Sustainable energy systems in the digital economy: concept of smart machines

Abstract

The concept of the creation of universal smart machines for power systems and critical infrastructure is discussed herein in terms of digital economy requirements. The functional requirements for a universal smart machine for sustainable energy systems are systematized based on a comparative analysis of technology. The requirements determine the approaches to the implementation of software, hardware and design solutions that provide diagnostics and monitoring of the energy state of infrastructures, systems for individual and collective power supply, life support systems of buildings, the state of household appliances, IoT devices, and devices of the housing and utilities sector. The recommendations on the constructive implementation of smart machines are given, making it possible to improve the existing approaches to quality assessment of the services provided in the energy industry. The concept of universal smart machines opens up the opportunities to increase the efficiency of providing the industry and households with a new type of information management services in the field of control over energy infrastructure as one of the main components of the digital economy.