Smart Meters
A smart meter is an electronic device that records information such as consumption of electric energy, voltage levels, current, and power factor.
Smart meters communicate the information to the consumer for greater clarity of consumption behavior, and electricity suppliers for system monitoring and customer billing.
Smart meters typically record energy near real-time, and report regularly, in short intervals throughout the day. Smart meters enable two-way communication between the meter and the central system.
Such an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) differs from automatic meter reading (AMR) in that it enables two-way communication between the meter and the supplier.
Communications from the meter to the network may be wireless, or via fixed wired connections such as power line carrier (PLC).
Wireless communication options in common use include cellular communications, Wi-Fi (readily available), wireless ad hoc networks over Wi-Fi, wireless mesh networks, low power long-range wireless (LoRa), Wize (high radio penetration rate, open, using the frequency 169 MHz) ZigBee (low power, low data rate wireless), and Wi-SUN (Smart Utility Networks).
Smart Water Meter
Smart water meter is a new type of water meter that uses modern electronics technology, modern sensing technology, and intelligent IC card technology to measure water consumption and carry out water consumption data transmission and settlement transactions.
Compared with the traditional water meter which generally only has the function of flow collection and mechanical pointer displaying water consumption, it is great progress.
- Save manpower
- Save time
- Save money
- Remote control
- Remote collect data
In addition to recording and electronically displaying the water consumption, the smart water meter can also control the water consumption according to the agreement, and automatically complete the calculation of water charges for the ladder water price, and at the same time can carry out the function of storing water consumption data.
Smart Gas Meter
The smart gas meter is an intelligent gas meter.
Smart gas meters mainly include IC card smart gas meter, CPU card smart gas meter, RF card smart gas meter, direct reading remote gas meter (wired remote meter) as well as a wireless remote gas meter, Internet of Things smart gas meter, and so on.
- Save manpower
- Save time
- Save money
- Remote control
- Remote collect data
Smart Electricity Meter
The smart meter is one of the basic devices for data collection in smart grid (especially smart distribution network), which undertakes the task of original electric energy data collection, measurement, and transmission, and is the basis for information integration, analysis, and optimization, and information presentation.
In addition to the basic electricity measurement function of traditional energy meters, smart meters also have intelligent functions such as bi-directional multi-rate metering function, client-side control function, bi-directional data communication function with multiple data transmission modes, and anti-theft function to adapt to the use of smart grid and new energy.
- Save manpower
- Save time
- Save money
- Remote control
- Remote collect data
The advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and automatic meter reading (AMR) system built based on smart meters can provide customers with more detailed information on electricity consumption.
So that they can better manage their electricity consumption to achieve the goal of saving electricity bills and reducing Electricity retailers can flexibly set time-of-use tariffs according to customers’ needs and promote the reform of the electricity market price system; distribution companies can detect faults more quickly and respond promptly to strengthen the control and management of the electricity network.
