Optimization of Residential Demand Response Program Cost with Consideration for Occupants Thermal Comfort and Privacy

Residential consumers can use the demand response program (DRP) if they can utilize the home energy management system (HEMS), which reduces consumer costs by automatically adjusting air conditioning (AC) setpoints and shifting some appliances to off-peak hours. If HEMS knows occupancy status, consum...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Nematirad, Reza, Ardehali, M M, Khorsandi, Amir
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 14.05.2023
Subjects
Air conditioning
Algorithms
Consumers
Costs
Demand side management
Electric power demand
Electrical loads
Energy management
Occupancy
Optimization
Parameter uncertainty
Residential energy
Thermal comfort
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Summary:Residential consumers can use the demand response program (DRP) if they can utilize the home energy management system (HEMS), which reduces consumer costs by automatically adjusting air conditioning (AC) setpoints and shifting some appliances to off-peak hours. If HEMS knows occupancy status, consumers can gain more economic benefits and thermal comfort. However, for the building occupancy status, direct sensing is costly, inaccurate, and intrusive for residents. So, forecasting algorithms could serve as an effective alternative. The goal of this study is to present a non-intrusive, accurate, and cost-effective approach, to develop a multi-objective simulation model for the application of DRPs in a smart residential house, where (a) electrical load demand reduction, (b) adjustment in thermal comfort (AC) temperature setpoints, and (c) , worst cases scenario approach is very conservative. Because that is unlikely all uncertain parameters take their worst values at all times. So, the flexible robust counterpart optimization along with uncertainty budgets is developed to consider uncertainty realistically. Simulated results indicate that considering uncertainty increases the costs by 36 percent and decreases the AC temperature setpoints. Besides, using DRPs reduces demand by shifting some appliance operations to off-peak hours and lowers costs by 13.2 percent.
ISSN:2331-8422