ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION MODEL FOR PALESTINE HOUSE STOKE

Abstract

Palestinian residential sector suffers a limited electricity supply. Therefore, the development of a Palestinian residential power demand model is the focus of the present study, for the purpose of applying demand side management programs to manage power consumption of Palestinian houses. The model is based on domestic appliances of a typical Palestinian house and their respective operational scenarios. The actual power consumptions of ten houses located in Hebron city in West Bank is monitored and was compared with the developed simulation model in MATLAB SimScape software. Effects on power consumption are studied including power factors, and socio-demographic related factors. A detailed case study is carried out where power consumption is monitored through five consecutive days. An average error of 8.44% of model output relative to actual power consumption is obtained. Graphical user interface is built so that end-users could find their expected electrical power consumption.