Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i12/89919
Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 12, Pages: 1-6
Original Article
Joseph Arun1 * and John Mohit2
1Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, KCG College of Technology, KCG Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Karapakkam, Chennai - 600097, Tamil Nadu, India; [email protected] 2Department of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Bharananganam Pravithanam Road, Choondacherry, Palai - 686579, Kerala, India; [email protected]
*Author for correspondence
Joseph Arun
Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, KCG College of Technology, KCG Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Karapakkam, Chennai - 600097, Tamil Nadu, India; [email protected]
Objective: This paper describes the use of virtual instrumentation tool - LabVIEW for web based demand side energy monitoring using GSM based wireless data acquisition. Method: The demand side energy monitoring is carried out by microcontroller based system on Time of Day basis. The demand side energy utilization tracked by the microcontroller based system is transmitted using GSM communication to remote metering infrastructure implemented on LabVIEW platform for real time monitoring. The demand side energy utilization information acquired by metering infrastructure can be accessed over the internet using server - client model based communication. The metering infrastructure is designed to provide SMS based customer service regarding monthly energy utilization. Findings: Demonstrates the use of virtual instrument for wireless and internet based automation of energy metering system for functions such as remote meter reading, meter data management, report generation and finally real time and historical trending are realized. Applications/Improvements: The LabVIEW based virtual instrument application can be improved to perform multipoint wireless communication
Keywords: AMI, Data Acquisition, GSM Communication, LabVIEW, Microcontroller, VISA
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