Distributed energy resources with home energy management in smart grid

In this paper, an optimal real-time home energy management to regulate the residential appliances is proposed considering renewable energy resources included in the grid. The appliances can be classified into different groups, where the time shiftable appliances are participated in the scheme to schedule their operational period via the price incentive. An improved binary swarm optimization algorithm is introduced to optimize the usage of household appliances. The parameter settings in the particle location of the algorithm are improved to increase the global searching capability and convergence speed. Besides, the renewable energy resources such as PV panel and wind turbine output are discussed. Simulation experiments are performed to prove the efficacy of the proposed algorithm.