Application of ANN and DSM techniques for peak load management a case study

The resources for electrical energy are depleting and hence the gap between the supply and the demand is continuously increasing. Under such circumstances, the option left is optimal utilization of available energy resources. To overcome this problem recently, a concept of demand side management (DSM) has emerged in power system planning and management. The main idea of DSM is to discuss the mutual benefits between supplier and consumer for maximum benefits and minimum inconvenience. The work presented in this paper gives the results of application of neural network and DSM techniques applied to an industrial consumer. The study indicates the improvement in energy efficiency of the system in terms of load factor, in addition the consumer also gets saving or reduction in the energy bill due to lowering of maximum demand (MD).