Wireless Home Energy Meter Manager using Android: A Preliminary study

Authors

  • Sh. Nurul Hidayah Wan Julihi Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84600 Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia.
  • Ili Najaa Aimi Mohd Nordin Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84600 Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia.
  • Muhammad Rusydi Muhammad Razif Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84600 Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia
  • Amar Faiz Zainal Abidin Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/elektrika.v18n3-2.197

Keywords:

ACS712, Arduino UNO, Blynk, ESP8266, wireless home energy meter.

Abstract

Manual home energy meter reading and billing had caused inconvenience to the utility companies due to lack of manpower to read the energy meter at each household especially in the remote area, explains the increasing number of smart meter reader in the current market. Most of the smart meters in the market do not offer safety of privacy of consumers’ personal information since the data of electricity usage is being transferred digitally to the utility companies for more accurate bills calculation. Plus, the smart meter system is also a bit pricey to be installed in the rural area. Therefore, a private system that able to read energy consumption from a DC load and calculate its bill according to the tariff is proposed. Value of current is being obtained by using ACS712 current sensor. Hall circuit in the current sensor will converts magnetic field into a proportional voltage. The proposed system allows energy meter monitoring from an Android-based smartphone by displaying the real-time energy consumption and bill on Blynk application. An interface of Blynk is developed and connected to WiFi module, ESP8266 for visualizing the energy consumption of the DC load. In conclusion, the Energy Meter transmitter part able to read, calculate and transmit value of energy consumption and current bills to the Blynk application and Blynk application able to receive and show all the data transmitted at the present time. This system will be further improved for long-distance monitoring of electrical appliances used at home.

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Published

2019-12-24

How to Cite

Wan Julihi, S. N. H., Mohd Nordin, I. N. A., Muhammad Razif, M. R., & Zainal Abidin, A. F. (2019). Wireless Home Energy Meter Manager using Android: A Preliminary study. ELEKTRIKA- Journal of Electrical Engineering, 18(3-2), 32–36. https://doi.org/10.11113/elektrika.v18n3-2.197

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Vol. 18 No. 3-2 (2019): Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Industrial Application

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