Distributed residential load control of binary behaving loads

Author

Weckx, Sam ; Driesen, Johan ; D´Hulst, Reinhilde

Author_Institution

KULeuven, Energyville, Belgium

fYear

2013

fDate

16-20 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, a distributed algorithm is described to schedule binary behaving loads, such as dishwashers, washing machines or tumble dryers in a near optimal way. We consider a smart grid equipped with a two-way communication system. Energy producers and end-users exchange information through the communication infrastructure in order to converge to near optimal power consumption schedules. The near optimal scheduling is obtained by a lagrangian relaxation of the utility maximization problem. Utility functions that are decomposable in time as well as utility functions that are not decomposable in time are considered.

Keywords

distributed algorithms; distributed control; integer programming; load regulation; scheduling; smart power grids; Lagrangian relaxation; binary behaving load scheduling; communication infrastructure; dishwashers; distributed algorithm; distributed residential load control; integer programming; near optimal scheduling; optimal power consumption scheduling; smart grid; tumble dryers; two-way communication system; utility functions; utility maximization problem; washing machines; Convergence; Distributed algorithms; Load flow control; Optimization; Power demand; Real-time systems; Schedules; Demand response; Distributed optimization; Integer programming; Residential load control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PowerTech (POWERTECH), 2013 IEEE Grenoble

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PTC.2013.6652422

Filename

6652422