Abstract

In this paper, we propose mathematical optimization models of household energy units to optimally control the major residential energy loads while preserving the user preferences. User comfort is modelled in a simple way, which considers appliance class, user preferences and weather conditions. The wind-driven optimization (WDO) algorithm with the objective function of comfort maximization along with minimum electricity cost is defined and implemented. On the other hand, for maximum electricity bill and peak reduction, min-max regret-based knapsack problem (K-WDO) algorithm is used. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms, extensive simulations are conducted for several scenarios. The simulations show that the proposed algorithms provide with the best optimal results with a fast convergence rate, as compared to the existing techniques.

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Title
An Efficient Power Scheduling Scheme for Residential Load Management in Smart Homes
Author
Muhammad Babar Rasheed 1 ; Javaid, Nadeem 1 ; Ashfaq, Ahmad 1 ; Zahoor Ali Khan 2 ; Qasim, Umar 3 ; Alrajeh, Nabil 4 

 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan 
 Internetworking Program, Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 4R2, Canada; Computer Information Science (CIS), Higher Colleges of Technology, Fujairah Campus 4114, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) 
 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J8, Canada 
 College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Technology, King Saud University, Riyadh 11633, Saudi Arabia 
First page
1134
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20763417
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2539318514
Copyright
© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.