Constructing Hot Water Load Profile: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach

This paper proposes a flexible framework to analyze typical hot water demand consumption in households and to explore the impact of the consumer's behavior due to economic stimulus. The proposed model studies typical home scenarios such as a family, couples, and single people. It allows desegregating the demand based on the utilization. The results presented in this paper can be used to optimize the control of water heaters, increasing their efficiency and reducing their electrical consumption.

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