Time-of-use and demand metering in conditions of power outage
US5918380A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 9, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY04S20/30
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A metering system for metering the consumption of electrical energy to provide time-of-use and demand metering in the presence of at least one power outage event includes an encoder device for transmitting a radio frequency (RF) signal and a interrogate/receiver device for receiving the radio frequency signal transmitted by the encoder device. The encoder device has apparatus for sensing electrical power consumption and for sensing a power outage. Additionally, the encoder device has apparatus for periodically generating an encoded RF signal for transmission by the encoder device. The signal has a plurality of discrete components, each of the components being related to electrical power consumption over a selected interval of time. The signal further has a power outage flag associated with each discrete component, the flag being set for any interval of time during which a power outage is sensed. A meter counter for incrementally increasing a count as a function of time is included. The meter counter is powered by the electrical power being metered. The interrogate/receiver device has a decoder that is communicatively coupled to the encoder device for decoding the encoded RF signal …
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