Challenges in load profile monitoring: Case study

Author

Khairalla, Mutaz ; Gaouda, A.M. ; Abdel-Hafez, M. ; Shuaib, Khaled ; Alahmad, Mahmoud

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., UAE Univ., Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2015

fDate

25-27 March 2015

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

70

Abstract

Challenges in monitoring and understanding load profiles for different locations in the UAE University are investigated. Understanding equipment behavior from lower level could lead to better energy savings. Load profiles monitored at grid substations, main distribution panels, subpanels and electric circuits (device level) are presented and discussed. The impact of time interval, data resolution, system automation level, operation and settings conditions and harmonic distortion on the analyzing LP for energy saving is discussed. The UAE university campus was used as a case study to monitor and analyze different load profiles.

Keywords

energy conservation; harmonic distortion; power distribution; power system measurement; substation automation; UAE University; data resolution; distribution panels; electric circuits; energy savings; grid substations; harmonic distortion; load profile monitoring; system automation level; time interval; Monitoring; Building management system (BMS); Demand side management (DSM); Real-time monitoring; smart meters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Information Technologies (ICEIT), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marrakech

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7478-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EITech.2015.7162954

Filename

7162954