The objective of the proposed research is to analyze automated residential energy management technology using primary energy source utilization. A residential energy management system (REMS) is an amalgamation of hardware and software that performs residential energy usage monitoring, planning, and control. Primary energy source utilization quantifies power system levels impacts on power generation cost, fuel utilization, and environmental air pollution; based on power system generating constraints and electric load. Automated residential energy management technology performance is quantified through a physically-based REMS simulation. This simulation includes individual appliance operation and accounts for consumer behavior by stochastically varying appliance usage and repeating multiple simulation iterations for each simulated scenario. The effect of the automated REMS under varying levels of control will be considered. Aggregate REMS power system impacts are quantified using primary energy source utilization. This analysis uses a probabilistic economic dispatch algorithm. The economic dispatch algorithm quantifies: fuel usage and subsequent environmental air pollution (EAP) generated; based on power system generating constraints and electric load (no transmission constraints are considered). The analysis will comprehensively explore multiple residential energy management options to achieve demand response. The physically-based REMS simulation will consider the following control options: programmable thermostat, direct load control, smart appliance scheduling, and smart appliance scheduling with a stationary battery. The ability to compare multiple automated residential energy management technology options on an equal basis will guide utility technology investment strategies.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DaniseSS.pdf: 862673 bytes, checksum: 6fb42be0a77acba2004493bf416ae50f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-01-13 / With the technological progress the people are more and more looking for convenience, comfort and safety to your homes. The residential automation is winning space on the market not only by the status and modernity that provide, but also to allow a better use of natural resources, reducing the expense to keep up a residence. This work shows the development of a control system and supervision to be destined to the residential automation. The developed software will be working together with a controller (PLC), acting in the administration, control and supervision all the linked devices, and offering to the user an environment simple and practical for the control residence / Com o avan?o tecnol?gico as pessoas est?o cada vez mais buscando praticidade, comodidade e seguran?a para seus lares. A automa??o residencial vem ganhando espa?o no mercado n?o s? pelo status e modernidade que proporciona, mas tamb?m por permitir uma melhor utiliza??o de recursos naturais, diminuindo assim as despesas para se manter uma resid?ncia. Este trabalho consiste no desenvolvimento de um sistema de controle e supervis?o destinado ? automa??o residencial. O software desenvolvido vai trabalhar juntamente com um controlador (CLP), atuando no gerenciamento, controle e supervis?o de todos os dispositivos ligados a ele, oferecendo ao usu?rio um ambiente simples e pr?tico para o controle de sua resid?ncia