14 research outputs found
Autonomous cycle of data analysis tasks for scheduling the use of controllable load appliances using renewable energy
International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, 15/12/2021-17/12/2021, Estados Unidos.With the arrival of smart edifications with renewable energy generation capacities, new possibilities for optimizing the use of the energy network appear. In particular, this work defines a system that automatically generates hours of use of the controllable load appliances (washing machine, dishwasher, etc.) within these edifications, in such a way that the use of renewable energy is maximized. To achieve this, we are based on the hypothesis that depending on the climate, a prediction can be made of how much energy will be generated and, according to the behavior of the users, the energy demand required by these appliances. Following this hypothesis, we build an autonomous cycle of data analysis tasks composed of three tasks, two tasks for estimating the required load (demand) and the renewable energy produced (supply), coupled with a scheduling task to generate the plans of use of appliances. The results indicate that it is possible to carry out optimal scheduling of the use of appliances, but that they depend on the quality of the predictions of supply and demand.European CommissionAgencia Estatal de InvestigaciĂłnJunta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Manch
IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Energy Management in Buildings
Energy usage in buildings has become a critical concern globally, and with that, the concept of energy management in buildings has emerged to help tackle these challenges. The energy management system provides a new opportunity for the building's energy requirements, and is an essential method for energy service, i.e., energy saving, consumption,
Smart home appliances scheduling to manage energy usage
Abstract: It is imperative to manage household appliances in a cost-effective way to realize efficient energy utilization, reduce spending on electricity bills and increase grid reliability. This study presents a Home energy management system (HEMS) scheduling analysis. The scheduling plan avoids the electricity wastages which arise majorly due residentâs negligence on appliances control. The home appliances employed in the research work are classified in terms of their operating periods. The energy consumption was evaluated using a Fixed Pricing (FP) data. The appliances scheduling plan was developed using Microsoft.net framework with C# Programming language whereas the front end showing the scheduled operating periods for the appliances was developed using Telerik UI framework for Windows forms. Simulation results of the scheduling plan show energy consumption in homes can be planned, monitored and controlled to avoid energy wastage and minimize energy expenditure
Optimized energy consumption model for smart home using improved differential evolution algorithm
Abstract: This paper proposes an improved enhanced differential evolution algorithm for implementing demand response between aggregator and consumer. The proposed algorithm utilizes a secondary population archive, which contains unfit solutions that are discarded by the primary archive of the earlier proposed enhanced differential evolution algorithm. The secondary archive initializes, mutates and recombines candidates in order to improve their fitness and then passes them back to the primary archive for possible selection. The capability of this proposed algorithm is confirmed by comparing its performance with three other wellperforming evolutionary algorithms: enhanced differential evolution, multiobjective evolutionary algorithm based on dominance and decomposition, and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm III. This is achieved by testing the algorithmsâ ability to optimize a multiobjective optimization problem representing a smart home with demand response aggregator. Shiftable and non-shiftable loads are considered for the smart home which model energy usage profile for a typical household in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this study, renewable sources include battery bank and rooftop photovoltaic panels. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is able to optimize energy usage by balancing load scheduling and contribution of renewable sources, while maximizing user comfort and minimizing peak-to-average ratio
Internet of things (IoT) based adaptive energy management system for smart homes
PhD ThesisInternet of things enhances the flexibility of measurements under different environments, the
development of advanced wireless sensors and communication networks on the smart grid
infrastructure would be essential for energy efficiency systems. It makes deployment of a
smart home concept easy and realistic. The smart home concept allows residents to control,
monitor and manage their energy consumption with minimal wastage. The scheduling of
energy usage enables forecasting techniques to be essential for smart homes. This thesis
presents a self-learning home management system based on machine learning techniques
and energy management system for smart homes.
Home energy management system, demand side management system, supply side management system, and power notification system are the major components of the proposed
self-learning home management system. The proposed system has various functions including price forecasting, price clustering, power forecasting alert, power consumption alert, and
smart energy theft system to enhance the capabilities of the self-learning home management
system. These functions were developed and implemented through the use of computational
and machine learning technologies. In order to validate the proposed system, real-time power
consumption data were collected from a Singapore smart home and a realistic experimental
case study was carried out. The case study had proven that the developed system performing
well and increased energy awareness to the residents. This proposed system also showcases its customizable ability according to different types of environments as compared to
traditional smart home models.
Forecasting systems for the electricity market generation have become one of the foremost
research topics in the power industry. It is essential to have a forecasting system that can
accurately predict electricity generation for planning and operation in the electricity market.
This thesis also proposed a novel system called multi prediction system and it is developed
based on long short term memory and gated recurrent unit models. This proposed system is
able to predict the electricity market generation with high accuracy.
Multi Prediction System is based on four stages which include a data collecting and
pre-processing module, a multi-input feature model, multi forecast model and mean absolute
percentage error. The data collecting and pre-processing module preprocess the real-time
data using a window method. Multi-input feature model uses single input feeding method,
double input feeding method and multiple feeding method for features input to the multi
forecast model. Multi forecast model integrates long short term memory and gated recurrent
unit variations such as regression model, regression with time steps model, memory between
batches model and stacked model to predict the future generation of electricity. The mean
absolute percentage error calculation was utilized to evaluate the accuracy of the prediction.
The proposed system achieved high accuracy results to demonstrate its performance
A Time-Series Treatment Method to Obtain Electrical Consumption Patterns for Anomalies Detection Improvement in Electrical Consumption Profiles
[EN] Electricity consumption patterns reveal energy demand behaviors and enable strategY implementation to increase efficiency using monitoring systems. However, incorrect patterns can be obtained when the time-series components of electricity demand are not considered. Hence, this research proposes a new method for handling time-series components that significantly improves the ability to obtain patterns and detect anomalies in electrical consumption profiles. Patterns are found using the proposed method and two widespread methods for handling the time-series components, in order to compare the results. Through this study, the conditions that electricity demand data must meet for making the time-series analysis useful are established. Finally, one year of real electricity consumption is analyzed for two different cases to evaluate the effect of time-series treatment in the detection of anomalies. 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Demand response for smart homes
RĂSUMĂ: ProblĂšmes dans lâopĂ©ration de la transmission dâĂ©lectricitĂ©, surcharge, Ă©mission de carbone sont, entre autres, les prĂ©occupations des gestionnaires de rĂ©seaux Ă©lectriques partout dans le monde. Dans ce contexte, face au besoin de rĂ©duire les coĂ»ts dâexploitation ainsi que
le besoin dâadaptation aux diffĂ©rentes exigences de qualitĂ©, de sĂ©curitĂ©, de flexibilitĂ© et de durabilitĂ©, les rĂ©seaux intelligents sont considĂ©rĂ©s comme une rĂ©volution technologique dans le secteur de lâĂ©nergie Ă©lectrique. Cette transformation sera nĂ©cessaire pour atteindre les objectifs environnementaux, intĂ©grer la participation de la demande, appuyer lâadoption de
vĂ©hicules Ă©lectriques et hybrides ainsi que la production distribuĂ©e Ă basse tension. Chaque partie prenante dans le processus de gestion de lâĂ©nergie peut avoir des avantages avec le rĂ©seau intelligent, ce qui justifie son importance dans lâactualitĂ©. Dans ce travail, on se
concentre plutĂŽt sur lâutilisateur final. En plus de lâutilisateur final, nous utilisons Ă©galement lâagrĂ©gateur, qui est une entitĂ© qui agrĂšge un ensemble dâutilisateurs de sorte que lâunion de leurs participations individuelles devienne plus reprĂ©sentative pour les dĂ©cisions relatives au systĂšme dâĂ©nergie. La fonction de lâagrĂ©gateur est dâĂ©tablir un engagement dâintĂ©rĂȘts entre les utilisateurs finaux et lâentreprise de gĂ©nĂ©ration afin de satisfaire les deux parties.
Lâune des contributions principales de cette thĂšse est la mise au point dâune mĂ©thode qui donne Ă un agrĂ©gateur la possibilitĂ© de coordonner la consommation dâun ensemble
dâutilisateurs, en maintenant le niveau de confort souhaitĂ© pour chacun dâentre eux et en les encourageant via des incitations monĂ©taires Ă changer ses consommations, de sorte que la charge globale ait le coĂ»t minimal pour le producteur. Dans la premiĂšre contribution (chapitre 4), ce travail se concentre sur le dĂ©veloppement dâun modĂšle mathĂ©matique reprĂ©sentatif pour la planification des Ă©quipements dâun utilisateur. Le modĂšle intĂšgre des modĂšles dĂ©taillĂ©s et fiables pour des Ă©quipements spĂ©cifiques tout en conservant une complexitĂ© telle que les solveurs commerciaux puissent rĂ©soudre le problĂšme en quelques secondes. Notre modĂšle peut donner des rĂ©sultats qui, comparĂ©s aux modĂšles les plus proches de la littĂ©rature, permettent des Ă©conomies de coĂ»ts allant de 8% Ă 389% sur un horizon de 24 heures. Dans la deuxiĂšme contribution (chapitre 5), lâaccent a Ă©tĂ© mis sur la crĂ©ation dâun cadre algorithimique destinĂ© Ă aider un utilisateur final particulier dans son processus de dĂ©cision liĂ© Ă la rĂ©cupĂ©ration dâinvestissement sur lâacquisition dâappareils ou dâĂ©quipements (composants)
intelligents. Pour un utilisateur spĂ©cifique, le cadre analyse diffĂ©rentes combinaisons de composants intelligents afin de dĂ©terminer lequel est le plus rentable et Ă quel moment il convient de lâinstaller. Ce cadre peut ĂȘtre utilisĂ© pour encourager un utilisateur Ă adopter un concept de maison intelligente rĂ©duisant les risques liĂ©s Ă son investissement. La troisiĂšme contribution(chapitre 6) regroupe plusieurs maisons intelligentes. Un cadre algorithimique basĂ© sur les programmes de rĂ©ponse Ă la demande est proposĂ©. Il utilise les rĂ©sultats des deux contributions prĂ©cĂ©dentes pour reprĂ©senter plusieurs utilisateurs, et son objectif est de maximiser le bien-ĂȘtre social, en tenant compte de la rĂ©duction des coĂ»ts pour un producteur donnĂ© ainsi que de la satisfaction de chaque consommateur. Les rĂ©sultats
montrent que, du point de vue du producteur, la courbe de charge globale est aplatie sans que cela ait un impact nĂ©gatif sur le confort des utilisateurs ou sur leurs coĂ»ts. Enfin, les expĂ©riences rapportĂ©es dans chaque contribution valident thĂ©oriquement lâefficacitĂ© des approches proposĂ©es.----------ABSTRACT: Transmission operation issues, overload, carbon emissions are, among others, the concerns of power system operators worldwide. In this context, faced with the need to reduce operating
costs and the need to adapt to the different requirements of quality, security, flexibility and sustainability, smart grids are seen as a technological revolution in the field of power system. This transformation will be necessary to achieve environmental objectives, support
the adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles, improve distributed low-voltage generation and integrate demand participation. Each stakeholder in the energy management process can have advantages with the smart grid, which justifies its current importance. The focus of this thesis is rather on the end user. In addition to the end-user, this work also uses the aggregator that is an entity that aggregates a set of users such that the union of the individual participation of each user becomes more representative for power system decisions. The function of the aggregator is to establish an engagement of interests between the end users and the generator company in order to satisfy both parties. One of the main contributions of this thesis is the development of a method that gives an aggregator the possibility to coordinate the consumption of a set of users, keeping the desired comfort level for each of them and encouraging them via monetary incentives to change their consumption such that their aggregated load has the minimal cost for the generator company. In the first contribution (Chapter 4), this work focuses on developing a representative mathematical model for user appliances scheduling. The model integrates detailed and reliable models for specific appliances while keeping a complexity such that commercial solvers are able to solve the problem in seconds. Our model can give results that, compared to the
closest models in the literature, provide a cost savings in the range of 8% and 389% over a scheduling horizon of 24 hours. In the second contribution (Chapter 5), the focus was given in making a framework to help a
specific end-user in their decision process related to the payback for an acquisition of smart appliances or equipment (components). For a specific user, the framework analyses various combinations of smart components to discover which one is the most profitable and when it should be installed. This framework can be used to encourage users towards a smart home concept decreasing the risks about their investment. The third contribution (Chapter 6) aggregates several smart homes. A framework based on demand response programs is proposed. It uses outputs from the two previous contributions to represent multiple users, and its goal is to maximize the social welfare, considering the
reduction of costs for a given generator company as well the satisfaction of every user. Results show that, from the generator company perspective, the aggregate load consumption is flattened without impacting negatively the usersâ comfort or their costs. Finally, the experiments reported in each contribution validate, in theory, the efficiency of the proposed approaches
Deep Learning in Demand Side Management: A Comprehensive Framework for Smart Homes
The advent of deep learning has elevated machine intelligence to an unprecedented high level. Fundamental concepts, algorithms, and implementations of differentiable programming, including gradient-based measures such as gradient descent and backpropagation, have powered many deep learning algorithms to accomplish millions of tasks in computer vision, signal processing, natural language comprehension, and recommender systems. Demand-side management (DSM) serves as a crucial tactic on the customer side of meters which regulates electricity consumption without hampering the occupant comfort of homeowners. As more residents participate in the energy management program, DSM will further contribute to grid stability protection, economical operation, and carbon emission reduction. However, DSM cannot be implemented effectively without the penetration of smart home technologies that integrate intelligent algorithms into hardware. Resident behaviors being analyzed and comprehended by deep learning algorithms based on sensor-collected human activities data is one typical example of such technology integration. This thesis applies deep learning to DSM and provides a comprehensive framework for smart home management. Firstly, a detailed literature review is conducted on DSM, smart homes, and deep learning. Secondly, the four papers published during the candidateâs Ph.D. career are utilized in lieu of thesis chapters: âA Demand-Side Load Event Detection Algorithm Based on Wide-Deep Neural Networks and Randomized Sparse Backpropagation,â âA Novel High-Performance Deep Learning Framework for Load Recognition: Deep-Shallow Model Based on Fast Backpropagation,â âAn Object Surveillance Algorithm Based on Batch-Normalized CNN and Data Augmentation in Smart Home,â âIntegrated optimization algorithm: A metaheuristic approach for complicated optimization.â Thirdly, a discussion section is offered to synthesize ideas and key results of the four papers published. Conclusion and directions for future research are provided in the final section of this thesis