A home energy management incorporating energy storage systems with utility under demand response using PSO

Home energy management (HEM) is important for utility as well as environment. This paper presents an incorporation of energy storage systems (ESSs) as electric vehicle (EV) and uninterruptible power supply (TIPS) with utility with the help of demand response (DR) for electricity bill reduction of a home. Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), electric water heater (EWH), and electric water pump (EWP) are taken as loads of a house. ESSs operate as loads as well as energy sources. These home devices are scheduled using particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm in MATLAB environment including curtailment. The proposed scheme results in a significant bill reduction while maintaining the users requirement.