Smart Grid
The ever-increasing demand for electrical power on the one hand, and green energy on the other, drives Utilities to implement innovative, clean technology solutions to improve their operations and customer care services. For example, remote measuring and monitoring, together with same-time Smart Grid application control using data transfer over an existing electric grid, provides Utilities with the key to migrating from manual to automated operations and improving their control of energy reserves.
For any Utility service - whether it is electricity, gas, water consumption, or district heating - this results in reduced electric power costs, less pollution and greater reliability and security.<
Smart Grid Highlights
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Increased customer satisfaction
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Facilitates Utility management & control
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Remote usage measurements
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Remote temperature provisioning
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Transformer and line temperature monitoring
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Detection of any malfunctions or service distribution disorders
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Load balancing and phase balancing features
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Improved operational efficiency
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Alert on misuse of any Utility service
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Improved usage forecasting
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Improved service utilization
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Reduced peak demand effects
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Extended component life cycle
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AMI/AMM & remote network control
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Multi-Utility metering: electric, gas, district heating
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Same-time Smart-Grid applications management
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High-resolution load and voltage metering
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
The Web-based Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) application (based on MainNet's AmrPLUS™) offers robust, Broadband network communications over existing electricity, gas, district heating and other grids. This enables simple integration of a variety of existing metering systems into an IP-based network. Powered by AmrPoller™ (MainNet's data acquisition management server), in conjunction with MainNet's NmPLUS, guarantees reliable data reading and accurate data analysis, and also provides an interface to the Utility OSS.
AMM Automatic Meter Management (glossary) enriched by the use of Broadband AMI not only enables real-time meter reading but leads to more accurate meter management than that achievable with standard AMR technologies, due to the higher bandwidth availability.
Bringing Smart Grid capabilities to Powerline networks, Broadband AMI enables transparent, real-time, two-way connectivity and facilitates automatic meter detection and remote configuration and management of an existing electrical network.
AMI Highlights
- Serial-to-IP conversion facilitates remote configuration and management
- Multiple meter connectivity
- Protocol interface transparency
- Real-time detection
- Remote two-way automated monitoring
- Fast migration to BPL
- Last-mile Broadband communication capabilities
- Fast Internet & Voice over IP (VoIP)
- Modular and flexible system architecture:
- scalable
- cost-effective growth
- Standards-compliant both for US and European markets
Smart Grid
