Title :
Smart energy meters for energy conservation & minimizing errors
Author :
Ali, Syed Shahbaz ; Maroof, Madiha ; Hanif, Sidrah
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Karachi, Pakistan
Abstract :
The monitoring of the power quality helps to lower the energy costs and to prolong the machine´s life. Smart metering is such a complete end to end solution which minimizes the several errors and helps in distributing Quality Power. It is an energy policy for consumers to provide them a user friendly face in dealing with utility (especially the Electricity) bills. It provides the users, a Digital Meter which displays the real time power consumption every time in very friendly and detailed format, and a website to check & analyze their consumption and expenses on energy, using different types of graphs, tabulated and manipulated data. It not only comforts their users but also give relief to the distribution company by minimizing power losses by using automatic Power factor maintenance technique, and providing anti-power theft capability. It also gives a control of power distribution through which Distribution Company can limit the user from exceeding usage of power in specific time duration.
Keywords :
automatic meter reading; data loggers; digital instrumentation; electricity supply industry; energy conservation; power consumption; power distribution control; power distribution economics; power factor; power meters; power supply quality; antipower theft capability; automatic power factor maintenance technique; data logging; digital meter; distribution company; energy conservation; error minimization; power distribution control; power loss minimization; power quality monitoring; real time power consumption; smart energy meter; user a utility bills; GSM; Lead; Modems; Modulation; Monitoring; Switches; Variable speed drives; Controlling Hub; Data Logging and management; Digital Metering; Distribution Lines; Power Parameters; Power Quality; Power grids; Remote Monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES) & 2010 Power India, 2010 Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7782-1
DOI :
10.1109/PEDES.2010.5712393