Development of an IoT-based Smart Meter for Efficient Technology-Enabled Energy Response (DISMETE2R)

开发基于物联网的智能电表，以实现高效的技术支持能源响应 (DISMETE2R)

• 批准号: 10043230
• 金额: $ 6.32万
• 依托单位: WAVE INSIGHT LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10043230
• 关键词: Development; IoT; based; Smart; Meter

In sub-Saharan Africa 600 million people lack access to electricity, mainly in rural areas. UN SDG7 includes universal electrification by 2030, but even optimistic estimations see 240Mn Africans lacking electricity in 2030\. With each new grid connection costing between $400-$1200 there is a growing trend towards distributed generation using renewable energy technology (particularly solar, as it has become a viable and cost-effective option for clean and secure energy access at a local residential and commercial level). Decentralised/distributed energy resources (DERs), using renewable energy technologies (RET) as micro-grids can contribute to Africa's electrification, offering simplicity, affordability, faster deployment and cleaner alternatives. Evidence shows willingness to pay for DERs is higher than grid connection because they are seen as more reliable.However, electricity demand/supply matching is critical to micro-grids' success by shifting demand from lower to higher availability times via demand-side management. With micro-grids' growth potential, demonstrating suitability along side (and integration with) the national grids to maintain stability, reliability and availability, while still providing competitive energy costs, is a key requirement.DISMETE2R proposes an IoT-based smart-meter technology platform enabling individual households/small-businesses to track/understand/optimise their energy consumption patterns. The smart-meter will be simple to integrate with electrical panel/consumer unit cabling, interfacing with the power input(s) (incl. RE sources and grid) as well as the site's electrical circuitry phases/breakers in order to measure harmonic current content of the electric/power signal. The platform should enable a modularised multi-energy source offering, while optimising energy source selection based on personalised energy usage data profile of residential/small-business consumers. They should also be SIM card enabled for wireless communications (GSM, GPRS, 3G/4G, WiFi, LoRa etc.) and continuous data collection via an AI/ML-based digital/mobile cloud platform to learn consumers' energy source/usage patterns, providing insights/recommendations on cost savings while being environmentally-conscious to optimise the energy consumption pattern between the RE and grid resource.DISMETE2R will provide data-driven approaches for optimising consumers (residential/small businesses) energy consumption towards more cleaner energy (i.e. RETs) sources, bringing benefits for consumers and operators/regulators by: optimising consumers' energy usage/cost profile; and aggregating consumers data over time for grid/mini-grid operators/developers for enhanced load forecasting/informed infrastructure investment decisions.

在撒哈拉以南非洲地区，有 6 亿人用不上电，其中主要是在农村地区。联合国可持续发展目标 7 包括到 2030 年实现普遍电气化，但即使是乐观的估计，到 2030 年也会有 2.4 亿非洲人缺电。每个新的电网连接成本在 400 至 1200 美元之间，使用可再生能源技术（特别是太阳能）的分布式发电的趋势不断增长，因为它已成为当地住宅和商业层面清洁和安全能源获取的可行且经济高效的选择）。使用可再生能源技术（RET）作为微电网的分散式/分布式能源资源（DER）可以为非洲的电气化做出贡献，提供简单性、可负担性、更快的部署和更清洁的替代方案。有证据表明，支付分布式能源的意愿高于电网连接，因为它们被认为更可靠。然而，电力需求/供应匹配对于微电网的成功至关重要，通过需求侧管理将需求从较低的可用时间转移到较高的可用时间。鉴于微电网的增长潜力，关键要求是展示与国家电网并肩（并集成）的适用性，以保持稳定性、可靠性和可用性，同时仍提供有竞争力的能源成本。DISMETE2R 提出了一种基于物联网的智能电表技术该平台使个人家庭/小型企业能够跟踪/了解/优化其能源消耗模式。智能电表可轻松与配电盘/用电单元布线集成，与电源输入（包括可再生能源和电网）以及现场的电路相位/断路器连接，以测量谐波电流含量电/功率信号。该平台应支持模块化的多能源产品，同时根据住宅/小型企业消费者的个性化能源使用数据档案优化能源选择。它们还应该支持无线通信（GSM、GPRS、3G/4G、WiFi、LoRa 等）的 SIM 卡，并通过基于 AI/ML 的数字/移动云平台持续收集数据，以了解消费者的能源/使用模式，提供有关成本节约的见解/建议，同时具有环保意识，以优化可再生能源和电网资源之间的能源消耗模式。DISMETE2R 将提供数据驱动的方法，以优化消费者（住宅/小型企业）的能源消耗，从而实现更清洁的能源（即可再生能源技术）来源，通过以下方式为消费者和运营商/监管机构带来好处： 优化消费者的能源使用/成本状况；为电网/迷你电网运营商/开发商汇总一段时间内的消费者数据，以增强负载预测/明智的基础设施投资决策。