Design And Develop An Integrated Utility System (Energy Meter)

Mohanraj, Letchimenan (2013) Design And Develop An Integrated Utility System (Energy Meter). Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The intention of establishing this project is a step to further enhance the recently, introduced digital energy meter to enable the consumers to know their power usage in a simpler manner by viewing at the digital screen. Whereby, the meter has the feature to calculate the instantaneous electric bill in ringgit Malaysia and displaying it on the LCD screen connected to it. This creates awareness to the consumers on their daily power usage. This is applicable since the energy meter will measure the power usage by hourly basis to calculate the power in kWh form. This designed energy meter is an integrated system with the water utility system. Before that, enhancement is done to the current water utility system from analog to digital water meter. Communicating both utility systems by using the Wireless device called as XBee enables both system to be integrated. The receiver is connected to the energy meter whereas the transmitter is connected to the digital water meter. The usage of water supply is transmitted using XBee to the energy meter, which will then be sent to the terminal unit. The data transmitted from the energy meter to the terminal unit is sent through a communication protocol called as Power Line Communication (PLC). The mentioned terminal unit function is as a data recorder. Data logging will be done by system in the terminal unit using the LabVIEW software. Whereby, it makes a more systematic way for the utility company staffs to obtain data at one place. This leads to more efficient and systematic way that saves the time and reduces cost of not going to each unit (house) to obtain the required data every month. Besides that, consumer will be aware of their utility usage in a more practical manner.

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