Automação residencial voltada para smart grid

Abstract

Increasingly, over the years, modern civilization has witnessed significant changes on several aspects of human life. First, the industrial automation focused on the control and supervision of production lines; then came the automation of commercial buildings facing vigilance. Nowadays, home automation is an emerging market that is becoming reality in Brazil, with several interesting solutions seeking to improve the life quality of people. Soon, the “smart grid” technology will be implemented in our country. With the emergence of this new technology comes the “white fare”, where the price of the fare varies according to the time of day, being more expensive at peak times and cheaper at times of lower demand. The main objective of this work is to show that residential consumers can take advantage of the White Fare proposed by ANEEL. This can be attained by applying a residential system automation focused on Smart Grid and changing the habit of use of electrical equipment, reducing thus the value the bill of electric power. Finally, it is proposed a prototype designed with basic functions in order to help consumers in control of electrical equipment, avoiding their use during the periods with more expensive fare.