Energy Management System (EMS)

EMS is a greedy energy management system simulation that features energy provider, user, storage and P2X (power to x) components. For each component in the grid, the EMS decides which other component to consume in the next timestep by looking at the workload and proximity.

This EMS delivers a greedy energy solution for a function f that tries to maximize the workload of each component. The running average workload per timestep in percent - called equilibrium - is featured on the middle right corner of the simulation UI. The higher the equilibrium, the better the energy solution for any scenario.

Usage

Run the simulation by executing

make

Controls

• hit Arrow Up/Down to increase or decrease the tickrate
• hit Space to pause or resume the simulation
• hit Esc to exit the simulation
• hit Left/Right Mouse Click to add/remove a cell to/from the grid
• hit Mouse Wheel Up/Down to zoom in/out

Settings

The assets directory contains an example of a grid setting and a scenario setting.

The grid dictates which components are located where on the grid, as well as information about the time-unspecific desired energy state.

The scenario dictates which components desire which energy state at which time.

Documentation

Use pydoc to check out the documentation located at docs/.

Caveats

• the PyGame window is optimized for 1920x1080 displays
• you might have to increase the gridSize in main.py if your screen resolution is larger than 1920x1080 and a default grid of 20x20 is too small