An assessment study of a novel approach is presented that combines discrete state-space Dynamic Programming and Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle for online optimal control of hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). In addition to electric energy storage and gear, kinetic energy and travel time are considered states in this paper. After presenting the corresponding model using a parallel HEV as an example, a benchmark method with Dynamic Programming is introduced which is used to show the solution quality of the novel approach. It is illustrated that the proposed method yields a close-to-optimal solution by solving the optimal control problem over one hundred thousand times faster than the benchmark method. Finally, a potential online usage is assessed by comparing solution quality and calculation time with regard to the quantization of the state space.

In recent years many companies have investigated the use of hybrid technology due to the potential of increasing the driveline’s efficiency and thus reducing fuel consumption. Previous studies show that hydraulic hybrid technology can be favourable to use in construction machinery such as wheel loaders, which often operate in repetitive drive cycles and have high transient power demands. Parallel as well as Series hybrid configurations are both found suitable for wheel loader applications as the hybrid configurations can decrease the dependency on the torque converter. This project has investigated a novel hydraulic hybrid concept which utilizes the wheel loaders auxiliary pump as a supplement to enable both Series and Parallel hybrid operation. Impact of accumulator sizes has also been investigated, for which smaller accumulator sizes resembles a hydrostatic transmission. The hybrid concept has been evaluated by developing a wheel loader simulation model and a control system based on a rule-based energy management strategy. Simulation results indicate improved energy efficiency of up to 18.80 % for the Combined hybrid. Moreover, the accumulator sizes prove to have less impact on the energy efficiency. A hybrid system with decreased accumulator sizes shows improved energy efficiency of up to 16.40 %.

Garantir le confort thermique des bâtiments est directement lié à la consommation d'énergie. Dans les zones tropicales, les systèmes de refroidissement représentent l'un des postes les plus gourmands en énergie. Afin de réduire la consommation d'énergie mondiale, il est primordial d'améliorer l'efficacité de ces systèmes ou bien de développer de nouvelles méthodes de production de froid. Une installation de refroidissement solaire basé sur le cycle à absorption est une alternative pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre et la consommation d'électricité. Contrairement aux systèmes classiques de refroidissement à compression mécanique, la production de froid par absorption est un système complexe composé de plusieurs composants comme des panneaux solaires, un ballon de stockage, une tour de refroidissement et une machine à absorption. Outre le dimensionnement des composants, ce système complexe nécessite des actions de contrôle pour être efficace parce que la coordination entre le stockage d'eau chaude, la production et la consommation du froid est nécessaire. Le but de cette thèse est de proposer une structure producteur-consommateur d'énergie basée sur la commande prédictive (MPC). Le système de refroidissement par absorption solaire est considéré comme faisant partie de ce système de production-consommation d'énergie, le système de stockage d'eau chaude est le producteur et la machine à absorption qui distribue de l'eau froide au bâtiment est l'un des consommateurs. Pour que la structure de commande soit modulaire, la coordination entre les sous-systèmes est réalisée en utilisant une approche de partitionnement où des contrôleurs prédictifs locaux sont conçus pour chacun des sous-systèmes. Les contrôleurs des consommateurs calculent un ensemble de profils de demande d'énergie. Ces profils sont ensuite envoyés au contrôleur du producteur qui sélectionne le profil qui minimise le coût global. Dans une première partie, l'approche proposée est testée sur un modèle linéaire simplifié composé d'un producteur et plusieurs consommateurs. Dans une deuxième partie, un cas plus complexe est étudié. Un modèle simplifié d'un système de refroidissement à absorption est évaluée en utilisant l'outil de simulation TRNSYS. Le modèle de production n'est plus linéaire, il est décrit par un modèle non linéaire hybride qui augmente la complexité du problème d'optimisation. Les résultats des simulations montrent que la sous-optimalité induite par la méthode est faible. De plus, la performance de l'approche atteint les objectifs de commande tout en respectant les contraintes. / To guarantee thermal comfort in buildings is directly related to energy consumption. In tropical climates, cooling systems for buildings represent one of the largest energy consumers. Therefore, as energy consumption is a major concern around the world, it is important to improve the systems efficiency or seeking new methods of cooling production. A solar cooling installation based on the absorption cycle is an alternative to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and electricity consumption. In contrast to conventional vapor-compression based cooling systems, the absorption cooling production involves a complex system composed of several components as collector panel, storage tank, cooling tower and absorption chiller. Besides the sizing of the components, this complex system requires control actions to be efficient as a coordination between hot water storage, cooling water production and consumption is necessary. The aim of this research is to propose a management approach for a production-consumption energy system based on Model Predictive Control (MPC). The solar absorption cooling system is seen as part of this production-consumption energy system where the hot water storage system is the producer and the chiller-building system is one of the consumers. In order to provide modularity to the control structure, the coordination between the subsystems is achieved by using a partitioning approach where local predictive controllers are developed for each of the subsystems. The consumer controllers compute a set of energy demand profiles sent to the producer controller which selects the profile that better minimize the global optimization cost. In a first part, the proposed approach is tested on a simplified linear model composed of one producer and several consumers. In a second part, a more complex case is studied. A simplified model of an absorption cooling system is evaluated using the simulation tool TRNSYS. The producer model is no longer linear, instead it is described by a nonlinear hybrid model which increases the complexity of the optimization problem. The simulations results show that the suboptimality induced by the method is low and the control strategy fulfills the objectives and constraints while giving good performances.

Le transport des personnes et des marchandises représente plus de 25% de la consommation d'énergie et est l'une des principales sources de pollution dans le monde. Plusieurs efforts doivent être faits pour réduire la dépendance du pétrole, la consommation d'énergie et l'impact environnemental des systèmes de transport. Dans cette perspective, la Direction Générale de l’Armement a soutenu la conception et la réalisation du banc d’Evaluation de Composantes de la Chaine Electrique (ECCE). Il s’agit d’un laboratoire mobile qui permet d’évaluer dans des conditions d’utilisation réelles, les différentes composantes énergétiques utilisées dans les véhicules électriques.Les travaux de cette Thèse de Doctorat s'inscrivent dans le contexte du projet ECCE. Le principal objectif est de concevoir, d’implanter et de valider expérimentalement un système temps réel de gestion d’énergie pour véhicule électrique hybride. L’architecture énergétique retenue pour cette étude comporte un banc de batteries au plomb, un système pile à combustible et un banc de supercondensateurs. Nous proposons un système de gestion d’énergie qui permet de prendre en compte l’expertise de plusieurs spécialistes sur ces sujets. La conception du système de gestion d’énergie est ainsi réalisée en utilisant une enquête conçue pour extraire la connaissance des experts du domaine (10 experts de différentes affiliations). La logique floue de type 2 permet d’intégrer de l’incertitude dans les réponses et ainsi de considérer simultanément les différents avis des experts. Ce travail présente dans une première partie l’étude des modèles des sources énergétiques et de la structure de commande du véhicule. Cette structure est basée sur la Représentation Energétique Macroscopique (REM). Des résultats de simulation et de validation expérimentale d’une méthodologie pour paramétrer le modèle équivalent des supercondensateurs sont également présentés. La deuxième partie est consacrée à l’étude des systèmes logique floue de type 2. Ces systèmes sont étudiés et présentés en utilisant un exemple numérique. En complément des travaux menés sur l’implantation logicielle de la logique floue de type 2, une application a été conçue, implantée et validée expérimentalement : il s’agit du contrôle de la tension de sortie d’un hacheur dévolteur. L’objectif principal de cette application était de permettre une pré-validation de l’application de la logique floue de type 2 dans le cas d’applications industrielles. Finalement, le système de gestion d’énergie proposé a été validé successivement par des simulations, des essais statiques expérimentaux, des essais de roulage en mode d’opération normale et en mode d’opération dégradée.Nous avons mis en évidence que la logique floue de type 2 est particulièrement bien adaptée pour des applications temps réel dans le domaine du génie électrique. / One of the effects of the globalization of our society is that people travel more covering longer distances, live far from their work place and consume goods from all around the world. Therefore, it si no coincidence that the transport of people and goods represents more than 25% of the energy consumption and is one of the principal sources of pollution worldwide. Several efforts must be done to reduce the oil dependence, the energy consumption and the environmental impact of transport systems. In this perspective, the French Army (DGA) has designed and constructed the Electrical Chain Components Evaluation vehicle (ECCE). It is a mobile laboratory to evaluate under real conditions the electric components of Hybrid Electrical Vehicles (HEVs) that reduce the energy consumption and the pollution emission of conventional vehicles. ECCE permits evaluating different energy sources such as batteries, fuel cells, internal combustion engines, ultracapacitors or flywheels. The ECCE project, nowadays in a second phase/footnote {The first phase of the ECCE project is explained in Chapter 1} is developed in joint cooperation with the FEMTO-ST laboratory of the University of Franche-Comté and two industrial partners, HELION and PANHARD General Defense. It aims to study the implementation, control and energy management of different hybrid sources. As a research developed along the second phase of the ECCE project, the principal objective of the thesis is to design, to implement and to evaluate an energy management supervision system in the ECCE HEV. This thesis proposes an original energy management strategy based on expert knowledge and type-2 fuzzy logic. The design of the fuzzy logic controller is done by using knowledge engineering. This technique allows extracting knowledge from several experts using surveys. The considering of type-2 fuzzy logic systems enables modelling the uncertainty in the answers of the experts. The thesis presents a second application of type-2 fuzzy logic : the voltage regulation of a DC/DC power converter. The principal motivation for developing this application is that it is easier to implement in laboratory at a relatively low cost and it permits a viability evaluation of type-2 fuzzy logic before an implementation in the ECCE mobile laboratory. This is useful because one of the main challenges of this thesis is to reduce the time to experimentally validate the energy management system. This is required to respect the time schedule constraints and to reduce the costs associated to gather the partners of the project at PANHARD locations in Saint-Germain Laval.

As Ações de Eficiência Energética encontram grandes barreiras para sua implantação. Um dos motivos pode estar na falta de conhecimento do tomador de decisão que, para evitar o custo inicial mais elevado de um equipamento eficiente, opta por instalar um equipamento mais barato, mas que consequentemente consome mais energia e aumenta os dispêndios com a eletricidade. Os sistemas de gestão de energia visam demonstrar a origem das despesas relacionadas ao consumo de energia elétrica, conscientizando os usuários acerca de tais custos. Muitos usuários não enxergam a possibilidade de economia de energia e de dinheiro, ao investir em equipamentos mais eficientes. Muitos consideram as faturas de energia como despesas fixas, logo, sem exigência de acompanhamento. Fato não compatível com os dias atuais. Ao identificar o consumo desagregado de energia da instalação, os usuários poderão avaliar os impactos de suas atividades em relação ao consumo de energia, assim com seu custo nas faturas de energia. A medição direta dos equipamentos reproduz o valor mais preciso do consumo desagregado. Entretanto, para muitas instalações esta prática é inviável, pois seus circuitos são compartilhados por diversos tipos de equipamentos e os custos de aquisição, implantação e leitura dos medidores podem se tornar proibitivos. É possível obter o valor do consumo desagregado por inspeção da instalação, que consiste no levantamento das características elétricas dos equipamentos, suas respectivas potências e períodos de utilização. Esse método, no entanto não é tão preciso na análise do consumo desagregado, pois envolve uma série de estimativas acerca da utilização dos equipamentos, que nem sempre são acertadas. Visando contornar estas situações, as técnicas de monitoramento não intrusivo de carga passaram a buscar na curva de carga as assinaturas elétricas dos equipamentos, para identificar seus períodos de funcionamento e assim obter o consumo desagregado. / The energy efficiency programs face huge difficulties to be deployed. The reason may be the lack of knowledge about total costs in acquires less efficient devices, which is cheaper, though the increases in energy bills eliminate this initial economy. Thereby, the Energy Management Systems aims to demonstrate the relation between the user\"s behavior and the electric power consumption. Many managers consider the electric bill as a fixed cost, without require tracking its origin. This means waste of energy and money. Analyzing the facility by sectors may improve the understanding about the costs in electricity and the knowledge about the disaggregated energy consumption, though is not always an easy issue to be obtained. Monitoring each equipment provides the exactly amount of energy is used in that system. However the costs of acquirement, implementation and monitoring these meters may become prohibitively. This way, the researches about nonintrusive load monitoring aim to demonstrate where the energy is being used and how it can be minimized.

Neste trabalho foi desenvolvida uma metodologia para realizar a gestão ativa da demanda de energia elétrica de consumidores, providos de armazenamento de energia elétrica e geração solar fotovoltaica, inseridos em redes inteligentes. Tal metodologia pode ser utilizada em instalações residenciais e comerciais. Utilizando estratégias de otimização e inteligência artificial, a metodologia configura um sistema de tomada de decisão para o gerenciador do conversor da bateria, que realiza a gestão da energia armazenada, visando reduzir o custo com energia elétrica para o consumidor final. Esta gestão propicia contribuição com a distribuidora em forma de aumento da reserva de capacidade da rede elétrica nos casos em que a tarifa de energia elétrica for mais cara no horário de pico. De qualquer forma, há potencial postergação da necessidade de expansão da rede elétrica e redução de impactos ambientais advindos da geração convencional de energia elétrica, uma vez que tal gestão de energia propicia redução de consumo de energia elétrica da rede. O mesmo sistema de tomada de decisão do gerenciador do conversor da bateria pode ser utilizado em vários consumidores com características semelhantes (mesmo tipo, localização e tarifação de energia elétrica, e perfil de consumo similar), uma vez que tal sistema é composto por uma rede neural treinada com dados locais. Estudo de caso foi conduzido considerando consumidor residencial na cidade de São Paulo. Foram construídos quinze perfis de consumo, que foram combinados com três perfis de geração solar. A metodologia apresentou desempenho satisfatório, tanto na avaliação da etapa de otimização quanto de treinamento da rede neural, uma vez que as curvas de armazenamento de energia apresentaram comportamentos próximos aos esperados. O sistema de tomada de decisão também respondeu de forma adequada, alterando a curva de carga do consumidor vista pela rede de forma a reduzir o custo diário com energia elétrica e o consumo de energia no horário de pico da residência em todos os casos estudados. A análise econômica apontou a necessidade de encontrar formas de tornar a iniciativa positiva do ponto de vista econômico no estudo de caso realizado. / This work presents a methodology developed to perform the active demand side management for consumers, provided with energy storage and solar photovoltaic power, inserted in smart grids. Such methodology can be used in residential and commercial installations. Using optimization and artificial intelligence strategies, the methodology sets up a decision-making system for the battery converter manager, which performs energy storage management, in order to reduce the cost with electricity for the final consumer. This management contributes with the utility increasing the grid reserve capacity when the electricity tariff is more expensive during peak hours. Anyway, there is potential postponement of the need to expand the grid, and environmental impacts reduction from conventional power generation, since such power management provides a reduction of the grid electricity consumption. The same decision-making system of the battery converter manager can be used in several consumers with similar characteristics (same type, location and electricity tariff, and similar consumption profile), since this system is composed by a neural network trained with local data. A case study was conducted considering household in the city of São Paulo. Fifteen consumption profiles were built, which were combined with three solar generation profiles. The methodology presented satisfactory performance both in the evaluation of the optimization stage and the neural network training stage, since the energy storage curves presented behaviors close to those expected. The decision-making system also responded adequately, changing the consumer load curve seen by the grid in order to reduce the daily electricity cost, and energy consumption at peak hours of the household in all cases studied. The economic analysis pointed to the need to find ways to make the initiative positive from an economic point of view in the case study carried out.

Cette thèse a pour but le développement d'une source photovoltaïque autonome ayant des capacités d'auto-diagnostic. Un structure d'hybridation spécifique est proposée consistant en une hybridation DC de sources photovoltaïques, d'une batterie au lithium et de supercondensateurs. Des modèles dynamiques des convertisseurs boost conventionnels et de leur variante avec isolation galvanique sont proposés. Un observateur d'état est ensuite présenté pour estimer en ligne les différents paramètres représentant les pertes des convertisseurs. On montre qu'il est possible d'utiliser ces paramètres estimés pour la gestion de l'énergie dans le système, avec en particulier l'optimisation du rendement de structures parallèles. L'optimisation des sources photovoltaïques est aussi étudiée avec une attention particulière accordée aux phénomènes d'ombrage partiel et le design d'un algorithme de maximisation de la puissance produite (MPPT) dans le cas d'une architecture distribuée série. De part une architecture de puissance spécifique, on propose aussi une méthode d'estimation de l'état de santé (SOH) de la batterie qui est validée sur des cellules de batterie Li - ion et LiFePO4. On montre que le convertisseur Cuk isolé avec inductances couplées est parfaitement adapté pour faire du diagnostic en ligne sur les batteries par injection de courant. Enfin, un schéma de gestion de l'énergie global est proposé, et on vérifie le bon fonctionnement de l'ensemble de la source hybride proposée / This thesis interested on developing a stand-alone photovoltaic system with self-diagnosis possibility. A specific structure has been proposed consisting in a DC hybridization of photovoltaic sources, a Lithium-based battery and supercapacitors. Dynamics models of the boost converter and the current-fed dual-bridge DC-DC converter are proposed and an efficient state observer is proposed to estimate the models equivalent losses' parameters online. It is shown that the estimated parameters can be used in the energy management scheme, with in particular optimisation of the efficiency of paralleled structures. The photovoltaic source optimization is also studied with special attention on shading phenomenon and design of MPPT technique especially on the case of distributed series architecture. Through a specific hybridization structure, State-Of-Health estimation is tested on Li-ion and LiFePO4 batteries. It is shown that the isolated coupled-inductors Cuk converter is very efficient for battery estimation through current injection. Finally, a global energy management scheme is proposed, and the developed stand-alone photovoltaic system is validated to operate as supposed

More electric aircraft is an electrification scheme of aircraft system with high technical feasibility and good economy. It can reduce the weight of aircraft structure, improve maintenance efficiency and reduce fire hazards. However, the electrification of aircraft system will drastically increase the proportion of electrical equipment, the total power demand and the difficulty of fault diagnosis. This paper uses the energy management method to take up the challenge, with focus on fault diagnosis of permanent-magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs), adaptive load shedding and energy efficient aircraft design. A literature review of the concept evolution from all/more-electric aircraft to energy-optimized aircraft is presented. The main issues of the aircraft electrification process are summarized, and followed by an introduction to the current research and methods. The model of the aircraft electrical system is qualitatively and mathematically recalled, including the generator, the battery, the DC motor, the AC motor, and the electric power converter. The accuracy and computation cost of the aircraft model depends on the complexity of the subsystem models that are involved. Therefore, the level of detail that is necessary for a good precision-versus-simulation-time ratio is discussed by taking the electric system of an industrial level hybrid energy quadcoptor UAV as an example. The analysis shows that the bi-directional instruments, i.e. the electric machine, should be modeled in details while other components can be simplified. PMSMs are a group of on-board electric machines with promising future prospects because of high power density and stability. The model of PMSMs is further developed in this work, especially in the inter-turn and phase-to-phase short-circuit conditions. In case of inter-turn short-circuit fault, a winding-function-based and a fault-current-based model are separately developed. The accuracy of both models are verified and compared through experimental results. The fault-current-based modeling method is applied to the phase-to-phase short-circuit fault and experimentally examined and discussed. General condition monitoring methods require the use of a large number of sensors. A fault detection and isolation method that can have low requirement of sensor is recalled and inherited. The description of the fault phase identification index using this method is relatively imprecise, which is not applicable to the inter-turn short-circuit fault. In this work, the analytical expression of the faulty phase identification index is derived based on the fault models. A method to isolate inter-turn and phase-to-phase short-circuit faults is proposed by a combination of the current- and the voltage-signature residuals. This development expands the application scope of the original fault detection and isolation tool and improves its accuracy. The validity of this fault diagnosis method has been verified by experimental results.Load management is developed to guarantee the normal operation of critical loads by shedding some other loads in case of emergency. Generally, binary decisions are made: either something has gone wrong or everything is fine. However, different types of fault influence the working performance of the load and the entire network in different ways. There are multiple states between totally wrong and pure fine, and the load management decision should be adaptive to each state. In this work, fuzzy logic method is used to degrade the load priority according to the instantaneous working state. Combining it with the fault detection and isolation process, a fault-tolerant adaptive load management is achieved. Finally, this work discusses the aircraft design from the energy management point of view, which consists of the energy efficiency analysis and the multidisciplinary energy efficient design of the integrated aircraft system. The first thermodynamic efficiency has been widely used as a common parameter for depicting the energy utilization, i.e. the ratio of output to input power of the system. However, it ignores the irreversible increase of the entropy and cannot reveal the upper limit of the available work of the system.Based on the second thermodynamic law, this work uses the exergy parameters to analyze the energy utilization of a MEA design scheme. Based on the exergy analysis, an energy-efficient aircraft design method is proposed by optimizing the exergy lost of the whole design. The method could provide a global optimization reference for the integrated aircraft design of a MEA. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur et technologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

A evolução do consumo de energia elétrica, as dificuldades crescentes para atender à demanda, o elevado custo das alternativas de suprimento, o impacto de novas plantas geradoras ao meio ambiente, e a necessidade das empresas inserirem-se em um mundo globalizado e competitivo, requer uso otimizado dos recursos. Muitas empresas, principalmente as pequenas e médias têm dificuldade em conceber a Gestão Energética (GE) como uma prática gerencial com caráter decisivo para as diretrizes do planejamento estratégico. A proposta desta dissertação é apresentar medidas de baixo custo, geralmente desconhecidas, na gestão energética industrial e quantificar seu benefício econômico. Os resultados foram obtidos por meio de um estudo de caso, para o qual foi realizada uma breve auditoria energética em uma indústria que produz caldeiras, levantando dados sobre o perfil energético e o histórico de faturas de energia elétrica para um ciclo de produção (11 meses). A economia mensal resultante superou 45% nas faturas e valor presente maior que R$ 1.000.000,00 para o montante acumulado em 2 anos, que pode ser tanto investido no retrofit das instalações, como aplicado em outros targets dados pelo Planejamento Estratégico, contribuindo significativamente para a garantia da competitividade e crescimento dentro do mercado. / The development of consumption of electric energy, the growing difficulties to meet the demand, the high cost of supply alternatives, the impact of new generating plants to the environment, and the need of the companies enter into a globalized and competitive world requires optimized use of resources. Many companies, especially small and medium-sized find it difficult to conceive of the Energy Management (EM) as a management practice with decisive character for strategic planning guidelines. The purpose of this dissertation is to introduce low-cost measures, generally unknown, in industrial energy management and to quantify its economic benefit. The results were obtained through a case study, which was performed a brief energy audit in an industry that produces boilers, lifting energy profile data and history of electricity bills for one production cycle (11 months). The resulting monthly economy exceeded 45% on bills and present value greater than $ 1,000,000.00 for the cumulative amount in 2 years, which can be either invested in retrofit installations, as applied in other data targets for strategic planning, contributing significantly to ensuring competitiveness and growth within the market.

Este trabalho trata da especificação, desenvolvimento e utilização do Sistema de Apoio à Gestão de Utilidades e Energia - SAGUE, um sistema concebido para auxiliar na análise de dados coletados de sistemas de utilidades como ar comprimido, vapor, sistemas de bombeamento, sistemas para condicionamento ambiental e outros, integrados com medições de energia e variáveis climáticas. O SAGUE foi desenvolvido segundo conceitos presentes em sistemas de apoio à decisão como Data Warehouse e OLAP - Online Analytical Processing - com o intuito de transformar os dados oriundos de medições em informações que orientem diretamente as ações de conservação e uso racional de energia. As principais características destes sistemas, que influenciaram na especificação e desenvolvimento do SAGUE, são tratadas neste trabalho. Além disso, este texto aborda a gestão energética e os sistemas de gerenciamento de energia visando apresentar o ambiente que motivou o desenvolvimento do SAGUE. Neste contexto, é apresentado o Sistema de Gerenciamento de Energia Elétrica - SISGEN, um sistema de informação para suporte à gestão de energia elétrica e de contratos de fornecimento, cujos dados coletados podem ser analisados através do SAGUE. A aplicação do SAGUE é tratada na forma de um estudo de caso no qual se analisa a correlação existente entre o consumo de energia elétrica da CUASO - Cidade Universitária Armando de Sales Oliveira, obtido através do SISGEN, e as medições de temperatura ambiente, fornecidas pelo IAG - Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas da USP. / This work deals with specification, development and utilization of the Support System for Utility and Energy Management - SAGUE, a system created to assist in analysis of data collected from utilities systems as compressed air, vapor, water pumping systems, environmental conditioning systems and others, integrated with energy consumption and climatic measurements. The development of SAGUE was based on concepts and methodologies from Decision Support System as Data Warehouse and OLAP - Online Analytical Processing - in order to transform data measurements in information that guide the actions for energy conservation and rational utilization. The main characteristics of Data Warehouse and OLAP tools that influenced in the specifications and development of SAGUE are described in this work. In addition, this text deals with power management and energy management systems in order to present the environment that motivated the SAGUE development. Within this context, it is presented the Electrical Energy Management System - SISGEN, a system for energy management support, whose electrical measurements can be analyzed by SAGUE. The SAGUE utilization is presented in a case study that discusses the relation between electrical energy consumption of CUASO - Cidade Universitária Armando de Sales Oliveira, obtained throughout SISGEN, and the local temperature measurements supplied by IAG - Institute of Astronomic and Atmospheric Science of USP.