Ict Architectures And Technologies For Future Smart Grid

Smart-E: ICT architectures and technologies for future smart energy applications
Chris Develder, W. Haerick, K. Mets, T. Verschueren Ghent University – IBBT Dept. of Information Technology – IBCN

Smart Grids
Fault detection? Restoration? New services & business models Data processing? Privacy, security? Pricing schemes? … Distributed generation (large scale) Green energy sources(fluctuating)

ICT infrastructure PHEV charging (car parks) Distributed generation (small scale) Demand side management PHEV charging (residential)

Local energy storage

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Smart Grids
Power Grid Changes  Distributed (renewable) power generation  Bidirectional energy flows  Increasingelectricity demand (e.g. PHEV)  Unpredictable, variable and distributed power generation  Voltage and Frequency instabilities  Safety & Security

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Balancing

Demand

Supply

 Current Situation
• Enable/Disable Power Plants • Increase/Reduce Generation

 Smart Grid BalancingOpportunities
• Demand Response & Demand Side Management
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ICT as enabler: minimize costs, optimize profit…

Optimize consumption
(efficiency, green, real-time cost, demand response)

Aggregate distributed generation

Optimize car charging Minimize storage

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Overview
 Introduction  The Smart-E project  ICT architecture overview & use cases  Smart Grid Simulator

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The Smart-E project

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Smart-E scope: Overview

applications, billing …

user interface

Communication
meter data acquis. & mgt gateway

washing machine

Energy distribution
meter

energy mgt. box

HVAC

power plant

submetering

PHEV

PHEV
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Smart-E scope: Overviewapplications, billing …

user interface

Communication
meter data acquis. & mgt gateway

washing machine

Energy distribution
meter

energy mgt. box

HVAC

power plant

submetering

PHEV

PHEV
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Smart-E scope: Challenges
Applications? Technologies? Architecture?applications, billing … Service composition? Scalability? …
meter data acquis. & mgt

User needs, user interface expectations, Motivation …? Requirements? gateway Architecture? Protocols? … Energy distribution
meter submetering

Communication

washing machine

energy mgt. box

HVAC

PHEV

power plant

Techno-economic viability? Business models?

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Smart-E scope: Challenges
 General purpose:
• ICT architectures & concepts for
smart energy applications
SmartE

 Challenges in 4 domains
• Most effective strategy/interface
to impact user behavior? • Open service architecture that is modular and effective? • (Sub)metering components that are practical and(cost-)effective? • Economic validation and business models?

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ICT architecture[1]

[1] T. Verschueren, K. Mets, W. Haerick, C. Develder, F. De Turck, and T. Pollet, “Architectures for smart end-user services in the power grid,” in Proc. 1st IFIP/IEEE Int. Workshop on Management of Smart Grids, at...