Applications of Smart Metering and Home Appliances' Power Signatures

Over the last decade, significant changes have occurred in area of both power systems and computing systems. Furthermore, we are witnessing the fast spreading of smart grid technology deployments, which combines applications and solutions from both these domains. Therefore with our work we aim to propose and develop applications on top of smart grid power infrastructures that monitor, analyze, classify and characterize various electronic equipment connected to this infrastructure. The present paper aims at discussing the future applications of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and how they can make use of consumer electronic equipment power signatures. Power signature of an electronic device is defined as the power consumption response to a specific workload or program executed by the device.