Predictive electricity cost minimization through energy buffering in data centers

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 230-238

  Yao, Jianguo ^a   Liu, Xue ^b   Zhang, Chen ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c American Express   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data center; electricity cost; energy buffering; smart grid

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES; DATA CENTERS; ELECTRICITY COSTS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY BUFFERING; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; INTERNET DATA CENTERS; SMART GRID;

CHARGING (BATTERIES); CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPETITION; CONTROLLERS; ELECTRICITY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INTERNET; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SMART POWER GRIDS;

COSTS;

EID: 84892573284     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2013.2274525     Document Type: Article

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