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Load Disaggregation Using Microscopic Power Features and Pattern Recognition

2019; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 12; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/en12142641

1996-1073

Wesley Angelino de Souza, Fernando García, Fernando Pinhabel Marafão, Luiz Carlos Pereira da Silva, Marcelo Godoy Simões,

Microgrid Control and Optimization

A new generation of smart meters are called cognitive meters, which are essentially based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and load disaggregation methods for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM). Thus, modern NILM may recognize appliances connected to the grid during certain periods, while providing much more information than the traditional monthly consumption. Therefore, this article presents a new load disaggregation methodology with microscopic characteristics collected from current and voltage waveforms. Initially, the novel NILM algorithm—called the Power Signature Blob (PSB)—makes use of a state machine to detect when the appliance has been turned on or off. Then, machine learning is used to identify the appliance, for which attributes are extracted from the Conservative Power Theory (CPT), a contemporary power theory that enables comprehensive load modeling. Finally, considering simulation and experimental results, this paper shows that the new method is able to achieve 95% accuracy considering the applied data set.