KR20160035354A - Remote metering system having radiation contamination measurement function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a remote metering system including a radiation contamination measuring function. The prevention provides technology which includes: a consumer meter measuring and storing the usage of electricity of a consumer, and transmitting metering data; a data concentrating device collecting the metering data from the consumer meter, receiving radiation contamination information, sensed by an external radiation sensor, and then transmitting the metering data and the radiation contamination information; and a remote metering server collecting, analyzing, and processing the metering data and the radiation contamination information, which are transmitted from the data concentrating device.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a remote meter reading system having a radiation contamination measuring function,

The present invention relates to a remote meter reading system having a radiation contamination measuring function, and more particularly, to a data concentrating apparatus for remote meter reading, which comprises a function of measuring a radiation contamination degree, Server and the customer's house, it is possible to provide a more precise localized radiation pollution degree to the customer in real time in comparison with the existing radiation detection method for a wide area, ≪ / RTI >

Remote meter reading refers to the reading of meter reading data from a remote place without visiting the customer, such as electricity, gas, water meter, etc., and the remote meter reading system reads the indication of the meter located at the remote place and the detected information by the detector, Or automatically collected through a communication line using radio waves and analyzed by a computer.

Such a raw blood probe system collects information by a telephone line, a power line, or a radio frequency method, and can connect with a computer program through an automatic meter reading system to not only issue bills but also grasp demand patterns.

On the other hand, despite the recent leakage of radiation to the outside area due to defects in the nuclear power plant, there is no way for the public to easily know the degree of radiation contamination in the surrounding area. There is a risk that it will cause diseases such as cancer due to radiation pollution.

Therefore, there is a need to provide a method of easily grasping the degree of radiation pollution in the area to the general public by using the remote meter reading system.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0061938

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a data concentrator for remote metering by adding a radiation pollution degree measuring function and transmitting the measured radiation contamination information to a remote metering server and a radiation examining apparatus The present invention provides a remote meter reading system having a radiation contamination measuring function capable of providing a more precise localized radiation contamination degree to a customer in real time in comparison with a conventional radiation detecting method for a wide area.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic meter reading system having a radiation contamination measuring function, comprising: a consumer meter for measuring and storing electricity consumption of a customer and transmitting meter reading data; A data concentrator for collecting metering data from the acceptance instrument and receiving the radiation contamination information sensed by an external radiation sensor and then transmitting the metrology data and the radiation contamination information; And a remote meter reading server for collecting, analyzing and processing the meter reading data and the radiation contamination information transmitted from the data concentrating apparatus.

The present invention provides a more precise localized radiation pollution degree to the customer in real time in comparison with a conventional radiation detection method for a wide area, and thus has a technical effect of preventing or minimizing damage due to radiation leakage.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an automatic meter reading system having a radiation contamination measuring function according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration of a data concentrator having a radiation contamination measurement function according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an automatic meter reading system having a radiation contamination measuring function according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an automatic meter reading system having a radiation contamination measuring function according to the present invention includes a customer meter 10, a data concentrator (DCU) 100, and a remote meter reading server 20.

The consumer meter 10 measures and stores the electricity consumption of the customer using an electronic watt hour meter and transmits the meter reading data to the data concentrator (DCU) 100 through the communication modem.

The data concentrator (DCU) 100 collects the meter reading data from the consumer meter 10, and in particular transmits the radiation contamination information and the collected meter reading data sensed by the external radiation sensor to the remote meter reading server 20 .

The remote meter reading server 20 automatically collects, analyzes and processes the remote meter reading data information of the transmitted customer, and if necessary, provides usage information of each customer to the customer through a web browser.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration of a data concentrator having a radiation contamination measurement function according to the present invention.

2, the data concentrator 100 having the radiation contamination measuring function according to the present invention includes a communication unit 110, a radiation contamination information collecting unit 120, a meter reading data collecting unit 130, a storage unit 140 And a control unit 150. [0033]

The communication unit 110 includes an instrument communication unit 111 and an upper server communication unit 112.

The meter communication unit 111 communicates with the custodian 10 and the upper server communication unit 112 communicates with the remote meter reading server 20. In this case, RS232, RS485, optical communication, CDMA, WCDMA, Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC), 3G, 4G, LTE, and LTE-A.

The radiation contamination information collecting unit 120 has a radiation sensor that protrudes outside the enclosure of the data concentrator (DCU) 100 and can directly measure the radiation contamination degree of the external area, and the radiation specimen according to the concentration measured by the radiation sensor the current value according to the spec is transmitted to the data concentrator (DCU) 100, and the received current value is converted into the gamma dose rate according to the sensor spec to obtain the radiation contamination information of the corresponding region.

Wherein the radiation sensor may be constructed using thermopiles, bolometers, or pyroelectric sensing elements, and absorption layers may be provided to improve the absorption of incident radiation, An optical element (e.g., a prism) or a structure that bends the optical path so that the radiation outside the sensor element follows a path that is bent relative to the path inside the sensor.

At this time, the radiation contamination information of the area is not only transmitted from the data concentrator (DCU) 100 to the remote meter reading server 20, but also from each data concentrator (DCU) , In Home Display (IHD)), it is preferable to visually confirm the radiation contamination degree around each data concentration apparatus (DCU, 100) in the house.

Table 1 below shows exemplary alarm levels according to radiation measurement values.

Here, the average value means a three-year average value in the region where the radiation sensor is installed.

The level of attention is a level set for the purpose of early detection of radiation anomalies. It is prescribed that if the average value of one hour exceeds the level of attention, it is necessary to identify the cause and report the result to the Minister of Education, Science and Technology.

The warning level is a level set to determine whether or not food is consumed. The consumption of water and agricultural products produced at the point corresponding to the warning level is temporarily restricted. In this case, Or not.

The meter reading data collecting unit 130 collects and manages meter reading data from the consumer meter 10.

The storage unit 140 stores various data processed by the radiation measuring unit 120 and the meter reading and collecting unit 130 and may use a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory as a storage medium. However, the storage unit 140 is not limited thereto.

The control unit 150 controls the communication unit 110, the radiation measuring unit 120, the inspection / collecting unit 130, and the storage unit 140.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit of the invention.

10: consumer instrument
100: Data Concentrator
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111: instrument communication unit 112: upper server communication unit
120: Radiation contamination information collecting unit
130: meter reading data collecting unit
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20: Remote meter reading server

Claims (4)

A consumer instrument for measuring and storing the electricity usage of the consumer and transmitting the meter reading data;
A data concentrator for collecting metering data from the acceptance instrument and receiving the radiation contamination information sensed by an external radiation sensor and then transmitting the metrology data and the radiation contamination information; And
And a remote meter reading server for collecting, analyzing and processing the meter reading data and the radiation contamination information transmitted from the data concentrating device. The data convergence apparatus according to claim 1,
A communication unit for communicating with the customer and the remote meter-reading server;
A radiation contamination information collecting unit for collecting radiation contamination information from the radiation sensor, the radiation contamination information including information on the degree of radiation contamination around the radiation sensor;
A meter reading data collecting unit for collecting meter reading data from the consumer meter; And
And a controller for controlling the communication unit, the radiation contamination information collecting unit, and the meter reading data collecting unit. The radiation image sensor according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the data collecting device is provided so as to protrude outside the enclosure of the data concentrator, and measures the degree of contamination of radiation in the area around the data concentrator. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
And the data is transmitted to the remote meter reading server and the radiological check apparatus of the customer premises.

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