AUTOMATED METER READING

Dr.M.Asghar Khan Hamza Younis Muhammad Roaid

Comsats university Comsats university Comsats university
Abbottabad,Pakistan Abbottabad,Pakistan Abbottabad,Pakistan
asgharkhan@cuiatd.edu.pk Hamzayounis276@gmail.com Roaidkundi723@gmail.com

Abstract—Due to poor accuracy of conventional power

system meter reading automation is required for remote
monitoring and control of the Domestic Energy meter. A meter
reader is necessary in a traditional power system for meter
reading at the end of each month in order to create a bill.
Smart meter is one of the most important components of smart
grid. It is an electronic device that is used to measure energy
consumption in a real time It includes an energy management
feature as well as the facility for the utility to gather meter
readings directly. This paper will focus on feature of IC ADE-
7753 for measurement of energy consumption. The main
function of this IC is to monitor control and manage load. Data
is stored on online web server which can be accessed by a user
anytime. So online bill generation eliminates the on-site visit of Fig 1 : Evolution of Metering
meter reader to take reading.
The illustration of smart meter is discussed in fig (2).
Keywords—AMR, Automation, ADE-7753, Smart Meter.

I. INTRODUCTION
The collection of energy consumption from Energy meter
and transferring that data for the purpose of analysis and
billing is called metering automation. The purpose of this
project is to remote monitoring and control of the Domestic
Energy meter. A meter reader is necessary in a traditional
power system for meter reading at the end of each month in
order to create a bill. It does not have an energy management
facility. Energy consumers are wanting accuracy in energy
consumption for better customer services. No information is
shared with consumer about energy consumption except
monthly bill which is the main incentive to adopt a new
technology. As a result, new efficient equipment is required
for the development of the Automated meter reading[2].Due
to the drawbacks of electrochemical meter evolution of
electrochemical meter to smart meter is necessary and
importance of smart meter is highlighted in this paper for
automation of metering[3]. This paper will focus on feature
of IC ADE-7753 for measurement of energy consumption.
The main function of this IC is to monitor control and
manage load. Data is stored on online web server which can
be accessed by a user anytime. So online bill generation
eliminates the on-site visit of meter reader to take reading[1].
adopting smart grid. If nature is providing an opportunity, we
should have to avail it. Smart grid can play vital role in
achieving high efficiency in power system[5]. Smart meter is
one of the most important components of smart grid. It is an
electronic device that is used to measure energy consumption
in a real time It includes an energy management feature as
well as the facility for the utility to gather meter readings
directly[6]. Communication protocols and standards are
The advantages and metering technologies are enlisted
below in the fig (1)[4].
Fig 2:Illustrtaion of smart metering system
II. METHODOLOGY
Line current and voltage is measured through sensors and
ADE-7753 IC. To measure the energy consumption the
circuit was build according to data sheet of ADE-7753 IC.
For developing a schematic diagram KIDCAD software is
used. Arduino Mega 2260 is used as a microcontroller.
ADE-7753 and Microcontroller work as a master and slave.
Microcontroller act as a master and initiates the data transfer
while metering IC act as slave responds to initiation request.
To get measurement parameters like voltage current and
power from IC, data acquisition is required. Communication
register will tell us whether the next instruction is read or
write instruction and which register is used for execution of
instruction. Nature of communication is determined by
communication bytes which takes place between controller
and IC.IC receives data on DIN and responds to
microcontroller through DOUT pin. Communication register
decides whether the data is readable to writable and which
register is used for the execution of instruction.
Microcontroller get this data from IC and convert it into
readable form. Data is uploaded on a web server through
WIFI module. Data is stored on an online web server to
create a bill and for theft identification. Components that
involved in the design of smart meter and integrated with
web server are shown below in fig (3) [1].

Fig 5: Conversion of Current waveforms into IRMS

D. Energy calculation
Voltages and currents forms are calculated to calculate real
time energy. To calculate energy the internal circuit of IC is
shown in fig (6)[1].

Figure 3: Project Structure

A. Modeling
When physical observation or some other observation is
expressed into mathematical equation is called modeling.
The main feature of this paper is coding of microcontroller
and sensor and upgrading of energy consumption on
webserver. So, it contains simple equations which can be
built by using simple DSP techniques.
Fig 6: Energy Calculation
B. Voltage waveform conversion into vrms
Conversion of voltage waveform into root mean square is E. Development of Metering IC
given Equation (1). Circuit was built according to the datasheet of metering of
metering as shown in fig (7).
VRMS = (1)

By sampling Analog voltage can be converted into discrete

voltage as in equation (2)

VRMS = (2)

In below figure (4) continuous voltage is converted into

digital voltage.to get a square of voltage it is multiplied with
on self than it passes out through low pass filter to filter dc
part of signal. After passing through a square root, it is
stored in a register of metering IC.

Fig 7: Metering cicuitry

Fig 4: Conversion Voltage waveform into V RMS
C. Current waveform conversion into irms
The same process is repeated for conversion of current
waveform into root mean square current which is used in fig
(5).
III. WIFI-MODULE
Microcontroller act as a master and initiates the data transfer
while metering IC act as slave responds to initiation request
Arduino Mega 2260 is used as a microcontroller. ADE-7753
and Microcontroller work as a master and slave as shown in
fig (8)

Fig 8:Smart Unit
A. Data acquisition from metering IC
To get measurement parameters like voltage current and
power from IC, data acquisition is required. Communication
register will tell us whether the next instruction is read or
write instruction and which register is used for execution of
instruction. Nature of communication is determined by
communication bytes which takes place between controller
and IC.IC receives data on DIN and responds to
microcontroller through DOUT pin.
Fig 19:Acquring data from IC
Communication register decides whether the data is
readable to writable and which register is used for the
execution of instruction
Fig 10:Communication protocol
B. Methodology for online unit
Amazon web server is used as a hosting web server and data
is stored on database by using a PHPMYADMIN.it is most
widely used and popular software for providing web
services. For formatting HTTML is used and to store data
on data base php is used [1].
Fig 11: Online unit
IV. RESULTS
Data stored on a web server can be accessed from all over
the world through internet. The results are taken for 220V
power source 90- and 200-watt load is used for testing and
total energy consumption is shown in figure 8. Source is
turned on and off several time to check energy consumption
on a graph and webpage. The waveform of current voltage
and energy consumption is shown if figure 12 13 and 14
respectively[1].
Fig 12: Measured Current
Fig 13: Measured Voltage
Figure 14: Measured Energy Consumption
V. CONCLUSION
Energy consumers are wanting accuracy in energy
consumption for better customer services. No information is
shared with consumer about energy consumption except
monthly bill which is the main incentive to adopt a new
technology. Due to the drawbacks of electrochemical meter
evolution of electrochemical meter to smart meter is
necessary for automated meter reading. It is an electronic
device that is used to measure energy consumption in a real
time It includes an energy management feature as well as
the facility for the utility to gather meter readings directly.
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