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Improving direct load control implementation by an inititative load control method

Rastegar, M ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. Abstract:
  3. Demand response (DR) as a state-of-the-art program is accommodated in the energy efficiency contexts of the smart grid. Lack of the customer knowledge about how to respond to the time-differentiated tariffs and offered controlling signals is the major obstacle in the way of broad DR implementing. As a solution, an optimization method, namely load control (LC), is proposed to automatically control the on/off status of the responsive appliances in a smart home. This paper focuses on the direct load control (DLC) program in the category of incentive-based DR programs. LC is extended to consider inconvenience cost of the DLC implementation for DLC program participants. Outputs of the extended LC would be an advice for the customer to determine whether it is financially profitable to participate in the offered DLC program or not. Numerical studies are effectuated to investigate different features of the LC and DLC program
  4. Keywords:
  5. Demand response ; Direct load control ; Load control ; Smart grid ; Control methods ; Customer knowledge ; Optimization method ; Smart homes ; Automation ; Electric network analysis ; Electric power distribution ; Energy efficiency ; Intelligent buildings ; Press load control ; Smart power grids ; Thermoelectric equipment ; Electric load management
  6. Source: EPDC 2013 - 18th Electric Power Distribution Network Conference ; 2013 ; ISBN: 9781480000000
  7. URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6565975&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D6565975