Ideal for Smart Meters for Gas and Water Introduction to Lithium Primary Batteries
●Why has the adoption of smart meters accelerated in recent years?
●What role do compact, high-capacity batteries play in ensuring uninterrupted operation even in harsh environments?
●Discover valuable insights on batteries that solve key challenges in gas and water smart meters.
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Social Background of Smart Meters for Gas and Water
In recent years, smart meters, which can remotely transmit gas and water usage data from households, commercial facilities, and factories, have become increasingly popular. By using smart meters, remote automatic meter readings can be performed without face-to-face or contact, which not only improves the work efficiency of meter readers at gas and water companies, but also enables the creation of new services such as real-time visualization of gas and water usage to gas and water users.
In addition, joint meter readings have been launched, in which the usage data from gas and water smart meters are integrated into electric power smart meters and transmitted to energy companies. The environment surrounding smart meters continues to evolve.
Image of Smart Meters for Gas and Water
New Value Provided by Smart Meters
Smart meters not only bring benefits to gas and water companies and users, but also provide new value to social infrastructure as a whole. For example, real-time monitoring of gas and water usage through smart meters can improve the efficiency of infrastructure operations by making it possible to adjust and control supply levels appropriately in response to changes in usage. Moreover, by analyzing a large amount of data collected from smart meters, it is possible to detect early deterioration of gas and water pipes and to quickly detect gas and water leaks in the event of natural disasters. This can lead to more efficient maintenance and shorter recovery times in the event of a gas or water leak.
Power Issues in Smart Meters
Although smart meters have many advantages, securing a stable power source is extremely important to maximize their value. Gas and water meters are usually located far from electrical outlets. However, not many households have outdoor outlets. Therefore, by incorporating a battery inside the meter, it is possible to secure a stable and long-lasting power source for data collection and communication.
In addition, data transmission and reception via wireless communication is becoming common with the latest smart meters. In order to collect more detailed data, it is necessary to increase the amount of data and communication distance, which also increases power consumption. Therefore, a large capacity of the battery inside the meter is also required, but since there is not always enough space to accommodate a large battery inside the meter, a small battery with a large capacity is indispensable.
Furthermore, in order to continue functioning as a device that supports social infrastructure, including in times of disaster, it is required to have excellent operating characteristics and high reliability that will never stop operating even in harsh environments such as cold regions.
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Panasonic Energy Smart Meter Batteries
Our company offers a range of products in various sizes and capacities, so you can choose the most suitable battery for your purpose, including not only the smart meter itself but also the external wireless unit. Some water meters measure the flow rate by applying a magnetic field, such as an electromagnetic type, but we also offer products that use stainless steel in the battery casing so that the battery material does not affect meter measurement.
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