Investigation and Field Measurements for Demand Side Management Control Technique of Smart Air Conditioners located at Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Sites

Bilal Masood, Song Guobing, Jamel Nebhen, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Muhammad Naveed Iqbal, Iftikhar Rasheed, Mohit Bajaj, Muhammad Shafiq and Habib Hamam
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Bilal Masood: School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Song Guobing: School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Jamel Nebhen: College of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
Ateeq Ur Rehman: Department of Electrical Engineering Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Muhammad Naveed Iqbal: Department of Electrical Engineering Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Iftikhar Rasheed: Department of Information & Communication Engineering, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
Mohit Bajaj: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Delhi 110040, India
Muhammad Shafiq: Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea
Habib Hamam: Faculty of Engineering, Uni de Moncton, Moncton, NB E1A3E9, Canada

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-23

Abstract: This paper investigates the response and characteristics of the narrowband power line communication (NB-PLC) technique for the effective control of electric appliances such as smart air conditioners (SACs) for demand side management (DSM) services. The expression for temperature sensitivity by examining the influence of atmospheric temperature variations on power consumption profile of all possible types of loads, i.e., residential, commercial, and industrial loads is derived and analyzed. Comprehensive field measurements on these power consumers are carried out in Lahore, Pakistan. The responses of low voltage channels, medium voltage channels, and transformer bridge for a 3–500 kHz NB-PLC frequency range are presented for DSM services. The master control room transmits control commands for the thermostat settings of SACs over power lines, crossing the transformer bridge to reach the SACs of power consumers by using communication protocol smart energy profile 1.0. The comparison of hourly and daily power consumption profiles under evaluation loads, by analyzing typical and variable frequency air conditioners on setting thermostat temperature at 25 °C and 27 °C conventionally and then by using DSM control technique, is analyzed. A prominent reduction in power consumption is found with the implementation of the DSM control technique.

Keywords: demand response; demand side management; low voltage; medium voltage; narrowband power line communications (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: 2022
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