DocumentCode :
1325053
Title :
Intelligent Residential Air-Conditioning System With Smart-Grid Functionality
Author :
Thomas, Auswin George ; Jahangiri, Pedram ; Wu, Di ; Cai, Chengrui ; Zhao, Huan ; Aliprantis, Dionysios C. ; Tesfatsion, Leigh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
Volume :
3
Issue :
4
fYear :
2012
Firstpage :
2240
Lastpage :
2251
Abstract :
This paper sets forth a novel intelligent residential air-conditioning (A/C) system controller that has smart grid functionality. The qualifier “intelligent” means the A/C system has advanced computational capabilities and uses an array of environmental and occupancy parameters in order to provide optimal intertemporal comfort/cost trade-offs for the resident, conditional on anticipated retail energy prices. The term “smart-grid functionality” means that retail energy prices can depend on wholesale energy prices. Simulation studies are used to demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed A/C system controller.
Keywords :
air conditioning; building management systems; smart power grids; A-C system controller; computational capabilities; intelligent residential air-conditioning system controller; optimal intertemporal comfort-cost trade-off; retail energy prices; smart grid functionality; Air conditioning; Artificial intelligence; Cooling; Heating; Mathematical model; Vectors; Air conditioning; dynamic programming; intelligent control; smart grids;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1949-3053
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TSG.2012.2215060
Filename :
6336847
Link To Document :
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