The energy router project: Enabling control for prosumers

The control architecture developed within the research project “Energy Router” and some test results obtained during this work are shown. This project aims to give prosumers a control device that allows them to schedule their own electric consumption in a demand response framework. The control of resources is performed in two stages, according to a hierarchical control structure. A cloud-based computation platform provides global control functions whereas a closed-loop local device controls all field components and actuators. The architecture was developed having in mind a typical prosumer system comprising PV generation, battery storage and interruptible loads.