Stochastic modeling of street lamps operation

Rebolledo, Rolando; Ríos Marcuello, Sebastián; Trigo, Rodrigo; Matus Acuña, Marcelo Enrique

Stochastic modeling of street lamps operation

Date

1996

Authors

Rebolledo, Rolando

Ríos Marcuello, Sebastián

Trigo, Rodrigo

Matus Acuña, Marcelo Enrique

Abstract

This paper is based on the application of stochastic differential equations in simulating the active power consumption in street lamp operation, both in transient and steady state. The method worked as follows. Firstly, a collection of about 400 street lamps was measured in the laboratory. In addition, a theoretical model for the mean power consumption was derived. This model was expressed by means of a linear stochastic differential equations dependent on two parameter processes. The aforementioned parameters were then estimated from the experimental data and the equations solved numerically leading to a representation of the mean active power by means of a stochastic process.

Keywords

Stochastic processes, Lamps, Differential equations, Discharges, Power demand, Energy consumption, Power system transients, Steady-state, Mathematical model, Thermal resistance