Date of Graduation

12-2014

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE)

Degree Level

Graduate

Department

Electrical Engineering

Advisor/Mentor

Alan Mantooth

Committee Member

Simon Ang

Second Committee Member

Michael Glover

Abstract

This thesis presents the overall power flow and load management system for a 2 kW residential power router. The objective is to satisfy the residential load demand with cost savings by managing the energy sources including PV, battery, generator, and grid. The power flow management system algorithm is developed both for grid-connected mode and island mode. This algorithm involves the battery state of charge estimation, available PV power, load demand and electricity grid pricing. The residential load management algorithm is also developed using PV power prediction and load power prediction acquired for a day.¬ A Labview GUI is also developed for this load management.

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