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estimated power consumption in 2025 utilizing these<br />

scenarios. The results suggest that power consumption from<br />

ICT reached to around 100 TWh in 2025, without<br />

considering technological progress [2]. After this study, we<br />

began to examine the new technology of wireless sensor<br />

nodes and its application of power monitoring in residential,<br />

commercial, and business areas in order to make our<br />

previous study more concrete.<br />

This paper presents the experiment of power monitoring<br />

using wireless sensor nodes in “convenience stores”. From<br />

these experiments, benefits and issues in practical use of our<br />

monitoring system were discussed.<br />

Diode Temp. Sensor<br />

MCU<br />

RF-IC<br />

11-13 <br />

May 2011, Aix-en-Provence, France<br />

<br />

II. WIRELESS SENSOR NODES FOR POWER MONITORING<br />

Antenna<br />

Fig. 2. Wireless sensor node integrated with<br />

a current clamp probe (smallest type) and thermometer.<br />

TABLE I<br />

KEY COMPONENTS OF PROTOTYPE OF A SMALL WIRELESS SENSOR NODE.<br />

Fig. 2 shows a prototype of the wireless sensor node for<br />

power monitoring system. The prototyped sensor node<br />

consists of a wireless communication module, sensor<br />

interface circuits, a diode temperature sensor, and a clamp-on<br />

type current transformer having two jaws which open to<br />

allow clamping around an electrical conductor [3]. Table I<br />

shows specifications of the key components used in the node.<br />

The sensor node can detect the flow of current with the help<br />

of the current transformer and the circumambient<br />

temperature. The smallest sensor node can detect the power<br />

of 1 – 1500 W, since the small clamp-on type current<br />

transformer (CTL-6-S32-8F-CL, U.R.D., Ltd.) can be<br />

applied to the current range of 0.01 – 15 Arms. In case of<br />

monitoring the larger current, large clamp-on type current<br />

transformers, shown in Fig. 3, were utilized for high power<br />

application. The wireless communication module includes a<br />

low-voltage and low-power microcontroller unit<br />

(C8051F921, Silicon Laboratories) and single-chip 2.4 GHz<br />

transceiver (nRF24L01, Nordic Semiconductor ASA). Since<br />

the microcontroller can be operated with 0.9 V at minimum<br />

and has a built-in dc-dc converter, the module can work with<br />

one 1.5 V button-type battery. When using a battery of 100<br />

mAh, the sensor node with transmission once a second was<br />

working continuously throughout two months. If the<br />

transmission frequency is set to be once a minute, the sensor<br />

node could work throughout 10 years and be described as a<br />

“maintenance-free” node.<br />

Clamp-on Type AC<br />

Current Sensor<br />

(Smallest Type)<br />

CTL-6-S32-8F-CL [4]<br />

MCU<br />

C8051F921 [5]<br />

Transceiver IC<br />

nRF24L01 [6]<br />

Receiver<br />

100x60x17mm 3<br />

-Micro-SD storage (battery-powered receiver)<br />

-Transmitting to PC via USB<br />

- Dimensions (mm): 18W x 25H x 18t<br />

- Windng (Turn): 800<br />

- Current Range (Recommended): 10 mA<br />

– 15 A<br />

- Supply Voltage: 0.9 – 1.8 V (One-cell<br />

mode operation)<br />

- Built-in dc-dc converter with 1.8 – 3.3 V<br />

output (65 mW max)<br />

- Typical sleep mode current < 0.1 μA<br />

- 10-Bit Analog to Digital Converter<br />

- 2.4-2.5 GHz ISM band<br />

- Minimum supply voltage: 1.9 V<br />

- Supply current in TX mode @ 0dBm<br />

output power: 11.3 mA<br />

- Supply current in Power Down mode:<br />

900 nA<br />

Clamp (S):18X25X18mm:12g<br />

Wireless module,<br />

Sensor interface circuits<br />

19X14x14mm 3<br />

-Working over 12 month<br />

by SR-44 button battery<br />

Clamp (M):23X38.5X26mm:45g<br />

Clamp (L):29X44.5X31mm:70g<br />

Fig. 3. Wireless sensor nodes used for commercial power<br />

consumption monitoring experiment.<br />

III. COMMERCIAL POWER CONSUMPTION MONITORING<br />

10 “convenience stores” (CVSs) were chosen as an<br />

experiment. CVSs are like grocery stores open 24 hours and<br />

7 days a week. They have been deeply rooted in Japanese<br />

culture, there are around 42,000 stores in Japan and around<br />

35 million people use stores every day. Individual stores<br />

provide services while consuming large amount of electricity<br />

around 500 kWh/day. As shown in Table II, there are several<br />

kinds of equipment in CVSs. This equipment can be<br />

classified into two types by the supplied type of electricity,<br />

single-phase AC and three-phase AC.<br />

TABLE II<br />

TYPICAL EQUIPMENT IN CONVENIENCE STORES<br />

• Single-phase AC (200V)<br />

– Lighting<br />

– Name board<br />

– Sign stand<br />

– ATM<br />

– Copy machine<br />

– Microwave<br />

– Water heater<br />

– Heated Food (Oden,<br />

Steamed bread, Fried<br />

food)<br />

– Coffee machine<br />

• Three-phase AC (200V)<br />

– Display cooler and<br />

freezers<br />

• Reach-in, walk-in<br />

– Air-conditioning<br />

– Chilled case<br />

– Fryers<br />

– Drink cooler<br />

– Ice-cream case<br />

Fig.4 shows wireless sensor nodes attached to power lines.<br />

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