Title :
Towards design of a smart prepaid gas metering system
Author :
Khan, T.H. ; Paul, T.K. ; Shahabuddin, G.M. ; Wahid, K. ; Chowdhury, A.H. ; Kabir, S.M.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Abstract :
Gas is an important source of energy in this world. At this age of energy crisis, gas must be utilized wisely and carefully. In this paper, a design of a smart card based prepaid gas metering system has been presented. Prepaid gas meter will make the consumers more conscious to utilize gas carefully and also it promises easy, fast and accurate billing scheme. The entire system is designed with the state-of-the-art digital and information technology. A prototype of the system has been developed and tested.
Keywords :
flowmeters; invoicing; smart cards; billing scheme; smart card; smart prepaid gas metering system; Batteries; Communications technology; Design engineering; Humans; Information technology; Meter reading; Power engineering and energy; Prototypes; Smart cards; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Innovations in Information Technology, 2009. IIT '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Al Ain
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5698-7
DOI :
10.1109/IIT.2009.5413776
