SMART METERING OF POWER

The main objective of the project is to

monitor and control the energy usage and demand by electricity board and the
user. It involves using a Smart meter (with Advanced metering infrastructure)
which records and transmit the relevant data.
Basic technology used in this project is
"Internet of things".This project can be used to monitor the voltage, current,
instantaneous power, energy used and even can be designed to trip the
unwanted loads.
Smart meter along with CC430 MCU is used to record and process data. Smart
meter records voltage, current, instantaneous power, energy used. While the
MCU process the data and sends to gateway (IoT gateway) through Wi-Fi. The
gateway can send the data to the electricity boards dedicated server using
internet. Board can use the data to optimize the supply while user can receive
the data from server. The system is designed to alert the user if it exceeds
prescribed levels of usage.
User can set the smart meter for prescribed levels such as energy usage, power
consumed for specific time etc. and set it alert when it exceeds the level. User
can communicate via server-gateway to the meter and trip the load. The
communication protocols used are highly secured.

APL
1
USER

SERVER

APL
2

APL
3

Cost Estimate:

SMAR
TMET
ER
(WIT
H
CC43

Wi-Fi

IOT
GAT
EWAY

TCP/I

CONTROL

GSM OR
MOBILE

Average cost for User for installation of Smart meter and Gateway (IOT) would be
around Rs.3000-5000.The server has to be built by the Board. App or GSM
services are cost effective.