Short Summary
Real Time Energy
Meter Radio Frequency Communications System
Elsmore William
Bush
01-11
EISG Project Title: Real Time Energy Meter Radio Frequency Communications System
EISG Grant Number: 01-11
PIER Area: Strategic Energy Research
Principal Investigator: Elsmore William Bush
Contact Information: Phone:
(760) 798-2666, email: e.bush@worldnet.att.net
Organization: Individual
Grant Amount: $75,000
Grant Term: 12 Months
Project Description:
Proposes to research the feasibility of integrating narrowband VHF radio communications capability with selectable relay control into a DRM-2000 real time electric meter that will collect, record and transfer electric meter data to a central location.
Proposed Outcomes:
§ A prototype real time electric meter with RF communications capability.
§ A meter firmware program that incorporates the relay option and avoids energy measurement interrupts during the meter selection interrogations.
§ Central control system with RF communications capability.
§ Feasibility analysis based on performance of prototype system.
Anticipated Benefits:
§ Proposed system offers the potential for low cost and reliable real time metering for residential and commercial electrical consumers. This will reduce the cost of meter reading and allow for real time pricing incentives that will encourage load shifting from peak to off peak.
§ Potential to have a real time electronic meter that is cost competitive to the current electro-mechanical meter that sells for $40.
§ Potential to provide electric consumers with real time electrical consumption data that would enable them to manage there power consumption more effectively.