Methods and Applications for Electricity Demand Disaggregation in Developing Countries

Greenwood, DM; Davison, PJ; Duby, S; Wade, NS

doi:10.1109/PowerAfrica.2016.7556567

Methods and Applications for Electricity Demand Disaggregation in Developing Countries

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Abstract

Electricity demand disaggregation describes the identification of appliance level loads from aggregate power measurements. This topic is widely researched, but the majority of projects focus on grid connected customers with strong connections and many loads; however, there are numerous applications for disaggregation in the intelligent, off-grid systems emerging in developing countries. In this paper, we describe an established disaggregation method – The Hidden Semi-Markov Model (HSMM) – applications for electricity demand disaggregation in developing countries, and provide examples from projects Sub-Saharan Africa.