While the approach to automation for reading single-phase and/or poly-phase residential and commercial meters through the LV (low voltage) lines is well known, Peeker has enlarged this vision to both LV and MV (medium voltage – local area networks) electrical lines of any transmission network to assemble the data acquisition and control for remote MHD electrical generators' input of electricity on the MV Grid line and the end user (residential and commercial) metering. The Energy Management Network system, to be implemented by the Company, is based on the remote reading of data memorized by the measuring devices within the system network, using a predefined schedule or on user demand, through different communication layers. The gathered data is sent to the relational database system, from where they can be used for reporting. The reports are predefined or user configurable, and are available to users (both generators and consumer) locally, on the same machine or LAN, or remotely, through Internet or Dial-up Connections. The equipment used in the network system can be located in one place or can be geographically distributed on large areas. These systems are scalable; they can be enlarged by adding new measuring points or users. Bi-directional reading and monitoring of MHD power generators installed along the MV line of specific energy network systems are used.

Multiple MHD generators,  remote or  in clusters, can be installed  and are connected to the MV Grid portion of a network in order to increase the amount of electricity supply into the Network. Sufficient numbers of MHD Plasma Generators connected to multiple MV lines globally may day replace  other  inefficient  and  polluting  power  plants  driven  by fossil fuel and/or nuclear plants.  At  the same time electricity meters  are  installed  in  the  low voltage  grid  in order to periodically test and record kWh readings at  the  point  of various  designated users,  the communication  channel  being  opened  as  long  as   the meter  is  powered on.

Similarly the meters gauging the MHD Plasma electricity generators will also be measured in the MV Line when they are powered on by the generator, (only when the MHD- Plasma Generators are supplying electricity to the MV Grid). This will make the overall network operate faster. The information being transmitted is not represented in pulses; it is a binary value representing the kWh reading and the meter ID. The DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) technology will be implemented.

This spread spectrum technique has been initially used in defense applications and it is already well known for its reliability and noise immunity. Peeker intends to deliver under a franchising contract each MHD-Plasma electricity generator (in average output power of 2000 kWh each) to specific Independent Power Producers operating one or more units globally. Each unit represents a generator client and it will be controlled in a global network through a bi-directional data acquisition system via the MV Line. This means that each generator will be electronically monitored and controlled to determine structural integrity, dynamic on-line security and location reconfirmation, as well as monitored for real time kWh output performance. Several Data Concentrators such as the EMgate are installed geographically in order to collect multiple generator sights information and transmission to the data base center. Billing will be performed individually to each IPP controlled generator as well as cumulatively for analysis by Peeker. Pending on each IPP electricity delivery contract conditions, Peeker will bill the specific user and payments are distributed to the IPPs, the Company and any participating third parties. For IPP electricity delivery contracts to residential and commercial end users, the kWh consumed can be determined by installing special metering systems and reading through the LV line. As in the case of the data acquisition for the VEC Generators, several Data Concentrators such as the EMgates are also installed in the low voltage grid; they will collect the kWh readings from the allocated residential meters, they will store the hourly load profile data which will than be sent towards the customer’s LAN through radio, GSM, GPRS or via direct serial link for analysis, billing or theft detection. By comparing the amount of electricity dumped into the MV network from the VEC generators with the electricity metered at each contracting user, Peeker Corporation can determine and establish the billing.

The illustration bellow shows the Local Network and data collection on both MV Line (suppliers of electricity) and the LV Line (users of electricity). The electricity supply to the MV/LV Transformers is made available from existing power grids (HV) through substations and the MHD-Plasma power cells generators. The VEC Generators, operated On-Line by specific Independent Power Producers (IPP), are hooked to the MV line and supply electricity. The electrical output of each generator is measured by digital meters that can be read directly through the line or through EMGates for multiple meters kWh readings of MHD-Plasma Generators sent towards the Network LAN via radio, GSM, GPRS or via direct serial link for analysis, billing or security detection.

A bidirectional signal is required in order to conduct the Generator's integrity and maintenance analysis, security policies and interference checks, etc. Individual Generator analysis is conducted in real-time at t he Data Center, once the information is received. Maintenance and/or security teams are dispatched on the field (if necessary) as soon as a specific MHD-Plasma Generator or generators are found to require replacement or repair. In parallel, the respective clients, registered members of the network, using power supplied by the MHD Generators are also monitored on-line via the LV Line. Multiple users’ detection of consumed kWh is registered by independent single-phase or poly-phase meters and/or by EM Gates units that can store kWh information from multiple meters. The APGMR Network System (Automated Power Generation and Meter Reading System) reads and monitors data from the MV Line supply and also reads the data from the LV users’ line.