Flexible Scheduling of Residential Energy Loads, the Optiflex concept

Abstract

In the context of the Optiflex project, we consider the problem of dispatching grid loads in presence of energy production coming from renewable sources. As renewables are mostly weather-dependent and therefore massively and quickly fluctuating, the imbalance between production and consumption, the over voltage and overload of grid components are just a few of implications. One of the technical measures for mastering these challenges is the intelligent management of available flexibilities in the grid. In order to let the distribution system operators face this challenge, a concept aimed to actively control heat pumps and electric heaters is proposed. This concept is concretised in four main steps: power profile disaggregation of the controllable flexibilities, photovoltaic power prediction, power demand estimation of the controllable loads, and loads actuation scheduling.

Smart GridAlgorithmsDisaggregationDemandForecastSchedulingOptimization

BibTeX

    @article{derboni2021flexible,
      title   = {Flexible Scheduling of Residential Energy Loads, the Optiflex concept},
      author  = {Derboni, Marco and Salani, Matteo and Rizzoli, Andrea Emilio},
      year    = {2021},
      url     = {https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3116/Paper_11.pdf},
      journal = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
      volume  = {3116}    
    }