A data acquisition pipeline for home energy management systems

Abstract

This paper presents a modular data acquisition pipeline to integrate exible assets and distributed and renewable energy sources in households. This modular and general system's main aim is to enhance the data acquisition, data cleaning, and data storage steps of the different assets included in a Home Energy Management System, for the later scheduling of these resources based on economic optimization. The services that Home Energy Management Systems and data acquisition systems can provide to tackle the current distribution network challenges are identi ed. The data acquisition pipeline design is presented, being able to stock and collect data from many di erent real assets, as well as cloud-based data providers such as the electricity market price or the weather forecast. The description of the system is complemented by a study case, to validate the pipeline design and the data acquisition process.