Design of Intelligent Energy Meter

Abstract

Power is one of the most fundamental necessities of individuals, which is usually utilized for household activities, industries and farming purposes. Protection of the system from the occurrence of various accidents is the most concerning issue as it costs a lot of money to both the government and consumers. In nations like India, these circumstances are on a more regular basis, due to lack of maintenance and carelessness. In order to prevent the occurrence of such accidents we are using an Intelligent Energy Meter (IEM). IEM is an electronic device having a microcontroller interfaced with the energy meter to alert the consumer or the authority from various occurrence of accidents before handedly and also generates bill automatically at the first of every month. This paper presents an intelligent energy meter for a programmed metering. In this energy meter power used and the activation status of several sensors will be shown on the Blynk app simultaneously and conveyed to the consumers. Every accident that are about to happen are sensed and alert message is sent to the user using Wi-fi module. Wi-fi network is utilized for sending notification to the users as it is one of the faster communication technologies with respect to the short distance. The proposed system is far more advantageous than conventional energy meter and empowers remote access of existing energy meter by the energy supplier. In addition, they can screen the meter readings consistently without the individual visiting each house, as the amount of power consumption is notified to the user.