Low cost power quality measuring unit for household usage and small to enterprise scale installations: Designing a Low Cost Power Quality Analyzer

The increase in non-linear loads of modern electronics raises concerns over power quality. Additionally, existing power-quality analyzers are expensive and not intended for household use. This thesis aims to develop a single-phase, user-friendly power-quality analyzer using a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with an emphasis on low cost and class S...

Solidarity in EV charging: A discrete choice experiment to assess interest in charging schemes

Currently, the electricity grid in the Netherlands is reaching its capacity, resulting in congestion issues. One of the factors that causes the electricity grid to become overloaded is the increasing use of EVs (electric vehicles). A situation in which a large number of EV users in a certain area charge their EV at the same time can...

Simulation of the Dutch electricity system: A software expansion for the Illuminator

The aim of this report is to discuss the design of the software that creates a simulation for the national electricity grid level of the Netherlands. This is done by further developing the open-source energy system integration development kit called the Illuminator. Where the goal of this software is to create an extra case, add a Graphical User...

Assessment of machine learning algorithms for the purpose of heat pump detection based on load profiles and temperature readings

The aim of this research thesis is to use machine learning models to distinguish owners of heat pumps from non-owners of heat pumps based on load profiles and temperature data only. As is the case with data mining project, its workflow can be divided into business understanding, data gathering, analysis, modeling and interpretation and...

Increasing participation in V2G through contract elements: Examining the preferences of Dutch EV users regarding V2G contracts using a stated choice experiment

The increased usage of Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Sources causes issues regarding the balancing of the electricity grid. To avoid investment costs, Distribution System Operators desire flexibility solutions. One of these flexibility solutions is the usage of the battery of the Electric Vehicle as an electricity source. This concept...

The distribution system operator as flexibility manager of distributed energy resources: A spreadsheet based simulation study on the case of the Netherlands

Within the Netherlands, house owners set up projects in which all houses within a neighbourhood are collectively renovated and equipped with distributed energy resources (DERs) at the same time. These projects are called ‘neighbourhood distributed energy resource projects’ (NDPs). As some of the equipped DERs electrify much of the heating...

Flexibilty of future energy scenarios

If the Netherlands wishes to achieve an 80% CO2 reduction by the year 2050, technologies such as heat pumps and electric vehicles will be required to replace their fossil fuel burning counterparts. These technologies however have large consequences for electricity networks; not only will the amount of electricity transported over the networks...