{"id":30102,"date":"2015-06-25T14:29:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T12:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.sinapps.info\/en\/what-is-a-smart-meter\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T22:02:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:02:06","slug":"what-is-a-smart-meter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.sinapps.info\/en\/what-is-a-smart-meter\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Smart Meter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s complexity in the industrial field requires more efficient technologies and devices: and the same goes for those devices that measure the quantity and quality of resources used by a production plant.<\/p>\n

That is why old meters have been takenover by Smart Meters<\/b>: smart measurement and monitoring of consumption (energy, gas, water, etc.) solutions, that are able to communicate with the costs management and control systems of the machineries in the production plant.<\/p>\n

Therefore, we can qualify a Smart Meter as an intelligent and open sentinel<\/b>, which goal is no longer just recording certain data, but also to automatically communicate and transmit them.<\/p>\n

Internet of Things: this is how a Smart Meter is born<\/h2>\n

Now that we have defined what is a Smart Meter<\/strong>, lets go back to understand how the necessity for such an independent device was born.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t have to go far, in fact, it\u2019s in these latest years that the need for an auto-configurable and auto-provisioning technology <\/b>started.<\/p>\n

That is when we talk about Internet of Things<\/b>, a system in which monitoring devices are able to automatically communicate gained information and to access to data produced by other devices.<\/p>\n

What does this tell us about Smart Meters? Mostly, that this devices, from simple information providers, have also become users.<\/p>\n

We refer to them as prosumers<\/b>, that is providers of data, automatically made available to users, and consumer of data, automatically obtained by other devices.<\/p>\n

The importance of Smart Meters in industry<\/h2>\n

By introducing Smart Meters in the industrial field we have gained a more efficient data sharing system<\/b>, with massive volumes of information.<\/p>\n

We can see a clear optimization of the communication<\/b> inside a production plant. And the greatest the volume, the speed and the quality of consumption data, the better efficiency of the infrastructure.<\/p>\n

First of all, it is now possible to monitor resources consumption and therefore to obtain significant savings<\/b>: beneficial for both economical and ecological sustainability.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Smart Maters allow us to control also the parameters of networks, making it possible to spot any anomaly<\/b>.<\/p>\n

ESA Automation Smart Meters and energy management<\/h2>\n

Speaking of sustainability in an industrial context, energy efficiency<\/b> is clearly the hottest topic that comes to mind. This is where Smart Meters shine the most.<\/p>\n

That is why ESA Automation has created a range of solutions inclusive of Smart Meters that allow continuative and distributed monitoring of energy consumptions and network quality.<\/p>\n

Once installed, these devices connect to the other meters and machineries in the plant and start an automatic data transfer<\/b>.<\/p>\n

On top of monitoring consumption, they also carry out a predictive maintenance<\/b> function, allowing us to record power peaks or other problems that require intervening.<\/p>\n

That is what a Smart Meter is: a device that collect information about consumption and share it with other systems that are connected to the plant, carrying out by themselves monitoring and optimization functions.<\/p>\n

Share this article and find out more about our Esaware Smart Meter<\/a> solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s complexity in the industrial field requires more efficient technologies and devices: and the same goes for those devices that measure the quantity and quality of resources used by a production plant.<\/p>\n

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