PhD Thesis - Energy Systems Research Unit - University of Strathclyde

2.4.4 Creating the profiles used in the simulationThe transformation process explained was used to model the current and highefficiency demand profiles for the selected households in the 3 household and the 6household buildings, as described in the following sections.2.4.4.1 3 Household building - Seasonal electrical profilesThree of the households described in Table 2.9, namely households 2A, 3B and 4Bwere selected as those used to simulate the electrical demand in the 3 householdbuilding model. Household 2A was used to model the demand of the ground floor(GF) apartment, whilst household 3B and household 4B were used to model thedemand of the middle floor (MF) and the top floor (TF) apartments respectively.Figure 2.12, Figure 2.13 and Figure 2.14 show the minute resolution demand profilefor three of the days (one each as a representative of the shoulder (transition) [May],summer [August] and winter [February] months) created for household 3B usingStage 2 of the transformation process. The profiles shown are based on the currentappliance efficiency and are therefore representative of the current efficiencyelectrical scenario. Appendix ‘B’ shows similar figures for the other two households.Fig. 2.12 - Electrical demand profile for household 3B (May)60