SmartFridge: Demand Side Management for the device level

With the evolving technologies smart metering, or generalized the smart grid, it becomes reasonable to think about integrating household devices into a Demand Side Management (DSM) network. This paper gives an overview about the state of the art in the area of DSM. Subsequently, it is shown what is needed to convert a standard, commercial-off-the-shelf refrigerator into a networked smart fridge. Following this, a simulation model and a basic algorithm for load control of a refrigerator is presented and analyzed. Finally, possible improvements of hardware and the algorithms are proposed.