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Design and Implementation of Smart Thermosthat for Heating/Cooling Loads Consumption Management

Taghipoor, Hamed | 2018

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 51270 (05)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Electrical Engineering
  6. Advisor(s): Safdarian, Amir
  7. Abstract:
  8. Thesedays, the electric power industry faces not only increasing electrical demand, but also improving the performance of electrical energy systems. In order to provide these requirements, the concept of smart grid is presented by academic researchers and industry experts. In different parts of a smart grid, the application of various technologies for easy monitoring and control of the system improves its performance. On demand side, making smart is the equivalent of smart consumption management to reduce energy consumption or cost. Considering the high contribution of heating/cooling loads to the energy consumption basket, and the high flexibility of these loads due to thermal inertia, the heating and cooling charges consumption management have attracted much attention. In this regard, this project was presented in order to design and implement a smart thermostat to manage the energy consumption of heating and cooling loads. The purpose of this thermostat design is to reduce energy consumption without losing consumer welfare. The thermostat controls the performance of the heating and cooling system to reduce energy consumption, with information such as favorable room temperature, ambient and room temperature model. The consumer’s geographical location is considered as the most basic input of this thermostat. In the presence of the consumer in the room, the thermostat changes room temperature to the desired temperature with the control of the heating and cooling system. Otherwise, considering the consumer’s distance from the room, the temperature is controlled in such a way that when he/she comes back to the room, during the trip, the temperature is regulated to the desired value. So, if the user distance from the room is high, the thermostat reduces energy consumption by turning the heating and cooling system off. So far, different smart thermostats have been designed and their industrial versions have been marketed. Most of them operate on the basis of the consumer’s decision or desired temperature set by them. Despite the indispensable importance of the user distance from the room, none of the thermostats in the market has focused on user geographical information to reduce energy consumption. Therefore, this project deals with the energy consumption management on the basis of consumer’s geographical information
  9. Keywords:
  10. Energy Consumption Management ; Demand Response ; Smart Power Grid ; Smart Thermostat ; Heating/Cooling Loads

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