DocumentCode
284545
Title
Meter reading by DREMS (dual-mode residential energy monitoring system)
Author
Ismaiel, AbdelHamied ; Elsobky, Salah ; ElBidwiehy, Kadry ; Souef, A. ; ElHefnawy, Ahmed
Author_Institution
Cairo Electricity Distribution Co., Egypt
fYear
1993
fDate
17-21 May 1993
Abstract
Cairo Electricity Distribution Company (CEDC) has over 3.5 million subscribers consuming monthly over 1200 Megawatt hours of electric energy. About 30% of their meters are inaccessible in a typical month due to closed apartments. Most of the meters are located inside the apartments. Over a thousand meter readers and a thousand clerks are involved in collecting, listing and processing monthly consumption and status of data in 24 dispatch stations. Automation was previously limited to a central mainframe for issuing bills. The authors present the outline of the new DREMS system, its features and benefits. In addition, the critical issues of selecting hardware and software components are discussed
Keywords
computerised instrumentation; power measurement; power system measurement; tariffs; telemetering; watthour meters; DREMS; Egypt; bills; computerised instrumentation; consumption; dual-mode residential energy monitoring system; hardware; power system measurement; software; telemetering; watthour meters;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Electricity Distribution, 1993. CIRED. 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Birmingham
Print_ISBN
0-85296-561-3
Type
conf
Filename
225781
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