Energy harvesters are considered to be a promising solution for long lasting operation of
wireless sensor nodes, moreover, make these power-sustainable in hazardous, implantable …

The growing demand for electricity is a challenge for the electricity sector as it not only
involves the search for new sources of energy, but also the increase of generation capacity …

Hybrid energy storage systems have been widely used in transportation, microgrid and
renewable energy applications to improve system efficiency and enhance reliability …

Aggregated control of electrical loads in a large cluster of buildings has been a challenge
due to the complexity of the system involving generators, grid constraints, load serving …

With the spread of distributed energy resources, sensing infrastructure, and automation
facilities, modern homes are becoming “home microgrids.” This paper intends to support this …

Nowadays, in the residential sector, a widely used Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
system is the ducted direct expansion inverter system based on the on/off control of a single …

This article presents a new energy management system (EMS) for a variety of energy
flexibility conversion, routing and storage options in buildings. The EMS uses an efficient …

Abstract Model predictive control has proved to be a promising control strategy for improving
the operational performance of multi-source thermal energy generation systems with the aim …

Smart homes have the potential to achieve optimal energy consumption with appropriate
scheduling. The control of smart appliances can be based on optimization models, which …

This paper presents a robust optimization problem of the flexible bidirectional power
management of a smart distribution network and harmonic compensation of nonlinear loads …