A Feasibility Study on Appliance Load Monitoring Systems in Quebec Households

This project focuses on the development of a tool to monitor electricity use in Quebec households. This tool intends to assess in near real-time the energy use of each appliance (electric space heaters, electric water heaters, etc.) to identify and diagnose its energy usage for providing feedback to utility and customers. Accordingly, several developments and experimentations by using current technologies (smart appliances, edge devices, and AI-based algorithms) are carried out to design a prototype. The resulting system is beneficial to both Hydro-Québec and its customers. For Hydro-Québec, it will help to facilitate the implementation of demand-side management strategies in the residential sector. Besides, for customers, it brings about new opportunities that allow them to play a key role in power grid operation by optimizing their energy use. Although developing an efficient load monitoring system is a difficult task to perform in Quebec residences, its realization, aimed by this research work, can bring about many benefits to all power grid players.

Faculty Supervisor:

Kodjo Agbossou

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Partner:

Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

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