A Load Scheduling Algorithm for the Smart Home Using Customer Preferences and Real Time Residential Prices. Issue 30 (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Suryanarayanan, Siddharth; Devadass, Marvin Antony; Hansen, Timothy M.
• Is Part Of: IFAC-PapersOnLine. Volume 48:Issue 30(2015)
• Page Start: 126
• Page End: 131
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) -- load scheduling -- Piecewise Cubic Hermite Interpolating Polynomial (PCHIP) -- residential real time pricing (RRTP) -- Smart Home; Automatic control -- Periodicals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.12.365
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8963

Abstract

Abstract: A load scheduling method in the Smart Home using a combination of customer preferences and the price of electricity is presented. To translate the customer preference of loads into a time-varying priority curve, the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Piecewise Cubic Hermite Interpolating Polynomial (PCHIP) methods are used. The resulting curves of customer priority are combined with the available time-varying pricing information for determining the schedule for each load. An example with four loads is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm.