Development of a demand-side power monitoring system with mobile deployment consideration

In this paper, we leverage the technologies of Web Service and embedded system to develop a demand-side power monitoring and management system (DPMS). We design a monitoring and management server (MMS) to offer various power-monitoring related Web services. Also, we adopt an embedded computer and a multi-function power transducer to design an active monitoring module (AMM) that has the plug-and-play capability and can actively acquire and deliver power information. Besides, we utilize a Web I/O unit and a Wi-Fi device to design a wireless monitoring module (WMM) so that the MMS can wirelessly monitor and control the power consumption of various apparatuses. The AMM along with the WMM can significantly facilitate the mobile deployment of the power monitoring points (PMPs) and can flexibly extend the distance between the MMS and the PMPs through network. Finally, we implement a DPMS prototype to validate the efficacy of our designs.