logging systems is high. So this paper presents of design and development of Automatic meter reading (AMR) system. AMR system is a boom for remote monitoring and control domestic energy meter. AMR system give the information of meter reading, power cut, total load used, power disconnect and tempering on request or regularly in particular interval through SMS. This information is being sent and received by concerned energy Provider Company with the help of Global system for mobile communication (GSM) network. Energy provider receives the meter reading within a second without visiting person. AMR minimize the number of traditional visits required by employs of energy Provider Company. This system not only reduces the labor cost but also increase meter reading accuracy and save hugs amount of time.