Galván-López, Edgar and Curran, Tom and McDermott, James (2015) Design of an autonomous intelligent Demand-Side Management system using stochastic optimisation evolutionary algorithms. Neurocomputing, 170. pp. 270-285. ISSN 0925-2312

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Demand-Side Management systems aim to modulate energy consumption at the customer side of the meter using price incentives. Current incentive schemes allow consumers to reduce their costs, and from the point of view of the supplier play a role in load balancing, but do not lead to optimal demand patterns. In the context of charging fleets of electric vehicles, we propose a centralised method for setting overnight charging schedules. This method uses evolutionary algorithms to automatically search for optimal plans, representing both the charging schedule and the energy drawn from the grid at each time-step. In successive experiments, we optimise for increased state of charge, reduced peak demand, and reduced consumer costs. In simulations, the centralised method achieves improvements in performance relative to simple models of non-centralised consumer behaviour.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Demand-Side Management systems; Evolutionary algorithms; Electric vehicles; Peak-to-average ratio; Electricity costs; Smart grid time-of-use pricing;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute
Item ID:	12331
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2015.03.093
Depositing User:	Edgar Galvan
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2020 11:53
Journal or Publication Title:	Neurocomputing
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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