scholarly journals Novel Internet of Things Platform for In-Building Power Quality Submetering

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Alonso-Rosa ◽  
Aurora Gil-de-Castro ◽  
Ricardo Medina-Gracia ◽  
Antonio Moreno-Munoz ◽  
Eduardo Cañete-Carmona
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Power Quality ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Mesh Network ◽  
Time Data

As the number of facilities adopting a Building Management System under the Industry 4.0 paradigm increases, it is critical to ensure the good health of their operations. Business continuity and uninterrupted operations are key requirements for any building, for which Power Quality and Supply Reliability sophisticated monitoring can play an extremely important role. Submetering, as opposed to bulk-metering, implies measuring power consumption for individual units or appliances in a building complex. An Internet of Things mesh network, which brings ubiquitous power quality submetering inside the entire facility, would be extremely beneficial for the management of the building thus ensuring seamless business operations. This work describes a novel low-cost Internet of Things sensor for measuring and analyzing power quality at the input of any individual Alternating Current (AC) appliance, providing an early detection and analysis system which controls those critical variables inside the facility and leads to anticipate faults with early-stage alerts based on on-time data streams treatment. Moreover, the recorded power quality parameters that are processed in the Cloud system can help to reduce energy consumption, as power quality disturbances can be automatically analyzed and even compared to standard values. The proposed Internet of Things sensor will help users to detect most power quality steady-state and events disturbances, while monitoring the energy consumption. This Internet of Things Power Quality sensor is built around a flexible microcontroller, which manages an energy metering Integrated Circuit (IC) through Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), increasing its original capabilities by including new sophisticated software functionality. Additionally, it wirelessly communicates with a cloud-based Internet of Things Platform to allow the storage and supervision of the different power quality events for the entire facility. An example of the access to the data is also included.

scholarly journals BIM and IoT Sensors Integration: A Framework for Consumption and Indoor Conditions Data Monitoring of Existing Buildings

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4496
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Desogus ◽  
Emanuela Quaquero ◽  
Giulia Rubiu ◽  
Gianluca Gatto ◽  
Cristian Perra
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Application Programming Interface ◽  
Visual Programming ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Indoor Conditions

The low accessibility to the information regarding buildings current performances causes deep difficulties in planning appropriate interventions. Internet of Things (IoT) sensors make available a high quantity of data on energy consumptions and indoor conditions of an existing building that can drive the choice of energy retrofit interventions. Moreover, the current developments in the topic of the digital twin are leading the diffusion of Building Information Modeling (BIM) methods and tools that can provide valid support to manage all data and information for the retrofit process. This paper shows the aim and the findings of research focused on testing the integrated use of BIM methodology and IoT systems. A common data platform for the visualization of building indoor conditions (e.g., temperature, luminance etc.) and of energy consumption parameters was carried out. This platform, tested on a case study located in Italy, is developed with the integration of low-cost IoT sensors and the Revit model. To obtain a dynamic and automated exchange of data between the sensors and the BIM model, the Revit software was integrated with the Dynamo visual programming platform and with a specific Application Programming Interface (API). It is an easy and straightforward tool that can provide building managers with real-time data and information about the energy consumption and the indoor conditions of buildings, but also allows for viewing of the historical sensor data table and creating graphical historical sensor data. Furthermore, the BIM model allows the management of other useful information about the building, such as dimensional data, functions, characteristics of the components of the building, maintenance status etc., which are essential for a much more conscious, effective and accurate management of the building and for defining the most suitable retrofit scenarios.

scholarly journals Elastic Computing in the Fog on Internet of Things to Improve the Performance of Low Cost Nodes

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Fayos-Jordan ◽  
Santiago Felici-Castell ◽  
Jaume Segura-Garcia ◽  
Adolfo Pastor-Aparicio ◽  
Jesus Lopez-Ballester
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Fog Computing ◽  
Mesh Network ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Computing Paradigm ◽  
Elastic Computing

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network widely used with the purpose of connecting almost everything, everywhere to the Internet. To cope with this goal, low cost nodes are being used; otherwise, it would be very expensive to expand so fast. These networks are set up with small distributed devices (nodes) that have a power supply, processing unit, memory, sensors, and wireless communications. In the market, we can find different alternatives for these devices, such as small board computers (SBCs), e.g., Raspberry Pi (RPi)), with different features. Usually these devices run a coarse version of a Linux operating system. Nevertheless, there are many scenarios that require enhanced computational power that these nodes alone are unable to provide. In this context, we need to introduce a kind of collaboration among the devices to overcome their constraints. We based our solution in a combination of clustering techniques (building a mesh network using their wireless capabilities); at the same time we try to orchestrate the resources in order to improve their processing capabilities in an elastic computing fashion. This paradigm is called fog computing on IoT. We propose in this paper the use of cloud computing technologies, such as Linux containers, based on Docker, and a container orchestration platform (COP) to run on the top of a cluster of these nodes, but adapted to the fog computing paradigm. Notice that these technologies are open source and developed for Linux operating system. As an example, in our results we show an IoT application for soundscape monitoring as a proof of concept that it will allow us to compare different alternatives in its design and implementation; in particular, with regard to the COP selection, between Docker Swarm and Kubernetes. We conclude that using and combining these techniques, we can improve the overall computation capabilities of these IoT nodes within a fog computing paradigm.

scholarly journals Internet of Things in E-Government

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Panagiota Papadopoulou ◽  
Kostas Kolomvatsos ◽  
Stathes Hadjiefthymiades
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Real Time Data ◽  
The Creation

E-government can greatly benefit by the use of IoT, enabling the creation of new innovative services or the transformation and enhancement of current ones, which are informed by smart devices and real-time data. The adoption of IoT in e-government encompasses several challenges of technical as well as organizational, political and legal nature which should be addressed for developing efficient government-to-citizen and government-to-society applications. This article examines IoT adoption in e-government in a holistic approach. It provides an overview of the IoT potential in e-government across several application domains, highlighting the specific issues that seek attention in each of them. The article also investigates the challenges that should be considered and managed for IoT in e-government to reach its full potential. With the application of IoT in e-government being at an early stage, the article contributes to the theoretical and practical understanding of how IoT can be leveraged for e-government purposes.

scholarly journals OpenZmeter: An Efficient Low-Cost Energy Smart Meter and Power Quality Analyzer

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Viciana ◽  
Alfredo Alcayde ◽  
Francisco Montoya ◽  
Raul Baños ◽  
Francisco Arrabal-Campos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Power Quality ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Total Energy Consumption ◽  
Support Providers ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Inexperienced User

Power quality and energy consumption measurements support providers and energy users with solutions for acquiring and reporting information about the energy supply for residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. In particular, since the average number of electronic devices in homes increases year by year and their sensitivity is very high, it is not only important to monitor the total energy consumption, but also the quality of the power supplied. However, in practice, end-users do not have information about the energy consumption in real-time nor about the quality of the power they receive, because electric energy meters are too expensive and complex to be handled. In order to overcome these inconveniences, an innovative, open source, low-cost, precise, and reliable power and electric energy meter is presented that can be easily installed and managed by any inexperienced user at their own home in urban or rural areas. The system was validated in a real house over a period of two weeks, showing interesting results and findings which validate our proposal.

scholarly journals Data Acquisition and Transmission System for Building Energy Consumption Monitoring

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Zhao ◽  
Jili Zhang ◽  
Ruobing Liang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Mass Storage ◽  
Building Energy Consumption ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Tcp Protocol ◽  
Consumption Data ◽  
Sd Card

Building energy consumption monitoring and management system have been developed widely in China in order to gain the real-time data of energy consumption in buildings for analyzing it in the next state work. This paper describes a low-cost and small-sized collector based on the STM32 microcontroller, which can be placed in a building easily to implement the work of data acquisition, storage, and transmission. The collector gathers the electricity, water, heat, and energy consumption data through the RS485 field bus and stores the data into an SD card with mass storage, finally, using Internet to finish the communication and transmission to data server through TCP protocol. The collector has been used in application for two years, and the results show that the system is reliable and stable.

scholarly journals Low-Cost Automatic Weather Stations in the Internet of Things

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Ioannou ◽  
Dimitris Karampatzakis ◽  
Petros Amanatidis ◽  
Vasileios Aggelopoulos ◽  
Ilias Karmiris
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Time Data ◽  
New Era ◽  
Observation Systems ◽  
Weather Stations ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) are extensively used for gathering meteorological and climatic data. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) provides publications with guidelines for the implementation, installation, and usages of these stations. Nowadays, in the new era of the Internet of Things, there is an ever-increasing necessity for the implementation of automatic observing systems that will provide scientists with the real-time data needed to design and apply proper environmental policy. In this paper, an extended review is performed regarding the technologies currently used for the implementation of Automatic Weather Stations. Furthermore, we also present the usage of new emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, Edge Computing, Deep Learning, LPWAN, etc. in the implementation of future AWS-based observation systems. Finally, we present a case study and results from a testbed AWS (project AgroComp) developed by our research team. The results include test measurements from low-cost sensors installed on the unit and predictions provided by Deep Learning algorithms running locally.

Enhancing E-Government With Internet of Things

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-129
Author(s):  
Panagiota Papadopoulou ◽  
Kostas Kolomvatsos ◽  
Stathes Hadjiefthymiades
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Real Time Data

Internet of things (IoT) brings unprecedented changes to all contexts of our lives, as they can be informed by smart devices and real-time data. Among the various IoT application settings, e-government seems to be one that can be greatly benefited by the use of IoT, transforming and augmenting public services. This chapter aims to contribute to a better understanding of how IoT can be leveraged to enhance e-government. IoT adoption in e-government encompasses several challenges of technical as well as organizational, political, and legal nature, which should be addressed for developing efficient applications. With the application of IoT in e-government being at an early stage, it is imperative to investigate these challenges and the ways they could be tackled. The chapter provides an overview of IoT in e-government across several application domains and explores the aspects that should be considered and managed before it can reach its full potential.

scholarly journals Low Cost Health Monitoring Sytem Based on Internet Of Things Using Email Notification

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
I Dewa Gede Hari Wisana ◽  
Bedjo Utomo ◽  
Farid Amrinsani ◽  
Era Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Piezoelectric Sensor ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Module Design ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Monitoring activities are needed if there are symptoms of a disease that require quick action so that the patient's condition does not get worse, for that we need a system that can notify doctors so they can take action. The patient monitoring system in hospitals is generally still carried out conventionally, among others, nurses or doctors come to the patient's room to check on the progress of the patient's condition, this will be a problem, if the number of medical personnel and facilities is insufficient to monitor. Patients who need special attention for patient care, such as monitoring the patient's breathing rate. The use of the internet of things (IOT), as a device that can work without the help of people, can perform tasks and provide easier and real time data, so that they can access output directly. The purpose of this research is to design an inexpensive health monitoring tool based on the Internet of Things (Respiration Parameters) using a piezoelectric sensor and an ESP32 Wi-Fi module. From the results of the module design taken from 10 respondents, obtained that the average measurement high accuracy (17.76 + 0.61) and the average level of stability of the design has a magnitude of 0.4 so that it can be concluded that using a piezoelectric sensor in this series can obtain good accuracy. This the design can be used to monitor a person's respiration in real-time

scholarly journals An energy-efficient fog-to-cloud Internet of Medical Things architecture

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 155014771985197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabeen Tahir ◽  
Sheikh Tahir Bakhsh ◽  
Maysoon Abulkhair ◽  
Madini O Alassafi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Implanted Medical Devices ◽  
Internet Of Medical Things ◽  
The Internet Of Things

In order to increase the reliability, accuracy, and efficiency in the eHealth, Internet of Medical Things is playing a vital role. Current development in telemedicine and the Internet of Things have delivered efficient and low-cost medical devices. The Internet of Medical Things architectures being developed do not completely recognize the potential of Internet of Things. The Internet of Medical Things sensor devices have limited computation power; in case if a patient is using implanted medical devices, it is not easy to recharge or replace the devices immediately. Biosensors are small devices with limited energy if these devices do not wisely utilize the energy may drain sharply and devices become inactive. The current medical solutions place the bulk of data on cloud-based systems that ultimately creates a bottleneck. In this article, an energy-efficient fog-to-cloud Internet of Medical Things architecture is proposed to optimize energy consumption. In the proposed architecture, Bluetooth enabled biosensors are used, because Bluetooth technology is an energy efficient and also helps to enable the sleep and awake modes. The proposed fog-to-cloud Internet of Medical Things works in three different modes periodic, sleep–awake, and continue to optimize the energy consumption. The proposed technique enabled the sensing modes that gathers the patients’ data efficiently based on their health conditions. The sensed data are transmitted to the relevant fog and cloud devices for further processing. The performance of fog-to-cloud Internet of Medical Things is evaluated through simulation; the results are compared with the results of existing techniques in terms of an end-to-end delay, throughput, and energy consumption. It is analyzed that the proposed technique reduces the energy consumption between 30% and 40%.

LOW-COST EMBEDDED SOLUTION FOR MEASURING POWER QUALITY PARAMETERS

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 12971-12976
Author(s):  
Liviu Tomesc ◽  
Radu Duma ◽  
Mihail Abrudean ◽  
Petru Dobra
Keyword(s):  
Power Quality ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Quality Parameters
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