Active demand side management (aDSM) for optimal use of distributed energy resources (DER).

For the moment the electricity suppliers use only indirect methods for demand side management in the residential en tertiary sector, namely a day-night tariff and a weekend tariff.  This doesnt fit energy usage to the fluctuating energy from (distributed) energy resources (DER).  To use this fluctuating energy optimally, a certain level of intelligence has to be implemented in the electrical devices.  This can be achieved by active demand side management.
In this PhD the possibilities of active demand side management will be investigated together with the possible economic and energetic savings that aDSM can offer.  Economically, the benefit for the end consumer will be larger when the own (locally) produced energy is also consumed locally at the same time.  This PhD further investigates in which amount the influence of distributed energy resources on the grid can be reduced by flattening the demand.
Dynamic characteristics of the controllable loads need to be drawn up.  Also the characteristics of the uncontrollable loads are necessary.  With the use of these characteristics the possibilities of matching the demand on the intermittent profile of the distributed energy resources can be simulated.

Keywords:Distributed energy resources

Disciplines:Other engineering and technology

Project type:PhD project