Building Automation and Control Systems and Electrical Distribution Grids: A Study on the Effects of Loads Control Logics on Power Losses and Peaks

Salvatore Favuzza, Mariano Giuseppe Ippolito, Fabio Massaro, Rossano Musca, Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Giuseppe Schillaci and Gaetano Zizzo
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Salvatore Favuzza: Department of Energy, Information Engineering and Mathematical Models, Università di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Mariano Giuseppe Ippolito: Department of Energy, Information Engineering and Mathematical Models, Università di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Fabio Massaro: Department of Energy, Information Engineering and Mathematical Models, Università di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Rossano Musca: Department of Energy, Information Engineering and Mathematical Models, Università di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Eleonora Riva Sanseverino: Department of Energy, Information Engineering and Mathematical Models, Università di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Giuseppe Schillaci: Department of Energy, Information Engineering and Mathematical Models, Università di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Gaetano Zizzo: Department of Energy, Information Engineering and Mathematical Models, Università di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: Growing home comfort is causing increasing energy consumption in residential buildings and a consequent stress in urban medium and low voltage distribution networks. Therefore, distribution system operators are obliged to manage problems related to the reliability of the electricity system and, above all, they must consider investments for enhancing the electrical infrastructure. The purpose of this paper is to assess how the reduction of building electricity consumption and the modification of the building load profile, due to load automation, combined with suitable load control programs, can improve network reliability and distribution efficiency. This paper proposes an extensive study on this issue, considering various operating scenarios with four load control programs with different purposes, the presence/absence of local generation connected to the buildings and different external thermal conditions. The study also highlights how different climatic conditions can influence the effects of the load control logics.

Keywords: Building Automation and Control (BAC); demand-side management; demand-side management (DSM); demand response; load control; power losses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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