Simulating the effect on the energy efficiency of smart grid technologies

The awareness of the greenhousegas effect and rising energy prices lead to initiatives to improve energy efficiency. These initiatives range from micro-generation, energy storage and efficient appliances to controllers with optimization objectives. Although these technologies are promising, their in...

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Published inProceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) pp. 1530 - 1541
Main Authors Molderink, A., Bosman, M.G.C., Bakker, V., Hurink, J.L., Smit, G.J.M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.12.2009
Subjects
Analytical models
Distributed control
Distributed power generation
Energy efficiency
Energy storage
Home appliances
Load management
Power generation
Smart grids
Temperature control
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Summary:The awareness of the greenhousegas effect and rising energy prices lead to initiatives to improve energy efficiency. These initiatives range from micro-generation, energy storage and efficient appliances to controllers with optimization objectives. Although these technologies are promising, their introduction may rise further questions. The implementation of such initiatives may have a severe impact on the electricity infrastructure. If several of these initiatives are introduced in a combined way, it is difficult to analyse their overall impact. In this paper a model is defined and a developed simulator is described to analyse the impact of different combinations of micro-generators, energy buffers, appliances and control algorithms on the energy efficiency, both within the house and on larger scale. The simulator is easily adaptable to new types of micro-generators, controllers and other supported devices. Simulation of two case studies with the simulator shows that the achieved results are promising.
ISBN:9781424457700
142445770X
ISSN:0891-7736
1558-4305
DOI:10.1109/WSC.2009.5429305