About this Research Topic
The energy consumption behavior of consumers took a significant turn and it shifted to a new energy scenario that demands a flexible energy grid. Grid utilities can now easily tackle this challenging situation by utilizing the powerful tool to regulate the peak demand, which ensures better service and greater savings for consumers. Demand Side Management (DSM) is a strategic tool applied by grid utility companies to manage the demand of consumers by properly planning the usage of electrical energy. DSM refers to the change in the energy consumption behavior of the consumer to achieve the desired load profile. It also reduces the investment cost to build new transmission & distribution corridors and carries potential to optimally utilize the existing resources.
Microgrid technology is characterized as plug-and-play micro sources which can be combined with energy storage devices to serve the larger population. The increasing number of renewable sources led to the acceptance of the microgrid paradigm worldwide to develop a sophisticated control strategy to regulate these sources with better monitoring and protection schemes. The DSM strategy coordinated with microgrid supports the balancing of consumption and demand pattern which would consequently flatten the load profile. Thus, the role of DSM strategy in microgrid structure is highly expected in future scenarios to meet the exponential growth of energy and optimize the energy consumption pattern.
On the other hand, the centralized structure of microgrid is changing to decentralized paradigm with the acceptance of blockchain technology. This technology is defined as a shared and immutable digital ledger that has the capability to record transactions and can be extended to microgrid to perform peer-peer transactions for trading of energy. The prospective microgrid technology has the potential to include distributed DSM system in community microgrid with the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) to provide real time monitoring and optimal control of distributed energy resources by the individual consumers. Hence, this Research Topic also focusses towards adopting the DSM strategy in decentralized microgrid structure to empower the consumers to decide their consumption pattern as per the requirements of the grid utility.
This Research Topic aims to collect research works in the following topics but not limited to:
- Advanced control algorithms executing demand side management in grid forming and grid feeding
mode of microgrid.
- Techno-Economic analysis of microgrid with demand side management programs.
- Efficient design of microgrid energy management system with demand response program
supporting clean and economical operation.
- Effective models of Home Energy Management System (HEMS) with integrated Demand Response
(DR) programs considering optimal coordination and scheduling of various smart appliances.
- Advanced DSM framework for microgrids, including smart load monitoring and an intelligent load
controller to support reduction in peak demand and energy costs.
- Effective communication infrastructure for DR and HEMS implementation in realistic microgrid
environment maximizing the usage of renewable energy resources and maintaining balance
between demand and consumption.
- Sophisticated algorithms and control for microgrid including convergence of environmental benefits,
energy cost/efficiency, energy security, and system resiliency/reliability.
- Efficient models of blockchain-based decentralized energy intra-trading with battery storage
flexibility in a community microgrid system.
Microgrid technology is characterized as plug-and-play micro sources which can be combined with energy storage devices to serve the larger population. The increasing number of renewable sources led to the acceptance of the microgrid paradigm worldwide to develop a sophisticated control strategy to regulate these sources with better monitoring and protection schemes. The DSM strategy coordinated with microgrid supports the balancing of consumption and demand pattern which would consequently flatten the load profile. Thus, the role of DSM strategy in microgrid structure is highly expected in future scenarios to meet the exponential growth of energy and optimize the energy consumption pattern.
On the other hand, the centralized structure of microgrid is changing to decentralized paradigm with the acceptance of blockchain technology. This technology is defined as a shared and immutable digital ledger that has the capability to record transactions and can be extended to microgrid to perform peer-peer transactions for trading of energy. The prospective microgrid technology has the potential to include distributed DSM system in community microgrid with the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) to provide real time monitoring and optimal control of distributed energy resources by the individual consumers. Hence, this Research Topic also focusses towards adopting the DSM strategy in decentralized microgrid structure to empower the consumers to decide their consumption pattern as per the requirements of the grid utility.
This Research Topic aims to collect research works in the following topics but not limited to:
- Advanced control algorithms executing demand side management in grid forming and grid feeding
mode of microgrid.
- Techno-Economic analysis of microgrid with demand side management programs.
- Efficient design of microgrid energy management system with demand response program
supporting clean and economical operation.
- Effective models of Home Energy Management System (HEMS) with integrated Demand Response
(DR) programs considering optimal coordination and scheduling of various smart appliances.
- Advanced DSM framework for microgrids, including smart load monitoring and an intelligent load
controller to support reduction in peak demand and energy costs.
- Effective communication infrastructure for DR and HEMS implementation in realistic microgrid
environment maximizing the usage of renewable energy resources and maintaining balance
between demand and consumption.
- Sophisticated algorithms and control for microgrid including convergence of environmental benefits,
energy cost/efficiency, energy security, and system resiliency/reliability.
- Efficient models of blockchain-based decentralized energy intra-trading with battery storage
flexibility in a community microgrid system.
Keywords: Microgrid, Renewable Energy Integration, Demand Side Management, Smart Grid, Peak demand savings
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