Smart Metering: Infrastructure, Methodologies, Applications, and Challenges

This book provides a comprehensive overview of smart metering, covering infrastructure, methodologies, applications, and challenges. It discusses the design and implementation of smart meters, as well as cybersecurity and data management issues. It also explores smart meter data analytics, load forecasting, outage management, fault identification, and other applications, making it a valuable resource for students, researchers, and engineers in the field of power systems engineering, smart grids, and smart energy technologies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 29 February 2024
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Smart Metering: Infrastructure, Methodologies, Applications, and Challenges delves into the intricate realm of smart meters, seamlessly merging the core principles of these devices within smart grids with the most cutting-edge advancements and technologies in advanced smart infrastructure. This comprehensive book, with a strong emphasis on practical insights and real-world applications, explores the design and implementation of smart meters, as well as the formidable challenges posed by cybersecurity and data management.

After providing an introductory overview of smart grid architecture, the book delves into the intricate details of smart meter design, highlighting the essential elements that enable them to serve diverse purposes, such as accurately recording user energy consumption, forecasting load patterns, enhancing resilience, and detecting instances of energy theft. A comprehensive exploration of smart meter data analytics follows, accompanied by a detailed examination of load forecasting methods and their inherent advantages and limitations. Subsequent chapters delve into various applications of smart meters, encompassing outage management, fault identification, and the verification of power network connections.

This comprehensive resource serves as an invaluable guide for students, researchers, and engineers alike, with a keen interest in power systems engineering, smart grids, and smart energy technologies. By unraveling the complexities of smart metering, it empowers readers to grasp the transformative potential of these devices in shaping the future of energy management and sustainability.

Weight: 450g
Dimension: 229 x 151 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780443153174