Sensor set review and application for a german residential energy management system

Abstract

Dynamic and abrupt changes in the energy sector of the EU countries point to the need for significant optimisation and more flexible energy consumption patterns. Since the implementation of Energy Management System in the residential sector of Germany is still in an active development phase, the aim of this paper is to consider the application of the widest possible range of sensors whose performance is applicable with the Energy Management System and the German Advanced Metering Infrastructure to maximise the efficiency of Energy Management processes, load flexibility and the functionality of the Energy Management System. The resulting Energy Management System results have been tested and validated with a Hardware-in-the-loop simulation on the Opal-RT simulator, indicating the potential for energy optimisation and interoperability with the Advanced Metering Infrastructure.