• E-Mobility and Batteries—A Business Case for Flexibility in the Arctic Region 

      Bremdal, Bernt Arild; Ilieva, Iliana; Tangrand, Kristoffer Meyer; Dadman, Shayan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-28)
      This paper provides a method for determining the economic incentives and limitations for a battery used for peak clipping, with the goal of finding an optimal mix between the battery’s power density and energy density. A ratio called the R-factor has been introduced, which helps determine the energy demand to curb the peak. The paper’s results embrace different investment scenarios showing what ...
    • Economic evaluation of the Power grid tariff for households With solar Power installed 

      Sæle, Hanne; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2017)
      This paper focuses on alternative grid tariffs for household customers with roof top PV-panels ("prosumers"), and evaluates how alternative grid tariffs might affect the benefit from investing in a roof top PV-panel. The paper further shows how different orientations of the PV-panels can affect the benefits for the prosumers subjected to different grid tariffs (for example a power grid tariff), where ...
    • Flexibility-Enhancing Charging Station to Support the Integration of Electric Vehicles 

      Ilieva, Iliana; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-01)
      This paper discusses the Inspiria charging station facility in Norway, which enables various charging point operators to offer different charging systems for different purposes and needs. The charging station can be considered a specific case of a shared economy, as users share the same infrastructure and much of the same space. By utilizing new technology and the differences in charging needs in ...
    • Flexibility-Enhancing Charging Station to Support the Integration of Electric Vehicles 

      Ilieva, Iliana; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-01)
      This paper discusses the Inspiria charging station facility in Norway, which enables various charging point operators to offer different charging systems for different purposes and needs. The charging station can be considered a specific case of a shared economy, as users share the same infrastructure and much of the same space. By utilizing new technology and the differences in charging needs in ...
    • The FlexNett Simulator 

      Bremdal, Bernt Arild; Tangrand, Kristoffer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper documents research conducted in the Norwegian FLEXNETT project.<br>It describes a new tool that was developed to study the future impact of prosumers with PV panels on the grid in Norway and the potential energy flexibility that lies with residential prosumers. Systematic use of energy flexibility can be an important instrument for managing peak loads and voltage problems in weak power ...
    • Fremtidens fleksible distribusjonsnett : fleksibel nettdrift, forbrukerfleksibilitet, plusskunder og forretningsmodeller 

      Sæle, Hanne; Bremdal, Bernt Arild; Tøndel, Inger Anne; Istad, Maren Kristine; Foosnæs, Jan Andor; Nordbø, Per Erik; Kirkeby, Henrik; Høverstad, Boye Annfelt; Mathisen, Geir (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2016-02-15)
      Denne rapporten er utarbeidet i WP1 og WP2 i prosjektet "Fleksibilitet i fremtidens smarte distribusjonsnett - FlexNett" (2015-2017). FlexNett-prosjektet har som målsetting å bidra til økt fleksibilitet i fremtidens smarte distribusjonsnett gjennom å demonstrere og verifisere tekniske og markedsmessige løsninger for fleksibilitet på ulike nivå i nettet til nytte for ulike aktører. <br> Målsettingen ...
    • Irregular luggage classification experiments using data from Tromsø airport 

      Jansson, Andreas Dyrøy; Bremdal, Bernt Arild; Remman, Espen (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-09-22)
      This paper examines the current state-of-the-art in object tracking and detection in the context of baggage handling systems using a variety of technologies, with special interest in image classification. Data collection at Tromsø Airport using simple and inexpensive equipment in order to capture images of different types of luggage will be described. Furthermore, a selection of three relevant ...
    • Local energy markets as a solution for increased energy efficiency and flexibility 

      Ilieva, Iliana; Bremdal, Bernt Arild; de la Nieta Lopez, A.A.S.; Simonsen, S.H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      With increasing share of distributed renewable energy resources in the grid and arising energy consumer awareness on environmental challenges new market models are sought where energy can be traded in an efficient and end-user centric way. This trend, together with the increasing consciousness on the benefits of local consumption and production has given rise to an increased focus on local energy ...
    • Local Flexibility Market Design for Aggregators Providing Multiple Flexibility Services at Distribution Network Level 

      Olivella-Rosell, Pol; Lloret-Gallego, Pau; Munne-Collado, Ingrid; Villafafila-Robles, Roberto; Sumper, Andreas; Ottesen, Stig Ødegaard; Rajasekharan, Jayaprakash; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-02)
      This paper presents a general description of local flexibility markets as a market-based management mechanism for aggregators. The high penetration of distributed energy resources introduces new flexibility services like prosumer or community self-balancing, congestion management and time-of-use optimization. This work is focused on the flexibility framework to enable multiple participants to compete ...
    • Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Structured Symbolic Music Generation 

      Dadman, Shayan; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-07-12)
      Generating structured music using deep learning methods with symbolic representation is challenging due to the complex relationships between musical elements that define a musical composition. Symbolic representation of music, such as MIDI or sheet music, can help overcome some of these challenges by encoding the music in a format that allows manipulation and analysis. However, the symbolic ...
    • Predicting Bedside Falls using Current Context 

      Danielsen, Asbjørn; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Peer reviewed; Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2018-02-05)
      Each year about a third of the elderly aged 65 or older experience a fall. Many of these falls could be avoided if fall risk assessment and prevention tools where available in the daily living situation. Such tools would need to use the current context as input to predict an imminent fall. This paper presents an approach predicting imminent falls using data from a roof-mounted infrared array combined ...
    • Predicting Peak Prices in the Current Day-Ahead Market 

      Bremdal, Bernt Arild; Dadman, Shayan (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-06)
      The work presented has studied price developments in the day-ahead market. The statistical properties inherent in the time series constituting the day-to-day prices have been investigated. It is shown that these properties are radically different in 2022 than former years and resemble more chance like properties for which make predicting future peak prices especially hard. To overcome this, a space ...
    • Toward Interactive Music Generation: A Position Paper 

      Dadman, Shayan; Bremdal, Bernt Arild; Bang, Børre; Dalmo, Rune (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-30)
      Music generation using deep learning has received considerable attention in recent years. Researchers have developed various generative models capable of imitating musical conventions, comprehending the musical corpora, and generating new samples based on the learning outcome. Although the samples generated by these models are persuasive, they often lack musical structure and creativity. For instance, ...
    • Using Deep Learning Methods to Monitor Non-Observable States in a Building 

      Tangrand, Kristoffer; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2020-02-06)
      This paper presents results from ongoing research with a goal to use a combination of time series from non-intrusive ambient sensors and deep recurrent neural networks to predict room usage at a university campus. Training data was created by collecting measurements from ambient sensors measuring room CO2, humidity, temperature, light, motion and sound, while the ground-truth counts was created ...
    • Using Light Weight Electric Vehicles for V2G services in the Arctic 

      Dadman, Shayan; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-06)
      The proposed paper documents research carried out in the Smart Charge project. This project has investigated the use of electric snowmobiles for V2G purposes. Electric snowmobiles and ATVs have been introduced in remote areas in the Arctic to replace the fossil fuelled vehicles that dominate today. Electric versions of these can add extra loads to the local electricity grid. But they can also be ...
    • Utilizing Local Flexibility Resources to Mitigate Grid Challenges at Electric Vehicle Charging Stations 

      Ilieva, Iliana; Bremdal, Bernt Arild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-12)
      Charging of electric vehicles (EVs) on a large scale can cause problems for the grid. Utilizing local flexibility resources, such as smart charging, stationary battery, vehicle-to-grid applications, and local generation can be an efficient way to contain the grid challenges and mitigate the need for grid reinforcement. Focusing on the INSPIRIA charging station located in Norway, this paper investigates ...