TY - GEN
T1 - Coordinating smart homes in microgrids
T2 - 2013 4th IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT Europe 2013
AU - Huber, Matthias
AU - Sänger, Florian
AU - Hamacher, Thomas
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A growing number of households are seeking energy autonomy and economic benefits by installing micro-CHP and PV generators, as well as battery storage units in their so-called smart homes. An option to further increase benefits, is to install a community microgrid and coordinate smart homes intelligently. To quantify this increase, we apply numerical simulations using real-world data for household loads in a temporal resolution of 15-minutes. In systems consisting of CHP-units, the degree of electricity autonomy rises from 50% to 80% through installing a microgrid, allowing lucrative CHP operation. In PV-based systems, the benefits are fewer and if battery storage is installed additionally, they almost disappear completely. As a consequence, intelligently managed microgrids are as valuable option for the integration of microgeneration as long as decentralized battery storage is not profitable and thus not employed.
AB - A growing number of households are seeking energy autonomy and economic benefits by installing micro-CHP and PV generators, as well as battery storage units in their so-called smart homes. An option to further increase benefits, is to install a community microgrid and coordinate smart homes intelligently. To quantify this increase, we apply numerical simulations using real-world data for household loads in a temporal resolution of 15-minutes. In systems consisting of CHP-units, the degree of electricity autonomy rises from 50% to 80% through installing a microgrid, allowing lucrative CHP operation. In PV-based systems, the benefits are fewer and if battery storage is installed additionally, they almost disappear completely. As a consequence, intelligently managed microgrids are as valuable option for the integration of microgeneration as long as decentralized battery storage is not profitable and thus not employed.
KW - CHP
KW - Microgeneration
KW - Microgrids
KW - PV
KW - Smart Grid
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893621426&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695357
DO - 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695357
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893621426
SN - 9781479929849
T3 - 2013 4th IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT Europe 2013
BT - 2013 4th IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT Europe 2013
Y2 - 6 October 2013 through 9 October 2013
ER -