IoT-enabled proposal for adaptive self-powered renewable energy management in home systems

Abstract

The new generation of communication networks can provide massive connectivity of devices, extremely low latency, higher capacity, and increased bandwidth. These features enable the deployment of management systems in different sectors such as energy and in a wide variety of environments such as agriculture, surveillance or home systems. In this regard, this paper proposes a self-powered adaptive and automated home energy control system enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. The system aims to adapt the consumption patterns to the availability of self-generated renewable energy (produced from solar panels, wind-mills, etc.). Therefore, the renewable and non-renewable supply from the power grid is considered a secondary power source. As part of the proposal, this paper presents the consumption negotiation scheme for IoT devices, the management mechanisms to optimize the use of the available energy, and the related model. Given the complexity of the adaptive management process, the proposal also presents a heuristic strategy based on a prepartitioning method to obtain feasible solutions in a reasonable running time. The simulation results for offline and online scenarios validate the advantages of the proposed strategy, and the numerical improvements are presented.