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Introductions

Let us know who you are, what you do and what you are looking for from the community.


I'll start by introducing myself.  I am, Joanne Longton, a community manager in the Communities team of the IET.   This is a new community for me to take on and develop so I'd really love to hear your thoughts.
  • Hello Muhammad and welcome to the community!


    Thanks for outlining your particular interests in measurement and  please do feel free to start engaging and interacting with other community members.


    Best wishes,
  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    Joanne, I'm a semi-retired member of the IET Wellington NZ Network and am an occasional contributor to the NZ Sustainable Energy Forum.   We have been discussing desirable pricing options throught line function service charges the costs of distribution networks and the desirability or otherwise of moving from energy carriage charges (non-reflective of network costs) to capacity and demand charges (reflective of a network's required size to supply consumers and therefore largely of its costs).     Adding energy carriage charges to a energy retailer's energy charges increases the total energy charge to consumers and provides, on the face of it, higher financial incentives to invest in insulation and distributed generation (DG), and alternative sources of heating energy.   Investments in these reduce the importation of electrical energy from the networks and lower their revenue.    On the other hand, recovery of costs by means of capacity and demand charges effectively imposes what are seen to be high fixed charges on consumers and lowers incentives to install insulation, DG, etc.    However, such charges are much more reflective of network costs and therefore provide the right price signals to consumers.


    The introduction of capacity and demand charges requires smart meters that record and save half hour consumptions but NZ is now well advanced with the installation of smart meters that perform this function and may be remotely interrogated by the retailer for invoicing purposes.   However, it also follows that consumers should be aware at any time of their instantaneous demand on the network so that, during indicated (by ripple control or otherwise) peak periods, they can turn off any loads they can do without and/or avoid increasing their loads until the peak period has passed.    


    With meters typically being sited in meter boxes on an outside wall, what is wanted is some form of remote indication device that may be placed handily in the home and "talk" continuously or continually to the meter to provide the consumer with his/her current demand and the number of chargeable maximum demands already incurred to date in the chargeable period (which may be a month or a year depending on how the network company's pricing option).


    My question to the Measurement Community is whether such remote indication devices have been developed to interrogate the adjacent meter and provide a consumer with the desirable recordings on the meter.    If the desirablility of such a device is conceded, would it be provided by meter manufacturers or other manufacturers able to use the accepted meter communication protocols?    If the retailer is able to interrogate its meter, then it should be possible for a local device to do so as well on a continuous or continual basis.


    I should be very interested in where the UK and other countries are in relation to the development and provision of such consumer friendly in-home devices.   They appear to me to be essential where consumers are placed on capacity and demand pricing options by their distribution networks     


    Peter Browne
  • Hi Peter and welcome to the community

    Great question - might be worth starting a new, separate discussion thread with the question so that it doesn't get lost within the introductions thread?

    Thanks


  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    In New Zealand, we have been discussing desirable pricing options that more accurately reflect (through line function service charges) the costs of distribution networks including the desirability or otherwise of moving from energy carriage charges (non-reflective of network costs) to capacity and demand charges (reflective of a network's required size to supply consumers and therefore largely of its costs).     Adding energy carriage charges to a energy retailer's energy charges increases the total energy charge to consumers and provides, on the face of it, higher financial incentives to invest in insulation and distributed generation (DG), and alternative sources of heating energy.   Investments in these reduce the importation of electrical energy from the networks and lower their revenue.    On the other hand, recovery of costs by means of capacity and demand charges effectively imposes what are seen to be high fixed charges on consumers and lowers incentives to install insulation, DG, etc.    However, such charges are much more reflective of network costs and therefore provide the right price signals to consumers.

    The introduction of capacity and demand charges requires smart meters that record and save half hour consumptions but NZ is now well advanced with the installation of smart meters that perform this function and may be remotely interrogated by the retailer for invoicing purposes.   However, it also follows that consumers should be aware at any time of their instantaneous demand on the network so that, during indicated (by ripple control or otherwise) peak periods, they can turn off any loads they can do without and/or avoid increasing their loads until the peak period has passed.   With meters typically being sited in meter boxes on an outside wall, what is wanted is some form of remote indication device that may be placed handily in the home and "talk" continuously or continually to the meter to provide the consumer with his/her current demand and the number of chargeable maximum demands already incurred to date in the chargeable period (which may be a month or a year depending on how the network company's pricing option).

    My question to the Measurement Community is whether such remote indication devices have been developed to interrogate the adjacent meter and provide a consumer with the instantaneous demand and the desirable chargeable recordings on the meter.    If the desirablility of such a device is conceded, would it be provided by meter manufacturers or other manufacturers able to use the accepted meter communication protocols?    If the retailer is able to interrogate its meter, then it should be possible for a local device to do so as well on a continuous or continual basis.

    I should be very interested in where the UK and other countries are in relation to the development and provision of such consumer friendly in-home devices.   They appear to me to be essential where consumers are placed on capacity and demand pricing options by their distribution networks     

     
  • Welcome to the community Rohit Babu‍ - do please get involved - feel free to post any questions you have or start a discussion.

    Get in touch and tell us more about your research, I'd love to hear more.


    Joanne

  • Hi Rohit Babu‍ 

    I hope that members of the community will offer suggestions/responses to the questions you post below.


    In the meantime, I assume you have also tried the Mathworks website?

    Regards

  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    Hello Everyone,
    My name is Ejay and I currently work as a Senior Scientist in the field of Process Analytics within the formulations platform at The Centre For Process Innovation (CPI). The role sees me work closely in the areas of Process Analytical Technology (PAT), measurement approaches & techniques applied to pharma, homecare and food products. In addition to this, I am also involved in signal processing and algorithm development, chemometric modelling and advanced process control.

    Before taking up my current role, I worked in various projects which saw me develop algorithms which could feature extract key indicators from acquired process data and give indications on the structural health of various materials, condition monitoring of rotating machinery and process monitoring of mixing/agglomeration processes. 


    More recently as part of a PhD programme, I developed a method of non-invasively inspecting the quality of powders in real time for a home care based product using Acoustic Emission sensing (high-frequency sound waves). Prior to that, I was a key player in the development of the UK’s first non-contact inline magnetometer based sensor for pipeline inspections in the oil and gas sector.
    I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Master’s in Control Systems and PhD in Process Measurement and Instrumentation.
    ….I look forward to learning and sharing ideas with all of the bright people within the group.
    Regards
    Dr.Ejay Nsugbe Msc MIET
  • Welcome to the community Ejay Nsugbe‍ - good to have you on board.


    Look forward to hearing more from you
  • Hi I'm Philip Oakley, I worked in Defence Electro Optics (EO) on the design of various infra red, lasers, and optical equipments, and have a large interest in dimensional analysis because of the potential for analysis error in EO systems because of the limitations of the ISO System of Quantities (ISQ).


    I've recently retired so I'm looking to extend my activities in the area of dimensional analysis in metrology, especially now that more modern computer algebra systems happily handle Units conversion and Dimension checking, but still can't resolve Torque from Work, or Hertz from Becquerel, or will happily add Mach numbers to interest rates. Not the best of engineering experiences.


    Are their any events or meeting in the near future?
  • Hi All,


    My name is Paul Marks, I am a time served apprentice with an HNC, a BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering and Chartered through the IET. I have experience in the Machinery, Automation, Safety and Powered Access industries. I specialise in Product Development and have brought products to market in a number of different sectors. I have also held Design Authority and managed Technical Support and Quality functions on a global basis, including product performance and failure investigations.  



    I now offer these services as an independent Consultant specialising in Product Strategy, Management and Development. This covers Market Research, Concepts, Design and Development, Test and Certification, Manufacture and Production through to Product Launch and Distribution. If you have any product problems please let me know!


    I have been involved in Metrology and dimensional checking since my apprentice days with hand tools, then digital gauges and CMMs. Most recently I have used moving coil actuators with sub micron optical encoders for high speed measurement applications across many industries. 


    I am based in West Sussex but travel anywhere in the world and I am looking forward to some good discussion in the IntMC network!. Thanks.


    Regards


    Paul