Power-Grid Load Balancing by Using Smart Home Appliances

Author

Ricci, A. ; Vinerba, B. ; Smargiassi, E. ; De Munari, Ilaria ; Aisa, V. ; Ciampolini, P.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Inf., Univ. di Parma, Fabriano

fYear

2008

fDate

9-13 Jan. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet, and can be mitigated by increasing the efficiency of the electric power generation and distribution system. Dynamic demand control is a low-cost technology that fosters better load balancing of the electricity grid, and thus enable savings on CO₂ emissions at power plants. This paper discusses a practical and inexpensive solution for the implementation of dynamic demand control, based on a dedicated peripheral for a general-purpose microcontroller. Pre-production test of the peripheral has been carried out by emulating the actual microprocessor. Simulations have been carried out, to investigate actual efficacy of the proposed approach.

Keywords

load regulation; power grids; power system control; climate change; distribution system; dynamic demand control; electric power generation; electricity grid; general-purpose microcontroller; microprocessor; power grid load balancing; smart home appliances; Environmental economics; Home appliances; Load management; Planets; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power grids; Power system economics; Power systems; Smart homes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2008. ICCE 2008. Digest of Technical Papers. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1458-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1459-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2008.4588081

Filename

4588081