CLOU GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY provides energy management products and customized solutions for efficient energy usage, cost reduction, and sustainability compliance.
Here we are publishing answers to your questions related to our products and services.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions or queries. You can use our easily accessible contact form or can leave a comment below the relevant article to get in touch with us.
Note: The calculators and animations on this website work with JavaScript-enabled Web browsers. Please make sure your Web browser is JavaScript-enabled.
Since End of 2020 we are using asynchronous scripting technologies.
Recent Articles
-
Understanding the Difference: Recloser vs. Load Breaker Switch
Reclosers are intelligent devices that automatically detect and restore power after momentary faults, improving system reliability. Load breaker switches provide a means of safely isolating specific loads for maintenance or repair work, prioritizing safety during equipment disconnection.
-
Beyond Green: The Magic of Net Zero Buildings
Embark on a journey of sustainable architecture with net zero buildings, where energy efficiency and renewable energy integration converge to achieve carbon neutrality. Discover the innovative design principles and cutting-edge technologies driving the revolution towards a greener and more sustainable built environment.
-
Demand Response vs. Peak Shaving: Understanding the Differences
Demand response and peak shaving are two distinct strategies for managing peak electricity demand, but they differ in their approaches and scope. While demand response involves adjusting energy consumption in response to grid signals, peak shaving focuses on localized load management within a facility to reduce peak demand, optimize energy usage, and minimize costs.
-
Grid Performance Optimization: Advanced Strategies for Transformer Selection and Placement
Advanced planning techniques for transformer selection and placement can greatly enhance grid performance, optimizing efficiency and reliability. By leveraging load forecasting, grid optimization studies, distribution automation, and considering factors like asset management and renewable energy integration, informed decisions can be made to strategically select and place transformers, ensuring a resilient and efficient distribution network.
-
Exploring Ways to Integrate Renewable Energies into Existing Infrastructure
Integrating renewable energy into existing infrastructure is a complex process, but with the right technology, collaboration, and innovation, it is entirely possible. The benefits of transitioning to renewable energy sources can be enormous, but always need to be balanced with the security of power supply for the users.
-
Harmonics and Sequence Components: The Building Blocks of Power System Understanding
Unravel the intricate interplay between harmonics and sequence components in power systems with our comprehensive guide. Gain insights into their distinct differences, impacts, and mitigation strategies to ensure reliable and efficient operation of distribution, transmission, and generation networks.
-
Sub-Metering: Empowering Businesses to Conquer Energy Waste
By regularly monitoring and evaluating energy consumption data, companies can identify the success of their energy management with sub-metering and make informed decisions about future energy-saving efforts.
-
Understanding Vector Group Codes for Distribution Transformers
Vector group codes are standardized designations that provide information about the winding connections and phase relationships in distribution transformers. They ensure proper phasing, fault detection, protection, and interchangeability, while offering flexibility in voltage transformation, grounding methods, and harmonic mitigation.
-
Nonlinear Load: Analysis and Mitigation Strategies
Discover the keys to managing nonlinear loads with precision and expertise. Explore effective modeling, analysis, and mitigation strategies to ensure optimal power performance and tackle the challenges of harmonic distortion and flicker phenomena head-on.
-
High Voltage Engineering: Insight into the Practicalities Behind Ensuring Safe Electricity Transmission
High voltage engineering is a complex and highly specialized field that focuses on the safe and effective transmission of electricity. Engineers in this field must take into account numerous factors, including insulation design, electrical insulation materials, and protective measures to ensure that electricity is transmitted safely and efficiently.
-
DLMS Security for Robust Energy Management Systems
In this article, we look into the fundamentals of DLMS security, exploring concepts such as authentication, encryption, and key management. See, how these measures protect the integrity and confidentiality of DLMS communications in smart metering and energy management systems.
-
Sustainability: The New Frontier for Utilities and Power Companies
Utilities and power companies have a significant impact on the environment. They can contribute to air pollution, water pollution, and climate change. However, they can also make a positive impact on the environment by taking steps to reduce their environmental impact.
-
Why Energy Prices Won't Drop: The Economics of Oil Companies
The reality is that oil companies are not welfare organizations, and energy prices are unlikely to drop anytime soon. Despite public pressure and calls for lower prices, oil companies are profit-driven entities that prioritize their own financial interests over the needs of consumers.
-
Green Energy Storage: Concrete Steps Forward?
Discover the recent energy storage breakthroughs with concrete, sparking debates between proponents and sceptics. From concrete supercapacitors to thermal and gravity storage methods, the future of these innovations remains promising with their implications on sustainability and energy infrastructure.
-
Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Utilities and Power Companies: Strategies and Technologies
Energy efficiency has become a critical aspect of modern power systems in the era of sustainable development and climate change. Utilities and power companies worldwide can maximize energy efficiency by implementing power management systems, demand response programs, distributed generation, and energy storage systems, minimizing energy waste, reducing overall operating costs, and contributing to environmental sustainability.
-
Smart Moves: Navigating the Communication Technology Landscape for Smart Meters
The choice of communication technology is crucial for smart metering, as power companies must weigh factors like coverage, cost, reliability, scalability, and integration to optimize grid management and meet customer expectations. A well-informed decision will pave the way for a future-proof infrastructure that enhances electricity distribution and customer satisfaction.
-
The Evolution of Ancillary Services: Adaptation or Extinction?
As grid integration technologies such as smart grids and energy storage systems advance, the future of ancillary services, which mitigate frequency fluctuations caused by renewables, is uncertain. While their role may evolve and become less prominent, ancillary services are unlikely to become completely obsolete, as they will continue to support and enhance the functioning of…
-
Grounded for Safety: A Guide to Safe Earthing in Electrical Systems
Earthing is crucial for safety and reliability in electrical installations. Understanding principles and regular maintenance is essential for engineers and electricians.
Thank you for your unwavering commitment to excellence, and for sharing your insights on what it takes to be a world-class energy services provider. Your dedication sets a high standard for the industry. Keep up the fantastic work.
Thank you so much for your kind words and appreciation. I truly appreciate your feedback and support. It is incredibly encouraging to hear that our commitment to excellence and insights in the energy services industry have resonated with you.
Please what causes the prepared credit to ran fast?
The credit deduction is based on your consumption. If you use less electrical energy, the meter runs slower.
My CL710K11 Single Phase AMR Prepaid Meter is blinking red light at "warning" sign indicator. What does this mean?
Thanks.
If there is no other indication on the display, it means that your credit is getting low.
Thank You! So much for a great blog and best of luck for the future,
I'll be in touch.
Thank you for your interest. You can swipe down the page bottom and subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
Kindly how can I silence my meter even after dailing 812# still it will revive on its own and starts beeping its really annoying.
The beep can only switch off temporarily for just one minute.
The beep appears because there is an alarm, either low credit, or overload, or tamper.
You can silence your meter permanently after you solve the alarm.
I have a clou meter token and am just wondering how i can silence the beeping alarm that goes off when your are low on tokens. Its kinda annoying. Ypur help will be highly appreciated.
Regards,
Steve
Steve, try code 812 on your UIU (user interface unit) and confirm by pressing the enter-button (blue or red). If it doesn't work, please tell us the meter model type.
How can someone test reactive energy kvarh in a meter test bench?
If the energy meter has a function for measuring reactive energy, it must have a test output (a flashing diode) indicating the reactive consumption. This test output has a meter constant, indicated in e.g. pulses per kvarh. You set measurement mode in your test plan to reactive measurement and adjust the scanning heads in front of the reactive diode. All other procedure is the same like active accuracy test. The settings for reactive power is done inside the test bench and reference standard automatically.
which is the standard to be used for testing of for Reactive power in energy meter and what are the acceptable error margins?
The IEC 62053-23 is applicable for static meters for reactive energy (classes 2 and 3). The allowed errors for accuracy are given in the related tables. If you have a meter with reactive class 2, the allowed error is +/-2% for all balanced loads above 0.1 Ib and power-factor 1.
My CLOU (CL710K11) just shows zeros when I try to enquire balance or input new token, I think it is not communicating with the power source
The possible reason could be long communicate distance or the power cable quality,plsase use another socket and try again. if still doesn't work,pls confirm whether the UIU address is right one( enter 1593570 plus the meter number to set the UIU address).
Where can I find the operational manual for clou meter, with series number CL710K11
Thank you for your message. The operation manual is for the power company or utility. End users get an introduction by the power company and a reference card with the user interface short codes. The configuration for each power company is different. If you are in doubt about a function, ask your power supplier.
My CL710K11 meter
Red light is lit next to the word “WIRING” and I noticed low power in house today. Any idea what could be the problem.
It indicates a poor communication between the user interface unit and the meter. One reason behind can be a very low supply voltage from the grid.