Application of Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Smart Grids

Author

Mohassel, Ramyar Rashed ; Fung, Andy ; Mohammadi, Farah ; Raahemifar, Kaamran

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Ryerson Univ. Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 June 2014

Firstpage

822

Lastpage

828

Abstract

This survey paper is an excerpt of a more comprehensive study on Smart Grid (SG) and the role of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) in SG. The survey was carried out as part of a feasibility study for creating a Net-Zero community in a city in Ontario, Canada. SG is not a single technology; rather it is a combination of different areas of engineering, communication and management. This paper focuses on AMI which as the foundation of SG is responsible for collecting all the data and information from loads and consumers. AMI is also responsible for implementing control signals and commands to perform necessary control actions as well as Demand Side Management (DSM). In this paper we introduce SG and its features, establish the relationship between smart grid and AMI, explain three main subsystems of AMI and discuss some issues related to design and deployment of AMI.

Keywords

demand side management; power system management; smart meters; smart power grids; AMI; DSM; Ontario Canada; SG; advanced metering infrastructure; data collection; demand side management; net-zero community; smart grid; Buildings; IEC standards; Smart grids; Smart meters; Wireless communication; Zigbee; AMI; Advanced metering; Smart Grid; smart metering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Automation (MED), 2014 22nd Mediterranean Conference of

Conference_Location

Palermo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5900-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MED.2014.6961475

Filename

6961475