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PREPAID ENERGY METER WITH GSM

TECHNOLOGY
Gopal, Devendra Kumar Pandey, Brijesh Kumar Dubey
Scholar, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P

ABSTRACT:
The aim of this project is to minimize the queue at the electricity billing counters as well as to restrict the usage of electricity
automatically, if the bill is not paid on proper time. This project also aims at proposing a system that will reduce the loss of power
and revenue due to power thefts and other illegal activities. In this project the work system adopts a totally new concept of
“Prepaid Electricity”. The Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology is used so that the consumer would receive messages
about the consumption of power (in watts) and if it reaches the minimum amount, it would automatically alert the consumer to
recharge for further usage . This technology helps in holding the good for all electricity distribution companies, private
communities, IT parks and self-containing housing projects. The implementation of smart energy meter(prepaid) project will help
in betterment of energy management, conservation of energy and also in doing away with the unnecessary hassles over incorrect
billing. An automated billing system will keep tracks of the real time consumption and will leave little scope for disagreement on
consumption and billing. A prior billing is bound to do away all the related problems of unpaid billings and human error in meter
reading (parallax), thereby ensuring justified revenue for the utility.

Keywords:
Energy meter, Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology, Microcontroller ATMEL 89S52.

I. INTRODUCTION:

The Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology is used so that the consumer would receive messages about the consumption of
power (in watts) and if it reaches the minimum amount, it would automatically alert the consumer to recharge for further usage.
This technology holds good for all electricity distribution industries, private communities and self-containing housing projects.
The implementation of smart energy meter (prepaid) project will help in betterment of energy management, conservation of
energy and also in doing away with the unnecessary hassles over incorrect billingor .The automated billing system of smart
energy meter will keep track of the real time consumption and will leave little scope for disagreement on consumption and billing.

II. ADVANTAGES OF PROPOSED METHODOLOGY OVER EXISTING METHODOLOGY:

The present power usage reading is made manually by moving towards the consumer locations. There requirement of large
number of labour operators and long working hours to accomplish the required task. Manual billing is restricted sometimes and
delayed due to bad weather conditions. The printed billing also has the tendency of getting lost after sometime. Smart Energy
Meter has been proposed as an innovative solution aimed at facilitating affordability and reducing the cost of utilities, over the
last few years. This mechanism, requires the users to pay for the electricity before its consumption. In this way, consumers hold
credit and then use the electricity until the credit is exhausted or expired. If the available credit is exhausted or expired then the
electricity supply is being cut-off by a relay. Readings made by human operators are more prone to errors. This project addresses
the above mentioned problems. The development of Global System for Mobile (GSM), Internet of Things(IoT) infrastructure in
past two decades made meter reading system wireless.

The Global System for Mobile (GSM) infrastructure, which has nationally a wide coverage that can be used to request and
retrieve power consumption notification over individual houses and flats. Apart from making readings with the help of Global
System for Mobile (GSM) communication, billing system is needed to be made prepaid to avoid the unnecessary usage of power.
On the one hand, those that supports the Smart Energy Meter (prepaid), claims that they benefit both consumers and utilities
because they help users to consume more efficiently and to improve the management of their budget, while allowing
firms/utilities to reduce financial costs. On the other hand, those that are against Smart Energy Meter (prepaid) argue that their
adoption is expensive for firms/utilities and risky for low income consumers, as the insecurity and volatility of their income may
force them to make little use of the service, or ultimately, bring about self-disconnection. It can be controlled from anywhere in
the world by using Internet of Thing (IoT) technology.

III. METHODOLOGY:

The prepaid energy meter card is recharged for a certain amount and can be fed as input to the Microcontroller AT89S52. The
Microcontroller AT89S52 is programmed in such a way that power supply will be switched off by using relay when the recharged

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amount get used up. The Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication module is used to send a message to the consumer
about the units of power consumed and their balance and also LCD display is used to display the balance amount.

Figure 1 General Block Diagram

IV. LAB VIEW SIMULATION:

Logic is made that varies the power consumption with the usage of load, so at no load, there is no power consumption and no
reduction in the price that is recharged. Algorithm used in lab VIEW is given below:

# Insert the prepaid energy meter card into the Programmer (here the variable is used to represent the recharge amount).

# Unit price/watt is multiplied with the consumed unit for the current bill.

# Now bill amount is deducted from the recharged amount.

# When total amount recharged is cleared, then the power supplied to the load is stopped.

Figure 2 Simulation model (no load and no rotation of motor takes place):

In the given simulation the concept of decoder with all 3 inputs is used and instead of energy meter multi meter was used. With
that the simulation is designed for all combinations of input and the output voltage is varied.

Figure 3 Simulation model (loaded condition and the motor rotates proportional to the power consumption):

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Figure 4 Simulation model to monitor the power consumption:

In this simulation basically the amount to be recharged is given and according to the output proximity sensor (unit consumption)
total amount is kept reduced until it is cleared and then the loop is terminated.

V. WORKING:

Here Microcontroller AT89S52 is acting as the primary controller. It collects information from energy meter and from the smart
card too. Here, we are using switches instead of the IC. Smart card is the switch, which gives information about the limitation of
units. And energy meter reading is compared with the smart card info. According to the result, the microcontroller will activate
the buzzer if the credit is low and the Controller will trigger the Relay if the credit goes very low. The relay is a switching device
to cut off and restore the power supply. The Liquid Crystal Display(LCD) is interfaced to microcontroller using parallel port
connection. System based on the microcontroller continuously records the readings. The coding emphasizes the fact that it
reduces human labour but increases the efficiency in calculation of bills for exhausted electricity.The user can be notified about
the low balance in their credit with the help of the Global System for Mobile (GSM) module. The Global System for Mobile
(GSM) modem is serially connected with the controller which is the major communication module between user and meter. The
Global System for Mobile (GSM) uses its own network for the transfer of information. The programming makes use of messaging
features of Global System for Mobile (GSM) AT command. And, once the relay is triggered, the electricity supply will be shut
down.
Figure 5 Circuit diagram of Smart Energy Meter (prepaid):

To the above diagram Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology is included to send messages to the customer about the
balance amount and if the amount is totally exhausted then we shut down the power after alerting user.

Figure 6 real time implementation of prepaid energy meter with Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology:

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VI. CONCLUSION:

The design of Smart Energy meter using Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology can make the users to pay for the
electricity before its consumption. In this way, consumers hold credit and then use the electricity until the credit is exhausted or
expired. If the available credit is exhausted or expired then the electricity supply is cutoff by a relay. An arrangement is also made
to intimate the user with the help of Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication module when their credit in their balance
goes low. This system has been proposed as an innovative as well as creative solution to the problem of affordability in utilities
system. Since a microcontroller based system has been designed so that the readings can be continuously recorded. Hence it helps
in reducing human labour and at the same time increases the efficiency in calculation of bills for used electricity. Smart energy
meters (Prepaid) will bring a proper solution of creating awareness on unnecessary wastage of power and will tend to reduce
power wastage. This module of Smart Energy Meter will reduce the burden of energy providing by establishing the connection
easily and no theft of power will take place.It helps in encouraging consumers to go for smart energy meter (prepaid) on a
voluntary basis and offering tariff or non-tariff incentives to those consumers who prepaid their power changes would help the
utilities to implement smart energy meter.

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