Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala.

Department of Electronics &Telecommunication Engineering

Hi-Tech Energy Monitoring System

Guided by: Prof. T. S. Dhope Prepared by: Swapnil Sonawane (B8423122) Nikhil Supekar (B8423125) Vijay Patil (B8423093)

Introduction
Used for meter reading aspects with the absence of any human intervention. Remote collection of consumption data from customers utility meters. The accurate conveying of information from thousands of separate locations to one location (from meters to utilitys office).

Timeline
PAST
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL Low Accuracy Control NIL Communications - Expensive Theft Detection Poor

CURRENT

DIGITAL SOLID STATE High Accuracy Control LIMITED Communications External through Retrofit Theft Detection Node only NEXT GEN SMART METER Very High Accuracy Control FULL Communications Built in (on chip / PCB) Theft Detection High (Network level)

NEXTGEN

Block Diagram
Antenna GSM Modem Power supply

RS232 PIC Microcontroller

LCD

Energy meter

RTC
LED

Transmitter model: at client side

INTERNET

MODEM

COMPUTER (Database)

Receiver model: at MSEB office

Overview

Remotely reads customer meters and then transfers the data into the billing system. Reduce the need for meter readers to manually gather utility meter readings each month.

Working

Component Selection
Micro-controller : PIC16F877A
Operating speed: 20 MHz clock input

: 4 MHz for low power consumption

Flash Program Memory: 8Kb Data Memory (RAM): 368 x 8 bytes EEPROM Data Memory: 256 x 8 bytes Inbuilt ADC: 8-channel , 10-bit

Component Selection
GSM Modem : SIM300
Tri-band GSM/GPRS engine

Interface : RS-232 through DB-9 pin connector

Antenna connector

Programmable via AT command

Circuit Diagram

PCB Layout

Flowchart
Start LCD Initialization Connect to GSM Modem Display : Send IP Address

Send Server IP address from Mobile Get Local IP Address

Connect to IP Yes

No

GPRS Connection Established

Display Reading On LCD

Send Readings Over GPRS

Reading Received At Data Concentrator

End

Working Prototype

Result

Advantages
Electric company benefits:
Smart automated processes instead of manual work. Customized rates and billing dates. Demand and distribution management.

Customer benefits:
Precise consumption information. Clear and accurate billing. Better and faster customer service.

Application
This system is not only used for Hi-Tech Energy Monitoring but with small changes we can use this system for gas, water billing etc. This is used at Power Plant to know total power generation & total power consumption. This is used in industries to have control of electricity of whole plant at a small place.

Conclusion
Automatic power reading using GSM network

Virtually full coverage of all housing and building areas

Reducing human operators effort and operation cost.

References
H. G. Rodney Tan, C. H. Lee, V. H. Mok, Automatic Power Reading Syste m Using GSM Network, 8th International Power Engineering Conference (IP

EC 2007).
Moghavvemi, M., et al., Hi-TECH Energy Monitoring System, IEEE SCOR D, (July 2002), 517520. Nunn, C., Moore, P. M. and Williams, P. N., Remote Meter Reading and C ontrol Using High-Performance PLC Communication over the Low Voltage a nd Medium Voltage Distribution Networks, 7th International Conference on Metering Apparatus and Tariffs for Electricity Supply, (1992), 304308. Principles & Applications of GSM by Vijay K Garg

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