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Home Energy Management Strategy-Based Meta-Heuristic Optimization for Electrical Energy Cost Minimization Considering TOU Tariffs

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  • Rittichai Liemthong

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand)

  • Chitchai Srithapon

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
    Department of Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 11428 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Prasanta K. Ghosh

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA)

  • Rongrit Chatthaworn

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
    Alternative Energy Research and Development, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand)

Abstract

It is well documented that both solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and electric vehicles (EVs) positively impact the global environment. However, the integration of high PV resources into distribution networks creates new challenges because of the uncertainty of PV power generation. Additionally, high power consumption during many EV charging operations at a certain time of the day can be stressful for the distribution network. Stresses on the distribution network influence higher electricity tariffs, which negatively impact consumers. Therefore, a home energy management system is one of the solutions to control electricity consumption to reduce electrical energy costs. In this paper, a meta-heuristic-based optimization of a home energy management strategy is presented with the goal of electrical energy cost minimization for the consumer under the time-of-use (TOU) tariffs. The proposed strategy manages the operations of the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) and the energy storage system (ESS) charging and discharging in a home. The meta-heuristic optimization, namely a genetic algorithm (GA), was applied to the home energy management strategy for minimizing the daily electrical energy cost for the consumer through optimal scheduling of ESS and PEV operations. To confirm the effectiveness of the proposed methodology, the load profile of a household in Udonthani, Thailand, and the TOU tariffs of the provincial electricity authority (PEA) of Thailand were applied in the simulation. The simulation results show that the proposed strategy with GA optimization provides the minimum daily or net electrical energy cost for the consumer. The daily electrical energy cost for the consumer is equal to 0.3847 USD when the methodology without GA optimization is used, whereas the electrical energy cost is equal to 0.3577 USD when the proposed methodology with GA optimization is used. Therefore, the proposed optimal home energy management strategy with GA optimization can decrease the daily electrical energy cost for the consumer up to 7.0185% compared to the electrical energy cost obtained from the methodology without GA optimization.

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  • Rittichai Liemthong & Chitchai Srithapon & Prasanta K. Ghosh & Rongrit Chatthaworn, 2022. "Home Energy Management Strategy-Based Meta-Heuristic Optimization for Electrical Energy Cost Minimization Considering TOU Tariffs," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:2:p:537-:d:723334
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    1. Chitchai Srithapon & Prasanta Ghosh & Apirat Siritaratiwat & Rongrit Chatthaworn, 2020. "Optimization of Electric Vehicle Charging Scheduling in Urban Village Networks Considering Energy Arbitrage and Distribution Cost," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-20, January.
    2. Khemakhem, Siwar & Rekik, Mouna & Krichen, Lotfi, 2019. "Double layer home energy supervision strategies based on demand response and plug-in electric vehicle control for flattening power load curves in a smart grid," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 167(C), pages 312-324.
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