A Novel Algorithm for Intelligent Home Energy Management System

Abstract

Home energy management (HEM) is a system which analyzes, manages and controls the energy requirement for household appliances. This paper presents an algorithm which allows operation of large power consuming household appliances and ensuring that total household consumption is within preset limit. The proposed algorithm manages the power consumption of controllable loads. The algorithm built in simulink platform with 10 houses and validated the algorithm performance by doing real time hardware in loop simulation for one house using OP5600 simulator. The existing HEM systems are with load shedding algorithm. The proposed algorithm controls the power consumption of loads instead of cut out it completely. The major advantage of this work is that there is no violation of consumer comfort level. This paper demonstrates a tool with which the utility can interact with its customers and vice versa. This work serves as an essential stepping stone towards smart grid.