| dc.creator |
Omary, Shaban |
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| dc.creator |
Sam, Anael E. |
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| dc.date |
2020-10-13T07:37:30Z |
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| dc.date |
2020-10-13T07:37:30Z |
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| dc.date |
2019-11-08 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-25T09:15:51Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-10-25T09:15:51Z |
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| dc.identifier |
https://doi.org/10.5815/ijem.2019.06.03 |
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| dc.identifier |
https://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/984 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/94642 |
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| dc.description |
This research article published by Modern Education and Computer Science Press, 2019 |
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| dc.description |
Electricity usage monitoring systems play a vital role towards raising energy utilization awareness for
consumers. Existing solar mini-grid infrastructure, however, lacks a user-friendly two-way platform to allow
consumers to access information about electricity consumption. This paper proposes a cloud-based, two-way
energy usage monitoring system that will allow both utility companies and consumers to access energy
consumption data in a user-friendly way through a web platform. The system requirements were collected
via questionnaires, interviews, and observations conducted at two solar mini-grids centres located at Arusha
and Kilimanjaro regions in Tanzania. The system uses a Low Power Area Network (LPWAN) and the
existing GPRS network to monitor electricity consumption data between smart meter units and the cloud
server. Also, a virtual bill payment module and usage status feedback functionality have been integrated into
the system to increase awareness of the cost-effective use of electricity and hence, achieve the sustainability
of solar mini-grids. By using both white-box and black-box system testing approaches, findings show that the
system will not only raise awareness among customers about the economical usage of electricity, but it can
also be used by mini-grid companies as a source of data to determine current and future energy demands to
minimize large investment costs. |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Modern Education and Computer Science Press |
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| dc.subject |
Smart Meter |
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| dc.subject |
Internet of Things (IoT) |
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| dc.subject |
Energy Monitoring |
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| dc.subject |
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) |
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| dc.subject |
Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) |
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| dc.subject |
Solar Mini-Grids |
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| dc.subject |
ATmega2560 |
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| dc.title |
Web-Based Two-Way Electricity Monitoring System for Remote Solar Mini-Grids |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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