Design of Wi-Fi-based new generation electricity meter for smart grids and smart building applications

Year 2023, Volume: 29 Issue: 6, 577 - 588, 30.11.2023

Bilal Karaman , Sezai Taskın

Abstract

Smart meters are among the fundamental components of smart grids due to their features such as high-accuracy energy measurement, remote reading, and control. They are also utilized to reduce the rate of illegal electrical energy use in some distribution areas. This paper presents the development of a Wi-Fi smart meter and designing a smart plug-in device for customer-side energy management. In this way, a method that does not require additional infrastructure and extra investment for remotely reading the energy consumption in environments with common Wi-Fi networks, such as large shopping malls, business centers, community buildings, villa cities, and university campuses has been proposed. The Wi-Fi smart meter and smart energy metering module (SEMM) support various user-friendly applications in accordance with the infrastructure of the smart grid and smart building applications. The SEMM is capable of measuring, monitoring, and remotely managing each electrical device. Thanks to the developed mobile application, customers can monitor their Wi-Fi smart meter data and also the consumption of each electrical device through the SEMMs as well as remotely manage these devices. The application examples presented in this study are also aimed at increasing awareness of energy saving for customers.

Keywords

Smart grids, Wi-Fi smart meter, Smart energy metering module, Advanced metering infrastructure, Internet of Things

Akıllı şebekeler ve akıllı bina uygulamaları için Wi-Fi tabanlı yeni nesil elektrik sayacı tasarımı

Abstract

Akıllı sayaçlar, yüksek doğrulukta enerji ölçümü, uzaktan okuma ve kontrol gibi özellikleri sayesinde akıllı şebekelerin temel bileşenleri arasında yer almaktadır. Akıllı sayaçlar bazı dağıtım bölgelerinde kaçak elektrik enerjisi kullanım oranını azaltmak için de kullanılmaktadır. Bu makale, bir Wi-Fi akıllı sayacının geliştirilmesi ile enerji izleme ve yönetimi için akıllı bir ölçüm-kontrol cihazının tasarımını sunmaktadır. Bu sayede büyük alışveriş merkezleri, iş merkezleri, toplu konut siteleri, villa şehirler ve üniversite kampüsleri gibi ortak Wi-Fi ağlarının bulunduğu ortamlarda enerji tüketimini uzaktan okumak için ilave altyapı ve ekstra yatırım gerektirmeyen bir yöntem önerilmiştir. Wi-Fi akıllı sayaç ve akıllı enerji ölçüm modülü (SEMM), akıllı şebeke ve akıllı bina uygulamalarının altyapısına uygun
olarak çeşitli kullanıcı dostu uygulamaları desteklemektedir. SEMM, her bir elektrikli cihazın tüketiminin ölçülmesi, izlenebilmesi ve uzaktan yönetilebilmesine olanak sağlayacak özelliktedir. Geliştirilen mobil uygulama sayesinde, müşteriler Wi-Fi akıllı sayaç verilerini ve ayrıca her bir elektrikli cihazın tüketimini SEMM'ler üzerinden izleyebilmekte ve bu cihazları uzaktan yönetebilmektedir. Bu çalışmada sunulan uygulama örnekleri, tüketiciler için de enerji tasarrufu bilincini artırmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Akıllı şebekeler, Wi-Fi akıllı sayaç, Akıllı enerji ölçüm modülü, Gelişmiş sayaç altyapısı, Nesnelerin interneti

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