Performance enhancement of smart grid with demand side management program contemplating the effect of uncertainty of renewable energy sources

ABSTRACT In a day ahead electricity market, all candidates of the electricity market, i.e. electricity users, aggregator, and grid operator urge to grow individual profit, but it is quite challenging to assure profit for all the candidates at a time. In this work, a multi-objective problem is formulated by combining the concept of demand side management (DSM) and Dynamic Economic Emission Dispatch (DEED). The multi-objective DSM – DEED problem is optimized by class topper optimization algorithm. In addition, an energy management algorithm (EMA) is proposed for optimal power utilization from various energy sources and to match the load demand with generated energy in presence of uncertainties of RESs. To get an accurate model, a random forest regression-based machine learning approach is considered in this paper to predict load demand, wind, and solar power on an hourly basis for a span of 24 hours. The objective here is to optimally schedule load consumption and power generation patterns simultaneously for a day to improve load factor, minimize operational cost, and maximize the profit of all the candidates of the electricity market simultaneously. The simulation findings highlight the effects of the proposed EMA and modified DSM program on the smart grid’s economy and performance. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT