Residential loads modeling and load profile generation for microgrid EMS design in Tunisia

This paper introduces a methodology for residential daily load profile generation considering microgrid energy management system (EMS) design. The envisioned EMS considers power flow exchange and power quality issues. For this purpose, static ZIP load models and equivalent circuit model of residential loads taken from literature are implemented as circuit models. This latter is aggregated and simulated using DSIM software to generate the daily load profile according to the end-user activity. Home appliances are classified before their circuit model are established. Load profile is then generated by switching on/off the established load model circuits according to the user activity. The generated load profile includes information on active and reactive power, as well as harmonic contents for nonlinear loads.