Candidate:
Sherin
Adel
Helal
Title:
Multi-Sector
Demand
Side
Management
in
Smart
Cities
Date:
December
9,
2021
Time:
9:30
Place:
online
Supervisor(s):
Salama,
Magdy
-
Shaaban,
Mostafa
(Adjunct)
Abstract:
Environmental
concerns
are
on
an
all
time
high
and
can
no
longer
be
ignored.
The
majority
of
electricity
is
generated
using
fossil
fuels,
this
is
troublesome
as
fossil
fuels
are
depleting
off
the
face
of
the
earth.
Moreover,
they
contribute
heavily
to
the
harmful
emissions
affecting
our
environment.
This
has
caused
a
global
movement
towards
greener,
more
sustainable
sources
of
electricity
generation.
The
main
concern
with
renewable
sources
of
energy
is
their
intermittent
output.
This
could
be
dealt
with
through
large
amounts
of
operational
flexibility
and
storage
in
the
system.
Traditional
storage
technologies
are
foreign
to
the
electric
system
and
require
high
initial
and
maintenance
investments
to
ensure
proper
operation.
This
work
aims
to
propose
innovative
ways
to
use
resources
that
are
readily
connected
to
the
electric
system
instead
of
introducing
foreign
storage
technologies.
Demand
response
is
based
on
the
presence
of
operational
flexibility
and/or
energy
storage
ability
by
a
specific
electric
load.
Several
energy
systems
are
either
partially
or
fully
fueled
by
electricity
who
could
poses
DR
abilities
through
their
own
energy
vectors.
This
would
be
directly
reflected
on
their
electricity
consumption.
Through
controlling
this
process,
these
resources
can
be
added
to
the
existing
electric
DR
resources
in
the
system.
This
comes
at
approximately
no
additional
costs.
The
idea
is
to
allow
different
energy
systems
to
join
the
DR
fleet
of
the
electric
system
through
operational
integration.
This
work
presents
a
systematic
approach
to
identifying
additional
DR
resources
that
can
be
used
to
benefit
the
electric
system.
Four
resources
(wastewater
treatment
system,
drinking
water
treatment
system,
building
heating
systems
and
public
electric
transportation
system)
are
then
chosen
to
display
the
potential
of
the
proposed
idea.
Numerical
models
focusing
on
DR
capacity
within
the
chosen
systems
were
developed
or
chosen
(based
on
availability)
to
be
used
in
this
work.
The
work
shows
results
of
independent
operation
of
each
resource
as
well
as,
an
integrative
operation
of
resources
to
benefit
the
system
as
a
whole.
The
results
obtained
show
an
improvement
in
DR
performance
under
operational
integration
as
opposed
to
independent
operation.
Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:30 am
-
9:30 am
EST (GMT -05:00)