A smart demand response management scheme for direct load control in residential grid

Abstract

Load shedding of a vast area or increasing generation are some standard practices for the utilities to avoid generation-demand mismatch. But, with demand response management (DRM), end-users change their familiar usage pattern to reduce this mismatch. In this paper, a light-weight smart demand response management scheme is proposed for direct load control in a residential grid. This scheme is verified with Simulation and then deployed on a test-bed. In this algorithm, priorities for every house and their appliances are assumed to be static. Arduino Mega (Microcontroller) is used as decision-making unit (DMU) for this test-bed, and it is programmed using MATLAB.