Abstract
Smart meters (SMs) are key components of the smart grid (SG) which gather electricity usage data from residences and businesses. Home area networks (HANs) are used to support two-way communications between SMs and devices within a building such as appliances. This can be implemented using power line communications (PLCs) via home wiring topologies. In this paper, a bottom-up approach is designed and a HAN-PLC channel model is obtained for a split-phase power system which includes branch circuits, an electric panel with circuit breakers and bars, a secondary transformer and the wiring of neighboring residences. A cell division (CD) method is proposed to construct the channel model. Furthermore, arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) and ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) circuit breaker models are developed. Several HAN-PLC channels are presented and compared with those obtained using existing models.
Highlights
Increasing energy demands worldwide have resulted in significant growth in greenhouse gas emissions
A power line communications (PLC) channel model was developed for a home area network (HAN) in the smart grid (SG)
The wiring topology of a split-phase power system was modeled in detail and the parameters of the components within the topology were provided
Summary
School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China Received: 25 October 2018; Accepted: 26 November 2018; Published: 30 November 2018
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