scholarly journals Smart Metering: A Better Way To Monitor Consumer Electricity Usage

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Khatoon
Keyword(s):  
Cost Saving ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
Market Survey ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Process Flow ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Complete Market

<div>This paper presents the development and implementation of a low-cost smart meter.</div><div>The smart meter is one of the major components of the distribution network. The</div><div>proposed low-cost smart meter is compared with already existing smart meters</div><div>deployed in the market. The comparison metrics involve cost, security, installation,</div><div>and lifetime. In this study, we have presented the market segment and the beachhead</div><div>market of the proposed product. The TAM size is calculated for better market</div><div>analysis by calculating the overall customer size. A complete proposed process flow</div><div>is explained for cost saving comparison, along with a complete market survey. In this</div><div>paper, the whole technology and hardware needed for the low-cost smart meter is</div><div>explained in detail along with the total cost of testing and installation.</div>

scholarly journals Smart Metering: A Better Way To Monitor Consumer Electricity Usage

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Khatoon
Keyword(s):  
Cost Saving ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
Market Survey ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Process Flow ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Complete Market

<div>This paper presents the development and implementation of a low-cost smart meter.</div><div>The smart meter is one of the major components of the distribution network. The</div><div>proposed low-cost smart meter is compared with already existing smart meters</div><div>deployed in the market. The comparison metrics involve cost, security, installation,</div><div>and lifetime. In this study, we have presented the market segment and the beachhead</div><div>market of the proposed product. The TAM size is calculated for better market</div><div>analysis by calculating the overall customer size. A complete proposed process flow</div><div>is explained for cost saving comparison, along with a complete market survey. In this</div><div>paper, the whole technology and hardware needed for the low-cost smart meter is</div><div>explained in detail along with the total cost of testing and installation.</div>

Smart Metering for Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 960-961 ◽  
pp. 823-827
Author(s):  
Ying Pan ◽  
Bo Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Power Network ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Energy Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Energy Meter

As an important part of Smart Grid, smart metering attracts more and more attention all over the world. It is the way for energy consumer to sense the benefit of smart grid directly. Smart meter is an advanced energy meter that measures consumption of electrical energy providing additional information compared to a conventional energy meter. This paper discusses various applications and technologies that can be integrated with a smart meter. Smart meters can be used not only from the supply side monitoring but also for the demand side management as well. It plays an important role to monitor the performance and the energy usage of the grid loadings and power quality. In addition, This paper gives a comprehensive view on the benefit of smart metering in power network such as energy efficiency improvement.

scholarly journals Awareness and Acceptance in Using Smart Meter by Energy Customers in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (SI2) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Siti Rashidah Mohd Nasir ◽  
Azmi Ibrahim ◽  
Rohana Hassan ◽  
Halilah Haron ◽  
Siti Hafizan Hassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Demographic Profiles ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The Common ◽  
Open Access Article

The common issues of energy services related to customers’ complaints are delays in billing, inaccurate consumption measurement, lack of breakdown information, lack of real-time billing, and energy consumption.  A questionnaire survey was conducted using face-to-face methods during the pre-installation phase to determine the customers’ awareness, acceptance, knowledge, and benefits in using smart meters. The findings show that 69.6% of the customers are aware that the use of energy-efficient appliances can save electricity. This study shows that the customers, regardless of demographic profiles and background, portrayed overall good awareness of the smart metering and smart living concept.  Keywords: Awareness, Acceptance, Benefit, Smart Meter  eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5iSI2.2519.

scholarly journals Smart metering system data analytics platform using multicore edge computing

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Juan C. Olivares-Rojas ◽  
Enrique Reyes-Archundia ◽  
José A. Gutiérrez-Gnecchi ◽  
Ismael Molina-Moreno ◽  
Adriana C. Téllez-Anguiano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Smart Grid ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Edge Computing ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
System Data

The smart grid revolution has only been possible, thanks to the development and proliferation of smart meters. The increasingly growing computing capabilities for Internet of Things devices have made it possible for data to be processed directly from the devices where it is produced; this has been called edge computing. Edge computing is allowing the smart grid to become increasingly intelligent to solve problems that make electricity consumption more efficient and environmentally friendly. This work presents the implementation of a smart metering system that allows data analytics using a multiprocessing architecture directly on the smart meter. The results show that the development of smart meters with data analytics capabilities at the edge is a reality today, and the use of multiprocessing permits the improvement of data processing.

scholarly journals Framing Smart Meter Feedback in Relation to Practice Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Mela ◽  
Juha Peltomaa ◽  
Marja Salo ◽  
Kirsi Mäkinen ◽  
Mikael Hildén
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Domestic Energy

Smart metering is advancing rapidly and consumption feedback from smart meters is expected to help residents to reduce their energy and water consumption. In recent years, more critical views have been expressed based on theories of social practice, arguing that smart meter feedback ignores the role of various mundane practices where energy and water are consumed and instead targets individuals as active decision-makers. We present a review of qualitative studies on smart meter feedback and results of a survey to European smart metering projects. We argue that theories of social practice can be used to reframe the challenges and potentials of smart meter feedback that have been identified in the literature and our survey. This presents challenges of smart meter feedback as resulting from normalised resource intensive practices rather than from uninterested and comfort-loving individuals. Potentials of improving the effectiveness of smart meter feedback relate to supporting communities and peer-learning and combining smart meter feedback with micro-generation of renewable energy. This has implications for how domestic energy and water consumption is targeted by policy.

scholarly journals Toward More Efficient and More Secure Last Mile Smart Metering and Smart Lighting Communication Systems with the Use of PLC/RF Hybrid Technology

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Kiedrowski
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Hybrid Technology ◽  
Smart Lighting ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Smart Grid Communication

This paper describes the last mile communication system solutions realized in PLC/RF hybrid technology, which is dedicated to Smart Grid communication subsystems, mainly for Smart Metering and Smart Lighting applications. The use of hybrid technology makes the system more efficient and more secure (still being of low cost, in terms of both implementation and operation). This paper proposes a novel parameter, PDR, to describe the performance of the communications in the last mile network. The communications are realized with the use of the narrowband power line communications technique, the low power wireless communications technique, and the combination of them. The cost analysis for the proposed solution is also done. Theoretical considerations, contained in the paper, are the result of the author’s experience in the design, implementation, and operation of the last mile Smart Grid communication systems, realized in the narrowband PLC or 433/868 MHz radio technology. These communication systems were developed for data acquisition and distribution between specific terminals, which are Smart Meters or Smart Lanterns. The aim of this paper is to outline superiorities of the hybrid technology, from which the most important is a low layer protection of the sensitive critical infrastructure, which undoubtedly is a last mile Smart Grid communication network.

scholarly journals LoRaWAN IoT Technology for Energy Smart Metering Case Study Lebanon

2021 ◽  
Vol 886 ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
Carine Zaraket ◽  
Panagiotis Papageorgas ◽  
Michel Aillerie ◽  
Kyriakos Agavanakis
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Data Management System ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Wide Area Network ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Last Mile

Internet of things (IoT) technology is based on connecting each real object to the internet. Every single object is uniquely recognized and reachable over the network. IoT last mile connectivity is based on different communication technologies and protocols, where the majority is categorized as short-range networks that operate in ISM band like Zigbee, Wifi and Bluetooth. Short-range technologies were successfully tested and deployed in different industrial sectors. However, in the energy sectors its deployment is challenging in certain hard to reach areas where a reliable last mile connectivity is required between the home area network (HAN) smart meters and the meter data management system (MDMS). Therefore recently, Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology, which offers a long range connectivity, has emerged as a promising technology for IoT. Within LPWAN, variety of platforms exist and operate in licensed and unlicensed spectrum respectively like NB-IoT, and LoRaWAN, Sigfox. In this paper we discuss both the performance of LoRaWAN in a real-world environment and its deployment as a low cost, long range and reliable last mile solution for energy smart metering in urban area scenario where short range solution may not work the best. Furthermore, a prototype that is adapted to the existing Lebanese traditional energy sector was developed to test LoRaWAN usefulness in Lebanon.

Energy Consumers' Perspectives on Smart Meter Data

2018 ◽  
pp. 241-260
Author(s):  
Jenifer Sunrise Winter
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Contextual Integrity ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Potential Problems

This chapter employs the framework of contextual integrity related to privacy developed by Nissenbaum as a tool to understand consumer response to implementation of residential smart metering technology. To identify and understand specific changes in information practices brought about by the introduction of smart meters, energy consumers were interviewed, read a description of planned smart grid/meter implementation, and were asked to reflect on changes in the key actors involved, information attributes, and principles of transmission. Areas where new practices emerge with the introduction of residential smart meters were then highlighted as potential problems (privacy violations). Issues identified in this study included concern about unauthorized use and sharing of personal data, data leaks or spoofing via hacking, the blurring distinction between the home and public space, and inferences made from new data types aggregated with other personal data that could be used to unjustly discriminate against individuals or groups.

Citizen Perspectives on the Customization/Privacy Paradox Related to Smart Meter Implementation

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenifer Sunrise Winter
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Citizen Response

This paper employs the framework of contextual integrity related to privacy developed by as a tool to understand citizen response to implementation of residential smart metering technology. To identify and understand specific changes in information practices brought about by the introduction of smart meters, citizens were interviewed, read a description of planned smart grid/meter implementation, and were asked to reflect on changes in the key actors involved, information attributes, and principles of transmission. Areas where new practices emerge with the introduction of the smart grid were then highlighted as potential problems (privacy violations). Issues identified in this study included concern about unauthorized use and sharing of personal data, data leaks or spoofing via hacking, the blurring distinction between the home and public space, and inferences made from new data types aggregated with other personal data that could be used to unjustly discriminate against individuals or groups.

scholarly journals The Moderating Role of Personal Innovativeness and Users Experience in Accepting the Smart Meter Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3297
Author(s):  
Gamal Alkawsi ◽  
Nor’ashikin Ali ◽  
Yahia Baashar
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Personal Innovativeness ◽  
Application Service ◽  
Moderating Role

The rapid development of smart technologies and data analytics empowers most industries to evolve their systems and introduce innovative applications. Consequently, smart metering technology, an internet of things-based application service, is diffusing rapidly in the energy sector. Regardless of its associated benefits, smart meters continue to struggle from consumers’ acceptance. To promote smart meters’ successful deployment, research is needed to better understand consumers’ acceptance of smart metering. Motivated by these concerns, a smart meter acceptance model is developed to evaluate the moderation role of experience and personal innovativeness factors among residential consumers. A cross-sectional research design was used in this study. Data were collected using a self-administrated questionnaire from 318 smart meters consumers who have had experience in using it. Hypothetical relationships were assessed and validated using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The empirical findings exert the moderating role of experience and personal innovativeness of smart meter acceptance that achieved an acceptable fit with the data, and specifically, five out of nine hypotheses were supported.

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