Smart Grid Architecture Based on Active Demand Approach

摘要

The paper analyzes ways on how to establish and sustain an active participation of consumers in the modern Smart Grid Architecture based on the Active Demand Approach by proposing the conceptual framework that supports it. The planning and implementation of the power system is a very demanding task, requiring that the electrical energy production and consumption are always equal. In order to efficiently manage such system, and its safety, an appropriate level of flexibility must be present. Today, the generators acting on the production side are the main flexibility enablers, and there is a very low level of flexibility available on the consumer side. From the technical point of view, it is necessary to establish a smart infrastructure that will be networked by the data transmission chain, in order to provide timely, accurate and highly secure transfer of required data. In this paper, we present the demand response approach and the respective solution on how to achieve the sufficient level of the consumer flexibility in such proposed model implementation. With addressing different technical aspects and IoT (Internet of Things) the envisaged integration is elaborated by taking into account the important requirements of its IT infrastructure, by analyzing the robustness, reliability and safety issues of the proposed system.