Wireless controlled smart digital energy meter and theft control using GSM with GUI

Abstract

In modern world intelligent control has become a priority, although the services for providing energy are still being controlled with conventional methods. The conventional method is expensive and time consuming as well as it requires man power for monitoring and data collection of the consumers which may also lead to human errors. The proposed GSM based system integrates digital energy meters installed at consumer unit with an electric supply companies to monitor, profile and control energy flow with the help of Graphical User Interface (GUI). In this two-way communication system, the GSM network is utilized to profile the energy flow with the help of SMS to the energy supplier and showing it on the monitor of the energy supplier using the GUI and can also communicate with the user via SMS. Relay circuit and LCD display is provided to update information like Voltage, Current, Units and billing or sudden power cut to the energy supplier company and is displayed on GUI. Nowadays the main problem in energy supply is that of power theft being done on various scales. Our system can also send an alert to the energy supplier in case of any power theft at the consumer side and cutoff the supply automatically until the power theft is not being cleared. This research highlights the general theory of energy metering system and focuses on our user friendly low power energy metering system design, implementation, power theft control and results.