Energy metering and smart meter
With Fuji Electric's smart meters, industrial installations can take total control of their energy consumptionmake informed decisions about energy consumption, and reduce their carbon footprint. Our smart metering technology is a key factor in keeping industries competitive and sustainable over the long term.
By choosing Fuji Electric's communicating metering technology, industries can improve their energy management, minimize their impact on the environment, and achieve a more sustainable future.
What is a smart meter?
Smart meters are used in industry to measure consumption of electricity, gas, water, steam and heat. They have many applications, such as :
- Energy consumption monitoring: Smart meters enable companies to monitor their energy consumption in real time, which can help them better understand their usage and reduce their energy bills.
- Demand-side management: These meters can help businesses reduce their energy demand during peak periods, which can lower their electricity costs.
- Accurate billing: These meters enable more accurate billing, as they record consumption in real time, rather than requiring manual reading.
- Leak detection : Smart meters can detect water and gas leaks, which can help businesses reduce consumption and save money.
- Data analysis: The data collected by smart meters can be used to analyze trends in energy consumption, which can help businesses make informed energy efficiency decisions.
Smart meters can help businesses monitor and reduce energy consumption, manage energy demand, issue more accurate bills, detect leaks and analyze data to make informed energy efficiency decisions.
What are the advantages of smart meters?
Smart meter technology offers many benefits to industries looking to take control of their energy consumption and reduce their carbon footprint.
With the ability to remotely monitor and collect energy consumption data, industries can gain valuable insights into how they consume energy and where they can make improvements.
This information can be used to make informed decisions about energy consumption, and identify areas where energy consumption can be reduced.
Thanks to the real-time monitoring and alertsindustries can also identify sudden peaks in energy consumption and take steps to prevent them.
Smart metering technology not only provides valuable information, it also enables companies to monitor their energy consumption, enabling them to make significant savings and reduce their carbon footprint. By reducing energy waste, industries can reduce their impact on the environment and contribute to a more sustainable future.
How can energy metering contribute to energy management?
Smart metering is essential for efficient energy management, providing companies with the data and analysis they need to optimize energy use, reduce costs and contribute to a more sustainable future.
- Identify areas of energy waste: Metering and monitoring energy consumption can help companies identify areas where energy is being wasted, and develop strategies to reduce consumption.
- Real-time data and analysis: communicating meters can provide real-time data and analysis, enabling companies to react quickly to changes in energy consumption and optimize energy use.
- Cost savings: By identifying areas of energy waste and optimizing energy consumption, companies can save up to 20% of their annual energy costs.
- Improved energy efficiency: Metering and monitoring energy consumption can help companies identify inefficient equipment and processes, thereby improving energy efficiency.
- Environmental benefits: By reducing energy consumption, companies can reduce their carbon footprint and contribute to a more sustainable future.
- Sub-metering: Sub-meters can be used to monitor energy consumption in multi-tenant building complexes and provide analytical utility reports to better understand a building's energy consumption.
What are the different types of smart meters?
Smart energy meters are digital measuring instruments widely used in the industrial sector to provide real-time data on electricity, gas, water, steam and heat consumption.
These smart meters are becoming increasingly popular in the industrial sector due to their ability to provide more accurate readings and enable efficient energy management. These devices are designed to monitor, control, measure and optimize energy consumption in a building, factory or other installation.
Electricity meters : These electricity meters, also known as electric power meters, are used to measure the amount of electricity consumed by manufacturing plants, commercial establishments and other industrial facilities. These power meters can be smart and are generally used by industrial companies to determine their electricity consumption. Electricity meters can provide additional data such as voltage, current and power factor, which can help identify inefficiencies and power quality problems.
Gas meters : These gas meters are used to measure the volume of gas consumed. The volume measurement is then multiplied by the calorific value (CV) of the gas to calculate the heating value or heating rate. The CV is supplied by the gas network operator in the customer's region. Smart gas meters can provide data on gas pressure, temperature and flow, which can help detect gas leaks and optimize gas use.
Water meters : These water meters measure the amount of water consumed by manufacturing plants and other industrial facilities. Smart water meters can provide data on water pressure, temperature measurement, flow rate and quality value, which can help identify leaks, detect water quality problems and optimize water use.
Steam meters : Steam flow meters measure the amount of steam used by industrial plants. Intelligent steam meters can provide data on steam temperature, steam pressure, steam flow rate and steam quality, which can help detect steam leaks, optimize steam use and ensure optimum performance of steam-powered equipment.
Heat meters : These energy meters measure the amount of heat consumed by a production site. Smart heat meters can provide data on energy, temperature, flow rate and heat quality, which can help optimize the use of heating systems and identify inefficiencies in heat transfer.
Biogas meters These biogas meters are an innovation in smart metering. They measure the quantity and quality of biogas, essential for the energy recovery of biogas from waste treatment and biogas production plants. Biogas meters provide data such as biogas flow, pressure, temperature and composition, essential for optimizing biogas production and ensuring safety, while promoting sustainable energy management and renewable production.
Energy metering systems are essential tools for industrial complexes to optimize energy use and reduce energy costs. The data provided by these meters can help identify inefficiencies, detect problems and optimize energy use, leading to significant savings and environmental benefits.
