Smart Meter using Blockchain

Abstract

Smart Meters are considered one of the most advanced technologies in the smart grid due to both communication and real time monitoring. Smart meters provide energy saving and cost effective control of the grid. With the help of our smart meter the service providers can sort the data of each location efficiently and get a early prediction of additional current to be supplied. Our project is proposed to create an automated device that can record the amount of energy consumed and its equivalent electric charge, store it in a blockchain , make payment through crypto currency. The personal information collected in real time is alarming, as it may lead to violation of users privacy. In this scenario we employ the blockchain technology. Our smart meter provide features such as in-built fire, flood, gas detectors, thus provide better security to devices and household. Smart meter also provide a home automation system, which includes a voice assistant (like Alexa, Google home etc..) to control smart appliances, with an additional feature to control electronic devices wirelessly through a mobile application. The smart meter will automatically adjust the cooling  appliances (fan, AC, etc..) according to the temperature and by detecting the use of light in the environment, it automatically turns on when the environment is dark and turns off when it receives light.