Contactless smart card based prepaid gas metering system. Electricity theft control using smart prepaid energy meter. In this system, the meter used smart card as the medium of communication with the customer, the utility and authorised charging station. Modeling of arduinobased prepaid energy meter using gsm technology. It eliminates the requirement for manual meter reading.
Then the card reader will read the stored information and delete the information from the eeprom icsmart card using the mc program. Smart energy meter, internet of things, prepaid electricity meter, nodemcu, mqtt 1. Prepaymentprepaid energy meter introduction and working. It is a state of theart technology for obtaining electrical energy meter readings from anywhere automatically without human intervention. Smart card based prepaid energy meters smart card is a credit card sized plastic card embedded with an integrated circuit ic and usually it consists of a rom, eeprom and a cpu. The block diagram of this project mainly includes power supply unit, a microcontroller, smart card reader, energy meter, buzzer, relay, lcd, smart and led indicators. The recharge section is using a microcontrollerpic 16f873a the purpose of this. Fawzi alnaina and bahaa jalil8,built a prototyping. In this paper, the idea of a prepaid energy meter using an at89s52 microcontroller has been introduced. The energy meter reading is compared with the smart card information by the microcontroller.
In prepaid mode balance is reduced as per energy is consumed. The system master station holds the integrated data base of all the vending stations, user account creation software and overall system analysis tools. The meter fixed outside the house will display the number of consumed units. The smart prepaid gsm service requires for its use, reload of value through smart data, call and text card, tnt load or pasaload. Prepaid systems can be more easily introduced in such new markets rather than the existing ones.
Amit jain 7, proposed a prepaid meter using mobilecommunication in2011. Download the seminar report for prepaid energy meter using gsm. Modeling and design of smart card prepayment system for efficient. Prepaid energy meter project using 8051 microcontroller.
Coocox coide is a new, free and highlyintegrated software development environment for. Smart energy meter based, prepaid electricity distribution system. Prepaid energy meter using smart cards is an efficient scheme of electricity billing. Prepayment metering system had improved operational efficiencies, reduced financial risks and provides better customer service. The work in this paper, smart energy metering system based on gsm modem, overcomes the difficulties of the traditional system.
Using this functionality user will able to pay in advance and use the exact amount of energy. Smart card, which is the switch, gives information about the limitation of units. Flow meter senses continuously the flow of water from the pipe. Cheap electricity, prepaid electricity, no deposit. Prepaid energy meter using smart cards a4academics. It provides an effective means of energy consumption information, easy recharge and saves lots of botheration and indirectly conserves power since the consumer becomes more conscious about the consumption pattern and its analysis. The prepaid card communicates with the power utility using gsm communication network. Hvlv substation database server single phase prepaid energy meter sales terminal master terminal smart card infrastructure for single phase smart card prepaid meter system. Rfid module is used in this project to recharge the smart card in case of prepaid meter with. Prepaid energy meter using smart card guided by nisha g. Introduction to design and develop a microcontroller based prepaid energy meter with serial data transmission so that a consumer can plan accordingly to reduce the consumption as per his budget. The internal nonvolatile memory of the microcontroller is used to store the consumed electricity. The meter section is designed using microcontroller pic 16f877a. Use prepaid system so that you sane save some energy.
This count of water is measured in the unit of liter and this count is continuously compared with. You can recharge the electricity balance through this system, just by sending a sms. The main objective of this prepaid energy meter project is to minimize the illegal usage of electricity. Contactless smart card based prepaid metering system when a new customer requests for a gas line from utility company, first she is assigned a meter at customers house and a smart card is assigned for him. Prepaid and postpaid energy meter for billing system using. The energy meter also provides the utility company and the customer with. Electronic meters need for prepaid energy meter system. Introduction the internet of things iot is defined by itu and ierc as a dynamic global network infrastructure with selfconfiguring capabilities based on standard and interoperable communication protocols. The motive of this pre paid energy meter project, is pay before use by implementing this gsm based prepaid energy meter. In this system he used controller unite, prepaid card and communication module. Depending upon the result, the microcontroller will activate the buzzer. Pdf development of an internet based prepaid energy meter. The conventional billing strategies had several drawbacks and man made errors. The conventional method of electricity billing involves a person from the distribution unit reading the number of units of electricity consumed in the energy meter, conveying this information to the distribution unit, and then preparing the bill according to the units consumed for a fixed amount of time.
It comes along with features like anti mechanical and electrical tamper and consists of a smart card and vending station software to recharge the smart card. A smart card based prepaid electricity system micro controller regulated power supply lcd driver lcd led indicators smart card smart card reader energy meter optocoupler relay driver relay buzzer driver crystal buzzer oscillator keypad fig. With a meter sealed on the outside, the prepaid contactless card can be placed, decades, smart cards and smart card readers have provided a viable system for processing epurse, access. Design and assemble of low cost prepaid smart card energy. Prepaid energy meter project using gsm and pic microcontroller.
Smart energy meter based, prepaid electricity distribution. Mar 25, 2015 smart card based prepaid energy meter. Internet based prepaid energy meter often referred to as. Electricity users can buy specific amount of energy to use it only when they needed. K singh said in a meeting with meter manufacturers here on thursday. Over the past few years, smart cards have achieved a growing acceptance as a powerful. Internal energy theft occurs after the energy reaches to energy meter while external energy theft occurs before the energy reaches to energy meter. In this prepaid energy meter system, the consumer can pay the home billing through smart card or any other electronic resource. The block diagram of the prepaid smart card system for water supply has been shown in the figure 2. A gsmbased energy recharge interface which contains a prepaid card equivalent to a mobile sim card. Automatic power meter reading system using gsm network. Introduction to design and develop a microcontroller based prepaid energy meter. Mejbauihaque 6 develop a microcontroller based single phase digitalprepaid energy meter for improved meter and billing system.
Whenever customer wants to buy credit, she goes to any vending station and buys credits. When the balance is low user gets a balance is low message. The prepaid energy meter is designed by using a 8 bit microcontroller. Prepaid energy meter used in energy units calculated by energy meter can be billed by deducting amount accordingly from a recharge card. Prepaid energy meter using smart card projects main idea is to develop a micro controller based application which is used to pay bills using a smart card technology. This concept provides a cost efficient manner of electricity billing. Prepaid meter, as name suggests, is nothing but pay before use meter. The prepaid energy meter described in this paper is a single phase230v40a energy meter which consist of a metering devise designed according to the iec1036 199609 standard and a prepaid module. A prepaid energy meter using gprsgsm technology for improved.
Architecture of the proposed energy meter based prepaid system. This project will focus on overcoming the past procedure of electricity bill. For cheap electricity, prepaid electricity, no deposit electricity, or prepaid electric, call smart prepaid electric today. In this method consumer have to have the smart card recharged for the amount he choose and enter the card into the card reader of the energy meter 5. Prepaid energy meter using smart card by, k keerthi sheela, t v v s lakshmi, k suresh kumar. The system works for theft detection and also allows user to use prepaid energy meter functionality. It is beneficial to consumers and power plant in terms of revenue and power sector reforms. Prepaid energy meter using microcontroller and smart card. A prepaid energy meter using gprs gsm technology for. In next three years metering will go smart prepaid, and gone will be the days of bills reaching your house. Due to this system the user has ability to select prepaid or postpaid mode as per hisher requirement. Based on the design discussed above, prepaid smart card energy meter shown in figure6 has been constructed and assembled in the laboratory. A smart card based prepaid electricity system the purpose of this project is to design and develop an intelligent energy metering system that can efficiently control the amount of electricity consumed by the user. Prepaid electricity billing meter project nevon projects.
A webbased dc prepaid smart energy meter for solar. Access to data stored on the card is under the control of the smart card. Most of the energy meters are designed to bill as per the units of energy consumed. Embedded system means it is one that has computer hardware with the software embedded in the rom. These meters need to be manually read by people in order to provide monthlyquarterly bills.
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. An energy meter is a device that measures the amount of electrical energy consumed by a residence, business, or an electrically powered device. The main concept of the smart energy meter lies in buying the energy card from the electrical department, inserting it into the energy card reader fixed in the house. Mar 28, 20 prepaid energy meter project using 8051 microcontroller. Pdf over the past few years, smart cards have achieved a growing acceptance as a powerful tool for security, identification, and authorization. Energy meter, gsm technology, microcontroller at89s52, prepaid card, relay, putty software. Eniscope energy solution energy monitoring system,web based. Abstract in this paper smart energy meter with gsm model for prepaid and postpaid system is proposed.
Lm7805 lm7805 is a voltage regulator integrated circuit. This project will focus on overcoming the past procedure of electricity bill payment methods by using smart card technology. Smart prepaid energy meter based on internet of things. A prepaid energy meter using gprsgsm technology for. Prepaid energy meter with gsm technology open access journals. Nov 19, 2018 prepaid meter, as name suggests, is nothing but pay before use meter.
The microcontroller receive the pulse by interfacing optical pickups from a traditional electromagnetic energy meter. Consumer needs to pay before heshe consumes the electricity flowing through the meter. Gsm based design and development of smart energy meter. A gsm based energy recharge interface which contains a prepaid card equivalent to a mobile sim card. Once the prepaid card is out of balance, the consumer load is.
Pdf a smart card based prepaid electricity system researchgate. Aug 14, 2016 introduction to design and develop a microcontroller based prepaid energy meter with serial data transmission so that a consumer can plan accordingly to reduce the consumption as per his budget. The prepaid energy meter described in this paper is a single phase 230v40a energy meter which consist of a metering devise designed according to the iec1036 199609 standard and a prepaid. When the consumer insert a smart card into the card reader which is connected in the prepaid energy meter with tariff indicator kit. The system is designed to allow amount of energy to be used as long as the account has balance pending. Oct 02, 20 prepaid systems can be more easily introduced in such new markets rather than the existing ones. Basically, this is the concept of electronic energy meter for records the consumer billing, the minimization of energy theft and reducing the energy losses as compared to the conventional electromechanical energy meter. Gsm based design and development of smart energy meter using. After value is loaded into the tnt prepaid gsm sim card, such value shall be valid for a specific period of time as determined by smart communications, inc. In this project we are building a automated system by using arduino and gsm module.