Heterogeneous Collaborative Sensor Network for Electrical Management of an Automated House with PV Energy
2011
Castillo Cagigal, Manuel | Matallanas de Avila, Eduardo | Gutiérrez Martín, Álvaro | Monasterio-Huelin Maciá, Felix | Caamaño Martín, Estefanía | Masa Bote, Daniel | Jiménez Leube, Francisco Javier
In this paper we present a heterogeneous collaborative sensor network for electrical management in the residential sector. Improving demand-side management is very important in distributed energy generation applications. Sensing and control are the foundations of the “Smart Grid” which is the future of large-scale energy management. The system presented in this paper has been developed on a self-sufficient solar house called “MagicBox” equipped with grid connection, PV generation, lead-acid batteries, controllable appliances and smart metering. Therefore, there is a large number of energy variables to be monitored that allow us to precisely manage the energy performance of the house by means of collaborative sensors. The experimental results, performed on a real house, demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed collaborative system to reduce the consumption of electrical power and to increase energy efficiency.
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