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Minimizing Electricity Theft using Smart Meters in AMI
arXiv:1208.2321v1 [cs.NI] 11 Aug 2012
M. Anas, N. Javaid, A. Mahmood, S. M. Raza, U. Qasim‡ , Z. A. Khan§
‡ University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS
Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
§ Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Abstract—Global energy crises are increasing every moment.
Every one has the attention towards more and more energy production and also trying to save it. Electricity can be produced through many ways which is then synchronized on a main grid for usage. The main issue for which we have written this survey paper is losses in electrical system. Weather these losses are technical or non-technical. Technical losses can be calculated easily, as we discussed in section of mathematical modeling that how to calculate technical losses. Where as non-technical losses can be evaluated if technical losses are known. Theft in electricity produce non-technical losses. To reduce or control theft one can save his economic resources. Smart meter can be the best option to minimize electricity theft, because of its high security, best efficiency, and excellent resistance towards many of theft ideas in electromechanical meters. So in this paper we have mostly concentrated on theft issues.
Index Terms—Electricity theft, Smart meter, Non-Technical losses, Advanced Metering Infrastructure.
I. I NTRODUCTION
Electricity, generated through many ways, is synchronized on a single bus bar of the grid for transmission. Before utilization of electricity, it passes from certain phases. It is first generated, step upped in transformer deck, passed from switch yard for transmission through power lines. After transmission it is distributed for utilization to the customers. This energy needs to be billed as well. Usually two types of devices are mainly used for billing procedure.
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arXiv:1208.2321v1 [cs.NI] 11 Aug 2012
M. Anas, N. Javaid, A. Mahmood, S. M. Raza, U. Qasim‡ , Z. A. Khan§
‡ University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS
Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
§ Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Abstract—Global energy crises are increasing every moment.
Every one has the attention towards more and more energy production and also trying to save it. Electricity can be produced through many ways which is then synchronized on a main grid for usage. The main issue for which we have written this survey paper is losses in electrical system. Weather these losses are technical or non-technical. Technical losses can be calculated easily, as we discussed in section of mathematical modeling that how to calculate technical losses. Where as non-technical losses can be evaluated if technical losses are known. Theft in electricity produce non-technical losses. To reduce or control theft one can save his economic resources. Smart meter can be the best option to minimize electricity theft, because of its high security, best efficiency, and excellent resistance towards many of theft ideas in electromechanical meters. So in this paper we have mostly concentrated on theft issues.
Index Terms—Electricity theft, Smart meter, Non-Technical losses, Advanced Metering Infrastructure.
I. I NTRODUCTION
Electricity, generated through many ways, is synchronized on a single bus bar of the grid for transmission. Before utilization of electricity, it passes from certain phases. It is first generated, step upped in transformer deck, passed from switch yard for transmission through power lines. After transmission it is distributed for utilization to the customers. This energy needs to be billed as well. Usually two types of devices are mainly used for billing procedure.
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