Title :
AC power meter design for home electrical appliances
Author :
Tamkittikhun, Nattachart ; Tantidham, Thitinan ; Intakot, Puwadech
Author_Institution :
Fac. of ICT, Mahidol Univ., Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Abstract :
Monitoring power consumption of portable appliances is a step towards energy saving plans for any electrical equipment. This paper proposes a customizable power meter design employing voltage and current transformers, and Arduino. This meter is to monitor RMS voltage and current, real and apparent power, and power factor in real time. The voltage, the current, and the real power are calibrated with respect to a reference power meter. The resolutions are derived from analytical approach and the accuracies are evaluated from experiments in a variable of appliances and current transformers.
Keywords :
current transformers; domestic appliances; energy conservation; potential transformers; power consumption; power factor; power meters; AC power meter design; Arduino; RMS current monitoring; RMS voltage monitoring; current transformer; electrical equipment; energy saving plan; home electrical appliance; power consumption monitoring; power factor; voltage transformer; Calibration; Current measurement; Current transformers; Power measurement; Reactive power; Sensors; Voltage measurement; Embedded Systems; Energy Consumption; Energy Saving; Power Meter; Power Monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), 2015 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hua Hin
DOI :
10.1109/ECTICon.2015.7207005
