A proposal for an open source energy meter

Author

Adamo, Francesco ; Cavone, Graziana ; Di Nisio, Attilio ; Lanzolla, Anna Maria Lucia ; Spadavecchia, Maurizio

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. Elettr. e dell´Inf. (DEI), Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

6-9 May 2013

Firstpage

488

Lastpage

492

Abstract

This paper describes the design and the implementation of a prototype for an Alternating Current (AC) energy monitoring device based on an open source concept. The measurement device aims to provide a remote monitoring interface useful for three-phase and single-phase AC power systems. The open-source philosophy has been adopted designing the software components in order to make all features easily customizable by the user. In this way one can easily develop new applications making cost- and time-effective the migration to future smart grid infrastructures.

Keywords

computerised monitoring; measurement systems; power meters; power system measurement; public domain software; smart power grids; AC energy monitoring device; AC power system; future smart grid infrastructure; measurement device; open source energy meter; remote monitoring interface; software component design; Current measurement; Digital signal processing; Monitoring; Power measurement; Transducers; Transmission line measurements; Voltage measurement; Hall effect sensor; calibration procedures; current trasducers; electric energy metering; power quality; power system monitoring; voltage transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4621-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/I2MTC.2013.6555466

Filename

6555466