Constructing Hot Water Load Profile: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Aguirre, F.; Magnago, F.; Alemany, J.
- Source
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy IEEE Trans. Sustain. Energy Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transactions on. 10(2):790-799 Apr, 2019
- Subject
- Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Geoscience
Computing and Processing
Load modeling
Mathematical model
Computational modeling
Biological system modeling
Object oriented modeling
Water heating
Stochastic processes
Demand response
ABM
domestic hot water consumption
residential consumption
energy performance
- Language
- ISSN
- 1949-3029
1949-3037
This paper proposes a flexible framework to analyze typical hot water demand consumption in households and to explore the impact of the consumer's behavior due to economic stimulus. The proposed model studies typical home scenarios such as a family, couples, and single people. It allows desegregating the demand based on the utilization. The results presented in this paper can be used to optimize the control of water heaters, increasing their efficiency and reducing their electrical consumption.