Experimental Results on a Wireless Wattmeter Device for the Integration in Home Energy Management Systems

Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues, Radu Godina, Miadreza Shafie-khah and João P. S. Catalão
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Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues: C-MAST, University of Beira Interior, R. Fonte do Lameiro, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
Radu Godina: C-MAST, University of Beira Interior, R. Fonte do Lameiro, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
Miadreza Shafie-khah: C-MAST, University of Beira Interior, R. Fonte do Lameiro, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
João P. S. Catalão: C-MAST, University of Beira Interior, R. Fonte do Lameiro, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-18

Abstract: This paper presents a home area network (HAN)-based domestic load energy consumption monitoring prototype device as part of an advanced metering system (AMS). This device can be placed on individual loads or configured to measure several loads as a whole. The wireless communication infrastructure is supported on IEEE 805.12.04 radios that run a ZigBee stack. Data acquisition concerning load energy transit is processed in real time and the main electrical parameters are then transmitted through a RF link to a wireless terminal unit, which works as a data logger and as a human-machine interface. Voltage and current sensing are implemented using Hall effect principle-based transducers, while C code is developed on two 16/32-bit microcontroller units (MCUs). The main features and design options are then thoroughly discussed. The main contribution of this paper is that the proposed metering system measures the reactive energy component through the Hilbert transform for low cost measuring device systems.

Keywords: power meter; energy consumption; monitoring; ZigBee; sensors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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