Design of a wireless ARM-based automatic meter reading and control system

Author

Wu, Chih-Hung ; Chang, Shun-Chien ; Huang, Yu-Wei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chien Kuo Inst. of Technol., China

fYear

2004

fDate

6-10 June 2004

Firstpage

957

Abstract

This paper implements a wireless ARM-based automatic meter reading and control system (WAMRCS) for distribution automation. The WAMRCS is designed based on a 32-bit ARM microprocessor to deal with power data processing and relay control. In order to provide a cost-effective, wireless, always-connected, two-way data link between utility company and WAMRCS, the WAMRCS sends information of utility usage, power quality and outage alarm to utility company via GPRS network. Compared with analog utility meter reading by manpower, WAMRCS is more accurate, reliable, cost-effective, quick and free from man-made errors. It can provide extra capabilities such as distribution automation, load management and time-of-use rate.

Keywords

automatic meter reading; load management; packet radio networks; power distribution control; power engineering computing; 32-bit ARM microprocessor; GPRS network; automatic meter reading; distribution automation; load management; power data processing; power demand control; power quality; relay control; Automatic control; Automatic meter reading; Automation; Control systems; Data processing; Ground penetrating radar; Microprocessors; Power quality; Power system relaying; Process control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8465-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2004.1372975

Filename

1372975