OpenZmeter: An Efficient Low-Cost Energy Smart Meter and Power Quality Analyzer

Eduardo Viciana, Alfredo Alcayde, Francisco G. Montoya, Raul Baños, Francisco M. Arrabal-Campos, Antonio Zapata-Sierra and Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro
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Eduardo Viciana: Department of Engineering, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Alfredo Alcayde: Department of Engineering, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Francisco G. Montoya: Department of Engineering, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Raul Baños: Department of Engineering, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Francisco M. Arrabal-Campos: Department of Engineering, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Antonio Zapata-Sierra: Department of Engineering, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro: Department of Engineering, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: Power quality and energy consumption measurements support providers and energy users with solutions for acquiring and reporting information about the energy supply for residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. In particular, since the average number of electronic devices in homes increases year by year and their sensitivity is very high, it is not only important to monitor the total energy consumption, but also the quality of the power supplied. However, in practice, end-users do not have information about the energy consumption in real-time nor about the quality of the power they receive, because electric energy meters are too expensive and complex to be handled. In order to overcome these inconveniences, an innovative, open source, low-cost, precise, and reliable power and electric energy meter is presented that can be easily installed and managed by any inexperienced user at their own home in urban or rural areas. The system was validated in a real house over a period of two weeks, showing interesting results and findings which validate our proposal.

Keywords: electric energy meter; power quality analyzer; smart meter; low-cost; open source; energy consumption; monitoring; sustainable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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