Our Smart Meter Solution revolutionizes modern power grids by enhancing reliability, sustainability, and efficiency. It addresses the challenges of large-scale smart meter deployment while leveraging existing infrastructure.
Smart metering infrastructure is an essential part of modern grids, as it helps to make them more reliable and sustainable. However, the large-scale implementation of smart meters faces a challenge due to the high cost and logistics of replacing existing meters.
Meter Upgrade
Upgrades existing meters to smart meters
Remote Monitoring
Adds communication for remote monitoring
Cost-Effective
Offers a low-cost modernization option
Real-time Tracking
Enables real-time tracking and data reporting
Technical Details
A retrofit solution is proposed that incorporates the capabilities of smart meters into existing digital meters. An add-on communication module (ACM) is developed that can be integrated with digital meters equipped with optical or serial (RS 232, RS-485) ports.
The ACM communicates the digital meter data using the conventional Modbus protocol or the universal smart metering protocol DLMS/COSEM (IEC 62056-21). The extracted data is transmitted to a data concentration unit (DCU) using LoRaWAN technology. The DCU aggregates data from multiple meters and sends that data to a central storage server.
The proposed module is developed and tested on single-phase and three-phase meters from different meter manufacturers.
System Architecture
The architecture demonstrates how our retrofit solution integrates with existing infrastructure to create a comprehensive smart metering ecosystem.