Title :
Priority-based smart household power control model
Author :
Prymek, Miroslav ; Horak, Ales
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf., Masaryk Univ., Brno, Czech Republic
Abstract :
In the paper, we present the design and implementation of a priority-based Smart Home Simulation (SHS) system. The system architecture as well as particular device types used are described with a detailed presentation of the consumption planning and control mechanism. The SHS system is based on the multi-agent approach, where the global consumption control is driven mostly by the inter-agent communication. Unlike other works in this field, the presented communication model is designed to be usable even with low-performance controllers with limited computational power. The low performance of the controllers does not substantially limit the overall planning and control capabilities of the whole system. The theoretical foundations of the main system ideas are graphically presented in a real-world example simulation.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; digital simulation; domestic appliances; intelligent control; multi-agent systems; power consumption; power control; power engineering computing; smart power grids; SHS system; communication model; consumption planning; global consumption control; household appliances; inter-agent communication; low-performance controllers; multiagent approach; power consumption control; priority-based smart home simulation system; priority-based smart household power control model; smart grid planning; Computational modeling; Planning; Power demand; Refrigerators; Smart homes; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
London, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2081-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2079-5
DOI :
10.1109/EPEC.2012.6474976