HOURLY LOAD SHIFTING APPROACH FOR DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT
Date
2023-04
Authors
CHAUDHARY, DINESH
ARYAL, PRATIBHA
CHAUDHARY, SUSHIL
GIRI, UJWAL
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Publisher
I.O.E. Pulchowk Campus
Abstract
The generation capacity of power stations is limited, and electricity consumption varies
throughout the day, with high demand during peak hours and lower demand during offpeak
hours. Balancing the supply of electrical power according to the load is essential, and
simply increasing the number of generation units is not the sole solution to meet the
increasing demand.
Demand Side Management (DSM) offers a solution by optimizing load patterns instead of
solely relying on increasing power output. DSM enables customers to save on energy bills
while ensuring network operators maintain network reliability and avoid unexpected surges
in demand that can lead to power outages. By scheduling usage, DSM allows for better
load balancing.
This report proposes a load shifting-based demand side management strategy to reduce
peak hour demand. The objective is to minimize peak demand through an optimization
problem formulated in the MATLAB R2021a environment. The proposed strategy seeks to
find an optimal solution that maximizes efficiency.
Description
This report proposes a load shifting-based demand side management strategy to reduce
peak hour demand. The objective is to minimize peak demand through an optimization
problem formulated in the MATLAB R2021a environment. The proposed strategy seeks to
find an optimal solution that maximizes efficiency.
Keywords
Demand Side Management (DSM),, MATLAB,, MANAGEMENT