Electromagnetic Interference on Static Electricity Meters
Restoring customer confidence in smart meter readings
With a rollout of 200 million digital smart meters across Europe, the new wireless technology should give users real-time, accurate measurement of electricity consumption. Some meters, however, have been in error by hundreds of percent, with electrical interference identified as the cause of incorrect customer billing. Given that all such meters had passed inspection under the EU Measuring Instrument Directive (MID), there is a clear need to improve meter test methods, update existing standards and restore consumer confidence.
This project has developed methods to test the accuracy of smart meters for electricity consumption. Using high-precision measurements of real-world electrical disturbances, a testbed was built in order to assess meter performance under similar, recreated conditions. To help settle billing disputes, interference-immune meter designs were identified for on-site inspections; diagnostic algorithms were also developed for the identification of transient current types. Ultimately, the results will support European and international standards and help restore consumer confidence in smart meter usage.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
IEEE Letters on Electromagnetic Compatibility Practice and Applications
IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
2020 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE
2020 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE
2020 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
2020 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM)
2020 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility & Signal/Power Integrity (EMCSI)
2020 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility & Signal/Power Integrity (EMCSI)
2019 IEEE 10th International Workshop on Applied Measurements for Power Systems (AMPS)
2019 Joint International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Sapporo and Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC Sapporo/APEMC)
2019 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE
2019 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE
2019 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE
2019 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE
2019 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE
2019 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC EUROPE
2019 ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC (Aerospace EMC)
Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal
2018 IEEE 4th Global Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference (GEMCCON)
2018 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2018)
Participating EURAMET NMIs and DIs
CMI (Czechia)
JV (Norway)
METAS (Switzerland)
NPL (United Kingdom)
VSL (Netherlands)
Other Participants
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)
Universiteit Twente (Netherlands)
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