A Distributed IoT Infrastructure to Test and Deploy Real-Time Demand Response in Smart Grids

In this paper, we present a novel distributed framework for real-time management and co-simulation of demand response (DR) in smart grids. Our solution provides a (near-) real-time co-simulation platform to validate new DR-policies exploiting Internet-of-Things approach performing software-in-the-lo...

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Published in:IEEE internet of things journal 2019-02, Vol.6 (1), p.1136-1146
Main Authors: Barbierato, Luca, Estebsari, Abouzar, Pons, Enrico, Pau, Marco, Salassa, Fabio, Ghirardi, Marco, Patti, Edoardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuation
Co-simulation
Computer architecture
demand response (DR)
Demand side management
distributed infrastructure
Energy management
Information retrieval
Internet of Things
Internet-of-Things (IoT)
Load modeling
Policies
Power generation
Real time
real-time simulation (RTS)
Real-time systems
Smart grid
Smart grids
smart metering architecture
Smart meters
Time management
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Summary:In this paper, we present a novel distributed framework for real-time management and co-simulation of demand response (DR) in smart grids. Our solution provides a (near-) real-time co-simulation platform to validate new DR-policies exploiting Internet-of-Things approach performing software-in-the-loop. Hence, the behavior of real-world power systems can be emulated in a very realistic way and different DR-policies can be easily deployed and/or replaced in a plug-and-play fashion, without affecting the rest of the framework. In addition, our solution integrates real Internet-connected smart devices deployed at customer premises and along the smart grid to retrieve energy information and send actuation commands. Thus, the framework is also ready to manage DR in a real-world smart grid. This is demonstrated on a realistic smart grid with a test case DR-policy.
ISSN:2327-4662
2327-4662
DOI:10.1109/JIOT.2018.2867511