Modern real time electric meter for efficient energy management using Markov Chain Algorithm

Energy management comprises of planning and operation of energy production and energy consumption units. Home energy management system is sometimes called as smart grids. The energy management system optimizes the energy usage by informing the consumer on a live basis of their corresponding consumption units. Home appliances are generally scheduled to operate on various power ratings. But none have turned to solve the problems associated with the power demand. This paper proposes an effective solution by making a modification in the already existing electric meter by implementing Markov Chain Algorithm. This algorithm makes use of the information particularly the power generated and the power available at that time. Based on the obtained information there are three modes of operation namely custom mode, limited mode and the full power mode. The software implementation has been done by using Proteus software. The hardware details ant their implementation are presented in this paper. The fuzzy rules are used to determine how the power gets distributed. A Matlab software is used to demonstrate it. The prototype hardware is demonstrated by using PIC16f877a microcontroller.