Measuring andmanagingthepowerconsumptionofhouseholdappliances,aswellasthatofindustrial machineries, isbecomingmoreandmoreimportanttoimprovethedistributionandusageofthe electrical energyandtoreducetheenergybill.Wepresentthedesignofanon-invasivewirelesscurrent meter whichcanmeasureACcurrentupto60ARMS exploitingasmallclamp-oninductivesensor.The noveltyofthedesignisasubsystemconsistingofaharvestingcircuitdesignedtoextractenergyfrom the samecurrenttransducerusedformeasurements.Experimentshavebeenconductedtovalidatethe approach, toassesstheaccuracyofthesensingsystemanddeviationsduetotheenergyharvester,andto determine theconditionwhichpermitsustoachievetheenergyneutralityandthus,aself-sustainable smart meter.
Clamp-and-Forget: A self-sustainable non-invasive wireless sensor node for smart metering applications / Porcarelli, Danilo; Brunelli, Davide; Benini, Luca. - In: MICROELECTRONICS JOURNAL. - ISSN 0959-8324. - STAMPA. - 45:12(2014), pp. 1671-1678. [10.1016/j.mejo.2014.05.019]
Clamp-and-Forget: A self-sustainable non-invasive wireless sensor node for smart metering applications
PORCARELLI, DANILO;BRUNELLI, DAVIDE;BENINI, LUCA
2014
Abstract
Measuring andmanagingthepowerconsumptionofhouseholdappliances,aswellasthatofindustrial machineries, isbecomingmoreandmoreimportanttoimprovethedistributionandusageofthe electrical energyandtoreducetheenergybill.Wepresentthedesignofanon-invasivewirelesscurrent meter whichcanmeasureACcurrentupto60ARMS exploitingasmallclamp-oninductivesensor.The noveltyofthedesignisasubsystemconsistingofaharvestingcircuitdesignedtoextractenergyfrom the samecurrenttransducerusedformeasurements.Experimentshavebeenconductedtovalidatethe approach, toassesstheaccuracyofthesensingsystemanddeviationsduetotheenergyharvester,andto determine theconditionwhichpermitsustoachievetheenergyneutralityandthus,aself-sustainable smart meter.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
