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Advantages of IoT energy meters over traditional meters in modern power distribution systems

News | company news | Jan 16,2025

Advantages of IoT energy meters over traditional meters in modern power distribution systems

 

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With the popularization of intelligent technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) has gradually been applied to enterprise energy management to improve the efficiency and accuracy of energy consumption monitoring. This article takes the HY300 meter as an example to explore the specific application of IoT meters in modern enterprise energy consumption monitoring systems, and analyzes its main functions, technical characteristics, and the economic benefits and management advantages it brings.

 

1.Introduction

The main problems faced by corporate energy management include inaccurate energy consumption statistics, insufficient prediction of peak energy consumption, and low energy efficiency of equipment. IoT meters, with their intelligent and networked features, provide the possibility of solving the above problems. As a feature-rich smart meter, HY300 is particularly outstanding in corporate energy consumption monitoring.

 

 

 

2.Pain points of traditional electricity meters in IoT systems

The application of traditional electricity meters in enterprise energy consumption management systems has the following main problems:

 

2.1 Data collection is not timely and lacks real-time monitoring

Traditional electricity meters usually require manual regular meter reading, with a low frequency of data collection, making it difficult to obtain energy consumption data in a timely manner. This results in companies being unable to understand electricity consumption in real time and limits their ability to respond quickly to abnormal energy consumption.

 

2.2 Insufficient data accuracy

Traditional electricity meters can usually only record total electricity consumption and cannot provide detailed data, such as electricity consumption information by region, device or time period. In addition, traditional electricity meters lack power quality detection functions and cannot evaluate problems such as harmonics and voltage fluctuations, which affects equipment safety and energy consumption optimization.

 

2.3 Single function, unable to meet complex needs

Traditional electricity meters only have basic electricity metering functions and cannot support modern enterprises’ time-of-use billing, demand management or power parameter analysis, and are difficult to adapt to the diverse energy consumption management needs of enterprises.

 

2.4 Lack of networking capabilities

Traditional electricity meters usually do not support data networking, resulting in isolated energy consumption data. Enterprises are unable to build a unified energy consumption management platform, which limits the ability to integrate and analyze energy consumption data and makes it difficult to achieve remote monitoring and automated management.

 

2.5 Low operation and maintenance efficiency and high cost

Traditional electricity meters require regular manual inspection and maintenance, which increases labor costs. At the same time, manual operations are prone to errors, and there is a risk of missing or erroneous data, which affects companies’ trust in energy consumption data.

 

2.6 Insufficient ability to respond to exceptions

Traditional electricity meters are unable to issue real-time alarms or record abnormal data, which results in companies being unable to promptly detect and handle power failures or abnormal energy consumption issues, which may result in equipment damage or increased energy costs.

 

2.7 Does not support energy consumption optimization and analysis

Traditional electricity meters cannot provide detailed historical data or trend analysis, and it is difficult for enterprises to make energy consumption optimization decisions based on historical data, such as adjusting production plans, upgrading equipment, or implementing peak-shaving and valley-filling strategies.

Traditional electricity meters have deficiencies in data collection, monitoring, analysis and management, making it difficult to meet the increasingly complex energy consumption management needs of modern enterprises. Enterprises need to upgrade to intelligent devices such as IoT meters to achieve refined, real-time and automated energy management, improve operational efficiency and reduce costs.

 

 

3.Advantages of IoT energy meters

There are significant differences between IoT meters and traditional meters in terms of technical principles, functional features and application scenarios. The following is a detailed comparison:

 

3.1 Data collection method

traditional electricity meter

Manual meter reading is used to collect data periodically, which is infrequent and inefficient.

Usually only the total electricity consumption can be recorded, lacking detailed power parameters and electricity consumption.

Internet of Things Electricity Meter

Realize automatic data collection and monitor power parameters (such as voltage, current, power factor, etc.) in real time.

It supports refined item-by-item metering and can obtain energy consumption data by region, equipment, and time period.

 

3.2 Communication Capability

Traditional electric meter

Most of them do not have networking capabilities, their data is isolated and cannot be connected to the management system.

A small number of them have simple RS485 or other single communication methods, but their scalability is limited.

Internet of Things Electricity Meter

It supports multiple communication methods (such as RS485, LORA, NB-IoT, WiFi, 4G, etc.) and can be flexibly connected to the enterprise energy management platform.

Energy consumption data can be uploaded remotely to the cloud to achieve centralized and intelligent management.

 

3.3 Features

Traditional electric meter

The function is simple and only provides basic energy measurement (such as active energy).

Lack of functions such as power quality monitoring and abnormal alarm.

Internet of Things Electricity Meter

Support power quality monitoring (such as harmonics, imbalance, frequency, etc.) to ensure stable operation of power grid and equipment.

Equipped with intelligent alarm function, it can detect and feedback abnormal conditions such as overvoltage and overcurrent in real time.

It provides time-of-use billing function, which can record electricity data according to peak, flat and valley time periods to optimize electricity costs.

 

3.4 Data Management Capabilities

Traditional electric meter

The data recording method is single, mostly local storage or manual summary, and data is prone to loss or error.

It is difficult to provide historical data analysis and trend forecasts.

Internet of Things Electricity Meter

Supports local and cloud storage of data with high data integrity and security.

It provides a wealth of data analysis functions, including electricity consumption trend forecasting, energy efficiency analysis, etc., to provide a basis for decision-making on energy conservation and consumption reduction.

 

3.5 Installation and Maintenance

Traditional electric meter

They are usually large in size, fixed in installation, and require manual on-site maintenance.

Low troubleshooting efficiency may delay problem resolution.

Internet of Things Electricity Meter

They are usually small in size, flexible to install, and support a variety of installation methods (such as embedded).

Faults can be resolved through remote diagnosis and software upgrades, greatly improving operation and maintenance efficiency.

 

3.6 Application Scenarios

Traditional electric meter

It is mostly used for residential electricity metering and simple enterprise electricity statistics, and is suitable for scenarios with low precision and low real-time requirements.

Internet of Things Electricity Meter

It is widely used in scenarios such as industry, commercial complexes and smart buildings that require real-time monitoring, multi-dimensional analysis and measurement.

It is an important component of smart grid and enterprise energy management system.

Advantages of IoT energy meters over traditional meters in modern power distribution systems-heyi

 

4.IoT Wireless Meters

HY300 wireless meter is mainly used to measure the three-phase active energy of low-voltage network. It has the advantages of small size, high precision, rich functions, etc., and has many optional communication methods. It can support RS485 communication and wireless communication methods such as Lora, NB, 4G, wifi, etc., and adds the current sampling mode of external transformer, so that users can install and use it in different occasions. It can be flexibly installed in the distribution box to realize the needs of sub-item energy measurement, operation and maintenance supervision or power monitoring in different areas and different loads.

Advantages of IoT energy meters over traditional meters in modern power distribution systems-heyi

 

 

 

 

4.2 Naming Rules

Advantages of IoT energy meters over traditional meters in modern power distribution systems-heyi

Advantages of IoT energy meters over traditional meters in modern power distribution systems-heyi

 

 

4.3 Features

HY 300 is an intelligent device suitable for three-phase active energy measurement in low-voltage networks, with the following features:

Various power data measurements: It can measure various power parameters such as voltage, current, power factor, frequency, etc., and supports forward and reverse power, four-quadrant reactive power measurement and harmonic analysis.

 

Wireless communication: Supports wireless communication methods such as RS485, wired and LORA, NB-IoT, 4G, WiFi, etc., which facilitates internal networking and data transmission in enterprises.

 

Intelligent alarm: supports real-time alarm function of abnormal parameters such as overvoltage, undervoltage, overcurrent, etc., which is convenient for quick location and solution of problems.

Time-of-use billing: Improve electricity usage efficiency and reduce costs during peak hours through time-of-use electricity metering and rate calculation.

 

Technical parameters

Advantages of IoT energy meters over traditional meters in modern power distribution systems-heyi

 

4.6 Installation

Advantages of IoT energy meters over traditional meters in modern power distribution systems-heyi

 

4.7 Equipment Specifications

 

 

 

5.Application scenarios of IoT electric meters

 

5.1 Itemized measurement of enterprise energy consumption

HY 300 supports multi-zone and multi-load sub-item metering, which can help enterprises understand the specific energy consumption of different areas, equipment or processes, and facilitate the optimization of production and equipment operation.

 

5.2 Remote monitoring and management of energy consumption data

Through the wireless communication protocol it supports, HY 300 can upload energy consumption data in real time, providing technical support for enterprises to build energy management cloud platforms. Managers can remotely view real-time power data, historical trends and generate energy consumption reports.

 

5.3 Power Quality Monitoring

The device supports harmonic analysis and three-phase imbalance detection, helping enterprises to detect power quality problems in a timely manner, thereby extending equipment life and improving operating efficiency.

 

5.4 Intelligent alarm and fault diagnosis

HY 300 has an intelligent alarm function that can quickly respond to abnormal conditions such as overload and overvoltage to avoid shutdown or equipment damage caused by abnormal energy consumption.

 

 

 

6.Advantages Analysis

6.1 Improve energy consumption management efficiency

HY 300 effectively reduces the workload of manual meter reading and data analysis, while improving data accuracy through data networking and centralized management.

 

6.2 Reduce enterprise energy consumption costs

With the time-of-use billing function and refined energy consumption statistics, enterprises can adjust production plans according to energy consumption, avoid peak electricity consumption, and thus reduce overall electricity bills.

 

6.3 Support carbon emission management

Through statistics on electricity data, enterprises can easily obtain carbon emission-related data and provide data support for the realization of carbon neutrality goals.

 

6.4 Flexibility and Scalability

HY 300 supports multiple communication protocols and interfaces, making it easy to integrate with existing enterprise energy management systems, while also being able to expand new functions based on enterprise needs.

 

 

 

7.Conclusion

IoT meters play an important role in modern enterprise energy consumption monitoring. Smart devices such as HY 300 not only improve the intelligence level of energy consumption monitoring and management, but also provide technical support for enterprises to save costs and improve efficiency. With the continuous updating of IoT technology, its application in enterprise energy management will be more extensive, injecting new impetus into the realization of green production and sustainable development.

 

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