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  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,150 Views
29 Pages

17 May 2022

To achieve its climate goals, the German industry has to undergo a transformation toward renewable energies. To analyze this transformation in energy system models, the industry’s electricity demands have to be provided in a high temporal and s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,953 Views
20 Pages

Italian Household Load Profiles: A Monitoring Campaign

  • Giorgio Besagni,
  • Lidia Premoli Vilà and
  • Marco Borgarello

27 November 2020

The increasing share of renewable energy sources on the supply side, as well as the so-called electrification pathways on the demand side, has led to peculiar challenges for electrical systems: Indeed, the increasing load demand has to be balanced fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,147 Views
17 Pages

12 July 2021

Strategies for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 7 of providing access to electricity for all recognize the important role that off-grid solutions will need to play. Mini-grids will from part of this response, yet little data exists on household d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
970 Views
5 Pages

31 December 2010

The rapid growth of the power demand in the transport sector results in a dramatic increase of carbon dioxide emissions. This is only one of many reasons why alternative drive concepts, especially electric mobility, have never been more in focus than...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,376 Views
27 Pages

A Rigorous Standalone Literature Review of Residential Electricity Load Profiles

  • Angreine Kewo,
  • Pinrolinvic D. K. Manembu and
  • Per Sieverts Nielsen

13 May 2023

The introduction of smart meters and time-use survey data is helping decision makers to understand the residential electricity consumption behaviour behind load profiles. However, it can be difficult to obtain the actual detailed consumption data due...

  • Article
  • Open Access
97 Citations
12,437 Views
18 Pages

9 March 2018

In recent years, the increment of distributed electricity generation based on renewable energy sources and improvement of communication technologies have caused the development of next-generation power grids known as smart grids. The structures of sm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
4,963 Views
15 Pages

Data-Driven EV Load Profiles Generation Using a Variational Auto-Encoder

  • Zhixin Pan,
  • Jianming Wang,
  • Wenlong Liao,
  • Haiwen Chen,
  • Dong Yuan,
  • Weiping Zhu,
  • Xin Fang and
  • Zhen Zhu

5 March 2019

Although the penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) in distribution networks can improve the energy saving and emission reduction effects, its random and uncertain nature limits the ability of distribution networks to accept the load of EVs. To this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,698 Views
24 Pages

A Cross-Country Model for End-Use Specific Aggregated Household Load Profiles

  • Marlon Schlemminger,
  • Raphael Niepelt and
  • Rolf Brendel

13 April 2021

End-use specific residential electricity load profiles are of interest for energy system modelling that requires future load curves or demand-side management. We present a model that is applicable across countries to predict consumption on a regional...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
5,171 Views
33 Pages

27 July 2020

The electrification of the mobility and heating sectors will significantly change the electrical behavior of households in the future. To investigate this behavior, it is important to include the heating and mobility sectors in load profile models. E...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,810 Views
35 Pages

A Data-Driven Approach for Generating Synthetic Load Profiles with GANs

  • Tsvetelina Kaneva,
  • Irena Valova,
  • Katerina Gabrovska-Evstatieva and
  • Boris Evstatiev

13 July 2025

The generation of realistic electrical load profiles is essential for advancing smart grid analytics, demand forecasting, and privacy-preserving data sharing. Traditional approaches often rely on large, high-resolution datasets and complex recurrent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,942 Views
28 Pages

9 July 2020

It is important to understand residential energy use as it is a large energy consumption sector and the potential for change is of great importance for global energy sustainability. A large energy-saving potential and emission reduction potential can...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,324 Views
32 Pages

29 March 2022

The accurate prediction of heat load profiles with a daily resolution is required for a broad range of applications, such as potential studies, design, or predictive operation of heating systems. If the heat demand of a consumer mainly originates fro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,985 Views
16 Pages

31 October 2020

Transportation vehicles are a large contributor of the carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. Electric Vehicles (EVs) are a promising solution to reduce the CO2 emissions which, however, requires the right electric power production mix for the l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,085 Views
15 Pages

12 October 2021

This study presents a novel approach for discovering actionable knowledge and exploring data-based models from data recorded by household smart meters. The proposed framework is supported by a machine learning architecture based on the application of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,293 Views
29 Pages

21 January 2020

This paper presents a system to improve the performance of the Long Range (LoRa) network using an algorithm derived from the artificial bee colony (ABC), which obtains a minimum packet lost rate (PLR) in the LoRa network and allows to more accurately...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
11,202 Views
21 Pages

10 March 2023

Electric vehicles are becoming dominant in the global automobile market due to their better environmental friendliness compared to internal combustion vehicles. An adequate network of public charging stations is required to fulfil the fast charging d...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,277 Views
24 Pages

7 July 2025

The Non-Wire Alternative (NWA) approach has gained attention as a strategy to replace or defer traditional grid infrastructure upgrades by leveraging integrated solutions combining Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) with Distributed Energy Resources (DERs...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,945 Views
20 Pages

11 September 2018

In this paper, a clustering method with proposed distance measurement to extract base load profiles from arbitrary data sets is studied. Recently, smart energy load metering devices are broadly deployed, and an immense volume of data is now collected...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,350 Views
20 Pages

21 August 2020

In recent years, many buildings have been fitted with smart meters, from which high-frequency energy data is available. However, extracting useful information efficiently has been imposed as a problem in utilizing these data. In this study, we analyz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,109 Views
28 Pages

Accurately forecasting load profiles, especially peak catching, is a challenge due to the stochastic nature of consumption. In this paper, we applied the following three models for forecasting: Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM); Support Vector Regression...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,752 Views
26 Pages

16 March 2022

Load profiles of energy consumption from smart meters are becoming more and more available, and the amount of data to analyse is huge. In order to automate this analysis, the application of state-of-the-art data mining techniques for time series anal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
5,992 Views
16 Pages

14 August 2018

The forecasting of the load profile of the domestic sector is an area of increased concern for the power grid as it appears in many applications, such as grid operations, demand side management, energy trading, and so forth. Accordingly, a bottom-up...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,154 Views
27 Pages

1 August 2022

The main objective of this study was to conduct multi-stage and multi-variant prognostic research to assess the impact of e-mobility development on the Polish power system for the period 2022–2027. The research steps were as follows: forecast t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,546 Views
12 Pages

26 September 2021

Smart meters and dynamic pricing are key factors in implementing a smart grid. Dynamic pricing is one of the demand-side management methods that can shift demand from on-peak to off-peak. Furthermore, dynamic pricing can help utilities reduce the inv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,612 Views
16 Pages

5 November 2021

Increasing peak power demand implies the increasing significance of energy storage. Technologies that efficiently store heat and cold are also important for increasing the share of renewables and improving the efficiency of heating, ventilation, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,413 Views
35 Pages

23 October 2020

Smart meter (SM) deployment in the residential context provides a vast amount of data of high granularity at the individual household level. In this context, the choice of temporal resolution for describing household load profile features has a cruci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
12,557 Views
12 Pages

A Novel Approach to 1RM Prediction Using the Load-Velocity Profile: A Comparison of Models

  • Steve W. Thompson,
  • David Rogerson,
  • Alan Ruddock,
  • Leon Greig,
  • Harry F. Dorrell and
  • Andrew Barnes

22 June 2021

The study aim was to compare different predictive models in one repetition maximum (1RM) estimation from load-velocity profile (LVP) data. Fourteen strength-trained men underwent initial 1RMs in the free-weight back squat, followed by two LVPs, over...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,451 Views
22 Pages

Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction Modelling of Loads Variation and Fatigue Life of a Full-Scale Tidal Turbine under the Effect of Velocity Profile

  • Mujahid Badshah,
  • Saeed Badshah,
  • James VanZwieten,
  • Sakhi Jan,
  • Muhammad Amir and
  • Suheel Abdullah Malik

11 June 2019

Velocity profiles in tidal channels cause cyclic oscillations in hydrodynamic loads due to the dependence of relative velocity on angular position, which can lead to fatigue damage. Therefore, the effect of velocity profile on the load variation and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,672 Views
42 Pages

4 February 2018

Due to high implementation rates of smart meter systems, considerable amount of research is placed in machine learning tools for data handling and information retrieval. A key tool in load data processing is clustering. In recent years, a number of r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
7,443 Views
21 Pages

14 April 2016

This paper presents novel separate methods for finding optimal locations, sizes of multiple distributed generators (DGs) simultaneously and operational power factor in order to minimize power loss and improve the voltage profile in the distribution s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,013 Views
26 Pages

25 February 2021

The management of the distribution network is becoming increasingly important as the penetration of distributed energy resources is increasing. Reliable knowledge of the real-time status of the network is essential if algorithms are to be used to hel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,459 Views
17 Pages

16 January 2023

This document presents the modeling of load profile consumption for Low-and-Moderate-Income (LMI) communities in the Caribbean Islands, as well as an assessment of the solar-rooftop energy potential. In this work, real data, together with synthetic a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,200 Views
10 Pages

This study aimed to investigate the idarubicin loading method, compatible stability with contrast agent, release profiles, and morphological properties of 50–150, 100–300, and 300–500 μm CalliSpheres®. The amounts of idarubicin added, loading medium,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,535 Views
25 Pages

14 July 2023

The need for electrical energy is increasing in line with the increase in population and increasing progress in welfare. On the other hand, the availability of fossil fuels as the main fuel in generating electricity is dwindling; so, there is a need...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,272 Views
18 Pages

13 March 2020

Due to the heterogeneity of demand response behaviors among customers, selecting a suitable segment is one of the key factors for the efficient and stable operation of the demand response (DR) program. Most utilities recognize the importance of targe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,372 Views
17 Pages

11 May 2024

Shafts with a stepped shoulder are particularly well known in the field of drive technology. In combination with a form-fit shaft–hub connection, the shaft shoulder fixes the hub on the shaft as well as being responsible for the absorption of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,133 Views
16 Pages

7 March 2024

Controllable devices in a classical centralized grid work independently, providing desired functionalities for the owner only, making grid stability and efficient energy management challenging. Therefore, the dynamically developing communication infr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,818 Views
17 Pages

9 March 2018

This paper describes a minimum cost network flow model for the aggregated control of deferrable load profiles. The load aggregator responds to indicative energy price information and uses this model to formulate and submit a flexibility bid to a high...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,012 Views
20 Pages

31 December 2021

The study of the behavior of smart distribution systems under increasingly dynamic operating conditions requires realistic and time-varying load profiles to run comprehensive and accurate simulations of power flow analysis, system state estimation an...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,188 Views
6 Pages

Analysis of EV Cost-Based Charging Load Profiles

  • Elisavet Koutsi,
  • Sotirios Deligiannis,
  • Georgia Athanasiadou,
  • Dimitra Zarbouti and
  • George Tsoulos

During the last few decades, electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged as a promising sustainable alternative to traditional fuel cars. The work presented here is carried out in the context of the Horizon 2020 project MERLON and targets the impact of EVs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,406 Views
19 Pages

Exploration of Optimal Powertrain Design Using Realistic Load Profiles

  • Aditya Pathak,
  • Ganesh Sethuraman,
  • Sebastian Krapf,
  • Aybike Ongel and
  • Markus Lienkamp

The electrification of bus-based public transportation contributes to the goal of reducing the adverse environmental impacts caused by urban transportation. However, the penetration of electric vehicles has been slow due to their lower vehicle range...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,265 Views
24 Pages

Generation of Realistic Synthetic Load Profile Based on the Markov Chains Theory: Methodology and Case Studies

  • Irena Valova,
  • Katerina G. Gabrovska-Evstatieva,
  • Tsvetelina Kaneva and
  • Boris I. Evstatiev

17 May 2025

Digital energy systems rely on actual data about power consumption and generation, which are not always available and, in certain situations, can be replaced with synthetic forms. This study presents a methodology for generating synthetic time-series...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,021 Views
20 Pages

Design Methodology for Tensile Load Capacity of Rivet Nut Connections in Aluminium Alloy Profiles

  • Arturs Ziverts,
  • Dmitrijs Serdjuks,
  • Janis Sliseris,
  • Elza Briuka,
  • Andrejs Podkoritovs and
  • Vjaceslavs Lapkovskis

2 October 2025

This study presents a novel design method for determining the tensile load-bearing capacity of a rivet nut connection with an aluminium alloy profile. The method, developed based on the requirements of standards LVS EN 1993-1-8:2025, LVS EN 1999-1-1:...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,819 Views
11 Pages

Sex Differences in the Load–Velocity Profiles of Three Different Row Exercises

  • Raúl Nieto-Acevedo,
  • Blanca Romero-Moraleda,
  • Almudena Montalvo-Pérez,
  • Carlos García-Sánchez,
  • Moisés Marquina-Nieto and
  • Daniel Mon-López

9 November 2023

This study examined the force–velocity profile differences between men and women in three variations of row exercises. Twenty-eight participants (14 men and 14 women) underwent maximum dynamic strength assessments in the free prone bench row (P...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,798 Views
18 Pages

Fast Load Distribution Calculation for Cylindrical Gears with Non-Involute Tooth Profiles

  • Karsten Fetzer,
  • Stefan Landler,
  • Jonas-Frederick Berger,
  • Michael Otto and
  • Karsten Stahl

31 December 2024

Advancements in manufacturing technology provide users with new opportunities for the design of gears. Special gearings with customized non-involute tooth profile geometries offer a promising alternative to conventional involute gears, addressing lim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,813 Views
16 Pages

25 December 2018

This paper discusses the performance improvement of a green building by optimization procedures and the influences of load characteristics on optimization. The green building is equipped with a self-sustained hybrid power system consisting of solar c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,687 Views
27 Pages

2 September 2022

This paper deals with a method for generating symmetrical trapezoidal acceleration profiles for the motor of a vibrating system in rest-to-velocity motion. The aim was to significantly reduce the acceleration time and residual load vibration of light...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,883 Views
22 Pages

13 November 2019

The concept of price elasticity of demand has been widely used for the assessment of the consumers’ behavior in the electricity market. As the residential consumers represent a significant percentage of the total load, price elasticity of their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,675 Views
22 Pages

1 November 2019

Forecasting of real-time electricity load has been an important research topic over many years. Electricity load is driven by many factors, including economic conditions and weather. Furthermore, the demand for electricity varies with time, with diff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,720 Views
23 Pages

5 January 2023

This study mainly discusses the implications of solar radiation profiles and changes in load with respect to base load conditions on the PV placement, size, voltage violations, and curtailment cost of PV generation in the network. The PV installation...

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