A Solution for Controlling the Parameters of Electricity Consumption in an Intelligent Home

Abstract

This paper is focus on an intelligent home system which increase the home automation capability based only on reduced-cost investments. The developed system was applied and tested in a real home environment. The target was the power consumption reduction and the monitoring of different energy parameters (current, voltage, real power, reactive power, and apparent power). Also, an automatic detection of the power factor and its associated correction system are designed and implemented to eliminate or to reduce reactive energy consumption. This was done using controlled capacitor banks, which can add an appropriate capacitive load to balance the instant inductive load of the intelligent home.